Discover a peaceful oasis at the Anabella Hotel in Anaheim, a California Mission Style Boutique Hotel with modern flare. Ideally located across from Disneyland’s California Adventure Park and on the Anaheim Convention Center Campus, contained within seven acres of lush, landscaped grounds and a award recipient of “Anaheim’s Most Beautiful Property”.

Receive a Special MiceChatters 20% off your next stay at the Anabella Hotel. Book your stay by August 31st, you will also receive your choice of free parking or free breakfast for two daily at Tangerine Grill.

To book, please call the hotel directly at 800.863.4888 and ask for the MiceChat End of Summer Offer.

Offer is subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other offers. Blackout dates apply.
Taxes, resort fee, and parking additional.

Don’t miss MiceChat’s D23 Expo Extravaganza!

MiceChat is coming back to D23 Expo, bigger and better than ever before! Stop by MiceChat Booth B1214 during D23 Expo and engage in a world of Disney fun and fandom. Here’s what you can expect to find at the MiceChat booth:
• Passport of Prizes: Win Disney Art Classics, hotel stays, original signed artwork and much more! Pick up a passport at any of these great booths to win (MiceChat, Walt Disney Birthplace, O-Zell, Disneyana Fan Club, or Walt Disney Hometown Museum)
• Win a Grammovox: Enter to win an awesome Grammovox, the amazing new way to play music from your MP3 device or iPhone via a beautiful Gramophone type device.
• Discounts from MiceTrips & MiceDeals: MiceChat Partners Fairy Godmother Travel, Anabella Hotel, Tangerine Restaurant, and Carousel Inn and Suites are offering some fantastic deals to those who stop by the MiceChat booth.
• Free MiceChat and Dateline Disneyland buttons!: Stop by and pick up a free, limited edition MiceChat or Dateline Disneyland button (pictured, right) and show your support for the Happiest Place in Cyberspace! (Available while supplies last)

Help save the Walt Disney Birthplace!

While you’re in the D23 Emporium, be sure to visit the Walt Disney Birthplace booth, located adjacent to the MiceChat booth. You can learn more about the restoration of Walt’s birthplace at the booth, become a donor, and more:
• Ride the Carolwood Pacific! Put on a virtual reality headset to go back in time and ride Walt’s Carolwood Pacific Railroad!
• Meet Artist Shane Grammar: Shane will be painting live with the works to be auctioned off at the Expo.
• Pick up WDB Swag: Show your support with a Walt Disney Birthplace lapel pin, pick up some O-Zell soda pop, get your name on the restoration project, and more!

See the (Disney) Stars!

Meet some of your Disney favorites! We’ve lined up some awesome Disney legends, animators, voice talent, stars, authors and podcasters to appear at the MiceChat and Walt Disney Birthplace booths:

• Bob Gurr, Disney Legend and Imagineer
• Floyd Norman, Disney Legend and Animator
• Bobby Burgess, Mouseketeer
• Doreen Tracey, Mouseketeer
• Charles Phoenix, Pop Culture Commentator
• Mike Peraza; Animator: The Little Mermaid, Duck Tales.
• Nik Ranieri; Animator: The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Princess and the Frog, more.
• Rick Farmiloe; Animator: Fox and the Hound, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, more.
• Tom Sito; Animator: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Fantasia 2000, more.
• Shane Grammer: Artist, former Imagineer.
• Terri Hardin: Artist, former Imagineer.
• Cindy Morgan: Actress: Tron, Return of the Shaggy Dog, Caddy Shack
• Tommy Kirk; Actor: Old Yeller, Shaggy Dog, Absent Minded Professor, Swiss Family Robinson
• Bill Farmer, Voice of Goofy
• Donnie Dunagan, Voice of Bambi
• Gary Dubin, Voice of Toulouse in Aristocats
• Jason Marsden, Voice of Max in Goof Troop
• Jim Cummings; Voice of Pooh, Tigger, Pete, and more.
• Mark Silverman; Voice actor: Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
• Michael Leon Wooley, Voice of Louis the Alligator in Princess and the Frog.
• Rob Paulsen; Voice actor: Goof Troop, more
• Werner Weiss: Yesterland Bloger and Disney Historian.
• Sam Gennawey; Author: Walt and the Promise of Progress City and Samland blogger
• Doug Lipp, Author of Disney U

Happy Hour with MiceChat

Join MiceChat and a few special surprise guests for an informal cocktail party at the Anabella Hotel’s Tangerine Grill & Patio on Saturday evening, immediately following the D23 Expo!

For the latest MiceChat & D23 Expo news or to enter-to-win the Gramovox, click here!

This week we review some of the most magical moments each of us has had in Disneyland.  We also want to know what your favorite Disneyland souvenir is!  And we want to know what you would design for a new DCA Parade! ~  Aladdin

Special DLR Moments
Disneyland is filled with so much magic that each trip is sure to have something special that stands out. Tell us about you most magical moment that surprised you, and left a lasting memory!

DCA Parade
If you could design a new parade for DCA, what would you like to see? What kind of floats would you like to see? What kind of music/songs would you choose? Which Disney, Muppet, Pixar, Marvel, Lucas characters would you bring to life?

What is your most prized Disneyland possession?
jurassic5 asks what your favorite Disneyland souvenir is. Pictures are welcome, to show off your treasure!

Trip Report for July 31st to August 2nd, including stay at GCH and CTM tour
SlashThread gives us an in-depth review of their recent trip to the Disneyland Resort!

Is it time for new parades at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure? We have a couple members who think so. ~ Trekkie Dad

Disneyland-Themed Parade
Joshua Goodstein would like to see a daytime parade in Disneyland that celebrates its history. He has suggestions for seven units.

New parade for DCA 15th Birthday (2016)
mickeyfan42 would like to see Disney California Adventure’s Pixar Play Parade retired and replaced with a parade with a broader scope that features characters from Marvel, Star Wars, and Muppets along with Pixar characters.

This week we have an update on Pandora, a guide to taking a walk in the parks and the first of the transformation into Disney Springs. – DLandFansAZ

Avatar Update: Floating Mountains Take Shape
PlutoHasFleas brings us an update of the Pandora construction, cranes… cranes everywhere!

Walking in WDW parks article
Jcruise86 found an interesting article about walking in the parks, did you know that It’s a mile to walk around the World Showcase lake?

New Downtown Disney Maps: Transforming Into Disney Springs
The new Downtown Disney maps mention the change to Disney Springs.

Check out the thread below if you considered taking a Universal Studios VIP Tour. ~ Trekkie Dad

VIP Tour
Have you thought about taking the VIP Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood? M_McFly has a photo report of what to expect.

MiceChat Podcast – 4 Amazing Theme Park Things to Celebrate! It’s a countdown to fun on the MiceChat Podcast as we celebrate the biggest Southern Californian attractions of summer 2015. Disneyland may be getting all the attention with its 60th anniversary, but the biggest attractions are to be found outside the borders of the Happiest Place On Earth. We take you with us to the parks as we explore the Iron Reef, a Twisted Colossus, Springfield USA and a Diamond Celebration. There’s a lot of competition for your theme park dollars this summer and the big winner is . . . you!

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The Haunted Mansion Show Episode 35: Vile Ventriloquism
Many of the grim, grinning ghosts that haunt Gracey Manor have their own, distinct story of their crimes, fears, or even accidents. One of them in particular, Xavier the Cadaver, has his own accident in the form of a wooden companion; a ventriloquist dummy by the name of Dead Ned. Despite not being seen much by tour guests at the Haunted Mansion, he and his dummy have gone through such a squabble during their corruptible mortal states and still continue to this very day. As a special treat, the Ghost Host will share both sides of the story, both the dummy of flesh and the dummy of wood.

The Season Pass Podcast: We sit down with former Walt Disney Imagineer and the Founder of BRC Imagination Arts, Bob Rogers.

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Disney Avenue Podcast: As you all know, the Disney community is unlike any other. It’s filled with amazing people who love to help each other out and enjoy reveling in the magic together. Although we are all different, we all share and have experienced that feeling you get when you walk into a Disney Park. We all know that feeling of safety and escape it provides us. Someone who really appreciates that comfort is a wonderful man named Guy Spagnoli.

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Disafterdark: We Love the Letter “D” and we will tell you why!

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Mousetalgia! – An Unofficial Disneyland Podcast: Visit Disneyland on July 17, 2015 with Jeff and Kristen as they report from the park on its 60th birthday with location recordings as well as thoughts about the day. We listen in on Michael Colglazier’s speech, visit New Orleans Square to catch Queenie and the Royal Street Bachelors, and even catch the new Disneyland Band in one of its first day performances. Also – Kristen does a rain-soaked VIP Tour, Jeff attends a D23 panel with a host of Disney Legends to learn even more about Disneyland’s early days, and we discuss Fantasmic dining packages. Plus – a chance to win souvenir park maps and a July 17 “I was there!” button; a tiny Ant-sized movie review – and more!

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Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast: On this episode we invite Gary Goddard, the CEO of The Goddard Group to talk about the creation of the Jurassic Park River Adventure from conception to completion and everything in between, including some things that didn’t make it in to the final attraction.

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Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa has Unearthed a New Evil
In the heat of the Florida summer, sometimes it is hard to think of anything except for where and how you will escape the searing temperatures and occasional monsoonal rains. However, many fear fans also know that summertime is the time when theme parks start the slow trickle of information regarding their fall haunted events. The need for fresh blood is strong with many of the hardcore horror fans, and with each full moon, the anticipation grows stronger.

• Cleaning the Kingdom
• Getting Away to Sequoia National Park
• Universal Studios Hollywood Bringing Harry, Halloween, Hogwarts
• Yesterland: Food Rocks
• Magic Kingdom News and Photos
• Fab News: Rotation Sensation
• My Country Bears Story: One More Thing

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