Author: Mr. Daps
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Disneyland Annual Passholders Get Preview to Iron Man Tech Experience
Disneyland Annual Passholders (DAPs) will get an opportunity to see the new exhibit in Innoventions, Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries, ahead of the general public. DAPs will get a chance to check out this new exhibit and also virtually try on the new Mark 42 armor. This Limited Time Annual Passholder Event will be taking place…
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Take to the Skies with “Disney’s Planes” Video Game
High-Flying Adventure Game Inspired by Upcoming Disney Film Available Exclusively for Nintendo Platforms this Summer Star-Studded Talent Lend their Voices to In-Game Characters BURBANK, Calif. — (April 10, 2013) – Disney Interactive today announced that “Disney’s Planes,” a flying adventure video game inspired by the upcoming Disney animated comedy adventure film, will be available exclusively for Nintendo platforms including the Wii™ and Wii U™ systems as…
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Disneyland Honors Harrison “Buzz” Price With Window on Main Street
Another window honoring a person who has contributed greatly to Disneyland legacy has been unveiled. This window honoring Disney Legend Harrison “Buzz” Price can be found on the left side of City Hall next to a small staircase. This window honors the man who was instrumental in picking the locations for both Disneyland and later…
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Original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello Dead at 70
Annette Funicello, one of the original Mouseketeers picked by Walt Disney himself, has died at the age of 70 on Monday, April 8, at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California from complications to multiple sclerosis. “Annette was and always will be a cherished member of the Disney family, synonymous with the word Mousketeer, and a true…
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Disney Friends Flood Jamboree for Long Lost Friends Week
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Guests visiting Disneyland from April 8-14, 2013 will have the opportunity to visit many long lost friends as a part of this week’s Limited Time Magic offering. Long Lost Friends Week is bringing a plethora of characters to the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree inside of Disneyland. Here…
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Disney’s Planes, Finding Dory, VoluntEARS, Marvel Phase 2! – DAPs Magic Disney News – Edition 004
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Welcome to the DAPs Magic Disney News update with anchor Egon Bonkers. Here is a look at the news Egon covered this week: If you’d like more information: Disney Cruise Line VoluntEARS Salute National Literacy Month: https://dapsmagic.com/2013/04/04/disney-cruise-line-voluntears-salute-national-literacy-month/ Disney’s Planes – Teaser Trailer: https://dapsmagic.com/2013/04/03/disneys-planes-teaser-trailer/ MARVEL’S CINEMATIC UNIVERSE PHASE…
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Lost Friends Week Brings Some Rare Characters to Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Guests visiting the Disneyland Resort will be excited to learn that they will have the chance to connect with some dear old, rarely seen, friends during Lost Friends Week. From April 8 – April 14, guests can visit Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree and visit characters that were selected…
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Disney Cruise Line VoluntEARS Salute National Literacy Month
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE CELEBRATION, Fla. (April 1, 2013) – In honor of National Literacy Month in March, Disney Cruise Line crew members visited schoolchildren in ports of call as part of the Reading Together educational outreach program. The crew visited schools in Grand Cayman, St. Thomas and Nassau to promote literacy…
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Disney Awards $1.5 Million to Support Central Florida Kids
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 27, 2013 – Showered in red and gold confetti and sharing the stage with Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Disney Cast Members, representatives from 59 Central Florida organizations and school districts received more than $1.5 million today as part of the Disney Helping Kids Shine grants…
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Finding Dory Swimming to Theaters in 2015
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs It’s official, the sequel to Finding Nemo will have a search for a different undersea friend this time. Findin Dory was announced as the title for this Pixar sequel to hit fish flick. Dory and friends will be swimming to theaters on November 25, 2015. Ellen DeGeneres…
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Dumbo Screening at Disneyland’s Opera House on April 4 for Disneyland Annual Passholders
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disneyland is offering another Limited Time Annual Passholder Magic event. This time, Disneyland Annual Passholders will have the opportunity to view Dumbo on the screen inside of the Opera House at 5:00 PM on April 4, 2013. This charming classic tells the story of a young elephant…
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A Showdown Four Decades Later: William Shatner Faces the Alien Gorn Again in Promo for Upcoming Release of STAR TREK ®: THE VIDEO GAME
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Reprise of legendary 1967 TV battle between Shatner’s Captain Kirk and lizard-like alien puts spotlight on STAR TREK: THE VIDEO GAME, set for April 23 release HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (March 29, 2013) – More than four decades after they first squared off on an isolated desert planet, William Shatner comes face-to-face…
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Iron Man, Easter Bunny, Roger Rabbit, & Mickey’s Magical Map – DAPs Magic Disney News – Edition 003
Welcome to the DAPs Magic Disney News update with anchor Egon Bonkers. We cover the headlights of Disney news for the week in about a minute! Here’s the news: Here is a look at the news Egon covered this week if you’d like more information: Easter Bunny Joined by Rabbits & Friends for Bunny Hop:…
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Iron Man Tech Coming to Disneyland’s Innoventions
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Set pieces from Iron Man 3 are coming to Disneyland, specifically in Tomorrowland’s Innoventions. Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries will be open to Disneyland guests starting April 13. Guests will get a chance to see Tony Stark’s Hall of Armor, featuring Iron Man suits Mark I-VII. They…
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Easter Bunny Joined by Rabbits & Friends for Bunny Hop
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Spring Fling is in full force at the Disneyland Resort. During this Limited Time Magic, there are quite a few things going on to celebrate spring and Easter. There are eggs to be found in Disney California Adventure (along with a certain grumpy old man who happens…
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Music of the Future
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Kathy Music Concert Ticket sales are selling out within 10-15 mins, in L.A., London, Paris, Dallas, New York & etc for non-American Music Stars! Songs from Mickey & the Gang to Princesses to Cars all singing to bring us happy joyful tunes. But what comes after that? We…
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New Star Wars Land in the Works for Disneyland?
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Nothing has been announced. Nothing is confirmed. However… there is a survey. In this survey, guests were asked their interest in a Star Wars themed land coming to the Disneyland Resort. Once again, nothing has been announced but an idea is clearly being floated and marketing is…
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Lowery & Halbrooks to Write New Pete’s Dragon for Disney
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs David Lowery, and his writing partner Toby Halbrooks, will be writing a new approach to the story of Pete’s Dragon. Lowery, fresh off of a successful appearance at Sundance with Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, will be recreating this story about a young orphan who runs away from…
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Starbucks, Oz, and Kids Under 14 at Disneyland? – DAPs Magic Disney News – Edition 002
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Here is another weekly roundup of DAPs Magic Disney News by Egon Bonkers. This week, he takes a look at the following headlines: Starbucks Comes to Market House, Disneyana Gets New Home https://dapsmagic.com/2013/03/19/… Disney Cruise Line Introduces New Family-Friendly Port Adventures for 2013 Mediterranean Sailings https://dapsmagic.com/2013/03/21/… Oz…
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Spring Fling is Hopping to the Disneyland Resort
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Spring has arrived in full force at the Disneyland Resort and from March 25-31, guests will be able to experience everything that a Disney spring has to offer. Disneyland In Town Square, the Easter Bunny will be making a special appearance to make some friends and take…
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Kids Under 14 No Longer Allowed Alone at Disney Theme Parks
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Families visiting Disney Theme Parks will discover that their children under 14 will no longer be able to enter Disney Theme Parks alone. Starting March 23, kids 13 or under will need to be accompanied by someone 14 or older when entering a Disney Theme Park. The…
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YouTube Hits a Billion Monthly Users
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE In the last eight years you’ve come to YouTube to watch, share and fall in love with videos from all over the world. Tens of thousands of partners have created channels that have found and built businesses for passionate, engaged audiences. Advertisers have taken notice: all of the…
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STAR TREK The Video Game Reinvents a Classic Star Trek Villain
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE In the nearly five decades since the U.S.S. Enterprise first ventured into space, her crew has encountered untold foes, but few enemies have been quite as memorable as the Gorn. The savage, lizard-like race has been seen only fleetingly on screen, most memorably in the TV series’ first-season episode “Arena”…