More Disney and Theme Park news and discussion is here just in time for Christmas Eve.  The MiceChat Round Up is filled with some wonderful trip reports, news, and discussions. KEBSD delivers some truly amazing pictures including shots from Disney California Adventure and World of Color.  Should the Monorail service at the Disneyland Resort be reconfigured?  Did you know that Disneyland has a secret family of cats that roam the parks?  We have asked our members to share photos of them here. Let’s not forget the new Freeze the Night dance party that is slowly moving in to Disney California Adventure along with the Anna and Elsa meet and greet inside the Animation building.  We have all of this along with selections from the MicePod and MiceTube. Lastly, we would like to say Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you from the MiceChat Round Up Crew!

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Frozen Fun moves into Storybook Land and Hollywood Land at the Disneyland Resort
Merry Christmas! Frozen Fun is here! The Disneyland Resort has soft-launched a big new lineup of Frozen-themed events, entertainment and attractions in both theme parks just in time for the busy Christmas week. The full Frozen Fun line-up won’t officially open until January 7 but until then, guests can enjoy a limited selection of the new additions. Among those new additions is the addition of Arendelle in Disneyland’s classic Storybook Land Canal Boats, a meet-and-greet with Olaf in California Adventure, and an overlay to that park’s nighttime dance party in Hollywood Land.

MiceChat Top StoriesIn The Parks: Disneyland and the Delayed Frozen Ice Age
Things are about to get extra chilly at the Disneyland Resort.  In fact, you could say that everything will be Frozen in the next few days as Anna and Elsa unleash their endless onslaught of Frozen Fun at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. But not all things are going as planned. We detail here what you can expect over the next few days as Frozen Fun gets rolled out in phases.  Next we share what the FastPass system looks like for Fantasmic and offer a few tips if you plan on trying out the system this weekend.  We also share with you the bits and pieces of magic that guests happen upon while visiting the park, including more Christmas Magic, a ride on Pirates of the Caribbean, and more.  All of this, plus the usual run down of refurbishments and closures.

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New Years Eve at Knott’s Berry Farm
Knotts has announced their plans for New Years 2015 and we couldn’t be more excited. MiceChat will be offering a fun night of food, entertainment, and more at Knott’s that night. So, if you’d like to spend the evening with friends, be sure to join us. Next we share with you the latest progress from Voyage to the Iron Reef and the removal of the Roaring 20’s sign there. If you are a fan of the Berry Market jellies and preserves we have news of a new flavor, but you had better hurry as it is a limited batch. We then take a ride on “Christmas on Engine 41″ and share pics of the wild citizens we encountered on this trip. Let’s get going.

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UPDATED – 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 with Disney legend Bob Gurr. We’ll hold all sorts of special MiceChat meet-ups on board and hear many wonderful stories from our special guest. 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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Disney Parks News and Reports

For the closing of the year we have decided to go back through the more recent hot topics and popular post and pick a few threads that have sparked a lot of interest over the past few months. Without the community the Weekly Round up would not be here, thank you all and enjoy!

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KEBSD’s Disneyland Resort Photography
KEBSD has been provided the MiceChat community over the years with wonderful photos, this thread has been going strong since 2010!

Reconfiguring the Disneyland Monorail Service
A more recent thread that stirred a bit of discussion about completely reconfiguring the Monorail service all started by PragmaticIdealist!

If You Could Take ONE Prop from Disneyland, What Would it Be?
One of those “What if” scenarios that has to run through every Disneyland Fan’s mind, Robert3377 has always wanted the Organ Pipe from the Haunted Mansion. What would you take?

Joe’s quick visit to Disneyland so Ian can meet Santa
mre200200 took his son to the Disneyland Resort for a visit, or two, with Santa Claus!

MiceChat NewsletterMark and Steven’s Disneyland Wedding Trip Report – December 2014
zeitzeuge has been keeping us informed about their wedding plan, over the past year, and the big day finally arrived. Here is the complete report from their wedding week at the Disneyland resort!

Something happened this year. Something unexpected….
On a recent visit for fjhuerta discovered that Disney’s California Adventure may have changed their overall view of the little theme park that could.

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Club 33 Article, LA Times December 12th, 2014
Even with Club 33’s recent expansion and taking over the Court of Angels, LA Times tells us that some members are not happy with their benefits for 2015. Find out what the issues are here!

Please post photos of Disneyland’s real cats
Who does not love the felines of Disneyland? jcruise86 wants to see all your photos of the pest control unit, I.E. the Cats!

MiceChat NewsletterMy Frozen Meet and Greet photos by Capt. Hook
Capt Hook has been a regular with MiceChat and has always brought great photo reports of his visits with the many characters of Disneyland.

Legends of Frontierland ARG
With every year, new changes come to the Disneyland Park, OswaldTheRabbit started a thread about the Legends of Frontierland and people who had any experience with it.

MiceChat NewsletterMy Fall, 2014 Dapper Day Trip Report… first trip as a couple without the kids.
Whoever visited the park during the famous Dapper Day, boy they had a time. With plenty of photos and a great experience overall!

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It’s our third annual Holiday episode of Communicore Weekly, and we talk about Spectacle of Dancing Lights, Candlelight, Christmas at WDW, Roger Rabbit, and Jack Skellington! DISNEY HISTORY! – Jeff and George look at the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights in this week’s Disney History! ONE LITTLE FACT! – George knows you about the Candlelight Processional in One Little Fact! BOOK OF THE WEEK! – George takes a look at Christmas at Walt Disney World: An Unofficial Pictorial of the Christmas Season Through the Years at the Parks and Resorts for the Book of the Week! 60 SECOND REVIEW! – Jeff and George find Roger Rabbit in the Window of the Week! FIVE LEGGED GOAT! – And finally, what’s this?! Jack Skellington is 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.  For the first half of the show, we are joined by Tom Ameen www.tomameenmusic.com as we talk about his newest album Magical Moments 2. Nick promises to show us his musical talents on a Kazoo, which we very much look forward to.


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Dead Man’s DIEgest: On this episode we step away from Halloween Horror Nights and sit down with the guys from the U.K scare company Primrose Unknown Projects, to talk about their history in the scare business and their mazes for 2103.


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The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast: TEA Summit Finale. Discussions on the Thea Awards recipients Titanic Belfast, Carrousel des Mondes Marins (Marine Worlds Carousel), Polynesian Cultural Center, The Mind Museum, & Gardens by the Bay.  Also a conversation with WDI’s Joe Rohde on his recent trip to Mongolia and the creative process behind Disney Animal Kingdom.


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Disney Avenue Podcast: Returns with a wonderful Christmas Special that is sure to get you in the Holiday spirit. Disney historian and author Jim Korkis joins host Keith Michael Mahne for a wonderful interview on Walt Disney featuring some amazing and rarely heard Christmas stories from his life.

Mousetalgia! – An Unofficial Disneyland Podcast: Disney historian Joseph Titizian to the show today to celebrate the season with us. From the original Disneyland Circus Christmas Parade to the star atop the Matterhorn, we talk about Disneyland’s Christmas celebrations over the years from the park’s opening year to today. Parades evolved and the famous Disneyland Candlelight Processional was developed as Walt Disney honored the various cultures and commemorations of Christmas in Disneyland- one of which included a giant star atop the mighty Matterhorn that could be seen for miles.

Also, team Mousetalgia welcomes Disneyland vocal artist Drew Tablak to the show to talk about his performances at the park. Whether you’ve seen him singing on Main Street as a Dapper Dan, as a member of the Voices of Liberty, as the featured soloist for Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional, or onstage with Alice at a T Party, Drew always brings his own personal story and Disney magic to every performance. Enjoy our special conversation with Drew about what he feels makes Disneyland such a special place.

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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: On this weeks show we have a butterbeer preference from Jason Gallant, then we talk about the Holidays at the Universal Orlando Resort hotels, Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood, Eve at Universal Orlando Resort and Darren brings us a review of the Grinch character breakfast at Islands of Adventure. We then open the mail bag and read some listener feedback.


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Christmas Town Sparkles At Busch Gardens Tampa
I recently had the opportunity to check out this year’s Christmas Town event at Busch Gardens Tampa. Now in its 3rd year, the park includes this special holiday offering with daytime admission this year. Christmas Town is being offered every night now through December 31. We also have some news regarding one of the major rides in the park for you today as well as a new addition to the critters that inhabit the park.

MiceChat NewsletterNew Years Eve Plans at Knotts Berry Farm
Here’s is a quick update from Knotts Berry Farm.  Knotts has announced their plans for New Years 2015 and we couldn’t be more excited. MiceChat will be offering a fun night of food, entertainment, and more at Knott’s that night. So, if you’d like to spend the evening with friends, be sure to join us.  Next we share with you the latest progress from Voyage to the Iron Reef and the removal of the Roaring 20′s sign there.  If you are a fan of the Berry Market jellies and preserves we have news of a new flavor, but you had better hurry as it is a limited batch.  We then take a ride on “Christmas on Engine 41″ and share pics of the wild citizens we encountered on this trip.  Let’s get going.

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