Tag: Disneyland
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Disneyland Resort Legacy Passholders Get Preview of Star Wars Trading Post at Former Rainforest Cafe
Disneyland Resort Legacy Passholders, or otherwise known as Annual Passholders when Disneyland closed last year, were given a preview of the new location for Star Wars Trading Post in Downtown Disney District starting on Tuesday. Up until recently, Star Wars Trading Post was found in what was known as WonderGround Gallery. However, it has been…
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Disneyland Resort Parks to Remain Closed For Over a Year Disney Confirms
This week The Walt Disney Company hosted its quarterly earnings call and some updates were shared about the status of Disneyland’s reopening. First off, it won’t be happening anytime this quarter. Second, that doesn’t mean it will be opening as soon as this quarter is over at the end of March or beginning of April.…
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Disney California Adventure Park to Host “Food Experience” in March
Traditionally, Springtime at the Disneyland Resort means the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival! Last year, COVID-19 cut this celebration short and until today, it looked like there wouldn’t be a festival this year either. This morning, it was announced that Disney California Adventure Park would be hosting a “Food Experience” beginning in March!…
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Downtown Disney Announces Opening Date for New Star Wars Trading Post Location and Preview for Legacy Passholders
Downtown Disney has just announced the opening for the new Star Wars Trading Post shop in the old Rainforest Cafe location. February 19 will be the opening for this new location, but it has already been taking shape with decor on the outside. The style will be a jungle themed Resistance base. Disneyland has also…
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Disneyland Legacy Passholders to Get First Access To WandaVision Photo Location
Just last week, Disney announced that there would be special opporunitues for guests who were Annual Passholders when Disneyland closed due to COVID-19. These new Disneyland Legacy Passholders will get their first opportunity on February 5 when a new WandaVision photo location opens! This new photo location will exist in the Disneyland Resort Backlot Premier…
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An Original Idea for 1991 – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
1990 had been a memorable, event packed year for Disneyland. Kicking off on January 11, the 35th birthday of the park had driven attendance (and profits) to new heights. It was only natural that the powers-that-be at the top of the Walt Disney Company wanted to continue that success. But it must have been difficult…
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Disneyland Resort Updates Face Covering Policy and Adds Vaccine Guidelines
The Disneyland Resort has updated its policy for face coverings. The update allows for a “transparent plastic shield to aid in viewing the wearer’s mouth. For this to be in compliance with the resort’s health and safety protocols, the face covering must be fabric and feature a solid plastic panel that doesn’t have openings and…
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Jungle Cruise Updates Coming for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts
The World Famous Jungle Cruise at both Disneyland and Walt DisneyWorld Resorts will be getting new adventures. Today, a new video was released by Disney that has former Jungle Cruise Skipper and current Walt Disney Imagineer giving a glimpse as to what will be coming to this classic attraction. The main story update will be…
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California Lifts Stay-at-Home Order – What That Could Mean For Theme Parks
After spending nearly a month under a Stay-At-Home order, California has finally lifted it. This effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 closed nearly all businesses and suspending outdoor dining. The order closed down Knott’s Berry Farm’s food festivals as well as the dining at Downtown Disney District and Buena Vista Street. Now that Orange…
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Disneyland Resort Ends Annual Pass Program
Today it was announced that Disneyland is ending its Annual Pass program. The news comes as the Disneyland Resort continues to remain closed due to COVID-19. In its place, a new membership program will be instituted. A letter was sent out to Annual Passholders from Disneyland Resort president Ken Potrock. In it, he announces the…
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Disneyland Resort Confirms Location of COVID-19 Vaccination Spot
Yesterday, Orange County officials announced that the Disneyland Resort would be the home to the first regional “super POD“. This afternoon, Disney Parks officially announced that the COVID-19 Vaccination site would be in the Toy Story Lot! In a statement by Dr. Pamela Hymel, Disney’s Chief Medical Officer, she said: “Disneyland Resort is proud to…
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A Very Welcome 2021 – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the first edition of DISNEY Reporter in 2021 and Happy New Year! This week there are several Disney news stories to cover that span the globe! Things start off in Florida at Walt Disney World with the return of Park Hopping. Then the news moves around the globe to Shanghai Disney Resort. On…
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Mr. Disneyland, Disney Legend Ron Dominguez Passes Away at Age 85
Disney Legend Ron Dominguez has passed away at the age of 85. Dominguez was a “native Disneylander” who was also known as Mr. Disneyland. This was because his family owned and lived on some of the land that was purchased to build Disneyland on. “Our house was located right about where the entrance to Pirates of…
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Saying Goodbye to 2020! – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1113 (#536)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week is the final episode of 2020 and the geeks spend some time talking about the year! As we say goodbye to 2020, we got to say hello to the Disney-Pixar film, Soul! The geeks share their thoughts on this movie. While reviewing things, they also talk about the second…
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Park Icons – Top 5 Good News Disney Stories of 2020 – #4
This year’s top 5 is looking a bit different. Where it’s usually taking a look back at the stories that topped news and social media for Disney, we’re constraining it to the more positive, hopeful stories of the year. This fourth spot is also a compilation of similar items. It’s about the parks, but the…
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Rise of the Resistance – Top 5 Good News Disney Stories of 2020 – #5
In this year’s top 5 Disney stories of the year, I’m taking a slightly different approach. It has been a hard year, as I think anyone could say. If we went straight to the top 5 stories there would be some that could dwell on the disheartening. Instead, here are the top 5 good news…
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Bring the Celebration Home – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Disneyland’s 35th anniversary year was coming to a close, and there was only one thing that could definitively draw the curtain on the Party Gras: the holidays. Christmas had been exuberantly celebrated at Disneyland from its very first year, and 1990 was no exception. Christmas is a season of giving, and Disneyland wanted to be…
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Photos: Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration will be airing on Christmas Day on ABC at 10 a.m. ET and 9 a.m. CT/MT/PT. This annual tradition will be a bit different this year due to COVID-19. However, the magic of Christmas and Disney will be celebrated through the course of the program. It will be hosted…
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A Virtual Christmas in the Corner – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1112 (#535)
Welcome to the annual Christmas episode for GEEKS CORNER! This year, due to the current global climate, there is a lot more virtual things happening on this Christmas episode. This means music numbers and more! Through the course of this episode, we geek out about Christmas foods, traditions, and of course music! We also play…
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Party Gras! Disneyland’s Official 35th Anniversary Parade! – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
To wind down this year’s columns for 30 Years Ago at Disneyland, we will look at something that was briefly covered all the way back in January. You will recall that on January 11, in addition to a glittering ceremony to kick off all the anniversary promotions, Disneyland also debuted a brand new parade. The…
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Disneyland Resort Gives First Look at Newly Renamed Snow White’s Enchanted Wish
The Disneyland Resort has given a first look at what was formerly known as Snow White’s Scary Adventures. With this first look comes a new name. The attraction is now known as Snow White’s Enchanted Wish. The news about this new take on the attraction comes on the 83rd anniversary of when Snow White first…
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Disneyland Resort Launches ‘Together We Can Be Incredible’ PSA Campaign for Health and Safety in Local Communities
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 15, 2020) – Today, the Disneyland Resort kicked off a public service awareness campaign across Orange County and Los Angeles County to encourage all residents to adhere to current health and safety guidelines to help protect local communities. The campaign, “Together We Can Be Incredible,” features characters from Disney and Pixar’s “The…
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Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland Paris to Undergo First Major Refurbishment
It has been a major year for theme parks! While the COVID-19 pandemic has made it hard for some aspects of the parks to be refurbished, Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris have pushed on to be ready for their next anniversaries. This morning, Imagineers have announced that Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris will…