Tag: Disneyland
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Disneyland Resort Welcomes Rose Bowl Game-Bound Teams, Oregon and Wisconsin
Coaches and players visited Disneyland Park, their first official stop on the way to the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Game ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2019) – The No. 6 Oregon Ducks and the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers have won berths in the 2020 Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual in Pasadena, Calif., and their…
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Disney California Adventure is Rededicated and Redone – #3 of Top 5 Disney Stories of the Decade
It is not just the end of the year but at the end of a decade. This decade has had some monumental Disney events (as reflected in posts from the previous two days) but we are getting closer to the biggest of the decade. It’s getting harder to deduce, and this was one that was…
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Sunday Recap Report – A Galactic Holiday
It was a fairly mild day at the Disneyland Resort. I got to Disneyland around 11:50am, and the lines to enter both parks were practically non-existent. This would make for a nice day to navigate the parks. I took some photos, and then sat on a bench people watching until I saw Mr. DAPs and…
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2020 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band Audition Signups Now Available for All Dates!
The Disneyland Resort All-American College Band has opened audition signups for all its upcoming dates. This is for the 2020 Disneyland Resort All-American College Band. This band will be celebrating 50 years of the program. Every summer college students from around the country come together and perform around the Disneyland Resort for 11 weeks. During…
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O Rainy Night – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1012 (#483)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! It’s been a rainy evening in Southern California as the geeks come together for a Christmas Eve eve episode. This week, there is a lot to talk about from the world of Star Wars. This includes Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, and Star Wars: Rise…
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Virtual Queue to be Utilized for Disneyland’s Rise of the Resistance
Earlier this month when Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened Disney’s Hollywood Studios used a virtual queue for guests wishing to ride the new attraction. With it, guests can utilize the My Disney Experience app to get a boarding group for the attraction. With the opening of the attraction at the Disneyland Resort less…
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Rise of Star Wars – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter. Each week we give an overview of the top Disney and geek headlines. This week, there is a lot of Star Wars with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. This includes reviews of the movie and also a look at the new sequences in Star Tours: The…
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Classic Space Mountain Returning to Disneyland as Hyperspace Mountain Departs
Hyperspace Mountain will soon be departing back to a galaxy far, far away at the Disneyland Resort. With its departure, Tomorrowland will bring back the classic version of Space Mountain. This departure will be happening on January 7, 2020, with the classic version of the attraction returning a few days later. Hyperspace Mountain first appeared…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Sequences Arrive on Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
On Friday, December 20th Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrived in theaters. At Disney Theme Parks around the world, new sequences that highlight scenes from the movie appeared in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. The new scenes in the attraction now take guests right into some of the biggest moments of the final movie…
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Sunday Recap Report – A Relaxing Day in the Parks
Happy Sunday from the Disneyland Resort. I got to Disneyland around 11:45am, and met up with Jenny at Hungry Bear Restaurant. She had just bought a lobster mac & cheese bread bowl and a Haunted Mansion Holiday inspired krispie. We then met up with Mr. DAPs and Caitie at Market House Starbucks. As we headed…
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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…