Welcome to this week’s Disney News Round-Up from your friends at MiceChat! Holidays are in full swing at the parks and the Christmas tree at Disneyland is up in all of its glory. But that is not the big news this week, the Season of the Force, StarWars Launchbay and Marvel HQ are opening in little over a week. Dateline Disneyland has the current photo report and news regarding all the changes.

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Seasons change at Disneyland as Star Wars and Christmas move in
Seasons are changing at Disneyland, as both parks quickly switch over from Halloween Time to the Holidays, which officially begin this Friday, November 13. Big seasonal changes are underway at Disneyland, as traditional holiday decorations are modified to accommodate the on-going 60th Anniversary Celebration. Meanwhile, Tomorrowland is getting the biggest changes with the new Star Wars: Season of the Force attractions and experiences quickly coming together. Elsewhere in the parks, Anna and Elsa have enchanted a new window display on Main Street, “it’s a small world” is in full holiday mode, and New Orleans Square is seeing some unfortunate changes yet again.

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Another new magical window display for the Emporium is revealed and a Disneyland float for the Rose Parade are two of the top news items this week!   ~ Aladdin

Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration Rose Parade Float 2016
Disneyland will enter a float in the Rose Bowl Parade on January 1st, 2016. And what will the float look like? One part Star Wars, one part DL 60th Castle, and one part Elsa’s Ice Castle. Take a look at the conceptual artwork here.

Main Street Enchanted Windows – Frozen
One more enchanted window, in front of the Emporium has been revealed, and gives us a pretty big change between scenes. See a video of the window display in action, here!

New Luxury Hotel next to DCA
Plans are under way to take down a 300 room hotel, right across the street from DCA, and build a new luxury hotel nearly twice the size. More details are here!

Aladdin a Musical Spectacular to have 5 showings
As this iconic Musical that has been at the Hyperion Theatre for over 13 years comes to a close, Disneyland Resort has added more shows to accommodate the demand as the end comes near!

Autopia Changes
With StarWars Launchbay and Marvel HQ moving into the innovations building, Honda has stepped up and took over sponsorship of Autopia, will this mean we may get electric cars? Discuss it here!

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This week Tokyo Disneyland Reosrt and Hong kong have updates for our readers! Enjoy!. – DLandFansAZ

My Tokyo Trip Report (including TDL & TDS)!
Jabroniville took the plunge and visited aboard, they are back and brings us a very detailed trip report from Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea.

Construction updates
Asa shares construction updates and photos from the Hong Kong Disneyland.

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This week we have lots of fun posts and news from Knott’s Berry Farm and SeaWorld DLandFansAZ

Knott’s Merry Farm 2016 announcement
And yes, Halloween is over so SpacemanSpiff brings us the information on Knott’s Merry Farm.

Knott’s Releases Ghost Town 75th Anniversary Information
explodingboy has shared a video detailing what is coming to Ghost Town for the 75th anniversary.

Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant to Receive Complete Refurbishment in 2016
And Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant will be overhauled next year.

Bad News for SeaWorld: Congressman Seeks to Phase Out Captive Orcas
There is more news coming out of SeaWorld about the orcas.

Why is there no Stephen King at Halloween Horror Nights?
Halloween may be over, but Stringray brings up an interesting question.

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The Haunted Mansion Show Episode 39: Infamous Souls of the World (Vampires) The Haunted Mansion, as we know, is not only an old, dark house on a hill, but also a retirement home of many famous and infamous creepy creeps from all over the world. They include but are not limited to the ghosts of vampires, mummies, witches, and so much more! The Ghost Host invites you in this short series of boiling biographies of some of the greatest felons the world has ever known!

MiceChat Podcast Disneyland Star Wars Episode Doug and Dusty are joined by the hunky David Yeh on a trip through Disneyland to find out everything they can about the upcoming Star Wars Land. Along the way the guys discuss whether or not Star Wars fits into the theme of Disneyland and where some of the guys wish Star Wars Land was being built. Disney Imagineer Terri Hardin makes a special guest appearance when Dusty suddenly travels into the future!

Disney Avenue Podcast: The Disney Avenue Podcast returns with another amazing guest from the Disney universe. Dave Bossert, who is currently the Producer, Creative Director and Head of Classic Projects at Walt Disney Animation Studios, joins us for a spectacular interview. This is a show you won’t want to miss…

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The E Ticket Report: The Buffalo Show!

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Mousetalgia! gets Muppety this episode, as Kristen visits the Henson Studios in Hollywood with the Disneyana Club and reports from the event. Built in 1917 by Charlie Chaplin, the Henson Studio lot packs in the history, and Kristen shares some of her experiences and some moments from the trip, including Lisa Henson’s talk about her father Jim, his early career, and how he related to his most famous creation, Kermit the Frog. Also, we go to the email inbox and answer some listener questions, including: How to survive a long car trip to Disneyland; our Disneyland bucket lists; our favorite hidden Mickeys; and how to find Disney movies on Netflix. Plus – our tips on surviving the opening weeks of Seasons of the Force, and as a special bonus, travel back in time with us to meet Gabbie – the voice of Mousetalgia!

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Fab News: May The Force Be With You
Coming back after a long absence has been a gratifying and humbling experience. I’m gratified every time someone remembers me, and every once in a while I’m humbled. Thank you for the outpouring of concern while I was down for the count with the creeping crud and for being such an engaged audience. Are you prepared to jump to lightspeed? The Star Wars fever is growing stronger by the day . . .


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