Author: Mr. Daps
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A Look Forward at D23’s three-day Smoke Tree Ranch Roundup
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs January 23rd to January 25th of 2012 will be several days that will be unforgettable for a group of D23 members. This will be an event where they get to spend three fun filled and memorable days (and two nights) at the Smoke Tree Ranch at the…
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A View of the Magic Kingdom
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Frank Anzalone is an amazing photographer. Since his first visit to Disneyland as a child, he has returned to Disneyland with a camera in hand. Through the years he has taken many beautiful photographs and captured many magical moments. I have the honor of being a friend…
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Remembering Walt Disney 45 Years Later
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs On this date in 1966 the world lost on of the great icons when it lost Walt Disney to lung cancer. Walt Disney was an animator, an entrepreneur, a businessman, a producer, a director, a voice actor, a philanthropist, a dreamer, a doer, a great man, and…
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A Connection with Walt Disney Aboard the Mark Twain
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Last night Murray and I decided to board the Mark Twain for the last trip around the Rivers of America before the attraction was closed for the night to prepare for Fantasmic!. With just a couple of minutes to spare, we boarded the beautifully lit Mark Twain…
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Music Video: Jason Segel and Walter – “Man Or Muppet” from Disney’s “The Muppets”
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Walt Disney Records has released a music video for Man or Muppet from Disney’s The Muppets on youtube. In The Muppets Gary and his friend Walter work to re-unite The Muppets in an effort to save their old theater from an evil oil magnate. The music…
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The Help, – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The Help is an adaptation of the novel by Kathryn Stockett. The story told is how this book was written. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) just graduated college and wants to be a writer. While she has education and drive, she doesn’t have experience yet. After being…
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D23 Offers a Look at Famous Disney Hats
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Last week, several online media journalists/bloggers were invited to the Walt Disney Studios by D23, the official Disney fan club. What was billed as a look at the coming year’s events for D23 ended up being so much more. An overview of this day can be found…
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Harry Morgan Dead at 96
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Harry Morgan, perhaps best known for his role on M*A*S*H* as Colonel Potter, has died at the age of 96. He had been recently dealing with pneumonia but it is unknown at this time if this was the cause of death. Morgan was first seen on the big…
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Candlelight Processional Lights up the Night at Disneyland with Gary Sinise
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs A beautiful tradition continued at Disneyland this weekend in the form of the Candlelight Processional. The Candlelight Processional is the telling of the Christmas story with a celebrity narrator, choir, handbell choir, orchestra, and soloists. The ceremony begins with the choir processing down the parade route singing Christmas carols…
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D23 Event Makes Magic with Historic Surprise!
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Photo courtesy of Steven Clark and D23 Disney is known for making magic. Who would have guessed that magic could be made at what was thought would be a simple presentation about the 2012 events that D23 will be hosting. Yesterday, D23 proved that magic could be…
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The Disney Youtube Network is Here
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs For quite some time now the Disney Podcast Network has been gracing the world of iTunes, offering an easy access point for people to come and find their favorite Disney podcasts. Now this has been translated to the world of youtube.com. The Disney Youtube Network will be…
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A Christmas Fantasy Parade Brings Christmas Magic to Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Every holiday season at Disneyland guests crowd along the parade route for A Christmas Fantasy Parade. This Christmas classic has been winding its way up and down the parade route daily during the holiday season at the Disneyland Resort since it made its debut on November 13,…
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Disneyland Paris Launches Survey
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disneyland Paris is asking lots of questions in a new survey they have online to gauge the interests and motivations of Disneyland Paris fans. If you would like to take part in this survey you can do so at the following link before December 12, 2011: http://survey12.toluna.com/wix/p86868155.aspx?mode=tprod The survey only takes…
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Disney’s The Muppets Comes in Strong at the Box Office Over Thanksgiving Weekend
DAPs Magic Disney News – By Mr. DAPs Disney has something to be thankful for this weekend as The Muppets returned to the silver screen with a strong $42 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The Muppets came in second following The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 which brought in $62.3 million. Thanksgiving…
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Welcome Back Muppets! – A Review of The Muppets by Mr. DAPs
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Could they do it again? The question has been in the forefront of the minds Muppet fans ever since it was first announced that there would be a new Muppet movie. To put it simply, yes. The Muppets are back and in a movie that all Muppet fans…
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It’s Time to Play The Muppets
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs It’s time to play the music! … the music to the soundtrack to Disney The Muppets, in theaters on November 23, 2011. The soundtrack to The Muppets is a 30 track album with both music and brief sound clips. This soundtrack includes some classics from the old The…
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Rain Comes to Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Yesterday, rain came to the Disneyland Resort. This disrupted presentations of A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe… In Holiday Magic fireworks, Fantasmic! and more. While some of these shows were simply cancelled with nothing replacing them, this was not true for A Christmas Fantasy Parade. In its place,…
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Disneyland Remembers Veterans
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Two weeks ago, Disneyland remembered veterans past and present who serve this country to keep it safe. Shortly before 5:00 PM, Town Square was packed as people gathered to honor veterans. Soon the sound of drums could be heard in the distance as the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing…
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Disney-Pixar’s Brave Presents New Trailer!
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disney-Pixar’s Brave has made one more step closer to its June 22, 2012 3D release in theaters. Today, Disney-Pixar released a new trailer. Brave is Pixar’s first princess film and revolves around a young Scottish princess (Kelly Macdonald) who decides to go against tradition. This sets off…
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The Muppets Parody Twighlight in New Poster Photos
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The Muppets have decided to spoof Twighlight and have created three posters to do just that. The Muppets hits the silver screen on November 23, 2011.
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New Photos from Disney Pixar’s BRAVE
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Some new photos have been released from Disney-Pixar’s upcoming princess film, BRAVE. Here are the stills from BRAVE: BRAVE is scheduled for release on June 22, 2012. It will be the thirteenth film by Pixar Animation Studios.
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Kinect: Disneyland Adventures Review
DAPs Magic Disney News – by DC Sarah Typically I am very hesitant when buying Disney video games. Typically they are either somewhat dull or too difficult for a casual gamer like me. Fortunately Kinect: Disneyland Adventure is neither! I was able to test Kinect: Disneyland Adventures at the D23 this past August. I knew…