Tag: Disneyland
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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…
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DuckTales Reboot, Into The Woods, Star Wars Rebels & More – DAPscast – Episode 17
Diplomatic Danie, Mr. Daps, Annie, and Murray talk about the announced reboot of DuckTales, Into The Woods coming to home media, Star Wars Rebels first season review, and discussion on the big news items from the Disney stockholders meeting.
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Spring Has Sprung – Geeks Corner – Episode 425
Spring has sprung at the Disneyland Resort…and the rest of Southern California (perhaps not everywhere else though). With the coming of spring, we’ve also done some rearranging and changing in the Corner. This is the first of several changes that will be coming to Geeks Corner, nothing insanely big but we think it’ll make for…
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Should Disneyland Tickets Have Tax?
OC Register has an article discussing a 20 year pact that Anaheim and Disney has on tickets not being charged a tax (the article is found here). But, this next year the ban could be lifted. The article explains that the ban was enacted as part of a pact that Disney had to improve a…
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5 Tips For Social Media Meetups at Disney
5 Tips For Social Media Meetups at Disney – by Jessica Prell by Jessica Prell Oh my gosh! There’s an instagram/tumblr/twitter/disney-fan-club/dapper meet up this weekend and I’m SO. EXCITED. TO. GO! I need to figure out what to wear! How should I do my hair!? Will it be hot? O.M.G What if @Mrdaps is there?!…
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Springtime Roundup Hops to Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree at Disneyland
Spring has sprung at Disneyland and is being celebrated at the Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree Springtime Roundup. The springtime fun includes music, dancing (including the ever popular Bunny Hop), some favorite bunny characters (the Easter Bunny, Thumper, Rabbit, Roger Rabbit, the White Rabbit, Br’er Rabbit and Pluto with bunny ears), along with Mickey and Minnie Mouse dressed up…
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Smokejumpers Grill Now Open at Disney California Adventure's Grizzly Peak Airfield
Today Grizzly Peak Airfield opened its first location in the newly re-themed area: Smokejumpers Grill. This quick serve dining location now serves Bacon Cheddar Burgers, Grilled Chicken & Jack Sandwiches and Chili Cheeseburgers to name a few of the options. The decorations showcases the work of the California Forest Service as it fights forest fires. Grizzly Peak Airfield replaces…
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runDisney Announces New Avengers 10K and Challenge
Some awesome news for all our Disney runners out there! RunDisney released a new video today previewing some exciting changes to the Avengers Half Marathon Weekend. Joining up with the Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon and the popular 5k, is now a third race: The Captain America 10K! This is super exciting because not only is…
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What’s in a Name? – Geeks Corner – Episode 424
Welcome to this week’s Geeks Corner! It also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day so happy belated St. Patrick’s Day to you (obviously by the time the episode goes live the day will be over)! There is a ton going on so let’s get right to it. Here is a look at what is being covered…
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Pretty Little Bakers – Geeks Corner – Episode 423
Welcome to this week’s very special edition of Geeks Corner! We are joined this week by special guest Kellie Knezovich from Pretty Little Bakers! Before we get to the baked goods, let’s take a look at what is going on in the news. Disney in Geek News: Disney California Adventure Park to Open ‘Smokejumpers Grill’…
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How To Enjoy Disneyland By Yourself [UPDATED]
I have had an annual pass to Disneyland for almost 20 years now. Most of my times going to the park have been with other people, but there are quite a few times that I find myself flying solo at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. When I’ve told people I go to the parks by…
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The Ducktales Avengers – Geeks Corner – Episode 422
Welcome to this week’s Geeks Corner! This week we are trying a few different things so we hope you enjoy our adventure in the corner as we film from two locations! Here is a look at what we are covering this week: Disney in the News Dapper Day at Disneyland: https://www.dapsmagic.com/2015/03/02/thousands-brave-rain-to-celebrate-dapper-day-at-disneyland/ The Return of Ducktales: https://www.dapsmagic.com/2015/02/25/ducktales-returns-in-2017-on-disney-xd/ 20th…