Dateline Disneyland

5/02: DreamDecor, Duck in Paradise, new merch and collectibles, + more

, 05-01-2008 at 11:34 PM

WELCOME TO DISNEYLAND!
Sleeping Beauty Castle sports new banners that match the Castle bridge banners. The design is reflective of the Year of a Million Dreams campaign.

Personally, I think they look too contemporary for this medieval fairy tale castle with the Photoshop DreamClouds and DreamSparkles. I can't wait for the Dreams campaign to draw to a close so we can just be rid of all the DreamClouds already!

PROJECT ROUND-UP
A quick look at some of the minor refurbishment projects going on around the parks.

Club 33 is getting some TLC

Work on "it's a small world" continues.

Last week we showed you how the interactive Stitch Phone was removed from Innoventions. In David "Darkbeer" Michael's 4/28 Monday in the Parks column he mentioned the new Air Scooter II, which is on display in the area. It is a static display, roped off from guest access.

Over at Disney's California Adventure, the railings in front of the Sunshine Plaza fountain are being replaced.

Over at Paradise Pier, Donald Duck is now featured atop the outdoor vending structures, next to the new turkey leg stand.

Closer to the Sun Wheel, another outdoor vending structure is progressing nicely, new glass partitions are up.

Nice detail

The Grizzly River Run water wheel work continues...

MERCH AND COLLECTIBLES
Appropriate for the election year, these shirts have been available for a couple months now.

Americana Mickey pencils

...And keychains

A new Firefighter Mickey big fig has been released. $175.

And a second wave of Robert Olszewski's Pokit Pals have been released. They range between $18-22 each.

For more information and more photos of the Pokit Pals, visit DisneyGallery.com - PokitPals by Olszewski

The Haunted Mansion one is particularly cool -- it slides open, revealing the entire stretching portrait!

And finally, a new Thomas Kinkade piece of Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is now available.

Alright, that should do it for this week. Thanks, as always for reading!

See you again next week!
-Andy

Updated 05-02-2008 at 11:56 AM by Dateline Disneyland

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Comments

orbitalpunk - 05-02-2008 01:02 AM
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You rock. thanks for the update.
SummerInFL - 05-02-2008 05:01 AM
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Nice update! Does anyone know how much the Kinkade piece is going for?
Walt's Girl - 05-02-2008 07:18 AM
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Great update. I'm so excited to see all the attention to detail in paradise pier.. hopefully its a sign of all the great things to come.
airick75 - 05-02-2008 08:09 AM
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I always love the update and miceage does a great job on everything. However, I have to comment that I have tired of all the complaining about the "dreams" campaign. It's really not that big of a deal - if I visited D-land my first time, it would all look plenty good to me - maybe even exciting - "year of a million dreams!" I wouldn't care if I won something or not - it fits with Disney and it's fine. It may not be the 50th but it's cool. It's annoying that it seems to have become fashionable to hate the dreams campaign...maybe I'll start a thread...all this said, please don't be mad at me - just an opinion, micechatters are awesome and I love being a part of it!
Grumpy38 - 05-02-2008 08:47 AM
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I look forward to this article throughout the week. I was at the park on Monday and nearly bought the vote Mickey shirt. I think its great!
HotelNeptune - 05-02-2008 10:26 AM
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Oh man... I want one of those Haunted Mansion pokit pal things (actually, two) and a Matterhorn one, too... baaaaad. No pass, though. So... who wants to go pick one up for me?
Dateline Disneyland - 05-02-2008 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by HotelNeptune

Oh man... I want one of those Haunted Mansion pokit pal things (actually, two) and a Matterhorn one, too... baaaaad. No pass, though. So... who wants to go pick one up for me?

The Olszewski PokitPals are also available at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney, so you don't need a pass to get into the park Or if you can't make it to the Resort, Disneyland Delivears can help you out at 1-800-362-4533.
bloodnswash - 05-02-2008 01:22 PM
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We were there the first day the Air Scooter arrived. Got some pretty cool pictures. :o) BTW...Asimo has really progressed in the last year or two. We were pleasantly surprised.
DonDuck - 05-02-2008 04:00 PM
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Awesome update. Nice to see the continued updates in DCA.
Orcatime - 05-02-2008 09:41 PM
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I saw a copy of Kinkade's work in Cannery Row yesterday. It was going for something like $4000.
pussnboots - 05-03-2008 04:14 AM
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If it were free, it wouldn't be worth the money.
SpookyBear - 05-03-2008 02:21 PM
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Are the Pockit Pals only available at Disneyland? I only ask because I called Delivears and they said they were out at the moment so I just want to make sure I can't pick it up at WDW instead which is close to where I live.
joshuag200 - 05-03-2008 04:01 PM
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Another Great Update
MasterGracey - 05-04-2008 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SpookyBear

Are the Pockit Pals only available at Disneyland? I only ask because I called Delivears and they said they were out at the moment so I just want to make sure I can't pick it up at WDW instead which is close to where I live.

I was at Disneyland today -- they had all of the PokitPals available EXCEPT the Haunted Mansion one, which is sold out.

Not sure if these are available at Walt Disney World.