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Dateline Disneyland

Andy is a Southern California native, raised with Disneyland and a life-long fan of Disney theme parks and animation. Andy wrote the long-running weekly Dateline Disneyland photo, news and opinion blog here on MiceChat from 2007-2016. Andy continues to make occasional special guest contributions on MiceChat.

Opa!, All-Nighters and Magical Maps: Your Guide to a Monstrous Summer...

Disneyland is just about ready to kick off its big summer season with a variety of big events that will draw plenty of guests...

Disneyland refurbishments continue as Route 66 gets repaved in Cars Land

Disneyland enters its final stretch of its spring off-season before the big summer season, which will launch over the upcoming Memorial Day Weekend. ...

Cars Land gets repaved as Disneyland goes to Fullerton Railroad Days

Disney California Adventure's new Cars Land area is getting some major work done as its version of Route 66 gets repaved less than a...

Monstrous Summer to scare up 24-hour party at Disneyland as ‘Mickey...

Disneyland will kick off its 2013 summer season with a 24-hour "all-nighter" this Memorial Day holiday weekend. The 24-hour party will launch the...

Starbucks moves into the Market House as refurbishment projects continue at...

Happy Earth Day! Disneyland's Market House coffee shop closed last week to make room for the park's upcoming Starbucks location. Building on...

Iron Man lands in Tomorrowland as Long Lost Friends bring Limited...

It was a busy news week at Disneyland. Long Lost Friends week brought rare characters out for special appearances in Big Thunder Ranch...

Spring break winds down as construction projects continue at Disneyland

Big crowds continued through the final week of Disneyland's busy spring break season. As the final crowds of spring break hit the parks,...

Easter at Disneyland brings some Limited Time Magic to both theme...

Disneyland celebrated the Easter holiday last week with several Easter-themed offerings including meet-and-greets with the Easter Bunny at Disneyland and an egg hunt in...

Starbucks Coffee to bring big changes to Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A....

Disneyland announced that its long-anticipated Starbucks Coffee location will begin construction next month in Main Street, U.S.A.'s Market House. The project will take...

Springtime is in bloom at Disneyland with spring break crowds, color...

Disneyland kicked off its busy spring break season with the opening of brand new princess meet-and-greets and entertaining stage shows in a charming fairytale...

Disney Princesses move into their new home at Disneyland’s Fantasy Faire

Annual Passholders were invited to preview Disneyland's new Fantasy Faire late last week, getting an early glimpse at the park's rather intimate new princess...

Dapper Dans sing boy bands as Fantasy Faire begins previews at...

Disneyland's lavish new Fantasy Faire princess meet-and-greet area opens in a week but Disney Cast Members began previewing the new area as Imagineers applied...

Fantasy Faire gets finishing touches as Voices of Liberty celebrate Presidents’...

Disneyland's Fantasy Faire continues to get its finishing touches applied as it approaches its grand opening in early March. The new princess meet-and-greet...

Oz the Great and Powerful floats into Disneyland Resort as True...

Disney's latest movie, Oz: The Great and Powerful hits theatres next month but the movie soared into the Disneyland Resort this weekend. Disneyland welcomed...

Disneyland Resort celebrates Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day as rules...

The Disneyland Resort celebrated Lunar New Year in Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney over the weekend, as part of the on-going Limited Time...

Disneyland’s Fantasy Faire officially set to open March 12 as Tony...

Disneyland officially announced the grand opening date of its newest attraction last week. The new Fantasy Faire princess meet-and-greet village next to Sleeping...

Disneyland continues through the winter off-season with refurbishments, construction

Seasonal rain washed out what could have been big crowds visiting the Anaheim area for various convention and special events. Despite the rain,...

Disneyland celebrates Mardi Gras as Tinker Bell Half Marathon races through...

Disneyland kicked off its annual Mardi Gras celebration over the weekend with the return of the New Orleans Bayou Bash! celebration. The Mardi...

Disney Imagineers give a sneak peek of the Fantasy Faire at...

The Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar at Disney California Adventure opened a new exhibit last week giving an in-depth preview of the new...

Golden Horseshoe Revue returns as Big Thunder Mountain closes for refurbishment...

Disneyland's busy holiday season faded away last week as both parks entered the off-season with various refurbishment projects. In Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain...