Tag: Christmas
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Buena Vista Street Celebrates Christmas and the Holidays
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Buena Vista Street is looking quite festive with a new Christmas tree, decorations, and even Christmas carolers! For its first holiday season, Buena Vista Street has gotten new decorations fitting with the era when Walt Disney pursued his dream in California. These decorations can be found both…
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Cars Land at Christmas
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Cars Land is preparing to celebrate its first holiday at the Disneyland Resort. The inhabitants have gone all out to decorate Radiator Springs for Christmas. The decorations include cars themed “Christmas trees,” garland, and even Mater received his very own Santa hat. Here are a few photos…
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Christmas Carolers Sing Their Way to Buena Vista Street
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs On Friday November 9, guests visiting Buena Vista Street were treated to Christmas carols being song by a group of carolers with English handbells throughout the day. This octet sang many holiday favorites in their festive garb. Their sets varied around Buena Vista Street and featured different…
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A Look at Disneyland’s 2012 Candlelight Processional
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Disneyland has changed things a bit this year for its annual Candlelight Ceremony and Processional. This year, it will be presented twice nightly from December 1 through December 20. Like previous years, celebrity narrators will be joining the orchestra and choir to tell the Christmas story. Here…
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Disneyland Tapes Christmas Day Parade Special
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Over the weekend, the Disneyland Resort was full of dancers, characters, singers, and that jolly old elf himself Santa Claus. This was all for the taping of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade at Disneyland. Celebrities like Mario Lopez, the Backstreet Boys and Toby Mac all made…
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Holidays Come to Cars Land! Seasonal Cheer Spreads Throughout Disneyland Resort as The Happiest Place on Earth Gets Merrier Starting Nov. 12
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Highlights Include New Holiday Décor for Cars Land and Buena Vista Street in Disney California Adventure, plus Fireworks, the Christmas Parade and Snowfall in Disneyland ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 23, 2012) – The newly expanded Disney California Adventure Park gets a spectacular seasonal makeover, and such beloved holiday traditions…
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Disney Rings in the Holidays with Top 10 “Must Have” Gifts
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Glendale, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 — Disney Consumer Products today announced its Top 10 “must have” gifts for children and families who love and cherish all things Disney. With something for everyone on your list, Disney’s Top 10 holiday gifts are already garnering major awards and accolades from top media,…
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Babes in Toyland Being Released on Blu-Ray for Christmas!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE For the First Time on Disney Blu-rayTM, with New Digital Restoration, Celebrate the 1961 Classic Disney Musical, Produced by Walt Disney himself, Starring Annette Funicello this Holiday BABES IN TOYLAND Available December 11, 2012 Synopsis: Tom the Piper’s Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the…
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Walt Disney World Resort at Holidaytime Unwraps Festive Traditions, Glistening Ice Castle and Seasonal Spectacles
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Disney elves blend yuletide traditions and Christmas cheer to create a wintry wonderland ready for holiday revelers at Walt Disney World Resort as early as November 9. There’s an extra night of merry at the Magic Kingdom with 20 nights of Mickey’s Very…
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Fireworks on Hiatus at Disneyland Resort
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The skies above Disneyland have been quiet on one of the busier weeks of the year at the resort. Many rumors have been swirling around twitter and the social media universe about the exact reason for the holiday fireworks’ hiatus. Disneyland has not released specifics on the…
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Giving is our Way at Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE To the tune of “Winter Wonderland” ANAHEIM, Calif. – December 19, 2011 – Community called, we were listening, At the ready, our smiles a glistening Bringing holiday cheer, And donating all year, Giving is our way at Disneyland. We gave away – record donations To charities,…
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Disney’s Support of Covenant House Helps Youth Build Solid Foundation
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 23, 2011 – During the holidays and throughout the year, Walt Disney World Resort provides cash and in-kind support to hundreds of local organizations that aim to build brighter futures for children and families. One such organization benefitting from Disney’s ongoing outreach is…
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Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice Now Online!
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, is now online for 24 hour a day viewing pleasure by fans of Christmas and fans of the elves who help Santa make it happen every year. Originally airing on December 5, 2011 Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice is 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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Sail Away to a Magical Winter Holiday with Disney Cruise Line
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE CELEBRATION, Fla. – This holiday season, give a gift that’s both nautical and nice: a cruise on the Disney Magic, Disney Wonder or Disney Dream, all decked to the “raft-ers” with holiday cheer. From Thanksgiving through the new year, Disney Cruise Line adds sparkle to each ship, with…
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Primordial Penguins Release First Single “Christmas Time” With MMLJ Records
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE from PRIMORDIAL PENGUINS December 14, 2011 — The Primordial Penguins have released their first single album via MMLJ Records. “Christmas Time” is now available for immediate download at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/primordialpenguins “Christmas Time” will soon be available through iTunes, AmazonMp3, and from other digital retailers. The Primordial Penguins were originally created by…
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Disney VoluntEARS Dress Up Holidays for Local Children
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 14, 2011 – For more than 20 years, Vernell Erkins has volunteered her time for a tradition that makes the holidays brighter for more than 1,000 local children. Erkins is one of hundreds of Cast Members at Walt Disney World Resort who…
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Disney VoluntEARS Collect Nearly 30,000 Toys For Local Children
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 8, 2011 – Walt Disney World VoluntEARS reported for duty this morning on a joint mission with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and Mickey Mouse to contribute to the local Toys for Tots campaign. During the past month, Walt Disney World Cast Members…
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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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NBA Season Opens with Christmas Day Showcase on ABC & ESPN
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Christmas Day will mark the opening of the 2011-12 NBA season with a special showcase including a blockbuster doubleheader on ABC – a Finals rematch when the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki host the Miami Heat and All-Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on…
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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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Christmas by the Numbers at Walt Disney World Resort
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Miles of garland, ribbon, twinkling lights and glitter transform Walt Disney World Resort into a winter wonderland during the holiday season. Here’s a sample of what guests will experience throughout the Vacation Kingdom: 1,300 decorated trees throughout property A wreath 25 feet in diameter adorning the…
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Top Celebs Headline Candlelight Processional at Epcot
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Academy award-winning actress Mira Sorvino returns to Walt Disney World Resort Nov. 25-27, 2011, to kick off Candlelight Processional, the enormously popular Disney holiday celebration that will continue nightly through Dec. 30, 2011, at Epcot. Sorvino is among a dozen celebrities, ranging from…
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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,…