Category: Blogs
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Ringing in the Christmas Season at the Disneyland Resort
One fun part of Holiday Time at the Disneyland Resort is the Buena Vista Street Community Bell Ringers. This ensemble sings and rings handbells on Buena Vista Street throughout the Christmas season and really is a lot of fun to watch. They are residents of Buena Vista Street who come together to share the musical…
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A Day of Trials – Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple
Those visiting Tomorrowland at Disneyland may notice that there are some changes to be found. One of these revolve around the Tomorrowland Terrace Stage which no longer is the home of Jedi Training Academy. Instead, children get to face their fears as they experience Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple. This new experience draws heavily from…
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“Disney’ing” when you can’t get to Disney
Feeling the need to get yourself to a Disney Park, but it’s just not working out? Have the withdrawals from your last trip started kicking in? Many of us can’t always get to our favorite parks as much as we’d like. Maybe you love Disney, but you’ve NEVER been able to go! I teamed up…
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Artist Spotlight: Ashleymarie Lively aka Sey Studios
Hey guys! I’m so happy to be bringing this artist into the Spotlight series. Ashleymarie is not only extremely talented and creative, she and I went through the same Art Program at California State Long Beach. Go Beach! I’m very excited to be able to let you all know about her adorable and hand painted…
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Holidays Arrive at Disneyland Resort
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The Holidays have arrived at the Disneyland Resort. This year, they mix with the 60th Diamond Anniversary for the Disneyland Resort. On November 13th, A Christmas Fantasy Parade began celebrating the “spirit of the season” along the parade route. Holiday music was played throughout the Disneyland Resort. Christmas trees were lit as the day turned…
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Unboxing Classic Mickey & D23 Expo King Mickey Costume Disc – DAPs Magic Infinity & Beyond – Episode 2
Welcome to the 2nd episode of DAPs Magic Infinity & Beyond. In this series, Danie explores and shares with viewers the magic of Disney Infinity and then goes beyond! See what we did there!? ;) Episode 2 This episode of has Danie unboxing Mickey Mouse from Disney Infinity 3.0. Along the way she discovers an…
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DAPs Magic Infinity & Beyond Episode 1
Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to our newest YouTube series: DAPs Magic Infinity & Beyond. This new series, hosted by our very own Danie, will take a look at Disney Infinity, game unboxing, and other geeky video game related interests of Danie. Here is the first episode on DAPs Magic Infinity &…
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Inside Look at Film Accurate Costuming
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As we gear up to the D23 Expo Aug 14th-16th, I’m looking forward to not only attending the panels presented, but also the creative costuming Disney fans have been planning and creating specifically for this event. So much work goes into getting a cosplay or “look” together for conventions such as the Expo. I had…
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Spots open for the Avengers Half Marathon
Surprisingly enough, the upcoming Avengers Half Marathon in November, is still open for registration. As of this post, the Half is at 87% capacity. RunDisney events are notorious for selling out extremely quickly, some within a 24 hour time period. This one is sure to bring some action packed fun! If you are worried…
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New Details for runDisney’s Inaugural Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend
Disney Sports released some brand new details regarding this exciting new addition to RunDisney’s line up of events. Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend marks the very first International group of races in the already extremely popular series. The new Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend will be a three-day race weekend that includes a variety of…
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Mr. DAPs Railway Expansion and White Pass Addition
June means it is my birthday which in turn means… time to add something new to Mr. DAPs’ Railway. I had been anticipating this expansion for months (if not since first building the train a year ago) and had several ideas. None of these were 100% set in stone as I just wasn’t sure what exactly…
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Phoenix Comicon 2015 Recap
Greetings Geeks and Geekettes! It has been a week since Phoenix Comicon concluded and I really do feel it took me that long to process the event and recover. Having spoken to several people who attended Phoenix Comicon this year, the vibe definitely felt different. The layout was different, several attendee favorites were not present,…
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Cruella’s Soundsational Day at Disneyland
Sometimes even villains have their dreams come true at Disneyland. On April 26, 2015 Cruella saw one of her fiendish dreams come true when someone brought her a puppy. Thankfully, nothing tragic happened and Ms. DeVil and the puppy both walked away from the encounter in one piece. It was a lovely day at Disneyland…
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Queen Elsa’s Heart
The Frozen pre-parade before Mickey’s Soundsational Parade has become a favorite for many Frozen fans visiting the Disneyland Resort. It’s a great opportunity for fans young and old to get to see Queen Elsa and Princess Anna, especially if they decided not to make the trek over to Disney California Adventure to meet them personally.…
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Mr. DAPs’ Railway – Spring Has Sprung!
Spring has arrived and with it, flowers. The garden surrounding the railway continues to grow and hopefully soon will be flourishing. The main growth has come from the roses that are now starting to create some awesome natural tunnels for the train to steam through. In the future, there will be some wire arches to…
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The most Sparkly shoes in all the land! Artist Spotlight with Sparkle with Steph
One of my most favorite things is meeting and getting to know other artists who share the same passion for Disney. I was most privileged to interview the lovely Stephanie aka “Sparkle with Steph” about her absolutely stunning line of glitter shoes. I first spotted her on instagram by chance, and fell instantaneously in love with…
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Update with Amanda Jane
Things have been moving along pretty quickly for Amanda Jane Designs since we last checked in on her. This last week we chatted with her and got some awesome updates to what’s been going on in her shop! A couple of updates since my last interview! I created a new Cinderella necklace after the…
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Avengers Half Marathon Registration is Open!
Avengers Assemble! Today marked the open registration call for the runDisney Avengers Super Hero Half Marathon Weekend! Active.com opened up for participants at 9am PST to try to grab a spot before the individual races sold out. As of the time of this posting here are the stats…
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Dancing with Caballeros
Mickey’s Soundsational Parade is full of incredible talent. Quite often it is easy to notice the characters, the musicians, and people towering above as they dance down the parade route on stilts. However, there are dozens of others that bring the magic to the parade on a daily basis. They are absolutely incredible performers and without them…
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From Death Comes Life
One of my favorite things to see and places to visit is the pier leading out to the SS Palo Alto. This is a cement ship (one of only three) that was built towards the end of World War 1 and never saw action after being launched in May of 1919. She was mothballed in 1929…
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Home of the White Rabbit or the Mad Hatter?
It has always been interesting to me that the Mad Hatter store in Fantasyland really appears to be the White Rabbit’s home. I suppose I could dig into this more and find out why this is but it really has never gone beyond idle speculation before. In fact, just writing about it today takes it…
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Goodbye Tree Over the Train
One of the struggles with having a backyard train can be nature. The very thing which makes the whole backyard train thing so beautiful and intriguing can also be the most frustrating. Queue giant Jacaranda tree in my backyard. A beautiful tree, one of the tallest in the neighborhood, with the unique ability to drop…
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Early runDisney Registration for Annual Passholders
Great news for Annual Passholders who are ready to start (or already have started) their racing adventures complete with Disney magic! Disney allows a certain amount of early registers for each runDisney event, usually about 2 weeks in advance to regular registration. This helps TREMENDOUSLY when a race is sure to sell out in record time!…