We have all sorts of interesting news for you today. The Mad T Party is finally dancing away from DCA at the end of this month.  The final night to catch the party is on November 30th! Disneyland’s Christmas Parade features Frozen this year, but Mrs. Claus got the boot to make room for Anna and Elsa. Disneyland Paris has a new night time show, Magical Christmas Wishes. You’ll also find new construction pictures of Hong Kong Disneyland today.  All of this along with news from Knott’s Berry Farm about a brand new 4D attraction called Voyage to the Iron Reef!  We’ve got a new Haunted Mansion show video, a ride through of it’s a small world Holiday at Disneyland in California, and an all new Communicore Weekly. PLUS, don’t miss the Bob Gurr event in Celebration, Florida, this Friday!

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The Holidays arrive at Disneyland with the return of Jingle Cruise, Viva Navidad and more
The holidays are now in full swing at Disneyland following this weekend’s official launch for the holiday season. While most of the holiday offerings soft-launched last week, this week some notable offerings opened, including the enhanced Jingle Cruise in Disneyland and the excellent Viva Navidad Street Party at Disney California Adventure. The weekend also hosted runDinsey‘s inaugural Avengers Half-Marathon at Disneyland, Disney’s first superhero-themed marathon event.

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Join us in celebrating the life of a true member of theme park royalty, Marion Knott Montapert.

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Jingle Jangle Holidays at the Disneyland Resort
More holiday goodness from the Disneyland Resort.  Both parks are filled to the brim with more Christmas cheer than can be covered in a single update.  In a companion piece to Andy Castro’s wonderful coverage of the Holiday offerings as of Monday, we cover a few things that weren’t quite ready on Monday, including the return of the Jingle Cruise at Disneyland, and the exceptional ¡Viva Navidad! street show in Disney California Adventure.

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We need your help to save the home in which Walt Disney was born. This 501c3 nonprofit is restoring Walt’s birthplace so it may honor Walt’s remarkable history and inspire future generations of dreamers and doers. Pick up some fun items for yourself and help save the magic at the same time .

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An Evening with Bob Gurr

Who says that all of the good events are held in California?  If you are close to Walt Disney World you can spend a magical evening with Disney Legend Bob Gurr in beautiful Celebration, Fl. This cocktail party  event will include special guests, Magic, Memories, and a rare opportunity to meet a true Disney Legend and learn more about the man who started it all . . . Walt Disney!

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Bob was hired by Walt Disney himself to work on Disneyland.  He spent countless hours with the legendary Uncle Walt and eagerly shares amazing stories about those early days at the magic factory.  He’ll be there, Gurrtini in hand, to share his recollections from the day he was hired on at Disney Imagineering.  This is also the perfect way to close out your visit to the IAAPA convention if you plan on being in town that weekend.

There are an extremely limited number of tickets available for this private affair, and some exclusive opportunities will be available for event attendees. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind night, and the opportunity to meet a true Magic Maker!

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MiceChat 7 night Alaska Cruise on the Disney Wonder – June 1st, 2015: Join us as we sail toward the top of the world on the delightful Disney Wonder. We’ll hold all sorts of special MiceChat meet-ups on board. Suggest group excursions you might want to join us on. Dine as a group to discuss our adventures and more. Vancouver, Tracy Arm, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, glorious glaciers, whales, and spectacular nature everywhere. Don’t miss this MiceChat adventure at sea!

Ask us for more details on any of our upcoming MiceTrips or for Disney adventures of your own by emailing us at [email protected]. It doesn’t cost you more to use our travel agent, it’s just more magical. Let us do the work, you enjoy the Disney fun!!!

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Profits from the sale of every bottle of refreshing O-Zell soda supports the restoration of the Walt Disney Birthplace in Chicago. Pick up some delicious Victorian style natural soda AND help a great cause at the same time: O-Zell Soda  For a special treat, listen to the O-Zell jingle here: O-Zell Soda Song

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Thanksgiving is more than a week away, but Disneyland is all ready for Christmas,  the parade has started,  Small World Christmas  and the Jingle Cruise are both ready for you to board.  Over in Radiator Springs the decorations are up, and a slightly revised Christmas version of World of Color is now showing.  And Mad T Party is going away at the end of the month, at least temporarily, but will it return? We also take a trip back in time to 1960, when Walt headed up the Winter Olympic committee! ~ Aladdin

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Disneylands Christmas parade featuring frozen!!
figge411 lets us take a look at this year’s Christmas Parade at Disneyland!

Huge improvement in this year’s Jingle Cruise 2014 – More decorations!
The Jingle Cruise has returned for a 2nd year, but this year, you will see a definite increase in the amount of Christmas decorations throughout the entire tour. And yes, if you like tacky decorating, get on board, because your ship has come in! The world famous jungle cruise has been transformed into the world’s tackiest Jingle Cruise.

Mad T closing Nov 30th
The Mad T Party in DCA will end at the end of November. Speculation is that a similar type party will be themed to Frozen. Check here for details!

The Disneyland Resort in photos (taken by me, naturally).
RegionsBeyond shares some of their favorite photos from around the Disneyland resort!

1960 Disneylander Employee Newsletter
OldHotelGuy always surprises us with interesting info from Disneyland’s past. This week he shows us a copy of a Disneyland employee newsletter, which is highlighted with a story about Walt working on the 1960 Winter Olympic Committee!

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Festival of Fantasy
Who doesn’t love this parade? almandot brings us a great video of the Festival of Fantasy parade.

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Disneyland’s monorail gets some attention this week. ~ Trekkie Dad

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Reconfiguring the Disneyland Monorail Service
PragmaticIdealist resurrects an idea to reverse the course of the Disneyland monorail and add a station at Harbor Blvd.

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[Enchanted Christmas] Magical Christmas Wishes
Dreamalong brings us a video of the new version of Magical Christmas Wishes at Disneyland Paris.

Frozen : The Show
Fultimate brings us news that Disneyland Paris will debut a new Frozen show in the Chaparral Theater in 2015.

Dozen of major rehabs
Many of the rides in Paris will be refurbished for the 25th anniversary in 2017.

Water Taxis to operate between HKDR, Discovery Bay and Peng Chau
Transport Department is open to the idea of Hong Kong Disneyland operating water taxi services between the resort and Peng Chau, Discovery Bay and Mui Wo.

Latest Construction Pics – Nov 12
RandySavage brings us new construction pictures of Shanghai Disneyland

Disney News, Disney News Round Up: More Jingle in the Jungle

This week we have pictures from Knott’s Berry Farm. ~ Trekkie Dad

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Knott’s Berry Farm In Photos
Another round of fantastic photos from RegionsBeyond who picked a few of best ones!

Knotts Beary Tales Building Demo Exterior Pics
Speculation is rife about what is planned behind the construction walls photographed by socal05.

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New Changes to the Jingle Cruise, An evening ride through of the Jingle Cruise, Christmas overlay of the World Famous Jungle Cruise at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

The Haunted Mansion Show Episode 24: Busting a Chorus, As we all know, this Haunted Mansion knows how to stay spooky for the entirety of the year. If you live in a house that you’re just dying to keep haunted, the Ghost Host shares a few sinister suggestions for you. After a few modifications for the show are announced, you’ll find yourself serenaded with a creepy chorus or two by the singing busts themselves!

it’s a small world holiday, This beloved overlay is back and we have the Full ride through!

Believe in Holiday Magic, A complete video of the Believe in Holiday Magic fireworks spectacular at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Welcome to this week’s Communicore Weekly, where we talk about Market House, Denmark, Ward Dizzley, Phineas and Ferb, Clone Wars, and Memento Mori! Take a look into the Main Street Market House and bring home some jam in this week’s Disney History! George knows you about the Denmark Pavilion in One Little Fact! George and Jeff review Ward Dizzley’s 100 Percent True Life Adventure Comics Digest for the Book for the Book of the Week! George and Jeff travel to a galaxy far, far away to review Phines and Ferb Star Wars and The Clone Wars: Lost Missions for the 60 Second Review! And finally, Memento Mori scares up this week’s Five Legged Goat!

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Window to the Magic:
Enjoy the sounds of the park on our weekly journeys into the wonderful world of the Disney sound experience!

Disafterdark: Welcome back to the Mouse’s Head and thank you for the download. Back from our various summer breaks, the team is here and raring to get back on air. Not too much has changed, we still drink occasionally and we talk about Disney stuff.


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Dead Man’s DIEgest: On this episode of the Dead Man’s DIEgest we bring you ALL the announcements for the Houses and Scarezones for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.


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The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast: Themed Entertainment Association’s Thea Awards and TEA Summit of 2014: Conversations on Universal Studios Japan, Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson ONE, the baby boomer market for theme parks, the Dutch Railway Museum, and Buzz Price Award Recipient Garner Holt with Bob Gurr.


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Disney Avenue Podcast: On this episode, host Keith Michael Mahne and Dusty Sage of MiceChat.com team up for another amazing interview with the one and only Rolly Crump! Words may not fully describe this man, but one thing is for certain, he was a true “original,” even among Imagineers as Rolly drew forth genius in others.

Mousetalgia! – An Unofficial Disneyland Podcast: Touring the parks with a 7-year-old: this week, Team Mousetalgia discusses Jeff’s recent trip to the park with his daughter as the parks unveil their holiday splendor. The decorations are up, the Frozen Christmas Day special has been filmed, and the Christmas Fantasy Parade is now showing at Disneyland Park. Jeff discusses a magic moment with Peter Pan, meeting Hiro and Baymax from Big Hero 6, hitting rope drop, enduring the World of Color wet zone, and the Mad T Party – is it for young kids?


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DoomBuggies Spook Show: In this spook-er-sized Halloween episode, we discuss the recent “Ghostly Materials” exhibition at Disneyland and speak with one of the artists, Bridget McCarty, about the opening day of this release of Haunted Mansion-related artwork. We also talk about the recent flood of Haunted Mansion merchandise in the parks, and the new Haunted Mansion-specific store called “Memento Mori” at the Magic Kingdom.


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The Sweet Spot: In this Episode we welcome former Disneyland cast member Vern Hoiland. Vern was hired into Disneyland in 1969 and retired in 2006. Vern saw a lot fo changes over the years from managment, park changes, his own changes in roles, and much more. This is a great interview if you want to learn about how it was working in Disneyland as far back as 1969. Plus, we’ll look at the latest in the Disneyland Resort news with Tommy. Enjoy and please visit our new website www.thesweepspot.com

Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast: We begin with a news update, here is the link for A Celebration of Harry Potter info and here is the link to the Every Witch Way weekend. We then pass it over to Gregory “On Location” at Cowfish at Universal Orlando CityWalk before hearing from Darren about his recent experience at the new CityWalk “Burgushi” restaurant. We wrap up this show by inviting our good friend and listener, Thomas Wagner on to talk about his most recent trip.


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Serving Time in “Walt Disney Castle”

Usually, I cover up the name and photo on these, to protect the innocent. In this case, this is Answers.com’s Disney Supervisor (expert, apparently). Looking at some of her other answers, I gather that she’s not so much an expert on Disney as a master at Google-fu. A couple of popular misconceptions that are all over Google are also in her answers, and some of them are verbatim.

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Disney Releases New Shanghai Disney Resort Artwork
Work continues on the new Disney resort in Shanghai, China. Alain Littaye has paired new renderings from the company with photos from a Chinese website to make some interesting observations.

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