Tag: Disneyland
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James Cameron Says More Avatar Movies Are On the Way as “Avatar: The Way of Water” Passes “Top Gun: Maverick” at the Box Office
This week Avatar: The Way of Water passed Top Gun: Maverick at the box office and became the top grossing movie of 2022. The film has now garnered over $1.5 billion at the box office. As the movie continues to make money, director James Cameron says there are more Avatar movies on the way. Cameron…
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Photos From A Rainy Night Stroll at the Disneyland Resort
There has been a lot of rain around California this winter. As California has been pelted by rain storm after rain storm the Disneyland Resort continues to create magic for guests on a daily basis. January 4th was one of those rainy days at the Disneyland Resort, and then night. In the evening, a couple…
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Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend Returns to the Happiest Place on Earth in January 2024
The Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend is returning to the Happiest Place on Earth in January 2024. Today it was announced that this runDisney event will be back at the Disneyland Resort January 11-14, 2024. Registration for the weekend will begin on February 14, 2023. The return of the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend marks the return…
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Carthay Circle Restaurant Debuts Seasonal Menu for Winter 2023
Carthay Circle Restaurant is one of the most exciting dining experiences in the Disneyland Resort. Guests can head in to eat a wonderful sit-down lunch or dinner with menus that change seasonally. Now that it is officially Winter of 2023, the seasonal menu has been released and we are here to share it with you!…
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A Rainy New Year’s Day Surprise During A Christmas Fantasy Parade at Disneyland
New Year’s Eve saw a lot of rain come down around Southern California and Disneyland was no exception. As the evening progressed, the rain continued to come down. New Year’s Day started out looking a lot nicer. However, shortly after 2:00 PM, the sky began to look more ominous. By this time, A Christmas Fantasy…
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Disneyland’s New Orleans Square Train Station Damaged by Small Fire
A small fire damaged part of the train station area in New Orleans Square earlier this week. The fire caused minimal damage and nobody was hurt, Anaheim Fire officials told the Orange County Register. The fire happened very early on Thursday, December 29, 2022, with the Anaheim Fire Department getting the call at 3:29 AM.…
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2022 Rose Bowl Teams Spend Day at Disneyland Ahead of the Big Game
Coaches and players from the 2022 Rose Bowl teams stopped by the Disneyland Resort ahead of the big game. The no. 8 University of Utah and the No.11 Pennsylvania State University will be playing in the Rose Bowl on January 2, 2023, but first stopped by the Happiest Place on Earth for what has become…
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Happy Holidays! – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Today, Disneyland has a staggering array of holiday-themed promotions, one blending into another through several months of the year. It may seem hard to believe, but just thirty years ago fans of the Happiest Place on Earth had to be content with a few one-day events, and then the “big” Christmas season after Thanksgiving. Here…
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Disney and positive stuff – GEEKS CORNER – Episode #640
Welcome to the final episode of GEEKS CORNER in 2022! There are a lot of things to discuss this week both looking back at the last year and also looking forward. This week, the Geeks talk about how courtesy is now a formalized policy on the Disneyland website. They also talk about what is coming…
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Disneyland Resort Gives Sneak Peek of Wondrous Journeys Nighttime Spectacular
Can you believe we are just a little over a month away from the start of Disney 100? This celebration will feature a new show at Disney California Adventure Park, a new attraction for Disneyland, AND a new fireworks show at Disneyland Park! This morning, Disneyland gave us a look into the new show at…
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Disneyland Resort Posts New Year’s Eve Schedule
The Disneyland Resort is always an exciting place to be on New Year’s Eve. Thousands of excited guests descend on Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and the Downtown Disney District to ring in the new year. While specific details have not been released by the Disneyland Resort about all of the offerings for New Year’s Eve,…
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PICTORIAL: A Rainy Monday Morning at Disneyland During the Holidays
This morning was a rainy morning at Disneyland. Seeing the weather report, I made my way into the park and entered shortly after rope drop. The rain was very light and so were the crowds as I made my way onto Main Street, USA. Unlike the rain yesterday, the rain was coming down fairly straight…
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Disneyland Band Brings Out New Warmer Costumes As The Weather Outside is Frightful
On Sunday, the weather at Disneyland was less than delightful. Throughout the morning, in fact, it was downright frightful. However, as the day wore on, things got a bit nicer. However, things weren’t necessarily warm. The Daps Magic team saw that Disneyland Band has new coats for their uniforms for cooler days at the Disneyland…
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Geekmas is Coming! – GEEKS CORNER – Episode #637
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week is the second week of Geekmas! This week the Geeks enjoy talking about their weekend at Disneyland and the Candlelight Processional. This included seeing Bob Iger return to the Disneyland Resort on Saturday. The Geeks talk about how Viola Davis was as a narrator and also their favorite narrators…
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Disneyland’s Indiana Jones Adventure to Close January 9, 2023 For Extended Refurbishment
Disneyland’s Indiana Jones Adventure will be closing for an extended refurbishment starting on January 9, 2023. According to a post found on the attraction page on Disneyland.com, the attraction will be closed until sometime in the spring of 2023. The following announcement was found on the attraction’s page: From January 9, 2023 until spring 2023,…
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New Logo Unveiled for Disneyland’s Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
A new logo has been released for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at the Disneyland Resort. The logo was shared by the Disneyland Magic Key social media handle earlier this week. It shows Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse on top of a marquee for the attraction. The following post was shared by the Disneyland Magic…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger is Greeted With Enthusiastic Response Upon His Return to Disneyland
Disney CEO Bob Iger returned to Disneyland on Saturday, December 3, 2022 ahead of the Candlelight Processional. With Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro, Iger toured both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure throughout the day before returning to Disneyland for the first performance of the Candlelight Processional. The two were greeted with smiles…
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5 Memorable Narrators of the Disneyland Candlelight Processional
The Disneyland Candlelight Processional is an annual tradition at the Disneyland Resort that dates back to the days of Walt Disney. Each year (except for a few in Fantasyland), a mass choir, orchestra, handbell choir, fanfare trumpeters and celebrity narrator come together in front of Main Street Station and tell the story of the original…
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2022 Disneyland Candlelight Processional Narrator is Viola Davis
The Disneyland Candlelight Processional is an annual tradition for many fans and cast members at the Disneyland Resort. Most hear, the identity of the narrator or narrators isn’t known until the mic check shortly before the start of the 5:30 PM showing. This year was no different and the narrator wasn’t revealed until the mic…
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A New Train Station and Toy Shop – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
1992 may not have been the most “original” year in Disneyland history (even the “original” promotion had been carried over from 1991), but the end of the year saw two new venues open in the northernmost part of the happiest place on earth. On November 25, the new Toontown Railroad Station opened, and on December…
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Magic Happens Returning to Disneyland Resort in February 2023
Calling all dreamers! Magic Happens Parade is officially returning to the Disneyland Resort on February 24, 2023! This parade debuted in February 2020, so it will be almost three years after its original limited run! The date was announced by Disney Parks on Twitter, showing high-energy footage from the original run of the parade. You…
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Day Twenty-Three: Iconic Disney Food – 24 Days of Thanksgiving
Seeing that tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, a time when we all like to indulge in good cooking, I felt it was only appropriate to highlight my love of iconic Disneyland food. Whether it’s a Mickey-shaped pretzel, a Dole Whip, Plaza Inn fried chicken, or a corn dog from the Little Red Wagon, they each bring…
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Day Twenty-Two: Kinetic Energy – 24 Days of Thanksgiving
Disney Parks transports guests into worlds guests could never imagine. At any point, you can move from an alien planet to faraway kingdoms in just a matter of steps and we always feel like we’re part of the story. One of the ways that Disney makes these worlds come to life is through something called…
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Day Twenty One: The Disneyland Railroad – 24 Days of Thanksgiving
One of the things I am most thankful for from Disney is the Disneyland Railroad. This is perhaps the easiest thing to be thankful for when I think of the wide range of things I’m thankful for from the many different parts of Disney. The Disneyland Railroad, formerly the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is…