Tag: Rivers of America
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Bats Day and Rivers of America Full – Disneyland Update & Sundays With DAPs
This last weekend saw a lot of people heading to the Resort as schools start having proms and Grad Nights around the parks. It was also the annual Bats Day on Sunday. All of this made for a bit of crowds around, but it was still a lovely time to venture in. Bats Day A…
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Disney Twenty-Three Explores Pandora – The World of Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Duckburg, Fantasmic!, and more!
DISNEY TWENTY-THREE EXPLORES PANDORA – THE WORLD OF AVATAR, OPENING THIS SUMMER AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT THE CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND DISNEY’S NEWEST LAND GIVE DISNEY TWENTY-THREE AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE SPECTACULAR ADDITION TO DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM PLUS, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH THE NEW CREW OF PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO…
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Snow White’s Grotto, Matterhorn, and Pirates – Disneyland Update & Sundays With DAPs
It’s the start of the transition time from Spring to Summer at the Disneyland Resort. The parks will be gearing up for the Summer vacationers, and Grad Nights. But, there is quite a bit that was updated before all this takes place. Of course one of the big things to happen is the introduction of…
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Soundsational, Boysenberry Festival, and Belle & Beast Go On A Date – Sundays With DAPs Disneyland & Knott’s Update
This weekend was full of Springtime fun at not just one, but two resorts. Disneyland has ongoing Spring fun as the Easter season has already kicked off. Knott’s Berry Farm started the Boysenberry Festival with lots of entertainment and great treats to savor. The Boysenberry Festival has a lot to see and do. There’s a…
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Mark Twain, Railroad and Fantasmic to Return Summer 2017
Announced on the Disney Parks Blog in conjunction with their look back at the last 61 years of the Resort, the Mark Twain, Disneyland Railroad, and Fantasmic will all be back in the Summer of 2017. The Railroad and Rivers of America have been closed to help make way for the new Star Wars Land,…
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Goodbye Goats – Geeks Corner – Episode 515
Welcome to Geeks Corner! Tonight we welcome Hayley of Magical Ribbons to the show, all the way from Florida and Walt Disney World. There are a lot of changes at Disneyland that start with the saying goodbye to the goats of Disneyland. Fantasmic!, the Mark Twain, the Columbia, and the trains also said adieu and…
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Brand New Concept Art of Disneyland Resort’s Reimagined ‘Rivers of America’ Shared
After a weekend of goodbyes to Disneyland’s Rivers of America as we know it, Disney Parks Blog shared on Monday a brand new piece of concept art for the reimagined area. These temporary closures have been set in place as the resort begins construction on the new Star Wars themed land. Check out the photo below from their…
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Magic Kingdom Photo Trip Report 2015
I’ve made some trip reports in the past with Walt Disney World, but rather than explain all that I did, thought I’d share photos from the trip. Enjoy! Country Bear Jamboree is a fun, classic attraction with some of the last of Walt Disney’s touch on a show. Rivers of America has their own Liberty…
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Disneyland – June 1, 2014
Disneyland is always a wonderful place to be any day of the year. Sundays have always been a favorite though and this Sunday was no different. Many magical things happened throughout the day. Here is a look at a day through the lens of Mr. DAPs.
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Canoe Racers Keep Disney Tradition Alive
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.— Olympians or not, more than 800 Cast Members on 75 teams paddled their hearts out in the recent Canoe Races of the World event–commonly referred to as C.R.O.W–in Magic Kingdom. Surrounding Tom Sawyer’s Island on the Rivers of America, the racers started near Country…
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Fantasmic! Celebrates 20 Years of Mickey’s Imagination at Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs 20 years ago Mickey shared a journey into his imagination for the first time. Since then, the power of Mickey’s imagination has been coming to life on the Rivers of America and delighting guests from around the globe. The show has been recreated in two new incarnations…
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New Orleans Square is a Party as “New Orleans Bayou Bash” Arrives at Disneyland
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The streets and river’s edge came alive this morning as the New Orleans Bayou Bash arrived in full force with jazz music, characters, colored beads, food, and more. The New Orleans Bayou Bash will be at Disneyland every weekend from February 10 through March 11, 2012. The…
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Disneyland’s Ragtime Piano Comes Alive Aboard the Mark Twain with Ragtime Robert
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs While Coke Corner is currently under construction, Disneyland’s Ragtime Piano has been moved to the lowest deck of the Mark Twain riverboat where piano players have been tickling the ivories daily as they cruise around the Rivers of America. This white yamaha piano can be found right…
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Ragtime Piano Takes a Break From Coke Corner
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Guests visiting Disneyland since Thursday may have noticed that things are a bit different at Coke Corner. Windows are blackened. Doors are closed. The piano is missing. This is all due to a major refurbishment happening on Main Street, USA on the northwest corner of the street.…
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A Connection with Walt Disney Aboard the Mark Twain
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs Last night Murray and I decided to board the Mark Twain for the last trip around the Rivers of America before the attraction was closed for the night to prepare for Fantasmic!. With just a couple of minutes to spare, we boarded the beautifully lit Mark Twain…