Tag: Disneyland
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‘Limited Time Magic’: Cadaver Dans Daytime Appearances
As the season of Halloween continues on at the Disneyland Resort, the Cadaver Dans will be making special daytime appearances for this week’s ‘Limited Time Magic’. The Cadaver Dans will be preforming outside of the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square during normal park operating hours. This group is traditionally found on the fog coated…
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Jungle Cruise Jingles All the Way for a Jingle Cruise Christmas
This year the Jungle Cruise will be getting the holiday treatment as it becomes the Jingle Cruise for the Holiday Season at Disneyland in California and the Magic Kingdom in Florida. According to the Disney Parks Blog and Walt Disney Imagineers, the Jungle Cruise will be the newest attraction to receive a holiday makeover. The…
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Halloween Time at Disneyland – Mr. DAPs interviews Adolfo & Maleficent
Halloween Time is in full swing at the Disneyland Resort. Recently I was able to interview Adolfo about all that is going on for Halloween Time at Disneyland. During the interview Maleficent appeared as well to add a little villainy to the interview. Entering Disneyland and the Halloween Time transformation is immediately apparent. Jack-O-Lanterns are…
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Talking Mickey Finds Home at Magic Kingdom
A couple of years ago the internet was buzzing as “talking Mickey” made his debut on the porch of his house in Toon Town at Disneyland back in March of 2011. Move forward a couple of years and this morning the Disney Parks Blog revealed that Mickey will be talking with guests as he performs…
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The 23rd Annual CHOC Walk Through the Park at Disneyland – Part 2
This past Sunday on October thirteenth, I participated in the 23rd annual CHOC Walk. All proceeds went to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. It was a great cause to fundraise for and in return, each person that reached his or her minimum goal of fifty dollars was able to walk a 5k though the…
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The 23rd Annual CHOC Walk Through the Park at Disneyland – Part 1
On Sunday October 13, 2013 thousands of people woke up early and made their way to the Disneyland Resort. Before the sun even had begun peaking over the hills, these thousands of people streamed with balloons, signs, t-shirts, and hearts full of love and support for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). The CHOC…
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A First Experience with the Disability Access Service (DAS) at Disneyland
On Wednesday Oct 9th, the Disneyland Resort started a new service for guests with disabilities called the Disability Access Service (DAS). I care for a little guy who has down syndrome. We go to Disneyland every Wednesday, so we went and also had a go with the new system. I would like to reiterate that it was…
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How to Find Halloween Time Treats and Make Beignets at the Disneyland Resort
It’s Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort. Recently I had the opportunity to interview Chef Christina Orejel at the Disneyland Resort in Disney California Adventure about the Halloween Time treats that can be found around the resort and where to find them. I also learned how to make beignets AND did I mention I got…
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Disability Access Service (DAS) Card Unveiled at Disneyland Resort
Today is the day that the Disability Access Service (DAS) Card is unveiled officially to the public. The internet has been buzzing with articles, rumors, leaks, and even an occasional Disney Parks Blog post about the replacement for the Guest Assistance Card (GAC) that has been widely abused. Now the new system is in place…
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Iron Man Experience Flying to Hong Kong Disneyland [Updated]
Iron Man is incredibly popular in China. For example, Iron Man 3 took in $121.2 million in China and The Avengers just $84.1 this year. Disney is hoping to capitalize on this momentum to help boost Hong Kong Disneyland. To do this, Disney Parks & Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs announced that an Iron Man thrill…
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FROZEN Characters Coming to Disneyland
When Frozen comes to the big screen at the end of November, a new host of Disney characters will be unveiled to the world. While fans have been getting glimpses of them in trailers and promotional materials, they will get the opportunity to meet Anna and Elsa from Disney’s Frozen. These Frozen characters will be meeting…
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Annual Passholder Screening of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Disneyland Annual Passholders (DAPs) are being given another Limited Time Annual Passholder Event as part of Limited Time Magic. This time, the Opera House is being opened up on October 3 for DAPs to watch The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. This is quite appropriate as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is included in this two part…
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Market House Starbucks Now Open at Disneyland
After months of waiting, the Market House has reopened on Main Street, USA at Disneyland. The Market House is now the home of the newest Starbucks at the Disneyland Resort. It will be one of four Starbucks locations at the Disneyland Resort when all announced Starbucks have been completed. The Market House Starbucks brings both…
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Disneyland Renews Commitment to Guests With Disabilities – DAPs Tips
There has been a lot of speculation and concern about upcoming changes to the Guest Assistance Card that is to be replaced with a new system on October 9, 2013. The abuse of the system has been generally recognized by both cast members and regular visitors to the Disneyland Resort but was brought to the…
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Disneyland Begins Pirates Week Celebration
Today marks the first day of Pirates Week, the latest offering of Limited Time Magic, at the Disneyland Resort. This weeks events were inspired by last week’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Throughout the week, Disneyland guests and Disneyland Annual Passholders (DAPs) will have the opportunity to experience “a pirates life” the Disney way.…
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Disneyland Annual Passholders Screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Disneyland is celebrating Pirates Week at the Disneyland Resort. To celebrate, Disneyland is offering its annual passholders (DAPs) a chance to screen Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in the Main Street Opera House tonight and tomorrow night (September 23 & 24, 2013). Here are the dates and times for the DAPs screening…
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Thoughts on Disneyland & Starbucks by Mr. DAPs
Next week Starbucks will be opening on Main Street, USA at what was once the Market House and Disneyana stores. There has been lots of discussion about commercialism taking over the parks. “Walt would never have done that” or “they just keep changing things and making things worse,” has been said a lot. While at…
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day: How to Talk Like a Pirate
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. This is the day where people celebrate that a bunch of scurvy rats who once terrorized the seas by speaking like them. Beyond the fact that pirates most likely were not nice people (have you actually listened to the lyrics of “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for…
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Thor: Treasures of Asgard Coming to Disneyland November 1
On November 1, 2013 Thor will be coming to Disneyland…sort of. Thor: Treasures of Asgard will be a new exhibit found in Tomorrowland’s Innoventions. It will feature artifacts from Asgard that were brought to Earth by Astrophysicist Jane Foster, to create this special exhibit. According to the Disney Parks Blog, Foster has been studying Bifrost (what…
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Minnie Walk at CHOC Children’s Hospital
There are many things that I get to cover from time to time that are meaningful and touching. This event may have topped them all. Today, I went to the CHOC Minnie Walk that takes place in the Bill Holmes Tower of the hospital. An annual CHOC “Walk in the Park” commences in October, but…
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A Very Warm Dapper Day at Disneyland
Storify by Mr. DAPs Fri, Sep 06 2013 22:03:37 A Very Warm Dapper Day at Disneyland A look at Dapper Day at Disneyland on September 6, 2013 Guests visiting Disneyland today may have noticed something a bit different… people were dressed up on a very warm day. This was due to it being “dapper day.”…
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Disneyland Buys RV Park for Employee Parking
The Walt Disney Company is purchasing the Anaheim RV Village with plans to make a 1,400 space employee (cast member) parking lot on the corner of Harbor Blvd and Ball Road. The move was made to address the growing parking problem that has accompanied the expansion of the Disneyland Resort. With more guests visiting the Disneyland…
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Disneyland’s Market House Starbucks Gets Opening Date
After months of being closed, the Market House Starbucks now has an end in sight. Yesterday, the Disney Parks Blog made an announcement about the Fountain View Starbucks opening in Epcot. At the end of this article, it was announced that Disneyland’s first Starbucks inside of the original Magic Kingdom will be opening on September…
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Col. Vargas, Pirates Tell No Tales, Disney Studios, Starbucks – DAPs Magic Disney News Update
This week, due to the heat Egon Bonkers had to take a medical leave of absence. In his place, Johnny 5 shares a look at the Disney news for the DAPs Magic Disney News Update. Let’s take a look at the news: Disneyland Honors Retired Marine Colonel Vargas: https://dapsmagic.com/2013/08/26/disneyland-honors-retired-marine-colonel-vargas/ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men…