May 9th, 2013 at 3:00PM: As Memorial Day approaches, travelers are taking advantage of some special offers and events exclusive to the three-day weekend that officially begins on Friday, May 24. Discounts, special offers and events this year are available at a number of locations around the United States as America remembers the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
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Memorial Day Travel Events Bring Discounts
May 9th, 2013 at 3:00PM: As Memorial Day approaches, travelers are taking advantage of some special offers and events exclusive to the three-day weekend that officially begins on Friday, May 24. Discounts, special offers and events this year are available at a number of locations around the United States as America remembers the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Additionally, those ...Disneyland Princesses Get Their Own, New Land
Feb 10th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Disneyland Park in California will debut Fantasy Faire in March, a new interactive experience that gives guests a more personal experience with all the Disney princesses, all in one place. A natural expansion of Disneyland's Fantasyland, the addition has Disney princess fans excited for the March 12, opening, now less than a month away. Like sister-park Disney World in Florida, a big emphasis ...Member Of Secret Disneyland Club Tells All
Oct 22nd, 2012 at 3:00PM:
A member of Disneyland's most exclusive club has been opening up to inquiring minds on Reddit, a social news website. The anonymous user has been defending the club's $35,000 per year price tag, and also dished about dining with celebrities like Jack Nicholson and Tom Hanks.
The user introduced himself by saying he has been member of Club 33, a secret feature of Disneyland located in ...Insider Secrets No Secret To Disney World Cast Members
Jul 26th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Frankly, the best insider secret on how to get the most out of a visit to Walt Disney World is to go with a Disney cast member. They know exactly where to be at any given time for no wait on the best rides. They know what venues have the best food and, if something special is going on, when to be where for that. If a Disney cast member in your back pocket is not in the cards, Disney Insider ...Magic Kingdom Worker Gives Candid Interview About Crazy Guests And Working For Disney
Jul 6th, 2012 at 12:30PM: During an IAmA (I am a...) discussion on Reddit, a turnstile and parade audience control worker for the Magic Kingdom at Disney World allowed people to ask uncensored questions about crazy guests and what it's like to work at Disney. Read below to learn what happens when adults act like children, who the worst guests are and which cast members are the most difficult to work with.
Note: These ...Video: Disneyland 1957
Feb 8th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
This footage of Disneyland 1957 was previously unreleased until recently. The film was cleaned up, edited, and paired with music, but all of the images are original. In 1957, the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California wasn't even yet two years old. The park opened in July of 1955. The best part about this footage is that it is actually good! The editing and overall cleanup job helps, of ...
Disneyland in Sand: The Blankenberge Sand Sculpture Festival
Sep 6th, 2011 at 12:00PM: If you're traveling near Brugge, Belgium, over the next two weeks, you might be wondering if you took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the outskirts of Paris. No worries – your GPS is not broken – you've just stumbled upon the annual Blankenberge Sand Sculpture festival. This year's theme happens to be the recreation of the Disneyland Paris Resort, based on the Magical Moments ...Earthquake strands thousands at Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea
Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Thousands of guests were stranded in Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea after the massive earthquake that rocked the island nation on Friday. Park employees have been giving out humanitarian aid including blankets, heaters, plastic raincoats, food, and water. While Disney has reported only a few minor injuries and minimal property damage, other reports state that the earthquake has liquefied the ...
Disneyland's Splash Mountain to be closed this spring
Jan 20th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
If you plan to visit Southern Cailfornia this spring, a ride on Splash Mountain won't be in the cards. Disneyland's famous water ride is closed for refurbishment until just before Memorial Day.
The 4-month closure is part of a regular refurbishment program at Disneyland. Big rides get spruced up every 5 to 10 years, and it was Splash Mountain's turn, reports the Orange County Register.
...Disney photo privacy questions raised by new 'Let the Memories Begin' campaign
Jan 3rd, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Walt Disney World and Disneyland are inviting guests to share their Disney Parks memories in the form of photos, video and stories submitted to a Disney Web site as part of a 2011 marketing campaign called "Let the Memories Begin." Videos shot by Disney visitors are being used in TV commercials for the theme parks.
And a key component of the new marketing campaign starts early this year, ...No parades at Disney's California Adventure for most of 2011
Dec 21st, 2010 at 4:30PM:
One classic part of the Disney theme park experience - the afternoon parade - will be missing from Disney's California Adventure for most of next year.
The Pixar Play Parade can be seen at the park through Jan. 3, but then it's not expected back until November. The hiatus is a result of a major overhaul of Disney's second California theme park.
The Orange County Register reports that ...Disney to dismantle iconic California sign
Dec 10th, 2010 at 12:30PM:
Disney is in the midst of a major overhaul at its California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, and the latest change is the removal of an iconic sign at the entry.
The California sign - really more of a monument than a sign, with letters spelling California stretched out in front of the park - will be removed next month.
That sign has been in countless family photos over the years, as ...How to buy a Disneyland candy cane (and why you would want one)
Dec 2nd, 2010 at 9:00AM: Disneyland candy canes are a sought after item during the holidays. In fact, they are in such short supply that Disney has devised a ticketing system for buying them. That's right, you need a ticket to buy a candy cane. For $9.95 each, no less.
The sweets are made at Candy Palace on Main Street U.S.A. at the California theme park.
To get one, you'll need one of those magic tickets. They are ...Duffy the Disney Bear - New face to see (and buy) at Disney Parks
Nov 25th, 2010 at 12:00PM: If you are planning at trip to Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World at the holidays, you will likely encounter Duffy the Disney Bear.
And when you do, I imagine you will likely think, "Hey, who the heck is this?"
No, you've never seen Duffy in a Disney movie. He's never been in a Mickey Mouse cartoon or a Pixar animated short. And he's not the star of a new series for preschoolers on the ...Turkey with presidential pardon not going to Disneyland
Nov 20th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Each year just before Thanksgiving, the president pardons a turkey in a ceremony at the White House, saving that turkey from its likely fate atop a dining table. But this year, that turkey is not going to Disneyland.
Disney started flying the pardoned turkeys to California in 2005, when Disneyland was celebrating its 50th anniversary. The turkey has served as grand marshal of the the Disneyland ...Shanghai Disneyland construction begins
Nov 10th, 2010 at 10:30AM:
Construction on a new Disneyland Resort is already underway in Shanghai.
Last week, Disney signed a deal with Shanghai Shendi Group to develop the park. Now the blog Disney and More has posted some of the first pictures of construction activity on the 1.5-square-mile plot where the theme park will be located on the east bank of the Huangpu.
The images show little more than cranes and ...Neil Patrick Harris lends voice to Disney ride
Nov 9th, 2010 at 5:30PM: Disney California Adventure theme park has introduced a new ride recording for California Screamin', featuring the voice of actor Neil Patrick Harris.
The official Disney Parks Blog says NPH's new recordings are meant to emulate a classic carnival sideshow barker.
California Screamin' is in the Paradise Pier section of Disney California Adventure. That part of the park has a classic ...Disney Imagineers said to be working on a 'Tron Legacy' ride
Nov 8th, 2010 at 12:00PM:
The next Disney movie to get a ride at Disneyland may be more futuristic than fairytale. The blog Blue Sky Disney is reporting that Disney Imagineers have been given the green light to develop a ride treatment for the upcoming movie "Tron Legacy."
Disney Parks have gone a little Tron crazy this fall, with a Tron-wrapped monorail at Walt Disney World and a nighttime elecTRONica party at ...Top ten overrated U.S. travel destinations/attractions
Oct 14th, 2010 at 4:30PM: Whether or not you're an American, there are certain places that are on almost everyone's must-visit list. Some tourist traps, like the Grand Canyon or Disneyland, are worth joining the masses and ponying up the entrance fee (although I just checked the Magic Kingdom's website, and Mickey and friends are bilking the parents of children under nine for $68 a pop).
Other much-lauded, highly ...Photo of the Day (09.24.10)
Sep 24th, 2010 at 6:30PM:
It's an absolute travesty that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was removed from Disney World. It is by far the greatest amusement park ride ever created and was one of the original attractions at the park when it opened in Orlando in 1971. Just 27 years later, it was replaced with a Winnie the Pooh attraction. Gone are the dual tracks, last second turns and fantastic disorientation that made Mr. Toad's ...
