Home News Disney News Disney News Round Up: Eat, Roll and Shine

Disney News Round Up: Eat, Roll and Shine

March 25, 2015

Things are starting to shine like a Diamond at the Disneyland Resort, which is in full renovation mode for the big 60th anniversary celebration. Sleeping beauty’s castle is getting its bling at Disneyland and the new Smokejumper’s Grill has opened in California Adventure. How do you like the first new look of the rethemed (former) Condor Flats? We also have a lot of great new podcasts and videos! Did you see the news that the MiceChat Gumball Rally is coming May 2nd? Gumball Rally tickets are on sale now HERE while they last. Last but not least, please help us save the historic home in which Walt Disney was born. Visit the Let’s Make It Beautiful campaign page HERE.	Get Mouseaddict for free HERE
Quick Jump: All Things Disney \| Videos & Podcasts \| Events \| Featured Columns \| Disney News
Diamonds appear on Sleeping Beauty Castle as Smokejumpers land in Disney California Adventure Spring break is here as Disneyland is busy gearing up for its huge 60th Anniversary summer. At Disneyland, Sleeping Beauty Castle is starting to get its sparkly diamond overlay installed, bringing a new shimmering blue roof to the iconic building. Elsewhere in the park, refurbishments continue from Critter Country to “it’s a small world,” as Disney works hard on getting the park in tip-top shape for its big Diamond Celebration. Over in Disney California Adventure, the first section of the new Grizzly Peak Airfield has been unveiled with Smokejumpers Grill, formerly home to Taste Pilots Grill. Meanwhile, Disneyland is celebrating Easter with the Springtime Roundup in Big Thunder Ranch, featuring your favorite Disney bunnies, egg decorating, live entertainment and more.

Join us this summer – 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, take group excursions, and dine together in the evenings to discuss our daily adventures. Highlights include 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!!!
We have video from some of the special FROZEN entertainment in the Hollywood area. We also look at the recently opened Smokejumpers Grill. Then tell us what your favorite Disneyland souvenir is. ~ Aladdin Grizzly Peak Airfield Phase 1 Opens Today Taste Pilots Grill has reopened as Smokejumpers Grill, but little has changed on the menu. What has changed besides the name? Look here! What is your Favorite Piece of Disneyland Merchandise? It’s time again to tell us what your favorite Disneyland souvenirs are. Smokejumpers Grill Menu Here is a closer look at the old and the new menus. Good news is that the topping bar has returned for your sandwiches. Olaf’s Snow Fest Entertainment RonW has a couple of videos of the FROZEN entertainment in the Hollywood section of DCA. Disneyland Memories from 3.19.15 – Cell Phone Edition DizneyPhotoGuy has returned with more cell phone photos from Disneyland and DCA. Omnitographer Strikes Back! Omnitographer brings us a few great photo from around the Disneyland Resort. THE WALT DISNEY BIRTHPLACE – LET’S MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL With your help last fall, the Walt Disney Birthplace was saved. Now it’s time to make it beautiful. This phase of the project will focus on exterior beautification of the property, transforming the house into the beautiful icon we all want it to be. With our help, the project will be able to add a restored front porch, a white picket fence, benches, rose gardens, and trees – and they’ll also be installing the dedicated paver stones which have proven to be the most popular reward item on their fundraising campaigns! They’ve created some cool new “perks” for the campaign (which is on Indiegogo this time). There are four new collectible pins, a new “Chicago” T-shirt design, a polo shirt embroidered with their monogram logo, and a lot of new ways to put your name on the home: a double-size paver stone, dedicated picket fence posts, sponsored rose bushes, trees, and benches. Lot’s of great ways to help the project, leave a legacy or remember a loved one. Check it out and please help them out. This is our chance to not only honor Walt’s legacy but to become part of it: Visit The Walt Disney Birthplace “Let’s Make It Beautiful” campaign HERE. We’ll start this week off with a photo and a video trip report. D23 Expo is returning to Tokyo, A Frozen sing-a-long and interesting budget info for Hong Kong. – DLandFansAZ First Time At Disney TimmyTimmyTimmy took his foster son to Tokyo Disneyland for Easter last year and has shared a video that show the excitement of a child. D23EXPO 2015 returns to Tokyo Djapan94 reports that the D23 Expo will be returning to Japan November 6-8, 2015. Frozen sing along coming to HKDL? Thanks to Asa we are learning that HKDL is planning a “For the First Time in Forever, Frozen Sing-Along Show” to play in the park this summer. HK Gov requesting application of funds for Consultancy of Phase 2 Development at HKDL PennysBayChronicle reports that there are 25 non-recurring expenditures in the budget, the first time since 1985 that has been done. Vintage Walt Disney World 16mm 1975 Press Film – Restored in HD RetroDisneyWorld comes back with a fantastic video from 1975 which is a press release from that era! Want a Dole Whip but can’t afford going to a Disney park or Hawaii? See below. ~ Trekkie Dad Joe’s quest to find a Dole Whip, not at the Disney parks Joe Flowers (mre200200) slakes his thirst for a Dole Whip at a location in southern California that isn’t at Disneyland. His pictures just might make your mouth water.
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
MiceChat Podcast: Disney Bling Bling and Other Things – The MiceChat crew is BACK after a long delay, and they’ve got some surprises for you. The Hat Box Ghost isn’t the only thing returning, we’ve got news of the return of the Fabulous Disney Babe! There’s all sorts of news about the things which will be keeping us busy in the theme parks in 2015, not the least of which is Disneyland’s Diamond Anniversary. Let’s chat . . . Direct Download \| iTunes The Haunted Mansion Show Episode 29: Rumbling Rumours As stated in the previous episode of “The Haunted Mansion Show,” quite a lot of nightmarish news has been revealing itself over the past few weeks. Now that you’ve seen the Ghost Host present his good “noose,” it’s the Hatbox Ghost’s turn to give his lion’s share of what all the boils and ghouls have been talking about. Will Phantom Manor receive major changes? Will the Hatbox Ghost finally return at the Haunted Mansion? Lucky for you, Ol’ Hattie has the answers… at least some of them. Window to the Magic: Enjoy the sounds of the park on our weekly journeys into the wonderful world of the Disney sound experience! Direct Link \| iTunes Link DoomBuggies Spook Show: On this episode of the DoomBuggies Spook Show, we discuss the mysterious new wall that recently materialized in the attic of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion, and ponder the possible return of the long-awaited Hat Box Ghost. Jeff Baham gives a history of the storied character, and talks about when it first appeared in the Mansion, why it disappeared, how it has inspired a multitude of artists (including Disney’s famed creative team Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily), and what fans might expect as the date of his expected return nears. Jeff also briefly discusses Walker Stalker Con, a convention dedicated to celebrating AMC’s “The Walking Dead” television show. Direct Link Disafterdark: Disafterdark Series 3, Episode 10 – this one might be a but rude, you have been warned. Welcome back to the Mouses Head and thank you for the download. This show is probably one of the most adult we have done for a little while, After Jen reviewed a couple of books for us, we invited both her and the author of one of those books, Blu Carson to join us to discuss .. well… ‘stuff’ really Direct Link The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast: Wew Unveil Trapped: Lock & Key from Knott’s Scary Farm 2014. Creators Jeff Tucker and Gus Krueger break-down the creative process of Trapped along with conversation and dissection of every room. This podcast also contains two full stereo walk-throughs of the VIP experience. This is the biggest TSPP ever released…4 terrifying hours…be prepared. Direct Link \| iTunes Link Disney Avenue Podcast: Brings you a fantastic interview with Disney Legend, Walt Disney Archives founder and former chief archivist David Smith! Dusty Sage, of MiceChat.com, teams up with host Keith Michael Mahne for another amazing show. It was a wonderful conversation and a whole lot of fun. Walt Disney Archives founder and former chief archivist David Smith officially joined The Walt Disney Company on June 22, 1970, but his Disney roots are even deeper. Direct Link \| iTunes Link Mousetalgia! – An Unofficial Disneyland Podcast: This week, Mousetalgia reviews Cinderella, Disney’s latest live-action version of one of its classic animated films. How does Kenneth Branagh’s new film compare to Disney’s other live action remakes? We offer our two cents, and share our opinions of the new movie. The music, the meaning, and the mythology are all discussed in detail as we take a closer look at this crowd-pleasing new film. We also discuss Frozen Fever: does it falter or find favor with our reviewers? Jeff and Kristen discuss the merits of the latest installment in the story of Disney’s royal sisters. Then, we take a look at the Indiana Jones Adventure, and Jeff reviews the Annual Passholder party celebrating the attraction’s 20th anniversary. Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast: On this show, we catch up on the news, which includes Halloween Horror Nights, Mardi Gras, Escape from Gringotts and TNA, we have a listener butterbeer preference from Alex in the U.K and then we go On Location with Gregory as he sits down with Taylor Strickland, the owner of Orlando Informer, at Mythos in Islands of Adventure. Direct Link

George and Jeff Review Disney’s Into The Woods Blu-ray George: I’d never heard of Into the Woods before the release of the theatrical film during the holiday season of 2014. From the advertising, it looked like it was going to be pretty dark and frightening. I didn’t see it in the theaters, but I knew we’d get a review copy. Now, I’m wishing that I’d seen it in the theaters or at least a live production of it. Noe Valladolid Reviews “Miles From Tomorrowland” Santa Cruz Boardwalk and the Chowder Capital of the World Knotts Berry Farm Park Update Knotts Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival Returns! Knott’s Berry Farm will once again celebrate its Boysenberry Festival March 28 – April 12 this year, encompassing Spring and Easter celebrations as well as the annual celebration of the little berry that started it all. If you’d like to join the MiceChatters for the first day of the Boysenberry Festival, we’ll be meeting at noon on Saturday the 28th to taste the new treats, enjoy the entertainment and even partake in the wine tasting. Join us at noon on the garden patio of the Wilderness Dance Hall in Ghost Town for a fantastic start to Knott’s highly anticipated Boysenberry Festival. For more news about this event, please follow the MiceChat Facebook Group HERE. Yesterland: Coca-Cola Tomorrowland Terrace Top 10 Quick Spots to Eat at the Disneyland Resort Dateline Universal Orlando – Kong Rising Make It Beautiful – Restoring The Dream

The MiceEars Crew puts a lot of time and effort into making the Disney News Round-Up happen.Our thanks to:Editor CakvalaSC and the MiceEars Crew: Aladdin, Yoyoflamingo, Trekkie Dad, DLandFansAZ, RegionsBeyond, Fishbulb & Dustysage.	We hope to see you online again soon, Dusty and the amazing MiceChat crew!
If you have questions for Anthony our Editor or our MiceEars Disney News crew they can be e-mailed at: [email protected] or Follow him on Twitter @CakvalaSC \| Flickr: flickr.com/photos/cakvalasc/ \| Instagram: instagram.com/cakvala