Tag: Disneyland
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it’s a small world – DAPs From The Past
Today will start a three day look at attractions that are in the Tomorrowland film. It’s a look at some attractions that are still around to some extent, but we’re looking at their histories. All of this will lead up to the opening of the film. So, enjoy the first installment! “it’s a small world”…
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Grizzly Peak Airfield Opens at Disney California Adventure
Grizzly Peak Airfield is now open to guests visiting Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. The newly re-themed area heralds back to the 1950’s-1960’s America and the love of camping in National Parks. The area includes a new look for Soarin’ Over California, Humphrey’s Service and Supplies store, Mt. Muir Lookout Tower, and Smokejumpers…
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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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RunDisney sets its marks for Inaugural Race in Paris
Emails surfaced today from our favorite racing headquarters announcing the dates for the much anticipated Inaugural Race event in Paris, France. Set from September 23 to 25, 2016, this will not only be the first race weekend presented outside of the Continental US, it is one of the biggest events at Disneyland, Paris to date! While…
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Hatbox Ghost Appears at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion
Beware of Spoilers! Do not scroll down any further if you want to be surprised by the Hatbox Ghost when you visit Disneyland. [View the story “Hatbox Ghost Appears at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion ” on Storify]
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New Oil Can Sippers Coming to Cars Land in Disney California Adventure
Disney-Pixar’s Cars fans visiting Cars Land on May 22nd will be able to make a pit stop in Radiator Springs and fill up with new Oil Can Sippers featuring the Dinoco oil company logo. These new souvenir cups will be available at the Cozy Cone Motel. These new oil can sippers will be replacing the…
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Jurassic World Avengers – Geeks Corner – Episode 430
Welcome to this week’s Geeks Corner! It’s the week of Spider-Goat!? Apparently, according to Johnny 5. This is the week of Avengers: Age of Ultron so there is a lot to talk about in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Disneyland also announced its lineup of events for the May 22nd it’s 60th Diamond Anniversary Celebration. The…
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Star Wars Celebration On Ice! – Geeks Corner – Episode 429
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week there is a lot of Star Wars following Star Wars Celebration! The Tomorrowland preview comes to Disneyland’s Tomorrowland in the Tomorrowland Theater. Hayley also chats about her experience with Disney on Ice over the weekend. Here is a look at what was covered this week: Disney in the News Disney…
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Tomorrowland Preview Comes to Disneyland’s Tomorrowland
There is something almost surreal about sitting in a theater to watch a movie preview that seems to be taking place just outside of said theater. That’s what feels like is happening when guests watch the preview for Tomorrowland in the Magic Eye Theater inside of Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. Disneyland Annual Passholders were given the opportunity to…
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Ryan Gosling teaming up with Guillermo del Toro for Haunted Mansion Movie?
Ryan Gosling and Guillermo del Toro have been spending a lot of time together recently, including a trip to Disneyland. According to The Wrap, this is all part of a new relationship that has been developing and could lead to Ryan Gosling being a part of Disney’s new Haunted Mansion movie. If all continues as…
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Disneyland Park’s Matterhorn & Peter Pan Attractions to Reveal New Magic
Opening this spring after some lovely refurbishments, Disneyland Park’s Matterhorn Bobsleds and Peter Pan attraction will reopen with a few added adjustments and magic. Thursday morning, Disney Parks Blog shared a quick update on what the future holds for the attractions. Erin Glover shared with readers that new effects have been added into the Matterhorn Bobsled attraction.…
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Disney Animation to Live-Action – Geeks Corner – Episode 427
Welcome to this very rainy edition of Geeks Corner. If we did our job right though, other than a few clues we hope you can’t tell (hopefully it didn’t come through the microphones)! There is a lot going on this week and we decided to cram most of it into one episode. Disney in the…
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Which Sense Is Strongest At Disney Parks?
The Disney Parks are great for the senses of a person. The theme parks are known for great smells and taste of food, and notorious odors of rides. There are sounds galore, whether it’s music from a parade or the background noise of the windows on Main Street. Then there’s sight. It’s been known that…
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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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Muppets Back on TV, Mulan Live Action, Disneyland Band, and Tangled Musical – DAPscast – Episode 18
Welcome to DAPscast – Episode 18! As the month of April kicks off there is a lot to talk about. For this podcast, Mr. DAPs, Diplomatic Danie, Murray, and Annie chat about the following: Muppets Back on TV Mulan Live-Action Movie Winnie the Pooh Live-Action Movie The New Disneyland Band Tangled: The Musical We hope…
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Caption of the Week #4 – True Love
Welcome to Week #4 of DAPs Magic’s Caption of the Week adventure. This week, we take a trip to Frontierland inside of Disneyland. There we find the Laughing Stock Company performing throughout the day inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon. The photo from one of these shows captures Sally Mae in the midst of her quest for…
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Small Batch Bourbon by Tim Gill & The Tim Gill All-Stars – Review by Mr. DAPs
Visit Disneyland on a Saturday night, or specifically the Royal Theatre, and you will find a weekly tradition underway as people dance the night away to classic big band jazz. One of the bands that is featured at Disneyland fairly regularly on Saturday nights is Tim Gill & The Tim Gill All-Stars. The style is very…
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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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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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New Music Coming to Disneyland in June for 60th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland this summer, the Disney Parks Blog has announced that Disneyland will be making making changes to its iconic music program. The first change announced is that there will be more music coming to Disneyland this summer. The current musical acts will be increasing their…
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Tomorrowland Marvel Universe – Geeks Corner – Episode 426
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week Mr. DAPs, Johnny 5, and Hayley the Hatter have a lot going on as there is a lot of Tomorrowland news, Marvel Universe Live stuff to talk about, Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival, and even a new Geek of the Week! Here’s a rundown of what is covered in this…
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Disney's Tomorrowland – "The One"
“The future is running out.” He thinks you can fix the future. More of the setup for what Disney’s Tomorrowland will really be about has been unveiled in a brief trailer called “the one.” In it, Frank (George Clooney) attempts to recruit Casey (Britt Robertson)to come to the future and change it. Take a look…
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Disneyland's Innoventions – The Top Floor – Daps From the Past
In 1998 a revamp of Tomorrowland was completed at Disneyland. Among the changes that occurred was taking the Carousel Theater, which once housed attractions such as the Carousel of Progress and America Sings, and turned it into a west coast version of Innoventions. Innoventions has been a longtime pavilion at Epcot, and it made its…