Author: Mr. Daps
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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”…
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Starbucks Comes to Market House, Disneyana Gets New Home
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Things are changing on Main Street. Next month, the Market House will close to be renovated as the new home for Starbucks inside of Disneyland. This will necessitate the expansion of the Market House. To accommodate that expansion, Disneyana will be moving to the Bank of Main Street…
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For Disneyland Annual Passholders: “Disneyland: The Way We Were” with Disney Legend Dave Smith
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disneyland is continuing with the Limited Time Annual Passholder Magic Events, this time with a very special presentation by Disney Legend and Chief Archivist Emeritus, Walt Disney Archives, Dave Smith. He will be taking Disneyland Annual Passholders (DAPs) on a pictorial tour of Disneyland of the past. This tour will…
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Opa!, Disney Springs, Fantasy Faire & Wings! – DAPs Magic Disney News – Edition 001
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs There is a lot going on in the world of Disney news and it is, at times, hard to keep up. Today, we announce our new webshow DAPs Magic Disney News. Anchored by Egon Bonkers, this program will provide an overview of the top Disney news headlines.…
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Disneyland Celebrates Greece for “Opa! A Celebration of Greece”
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Guests visiting Disneyland May 25-27 will have the opportunity to experience Opa! A Celebration of Greece. During this celebration, Disneyland will be sharing the culture, food, entertainment, and other aspects of the Greek culture from 10AM-6PM. According to the Disney Parks Blog, guests will have the opportunity to experience the…
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Exhibit featuring African-American Art and Artifacts Opens at Epcot
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. March 11, 2013 -Walt Disney World Resort recently opened “Re-Discovering America: Family Treasures from the Kinsey Collection,” an exhibit representing more than 400 years of African-American achievement and contribution. The exhibit at the American Adventure pavilion at Epcot features rare art, books and documents…
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More Fantasy for Disneyland With Opening of Fantasy Faire
DAPs Magic Disney Magic – Mr. DAPs “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” ― Walt Disney Today, the Disneyland Resort expanded the world of fantasy for guests to enjoy when visiting the Disneyland Park. Fantasy Faire now offers guests the opportunity to visit the Disney royalty in their own…
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Shanghai Disneyland Digital Model Released
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Today at The Walt Disney Company Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Disney CEO and Chairman Bob Iger unveiled a rendering of what Shanghai Disneyland will look like when it opens in late 2015. This rendering is of the Enchanted Storybook Castle. This will be the tallest Disney castle once…
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New Details on Brad Bird & Damon Lindelof’s TOMORROWLAND?
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The project once known as 1952, and now recognized as TOMORROWLAND, may have a synopsis now. According to HitFlix, this is that synopsis: “A teenage girl, a genius middle-aged man (who was kicked out of Tomorrowland) and a pre-pubescent girl robot attempt to get to and unravel…
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Disneyland Annual Passholders Offered Fantasy Faire Preview
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disneyland Annual Passholders are being given the option to get a preview of Fantasy Faire on March 7, 8, & 9th before it officially opens on March 12th. The special event will be available between 12-6 on each of these days for Disneyland Annual Passholders. Passholders wishing…
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Wreck-It Ralph – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Imagine a world where the characters that are found within an arcade actually are living and breathing entities. They are programed to play the game when the game is being played but once the lights go out in the arcade, they control their own programming. This is…
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STAR TREK THE VIDEO GAME - New Images Released
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE With less than eight weeks until the release of STAR TREK The Video Game, Paramount Pictures has released new screen shots that reveal more about this completely original adventure that will be released April 23 by Paramount and NAMCO BANDAI for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. These…
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One More Disney Day One Year Later
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs One year ago today, people were anticipating the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World’s One More Disney Day. To celebrate the Leap Year, Disney was keeping both Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom open for the entire leap day. As evening of the 28th progressed, people began to…
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Dapper Dans Perform Boy Band Music
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Starting today, the Dapper Dans can be heard singing their take on boy band music on Main Street, USA daily through Sunday March 3, 2013 as a part of Limited Time Magic. Their medley includes songs from the Backstreet Boys, One Direction, and N’Sync. The medley begins…
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Dapper Day Comes to Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs http://storify.com/mrdaps/dapper-day-comes-to-disneyland
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Wreck-It Ralph Clips
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs In anticipation of Wreck-It Ralph being released on Blu-Ray and DVD on March 5, Disney has released some clips that will be appearing on this presentation. Bonus Clip: Sugar Rush – The animators share the original inspiration for Sugar Rush- the architecture of Antoni…
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True Love Week at the Disneyland Resort – February 11, 2013
The Disneyland Resort celebrated Valentine’s Day in 2013 with True Love Week. This celebration of love brought many royal couples out to the Small World Mall area to meet with guests throughout the week. This included Cinderella and Prince Charming, Snow White and her prince, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Jasmine, Aurora and Prince…
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Love is in the Air at Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Love is in the air at the Disneyland Resort this weekend. As part of Limited Time Magic, Disneyland is celebrating Valentine’s Day with True Love Week. This week brings many favorite Disney couples together in the Resort along with opportunities for other couples to come and…
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Lunar New Year Celebration at the Disneyland Resort
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The Lunar New Year celebration began today at the Disneyland Resort in Disney California Adventure and also Downtown Disney. The celebration runs from February 8 through February 13, 2013 and has Mickey, Minnie, Mulan, and Mushu leading the celebration for the “Year of the Snake.” The bulk…
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Valentine Screening of Lady and the Tramp offered for APs at Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs One of the most romantic Disney movies isn’t a princess movie at all. In fact, it is a movie about two dogs from two very different walks of life that fall in love. This year, the Disneyland Resort is offering Disneyland Annual Passholders the chance to watch…
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Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea Celebrate GRAMMY Nomination in Downtown Disney
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs On February 5, 2013 the Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea brought music and dance to Downtown Disney, celebrating their 2013 GRAMMY nomination. The nomination is in the category of Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano) for Oye, their 8th album. The event in Downtown Disney consisted…
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Peter Pan Diamond Edition – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs “All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again.” Thus begins Peter Pan, the classic Disney film about the boy who never grew up. Based on the original story by J.M. Barrie, the Walt Disney version of Peter Pan tells the story of…