Tag: Review
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The Best of Knott’s Boysenberry Festival 2018
Knott’s Berry Farm’s Boysenberry Festival is always a great event to go to. This year is even better! And here are some of the highlights… Great Shows The Boysenberry Festival has some unique entertainment that is fun to watch and even gets the audience involved. One of the shows worth stopping by is Snoopy’s Boysenberry…
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Pixar Pierfect? – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 824
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week there is a lot of ground to cover by the geeks and things get a bit zany. Things start off with a discussion about Pixar Pier and Pixar Fest. Both of these celebrations of Pixar will be coming to the Disneyland Resort in the coming months. The Egg-stravaganza is…
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Muppet Guys Talking Shares the Magic Behind The Muppets! – Review by Mr. DAPs
Since the 1950s, Jim Henson’s Muppets have delighted fans from around the globe with their vibrant personalities, friendships, and adventures. What started off as puppets on a local Saturday morning TV show led to late night appearances, their own television shows, movies, and more! The magic behind The Muppets has fascinated Muppet fans for decades…
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Disneyland Resort Update 3/12/18 Featuring Construction & Some Food and Wine Reviews
This week at the Disneyland Resort saw rain, but not much in the way of updates. So, included in this edition is some review on Food and Wine fare. Pixar Pier First, some slight construction updates on Pixar Pier. Mickey’s Fun Wheel had some scaffolding all up and down. The top third of the scaffolding is…
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Thor: Ragnarok – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
Things just don’t seem to be going well for Thor. In Thor: Ragnarok, Thor finds himself facing a crisis that threatens the very existence of Asgard. To top it all off, Thor is up against his greatest foe yet and doesn’t have his hammer Mjölnir. Thor soon finds himself not only fighting against the evil…
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Expansion, Celebration, & Rain! – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to another edition of DISNEY Reporter! This week there is a lot to cover from a lot of different corners of the Disney and geek communities. Starting off, Disneyland Paris had a fairly substantial announcement this week about the future of the Walt Disney Studios Park. Mickey Mouse is celebrating 90 years this year…
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Coco – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
What do you do when you absolutely love music but it is forbidden in your family? In Disney-Pixar’s Coco, this is exactly the circumstance that Miguel finds himself in. He is a young boy who is an aspiring musician in a family of shoe makers. He loves it more than anything. He has a secret…
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Which is the Best Main Street? – DAPs Magic Rankings
Main Street USA is a cornerstone of Disneyland. It’s a view of Walt’s childhood. Ever since the opening of Disneyland, there has been some version of Main Street in every magic kingdom park. For the purposes of ranking these lands, I’m including a couple that aren’t actually called Main Street. But, they are definitely of…
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Black Panther Reinvigorates Marvel Cinematic Universe (A Spoiler Free Review)
Black Panther, Marvel’s latest addition to its cinematic universe releases officially this week on Thursday, February 15th. With it’s latest phase, Marvel has been not only visiting the tried and true favorites (IE: Thor) but has also been introducing heroes popular within the comic world. Most of these characters have not yet been introduced to…
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Masterpiece, Classic, or Signature?
Once a month I’m going to tackle a Disney Animated Feature Film and declare it a masterpiece, classic, or signature. What do those mean? A masterpiece is a timeless work of art for an animated film. It would have incredible art, a great story, wonderful music, and the Disney magic. A classic is a film…
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Disney After Dark: Throwback Nite Gives Guests the Present of the Past
On January 18th Disneyland hosted a special ticketed event Disney After Dark: Throwback Nite. This event was a blast to the past as it celebrated the history and magic of Disneyland in the 1950s and 1960s. The event’s tickets were $95 each and allowed guests to enter the park with special maps, a lanyard, Photopass,…
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Epcot’s Festival of the Arts From an Artist’s Perspective
Believe it or not, I’m an artist. It’s something that drew me to Disney in the first place. So, when Walt Disney World first announced an International Festival of the Arts, it was something I definitely wanted to go and see. Though I missed the first one, I was able to go to the first…
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The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
The Lion Guard is back and so is an old villain. It is the dry season in the Pride Lands and this leads to some trouble for its inhabitants as they search for water. After using the Roar of the Elders in anger, Kion accidentally summons Scar. In The Lion Guard: Rise of Scar, Kion is…
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Which is the Best Hyperspace Mountain? – DAPs Magic Rankings
With Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge being still a couple years away, the Disney parks have still been riding on the popularity of the movie saga with an overlay of Space Mountain at several parks. Hyperspace Mountain puts guests in the middle of a battle of Jakku which takes place after Return of the Jedi. The…
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Time for the Jedi to End? – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 812
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week, the bulk of the show is based on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The geeks give a spoiler-free assessment of this new Star Wars movie. The geeks dig into many different facets of this movie and how it fits within the larger Star Wars universe. The geeks also share some…
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The Last Jedi and Disney Buys Fox – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to this week’s edition of DISNEY Reporter. A bulk of the stories focus on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Also covered this week includes DuckTales, Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox, and the updates to Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland ahead of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The Last Jedi and Disney Buys Fox –…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review
A good soundtrack tells a story. It picks the listener up from where they are at and transports them to somewhere different. Through the notes and melodies it stimulates the imagination and the heart in a way that only music can do. A good soundtrack should make the listener feel something. For decades the music…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Strong with the Force – Spoiler-Free Movie Review by Mr. DAPs
Star Wars is once again back again on the big screen. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the continuation of the Skywalker saga finds Rey search for answers with her newly discovered powers. The Resistance finds itself up against the First Order with the odds not in its favor. Star Wars: The Last Jedi picks up…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review (Spoilers) – DAPs Magic Reports
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now in theaters! On opening night, team DAPs Magic returned from seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi and headed straight to the studio to share their thoughts. Here is there first thoughts in this very spoiler filled review of the newest Star Wars film. What did you think of…
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DUCKTALES: WOO-OO! – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Scrooge McDuck and his nephews are back! In this new DuckTales dvd, nothing seems to be going particularly right for Scrooge, Donald, and the boys. However, they discover that family really is the key to both happiness and success when they end up going on an adventure to lost city of Atlantis! For fans of…
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The Holidays Are Here! – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter! This week there is a lot of news to cover. With Disney-Pixar’s Coco coming to the screen this week, there is no shortage of things to talk about around the world of animation. John Lasseter also stepped down for a six month break. We report on this developing story. Lunar…
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Disney-Pixar’s Coco Is Full of Heart But is it Worth Seeing? – A Spoiler Free Review
Coco, the newest Disney Pixar movie is having its “midnight” release today. But, is it worth jumping to the theaters to see? Here’s a spoiler free review. Music A big component of the film is the music. The story centers around a young boy wanting to play music. So, how is the music for the…
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Cars 3 – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Focus. speed. I am speed. One winner. Forty two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Or so Lightning McQueen thinks as Cars 3 begins. However as younger cars join racing, McQueen discovers that his mantra isn’t quite as effective as it once was. After a crash, Lightning McQueen’s future in racing becomes increasingly uncertain. He…
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Cars 3 – Mr. DAPs Digital Home Entertainment Review
Lightning McQueen is discovering that he isn’t as young as he used to be. A whole new generation of cars are making him feel his age and wonder about his future. After a pretty serious accident, many wonder if Lightning will even have a future. However, Lightning McQueen decides he wants to decide his own…