Tag: Sleeping Beauty Castle
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More Walls Come Down Around Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
Guests visiting Disneyland on Monday discovered that walls continue to come down around Sleeping Beauty Castle. This iconic castle has gotten some tender loving care over the last few months. The castle isn’t the only thing that has gotten some attention though. The entire park has been getting some work as a part of Project…
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New Paint New Movies – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to this week’s edition of DISNEY Reporter. After missing a few weeks due to travel, we return with some of the updates from this week’s Disney and geek news. This includes updates to the parks, movies, and more! Watch the video below and then let us know what you think the top Disney or…
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New Castle Color Scheme Revealed at Disneyland Resort Ahead of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Later this Month
Guests visiting Disneyland today were given a real treat. The scrims are continuing to come down around Sleeping Beauty Castle. What can now be seen are the new vibrant and fanciful colors of Sleeping Beauty Castle. While there are still scrims and walls still around the castle, what has been revealed gives a pretty good…
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New Scrims Arrive on Sleeping Beauty Castle as Project Stardust Continues at Disneyland
The refurbishment continues to move forward on Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. Part of Project Stardust, the castle is undergoing some work to refresh its look and polish it up. This week, once the rain subsided, new scrims went up on the front and back of it. They add to the story that was started…
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Project Stardust Aims to Create More Magic Across the Disneyland Resort Throughout the Year
When Disneyland Park opened in 1955, there was a grand castle that stood as the gateway to Fantasyland. This castle, covered with pink and blue brick with gold accent, was a nod to the upcoming film Sleeping Beauty that would open in 1959. For the last 60 years, the castle has remained and continued to tell…
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New Scrim Around Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Celebrates Original Movie
A new scrim has gone up around Sleeping Beauty Castle at the Disneyland Resort. This scrim recreates some of the scenery from the original Sleeping Beauty movie for which the castle was originally built. Currently, the scrim is just on the west side of the castle. It is unknown if there will be scenery going…
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Galactic Prices? – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 915 (#433)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week’s show goes all over the place. While the main topics revolve around Disney and Marvel, the show takes quite a few turns. The main topics this week are the Disneyland Resort price increases, the refurbishment of Sleeping Beauty Castle, Captain Marvel, and Kevin coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! We…
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Sleeping Beauty Castle Begins Refurbishment at Disneyland Resort
Sleeping Beauty Castle has begun its refurbishment at the Disneyland Resort. Overnight walls were erected in front of the castle and on its sides. The Fantasyland side of the castle has walls underneath the entrance to the drawbridge and Snow White Grotto area. Currently, guests can walk around the West side of the castle to…
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Sunday Spotlight: Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough
Sleeping Beauty Castle is really the gem of Disneyland. Every visit to Disneyland begins and ends with a beautiful view of this iconic building. Thousands of pictures are taken in front of it every day. However, inside this beautiful gem is a hidden gem that many taking pictures on the outside don’t realize is there.…
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Sleeping Beauty Castle To Undergo Major Refresh this Winter
As the Christmas season winds down this weekend at the Disneyland resort, the next week will bring a number of closures for the winter season. These refurbishments are necessary as preparations are underway to ready the resort for the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge this summer. The jewel of Disneyland, Sleeping Beauty Castle, will…
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Go From Cinderella Castle to Sleeping Beauty Castle with the DAPs MAGIC Crew on the Last Day of the Walt Disney World Vacation
What an amazing journey this trip has been! We ended our magical vacation with a quick trip into Magic Kingdom and got to pack in so many things! Not only did we get to see the opening of Magic Kingdom with the castle show moment, but we got to pack in some of our favorite…
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Hong Kong Disneyland Reveals More About Multi-Year Expansion
Hong Kong Disneyland is getting a pretty extensive expansion. The changes that are coming to this park will include a new look for the castle, a new land, and new attractions! This week the Disney Parks Blog revealed more details about what will be coming with these new enhancements. Sleeping Beauty Castle is getting a…
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Walls Come Down on Main Street, USA at Disneyland Unveiling New Tracks and New Brick
Walls have come down on Main Street, USA revealing a completely unobstructed view of Sleeping Beauty Castle with the new horse-drawn streetcar tracks leading the way. The tracks have been in process of being replaced this winter and now are surrounded by a beautiful brick. A few weeks ago, the brick encased tracks were unveiled…
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Walls Come Down Around Disneyland’s Hub as Spring Arrives
The walls around the hub at Disneyland have come down. With the removal of these walls, the vibrancy of spring is now on full display around the Partners Statue in the center of the central plaza. The removal of the walls also revealed what the tracks for the horse-drawn streetcar will look like once the rest…
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Disneyland Update 1/15/17 Featuring Main Street & Paradise Pier Refurbishments
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are certainly undergoing construction. Main Street is walled up almost immediately coming in. Around the flag is boarded up for tearing up of the horse-drawn streetcar track. It’s also as boarded up around the central hub. Dumbo is closed off as well, but that also…
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Disney Announces Hong Kong Disneyland Castle Transformation Details
Hong Kong Disneyland is in the beginnings of a major makeover plan. This plan will see the park expanded with exciting new offerings and will also see it change one of its most iconic features, its castle. Currently, the castle is a replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle as found at the original Disneyland in Anaheim,…
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Garland Returns to Main Street USA at Disneyland for the Holidays
Many guests visiting Disneyland today might have enjoyed a beautiful day at the happiest place on Earth as it celebrates the holidays. However, for some observant fans there was an excitement in the air as the garland has returned above Main Street USA at Disneyland. Through the years the garland hanging over Main Street has…
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Construction Begins on Hong Kong Disneyland Expansion
Work has begun at Hong Kong Disneyland for it’s multi-year expansion. This expansion will bring more Frozen, Marvel, and magic to Hong Kong Disneyland. This expansion will take six years with new Frozen and Marvel areas being completed in 2023. Throughout this time there will be new entertainment, attractions, and experiences coming to life! This…
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Disney Asia: It’s All About Expansion
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week we lead off with a discussion about all the enhancements coming to the Disney Theme Parks in Asia. Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disney, and Shanghai Disney are all in the midst of expansion projects for their parks. This will bring new experiences that will include characters from Beauty and…
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Beauty and the Beast Join Disneyland Band in Front of Sleeping Beauty Castle
Beauty and the Beast are now joining the Disneyland Band in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle for a fun magical moment. The two appear during a set the Disneyland Band is doing in front of Sleeping Beauty castle in the early afternoon. Belle and the Beast join the band for a lively rendition of Be Our…
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Christmas Fantasy Parade At Disneyland – Sundays With DAPs Update
It’s Christmastime at Disneyland! One of the great things to do at the park is watch the Christmas Fantasy parade. Our view of choice is on Main Street. For the first week the toy soldiers were not in the parade lineup, but are now back in. Absent were snowflakes and skiiers, and this was because…
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Marvel Attractions, Frozen Land, & New Castle Coming to Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland is about to get some substantial upgrades. Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek announced this week that Hong Kong Disneyland will be receiving $1.4 billion in upgrades. The upgrades will include new Marvel experiences and a Frozen area. The castle will also be transformed to provide guests a new entry to…
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It’s Time for DAPscaf, Holiday Edition!
Anyone following members of the DAPs Magic team on social media has probably seen photos of coffee cups in front of various Disney icons. #DAPscaf2016 (see photos here) evolved out of a love for coffee and also Disneyland. However, it has grown beyond just the Disneyland Resort and has also appeared at many other Disney Theme…
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Disneyland Twirling, Moana, and Cavalcade – Sundays With DAPs
This Sunday we ventured to Disneyland with much rainfall. Despite the wet weather of the park, there was still a lot of fun to have. We decided to record Caitie twirling in each of the lands of Disneyland. Moana has its preview up and running and we went and viewed it. The rainy day cavalcade…