Dateline Disneyland

Welcome to this week's edition of Dateline Disneyland! This week we'll take a look inside the new Mark VII Disneyland Monorail, off-season Disneyland, Toy Story Mania as it nears completion, and the latest in the Year of a Million Dreams decorations.

I'd like to thank David "Darkbeer" Michael for his fantastic shots from around the Resort this week while I'm out of the state on vacation. David is truly a pro at what he does, and has many more photos from the parks at his Smugmug ...

Happy New Year! Hope everybody had a great and safe holiday season. Let's jump right into our first Dateline Disneyland of the year!

NEW YEAR'S EVE 2008!


Wait times were high throughout the day


Stage and lighting set-up in

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Welcome to this week's Dateline Disneyland. This week we'll take a look at the newly re-opened River Belle Terrace restaurant in Disneyland's Frontierland, Disneyland Dream Suite work, Toy Story Mania!, and loads of new merchandise and collectibles.

Let's get to it!

RIVER BELLE TERRACE RE-OPENS
After a lengthy refurbishment, the River Belle Terrace Restaurant in Frontierland has re-opened. The location no longer serves its BBQ ribs and chicken, but now signature sandwiches

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Welcome to this week's Dateline Disneyland update. Between being under the weather, work, and finals week a trip to the Resort this week was pretty much impossible for me. Luckily, a few fine folks at MiceChat have graciously lent their talent and time to put this update together. So, many thanks to them, and now, let's get to it!

EVEN DREAMIER ...?
The DreamClouds that we first showed last week weren't complete. The signage now sports the generic DisneyParks DreamCastle.

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WELCOME TO DREAMLAND!
New Year of a Million Dream decorations sit atop the Disneyland main entry turnstiles. These decorations have already sparked heated debate on the MiceChat forums. Personally, I don't like them. They disrupt the turn-of-the-century theming of the turnstile booths and overall look a little tacky and obnoxious.

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