WDWNT Reporter John Corigliano shot and edited a fantastic in-depth look at Dumbo the Flying Elephant in the Storybook Circus of New Fantasyland. This video is a must watch if you have yet to experience the new addition:
WDWNT Reporter John Corigliano visited the Walt Disney World Resort this weekend and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:
MORE CIRCUS PHOTOS!
Can’t get enough of these shirts
New character shirts
The back
On to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, here’s another look at the Brave exhibit at Magic of Disney Animation
Monsters University billboard
Wreck-It Ralph poster
The remodeled Storyroom
Still no Narnia replacement… and I’m fine with that…
Only 90 minutes…
Splash fountain is being refurbished
Cars meet and greet has had short lines recently
Phineas and Ferb has long lines all the time
The Art of Animation sign is in place along the road
Both hands on the wheel John…
Habit Heroes is still closed
Someone is up in that window…
The Honeymooners? WHY?
Awwww…
Tick… tock…
This is one nerdy reptile… we named him fanboy
“Horizons was the greatest thing EVER!”
Land accross from the site of the new Grand Floridian DVC wing is being cleared, probably for parking
Updated on day 2 with more pics. Also, each figure is designed by a different artist and the design is a theme we will see through other merchandise
They are LE and one will be released each month. Similar to how pins do pin of the month series. But because its 2013, there will be 13. We will find out sunday how to get the 13th.
This Disneyland exclusive LE set is slated for a December release! The 3″ combo was designed by Maria Clapsis. It is based on the Mad T Party area at Disney’s California Adventure where people are dressed up as characters from Alice in Wonderland. Join the party, with DJ White Rabbit and Mad Hatter on vocals.
WDWNT Reporter Adam Roth visited Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the Magic Kingdom on Friday and has a TON of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:
Flower and Garden Festival in bloom at Epcot
IF ONLY WE HAD XPASS!!!!
Queue modifications are done… it’s a completely different queue experience now…
Peacock
Cool graphics on the Epcot tip board
Enjoy Kim Possible while it lasts
Habit Heroes and the VISION House now on the list inside Innoventions East
Habit Heroes is still closed
I’m offended…
Work continues on the VISION House
Habit Heroes now has a sign on the entry wall
Goodbye
VISION House will be added soon as it opens in April
Phineas and Ferb now have an entire section at MouseGear
AGENT P!
The light-up Vinylmation lamps and Baseball figures now available
Let’s Go Yankees! (Personal bias)
These are buy 1, get 1 50% off
Shouldn’t the Knicks be on the bottom? (I actually am a fan… but I’m realistic)
Let’s go Dolphins! (Please pity me)
2012 dated Vinylmation
Zodiac series
Flower and Garden merchandise
Cool magnets
This is too cool…
If your imagination features Captain EO, seek help
Bambi’s Butterfly House is back
The play area for this year’s festival is called “Let’s Get Moving”
Chimpanzee is coming… before Earth Day?
Can’t imagine why they are changing this…
Exterior work continues at the Seas with Nemo and Friends
A new entrance being worked on, possibly for Turtle Talk
There’s a new path in the queue…
It leads to Seabase
The mural is surviving the work
A new company has taken over the chromakey photo area at Imageworks
It’s pretty empty right now
Amazing Pictures (who you may have seen at Universal Studios) is now here
Hey, why don’t we just start the demolition…
On to the Festival Center
The Flower and Garden, Food and Wine Festival?
A touch-screen map of the Festival available
Body Wars is back there somewhere
The Odyssey has been painted blue
Well, at least the roof
This exhibit is weird…
Tarps are now up for the Tutto Italia refurbishment
FREE SAMPLES!
Another play area
Let’s take a boat over to Studios
We can’t get enough of these
The outline of Roger Rabbit has seen better days
The entrance at Tower of Terror had some pavement replaced
The Star Tours name is on some of the merchandise tags now
On to the Magic Kingdom, Skyway demolition continues in Fantasyland
The Tigger Bounce area being removed from the Pooh queue
Yes, more Dumbo photos…
Storybook Circus sure is something at night
HA!
I love restrooms… there, I said it…
I’ll tell you what I don’t love… the Club 626 Dance Party
A sad not to end on…
From Steve Miller of Disney Parks Blog:
As my fellow author Jennifer Fickley-Baker recently shared, this week marks the debut of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. At Disney Theme Park Merchandise, we’ve introduced a variety of Oswald merchandise this past year in honor of his 85th anniversary. Being a fan of Walt Disney Company history, I find it wonderful to see so many new items featuring this classic character. Here is a quick look at some of the Oswald merchandise.
One of the more celebrated (and highly desired) items created this year was an Oswald hat. The hat was created for our partners with Disney Interactive Studios to celebrate the upcoming release of Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two on November 18. The hats were distributed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo and at San Diego Comic Con this past summer. I’m happy to report a Disney Parks version will be released in late October/early November. The hat features a different Oswald logo than the previous hat but is still just as awesome (I intend to wear it while playing the game).
This past summer also saw the opening of Oswald’s on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure park. This new location contains a variety of “road trip essentials” including autograph books, hats, bag and more. During a recent visit to the park, I spotted the amazing vintage-inspired knitted Oswald plush. Denise Edelmaier, product developer for plush, said that the knitted plush was in development for about three years as they finally found a way to make the plush extra soft (early versions were too coarse).
Oswald also found his way onto a popular men’s tee-shirt and a collectible big figurine (or “big fig” as we sometimes call it) designed by Disney Design Group artist Randy Noble.
Disney pins started celebrating Oswald in January by releasing an 85th anniversary pin. We also released an open-edition pin, a limited-edition pin and a Hidden Mickey pin for Disneyland Resort. Look for another open-edition pin next spring.
But one of my favorite items (besides the hat) will be a new 3-inch Vinylmation figure from the Classic Collection series designed by Disney artist Eric Caszatt. Planned for release in early November, Oswald will be the mystery chaser figure. I know, it’s a spoiler but I couldn’t resist – the figure looks great!
This seems to be a big news day for Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, with it opening in about 2 months from now. We happened to come across a rather poorly edited video from Disney that we haven’t seen anywhere else yet, giving us our first look around the main building of the hotel. This video features Gary Hoffmann, Walt Disney Imagineering senior project manager, and Kevin Myers, speaking in the nearly finished lobby, Animation Hall:
From Disney Theme Park Merchandise:
We invite you to Save the Date, June 28 – 30, 2013 as we celebrate the 50thAnniversary of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. This special merchandise event is set to include themed Tiki and Polynesian style merchandise as well as trading elements. Please continue to watch the Disney Parks Blog and ArtofDisneyParks.com for more information in the near future.
