Dateline Disneyland: Hearts, Construction, and Celebrations

Categories: Dateline Disneyland, Disneyland

Dateline Disneyland is one of the best reasons to shake yourself out of bed on Monday mornings.  And today is no exception. Join us as Andy Castro takes us on a tour of the Disneyland Resort, with special attention to areas of construction and change.  This week finds new Valentine's decorations at Disneyland.  The Rivers of America are receiving a long refurbishment.  Tiana is a girl who just won't be kept down.  You can find performing once again in New Orleans Square.  And the highlight of any update are the glorious images of change at Disney's California Adventure.

View: Dateline Disneyland: Photos, news and construction updates from the Disneyland Resort

Weekend Update: Tokyo Snow and Disneyland Dreams

Categories: Tokyo Disneyland, Weekend Update

How do you make the Magic Kingdom sparkle with even more magic?   Sprinkle with snow!  The Weekend Update visits Tokyo Disneyland on a beautiful snow day.  Tokyo Disney Sea takes on a whole new look under a blanket of white.  And do our eyes spy the melting remains of Mickey snowmen?  They most certainly do.  When you are done looking at all those delicious Toko pictures, join us for a delightful trip back to the Disneyland of yore with more of the vintage images that you have requested!

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In The Parks: Holidays, News and Photos From Disneyland

Categories: Disneyland, In the Parks, So. Cal. Attractions

David Michael fills us in on all the news from Disneyland and beyond.  Several holidays are coming up, so check in with David to see when the parks are expected to be busy.  California Adventure continues to progress with Silly Symphony Swings, World of Color, Red Car construction and more.  News from Knott's, MiceChat's world famous Gumball Rally info, photos from all over and much, much more!

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Disney News and Rumor Roundup

Categories: Disney Company News, Weekly Roundup

If there is one thing that a Disney fan can't get enough of, it's theme park news.  The weekly roundup on MiceChat brings you more of the Disney news, rumors, trip reports, photos and discussions than crave  This week is a very special update as MiceChat has just concluded a spectacular 5 year anniversary celebration at Disneyland.  Nearly 500 of you joined us over the weekend to share your love of all things Disney and each other.  Each of us on the MiceChat crew thanks you for your generous support of the site and your role in helping make us the single best resource for news on Disney and theme parks worldwide.

View: MiceChat's Disney news, rumor, photos, and discussion Round Up. We find the most interesting stories of the past week for you!

Dateline Disneyland – Swings, Construction, Food and Wine

Categories: Dateline Disneyland, Disneyland

Dateline Disneyland brings us news, photos, and construction updates from the Disneyland Resort.  Information has been posted about California Adventure's Food and Wine Festival.  The Silly Symphony swings have sprung up seemingly over night.  Progress is made at World of Color's seating area.  Construction updates from around the resort and much more!

View: Dateline Disneyland Photos and News from the Disneyland Resort

Weekend Update: In Search of Friendship and Milk Tea Popcorn

Categories: Tokyo Disneyland, Weekend Update

There is a new craze at Tokyo Disneyland, Milk Team Popcorn!  The MiceChat Weekend Update crew takes us on a journey to find out what it is all about and about the Japanese obsession with a certain stuffed bear named Duffy.  In celebration of MiceChat's 5th anniversary this weekend, Sir Clinksalot shares a video of last year's festivities.  Finally, we take a trip back in our time machine to see images of the Queen Mary's final voyage.  Happy anniversary MiceChatters, have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the update!

View: Weekend Update photo tour of Disney and vacation photos worldwide

In The Parks: Priority, Pinks and Pictures

Categories: Disneyland, So. Cal. Attractions

Darkbeer is back with a great update from Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. Today, he has something sad, something delicious, something strange, and lots of great pictures! Join the In The Parks Southern California Theme Park Blog every Friday for updates from California's fun coast!

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MiceChat 5 Year Anniversary and January 2010 Newsletter

Categories: Disneyland, MiceChat News

It's Time to celebrate 5 Years of MiceChat! 5 years have gone by so fast that it is hard to remember all of the wonderful people, meets, events, discussions, news, rumors, photos, trip reports, etc. that we have experienced in the never ending whirlwind of fun that we call MiceChat.  The one thing everyone can agree on, it has been an amazing ride! We hope you'll be able to join us for our big anniversary event this weekend at Disneyland.  But even if you can't, please join us online as the photos and videos are posted from the park.  And there may be a few surprises for you online folks as well! Speaking of surprises, read all the way through this newsletter for fantastic Disney news and a very special, but sort of hidden, announcement from MiceChat (let the games begin!).

View: MiceChat 5 Year Anniversary and January 2010 Newsletter

A Panoramic First Look At Universal Studios Singapore

Categories: theme parks

A brand new highly themed Universal Studios has been built in Singapore.  Join us as we take a unique look at some panoramic spy photos of this interesting park.  The new studios park includes some familiar themes as well as some brand new creative elements from Shrek, Sci-Fi, Egypt, and beyond.

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Disney News Round Up – Theme Park Photos Galore

Categories: Disney Company News, Disney World, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Entertainment, Hong Kong Disneyland, MiceChat News, Official Meets, Weekly Roundup

January was a bear for theme parks everywhere, with rain, snow, frozen waterways.  It was also a month of lots of news, including the sale of Cypress Gardens to Blackstone Group and the announcement of a brand new Legoland in Florida.  The MiceChat Round Up has a new Editor this week and tons of news, rumors, photos, trip reports and more.  Dive on in to the fun, you'll be glad you did. Don't forget to enter our contest to win a free iPod Nano and Amazon Gift Cards, there are only 5 days left until we pick the winners!

View: MiceChat weekly Round Up of the top Disney and theme park news, rumors, discussions, and trip reports!

Dateline Disneyland: Rivers of Refurbishment

Categories: Dateline Disneyland, Disneyland

The Dateline Disneyland crew chronicles the latest news from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.  As always, the photos are gorgeous and the news exciting.  The Rivers of America and the Frontierland river and bridge are both drained for significant refurbishment.  The Main Street Cinema has reopened.  California Adventure continues to buzz with activity as World of Color testing continues, Red Car Trolley tracks are built in Hollywood, Little Mermaid and Cars Land both begin to take shape.  Join us for the work of art that is Dateline Disneyland.

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Weekend Update – The Power of Disney

Categories: Weekend Update

Welcome to the weekend everyone!  And here at MiceChat, that means another exciting trip around the world.  Spending a day at Disneyland in a torrential rainstorm may not be your idea of a great time, but it can be a remarkable experience.  Today, we share some of the most beautiful photos you've ever seen of Disneyland - with our without rain.  On the other side of the world, Tokyo Disneyland has a new show called the Power of Music, it may not be a great show, but it has great costumes. From there, we take a trip back in time to L.A.'s Union Station. This relic of a bygone era reminds us of the glory days when rail was the best way to travel.  Then we visit the Port Orleans French Quarter Hotel at Walt Disney World - dragons and singing gators . . .need we say more?  We invite you to join us at Disneyland next weekend as MiceChat celebrates 5 funtastic years online.  We'll finish up this week's update with a look back at last year's anniversary party.  We hope you'll be enticed to join us for a weekend of magic.

View: Weekend Update - Photos from Disney theme parks and family vacation locations worldwide.