Dateline Disneyland: Goodbye Woopie, Tink, and Dreams
The Disneyland Resort in California is about to undergo a series of transformations. First to Halloween time and then to Christmas decorations. This is your last chance to see the park in its Year of a Million Dreams clothes before the long over-extended promotion is finally put out of its misery. The Tinkerbell and Mickey [...]
Monday In The Parks: Southern California Theme Park Rumor Roundup
David’s Chargers may have lost the big game, but we all win with his comprehensive update of Disney and theme park news from around Southern California.
This week, the High School Musical 2 and Golden Dreams shows both had their last public performances at Disney’s California Adventure. A new version of High School Musical will soon [...]
Halloween Descends on the Disneyland Resort
Our Dateline Disneyland blog chronicles the beginnings of Halloween at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. While the main park decorations have yet to appear and won’t be fully in place until October 3rd, Signs are going up and merchandise is moving in. In addition to the costumes, t-shirts, antenna balls, and [...]
Monday In The Parks Disneyland Update
Last week saw the arrival of Monorail Orange, the last of the new fleet of Monorails for the Disneyland Resort. While wrapped pieces were placed on the beam, it will be many weeks before we see her in operation. The famous goat of Big Thunder Mountain has returned to the attraction. In [...]
Disneyland Prepares For Halloween And A New Preview Center
Disneyland is rolling out the Halloween merchandise, and Dateline Disneyland reports that it is a bigger collection than in past years. Department 56 is in the process of being divided. The newly freed up space will be available for a new store. California Adventure is in the process of building a new [...]
Monday In The Parks: Fall Schedules and Changes at Disneyland and Beyond
David Micheal has a huge Disneyland update for us today. With the Fall/Halloween/Christmas refurbishments, overlays, and changes finally on the schedule, things will be busy around the resort. Some of the biggest changes and the most work will be done in the New Orleans Square area of Disneyland and the Sun Wheel area [...]
Dateline Disneyland: Adieu Court Des Angles, shop and construction updates
The boards have been buzzing about cash registers moving into the Court Des Angles in New Orleans Square this holiday season. Andy swoops in to archive the quiet beauty of this spot before it becomes another merchandise location.
He also has news of the relocation of the Three Fairies shop in Fantasyland, construction at Department [...]
The Long Awaited Al Lutz Disneyland News Update - Mickey Can You Hear Me
Here’s something that we don’t get every day, but always wish for - An Al Lutz news and rumor update.
Disneyland’s summer attendance is the lowest seen in 5 years. Response to the earthquake. What to do with the Disneyland Hotel. Garden Walk. Bye Bye Ronald! Sponsor troubles. Disney lawyers gone wild. Lots of minor park [...]
Castle Construction, Tiki Merchandise, New Menus And More - Dateline Disneyland Is Your Ticket
Andy’s back with your weekly photo update on what’s new at the Disneyland Resort. This week:
Construction on the Sleeping Beauty Castle means that the walk-through may soon return. The French Market restaurant in New Orleans Square gets a new “Healthy” menu; is it better than the old one? You decide. Over in [...]
Dateline Disneyland: Toy Story “Midway?” Mania Confusion, Dream Home Still Hasn’t Booted, and Win a Honda
There is a lot of confusion in today’s Dateline Disneyland thanks in part to Disneyland’s marketing department.
The signs for the new Toy Story ride are a mess of conflicting messages and information. Is it Toy Story MIDWAY Mania or is it Toy Story MANIA? Is it located at DISNEYLAND Resort (with the “Resort” [...]
Time to geek-out, Al is back with another huge Disneyland update!
Great news today. Al Lutz is back with a huge update. Some of it good, some of it sad. Take the story of the new Disneyland Monorails for example. As you can see from the picture below, they are glorious to look at. But you can’t ride them, and for [...]
Monday in the Parks: Disneyland Update
What’s new at Disneyland? The Innoventions house of the future at Disneyland prepares to host the media today. They will later be able to ride Toy Story Mania prior to Tomorrow’s official opening (However, the ride has been previewing and soft opened for nearly a week). There is also news [...]