Walt Disney World Cast Member previews for the new Toy Story Mania attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios have once again been postponed. The previews were originally set to run from May 2-4, but have been changed. No replacement dates have been set, but it has to be soon considering Passholder previews run from May 10-12, 2008. Stay tuned as more information becomes available.
Here is another video update from Jose Eber covering changes at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:
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From the Orlando Sentinel:
ORANGE COUNTY – -A former Planet Hollywood employee was arrested Monday after he threw his backpack on the ground and told restaurant managers that it contained a bomb, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
Jason Sean Davis, 21, of St. Cloud came to the Downtown Disney West Side restaurant about 4 p.m. asking to be rehired, deputies said. Managers refused, so he threw his backpack between the gift shop and a stairwell, the Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators evacuated the restaurant, even though Davis tried to take back his allegation.
The backpack was blown up and found to contain only Davis’ belongings. He was arrested on a charge of making a bomb threat and was being held late Monday at the Orange County Jail. Planet Hollywood reopened about 7 p.m.
According to MousePlanet, 2 more of the Disneyland Dream Time events will be held at Disneyland Park this week. The first is today (April 28th), & there will also be one held on Thursday, May 1st. For those of you who don’t know what this event is, well… It’s an after hour event that gets awarded to somewhere between 2,000 & 3,000 people. If you win, you’ll get to spend a whole hour in the designated park, after regular closing time, & the goal is to ride as many rides as possible, with little to no wait!
Here is staff member Jose Eber with video updates of Toy Story Mania and Disney’s Boardwalk Resort construction:
According to MiceAge:
Daytime testing of Disneyland’s new Monorail Red is off until later this week at the earliest. The suspension issues aren’t that big an issue, but visitors were complaining as they were waiting for the lone operating train to come back, while a shiny new one zipped by unused. CM’s tried to explain, but hotel guests in particular were still unhappy they couldn’t ride on what looked to be a perfectly good train. In light of concerns and short tempers at both stations, and some complaints at the hotel’s front desks, daytime testing is off until they are certain they are only days away from getting the new train signed off.
The Prince Caspian Pre-Parade to Walt Disney’s Parade of Dreams that we first told you about back in March debuted last Friday. Armadillo4 of MiceChat snapped some pictures of the Pre-Parade, which you can find here!
From the Orlando Sentinel:
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad is investigating a suspicious backpack at Planet Hollywood restaurant in Downtown Disney West Side, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. A call came in to the Sheriff’s Office at 4:05 p.m., and the restaurant was evacuated, Cpl. Susan Soto said. No further information was immediately available.
I advise you to check out the latest Blue Sky Alert over on Blue Sky Disney. This latest update talks a bit more in depth on World of Color & the Little Mermaid ride, both of which are going into Paradise Pier. The picture below should give you a clue as to what could be a big feature in World of Color:
Here’s a look at some of the latest happenings from around the Disneyland Resort featured in this week’s Monday in the Parks column on MiceAge:
And now some pictures from the column:
One of the food stands across from Toy Story Mania will sell Turkey Legs
The Stitch Picture Phone in Innoventions has been replaced with an Air Scooter II display
The Sunshine Plaza fountain has been walled & turned off…
… The railings are being replaced
