Tag: Disneyland
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Candles Were Lit – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter! Here is a look at this week’s Disney and geek headlines: This week things kick off with an update on Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional. It was narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda and was impacted by the weather a little bit. In movie news, the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife was released this…
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New Video Gives First Look at Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
This week during the Disney Channel Holiday Party @Walt Disney World, viewers got a first look at Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. This new attraction will be arriving at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on March 4, 2020, and then at Disneyland in 2022. On this attraction, guests will be pulled into a cartoon with Mickey and…
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Disneyland Annual Passholder Exclusive Door Mat Offered For A Grand Gingerbread House Experience at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
Disneyland Annual Passholders who experience A Grand Gingerbread House Experience at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa will receive an extra bit of magic when building their gingerbread house. Annual Passholders will get a special door mat for their gingerbread house when they experience it with a valid annual pass. Here are the details for…
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Disney Parks Exclusive OtterBox iPhone Case Coming December 18th with Annual Passholder PopSockets PopGripPop
On December 18th the Disney Parks will release an exclusive retro Disneyland themed OtterBox case. This particular case will be for several different iPhones and include an integrated Annual Passholder PopSockets PopGrip. The case will be available for the iPhone XR, iPh8+ and iPhone 7+. It will not be available for the popular iPhone 11…
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Magic Happens Parade to Arrive at Disneyland in February 2020
Earlier this year the new Magic Happens parade was announced. This parade, that will be arriving in 2020 celebrates the magical moments that are found in so multiple Disney stories. Today, it was announced that Magic Happens will be arriving at Disneyland on February 28, 2020. Magic Happens will be led by Mickey Mouse as…
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The Square Where it Happened – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1010 (#481)
Welcome to another episode of GEEKS CORNER! This week, there is a lot of spirited conversation going on. First off, the geeks discuss the Candlelight Processional at Disneyland with Lin-Manuel Miranda. In Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, new droids have arrived. The geeks talk about the process of building the world at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge…
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“Gifts of Mara” Coming to Indiana Jones Adventure in Play Disney Parks App
If you’ve ever taken a step inside the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, you’ve likely noticed strange markings lining the walls. Well, when the attraction originally opened back in 1995, guests were given a decoder to translate these messages. Now, Disney is bringing these decoders to the Play Disney Parks App along with an adventure…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Tells the Christmas Story at Disneyland During 2019 Candlelight Processional
Fans cheered when the Lin-Manuel Miranda made his way onto the podium in front of the Main Street Station at Disneyland for a soundcheck ahead of this year’s Candlelight Processional. During his soundcheck, he sang the music from Moana and generated even more cheers. A little over an hour later, the Candlelight Processional began. The…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda the Narrator for 2019 Candlelight Processional at the Disneyland Resort
Each year at Disneyland ahead of the Candlelight Processional Disney fans speculate about who will be the celebrity narrator for this special event. This year that narrator is Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda is known on both the stage and screen. For Disney he recently started as Jack in Mary Poppins Returns with Emily Blunt. He also…
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Resistance Rising – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter! This week is an exciting week for Disney and geek news! Things start out with the opening of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at the Walt Disney World Resort. This new attraction allows guests to be immersed in the midst of Star Wars like never before. That isn’t the…
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New Soda Droids in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland
New droids have arrived on Batuu. The droids that were found throughout Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with beverage vendors in several locations around Black aspire Outpost. The droids were aboard beverage carts that were branded to specific Coca-Cola products in a way that kept the Star Wars themes. The products represented were Coca-Cola, Sprite, and…
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Rainy Merriment – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1009 (#480)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week there is a lot of ground to cover throughout the course of the show. This last week during the celebration of Thanksgiving, a new commercial that reunited E.T. with Elliott was shown. In Disney Parks news, Snow White’s Scary Adventures is getting updated at Disneyland. Disney+ is getting a…
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Disneyland Annual Passholders Can Ride Haunted Mansion During After Hours Event
Disneyland Annual Passholders are being given the opportunity to ride Haunted Mansion Holiday exclusively after Disneyland’s normal operating hours. The events will be offered on the evenings of December 9th – 11th. For annual passholders who want to participate, be inside of Disneyland Park before it closes and bring a valid annual pass. Haunted Mansion…
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Sunday Recap Report – A Christmas Fantasy Day
It was a rather cool, winter type day at the Disneyland Resort for it being December 1. This made for a somewhat comfortable day. Crowds were fairly mild as it was also a travel day for many to go home after the Thanksgiving holiday. I got to Disneyland around 2pm, but I was ready for…
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Mr. DAPs’ Favorite Five- December 1, 2019
There are quite a few fun things going on this week at the Disneyland Resort. Picking just five will be harder to do than normal but I will do my best! Since it has been raining all week and it is going to be raining this coming week, I’m going to pick some of my…
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The Rise of Rain – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to this week’s edition of the DISNEY Reporter! This week, there is a lot going on. From Frozen 2 having a hot opening weekend to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker amping up its promotion, there was a lot happening in movie news. At the Disneyland Resort what was happening was a lot of…
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Disneyland Resort Confirms Updates to Snow White’s Scary Adventures
Snow White’s Scary Adventures is going to get some updates in 2020. This attraction is the only attraction with a story based on a Disney princess in Fantasyland at Disneyland. Walt Disney Imagineering is coming up with some new magic for the attraction next year. When finished, guests will be able to experience the story…
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Frozen or Rain? – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1008 (#479)
Welcome to another episode of GEEKS CORNER! This week the geeks have a lot to geek out about and go deep into discussion. Throughout the course of the episode, they talk about the rain coming to the Disneyland Resort and the impact it has. This, of course, leads to a discussion about what are the…
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Sunday Recap Report – An Entertaining Holiday Sunday
Welcome to another fun holiday Sunday at the Disneyland Resort! The weather was practically perfect, and it was a great day to be at the Parks. I got to the Toy Story Parking Lot around noon, and met up with Jenny on the Harbor side of the security area since she was one bus behind…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Theme Earns John Williams a GRAMMY Nomination
There is nothing more Star Wars than the music of John Williams. It is just as important as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Darth Vader. When Disney Parks decided to create a new land (two of them even!) based on a galaxy far, far away it made complete sense that John Williams would…
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Frozen Showdown – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another edition of the DISNEY Reporter. Every week we share the top Disney and geek headlines in a brief overview of the news. This week, there is a lot of entertaining things. The arrival of Frozen 2 has people returning to Arendelle with Anna and Elsa as they go on their next adventure.…
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Showdown at the Golden Horseshoe Opens at Disneyland Resort
On Friday the Golden Horseshoe once again found its stage entertaining people with the opening of the Showdown at the Golden Horseshoe. The show features two dueling pianists that play a collection of music throughout their approximately 25-minute show. It is shown daily at 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM, and…
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Disneyland Unveils New Tomorrowland Entrance Concept Art!
Over the last few months, Disneyland guests have noticed that the entrance to Tomorrowland is undergoing some fairly substantial changes. The iconic rocks that have adorned the entrance for Tomorrowland for decades were removed. They were replaced by some grassed areas that currently have been without a fence. Now, Disneyland has revealed what the plan…
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Showdown at The Golden Horseshoe Coming to Disneyland November 22!
There is a new show coming to The Golden Horseshoe on Friday. This comes after The Laughing Stock Co. departed from the iconic location in September. This new show, Showdown at The Golden Horseshoe, will be a dueling piano show. This new western duel between two pianists will have two musicians challenging each other in…