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NOW HIRING: Lead Reporter for Disneyland News Today

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As of lately, The Disneyland News Today website has not been living up to its original expectations. This is mostly due to myself and my lack of time to donate to posting on the site and keeping up with the daily news. That is why I am stepping down as lead reporter of the Disneyland News Today website and as of immediately we are beginning our search for a new lead reporter to post news daily on the Disneyland News Today website. We are looking for someone who is extremely familiar with the Disneyland Resort and visits the parks often. Position is voluntary. If you would like to apply for the position please email wdwnewstoday@gmail.com and please put DLNT Lead Reporter in the subject line.

Conner Purzycki

VP of Disneyland News Today

Celebrate The Holidays On Buena Vista Street

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From Shawn Slater on the Disney Parks Blog:

Buena Vista Street is filled with dreams of a bright future for all, and this Yuletide season promises to be even brighter as this happy, bustling community celebrates its first Christmas with joyous new traditions.

Shopkeepers up and down the street have decorated for the holidays, but inside the lavish Elias & Co. department store, they’ve gone all out to create a winter wonderland for the arrival of Santa Claus. Here, wide-eyed children may take a seat alongside the jolly old elf to share with him their fondest wishes for Christmas morning.

Another new idea really struck a chord after a holiday committee meeting of the Buena Vista Street Chamber of Commerce. Wishing to serve their community, eight individuals decided to form a volunteer holiday troupe, calling themselves the Buena Vista Street Community Bell Ringers. Acting as a spirited, traveling “welcome wagon” to anyone visiting this friendly neighborhood, the Bell Ringers take their festive cheer to the street, encouraging others to join in spontaneous ring-along sing-alongs of familiar holiday tunes.

As dusk falls each evening, the Buena Vista Street Community Bell Ringers will gather in Carthay Circle with their fellow Citizens of Buena Vista Street. The sound of bells rings out, and everyone is invited to join together in the lighting of the town’s Christmas tree, wishing goodwill and joy to one and all!

You’re all invited to come join in the merriment, November 12 through January 6, at Disney California Adventurepark.

Mickey’s Circus- Once of a Kind Customs

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Circus Monkey

by John Henselmeier

$850

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Target Practice

by John Henselmeier

$700

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Chip and Dale Clowns

by Adrianne Draude

$1,800

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Neverland Mermaid

by Adrianne Draude

$1,200

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Strong Man

by Quynh Kimball

$650.00

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Timothy Mouse

by Maria Clapsis

$500

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Circus Clown from Dumbo

by Alex Maher

$1,200

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Bluey

by Miss Mindy

$1,600

Robert Ashburn’s 4/12-13/12 Epcot & Magic Kingdom Photo Report

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WDWNT Reporter Robert Ashburn visited Epcot and the Magic Kingdom this weekend, and he took plenty of photos from both parks to share with us:

Test Track graces the maps during its final days

You still have a month to check out the Flower and Garden Festival

Habit Heroes and the soon-to-open VISION House on the signage inside Innoventions

Still closed…

The VISION House still behind walls

Opens April 22nd, but we’ll have media coverage beginning April 21st

Habit Heroes and VISION House are both not on the wall yet

The ImageWorks at Imagination! looks empty since the new company took over

Amazing Pictures is now in charge of this photo location

Work continues on the facade of the Seas with Nemo and Friends

This seperate and elevated piece of pavement will take guests to a new queue area for Turtle Talk

A new whole in the facade will be the entrance for Turtle Talk

Inside the queue, a new enclosed area is visible, this will be the Turtle Talk queue

Today was the last day for the original Test Track, it closes tomorrow for refurbishment

MouseGear has an entire section of Phineas and Ferb merchandise

An interesting new shirt

Sorry Oswald, but I like the classic character shirt…

Pretty cool!

Some new shirts with a tropical theme

The “unfriend” shirt is pretty brilliant

A new EPCOT Center shirt

The Southwest Black Bean Flatbread is a fairly new offering

Moving to the Magic Kingdom, the tarps on Center Street are gone

It looks great

Plaza Ice Cream is back after a lengthy refurbishment

The menu is pretty much unchanged, but the interior was spruced up

A short line for Sorcerers? Wow…

The new menu at Sunshine Tree Terrace

The torches were turned back on after years of just sitting there, which is a very good thing to see

The flash shows the great job they did repairing the facade

The Avengerail passing through the Contemporary

“Glow With The Snow” At Disneyland Park

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From Shawn Slater on the Disney Parks Blog:

One of my favorite parts of the Holidays at the Disneyland Resort is wrapping up a day in the park with the“Believe … In Holiday Magic” fireworks spectacular. And this year, the Creative Entertainment team has made that show even more special by incorporating the popular “Glow with the Show” Ears. Disneyland park guests will be able to become part of the performance, with visions of sugarplums literally dancing on their heads!

Just as they’ve done with “World of Color” and “Fantasmic!”, our designers and technicians have seamlessly integrated the magical, glowing Mickey Mouse ear hats into key moments of “Believe … In Holiday Magic.” From wildly changing patterns of red and green during the “Nutcracker Suite” to a bed of newly fallen snow leaving you dreaming of a “White Christmas,” the audience gets swept up in moments both up-tempo and serene.

And here’s a pro tip: If you’ve worn your “Glow with the Show” Ears a lot or just haven’t taken them to the park in a while, you may want to change the batteries (they take 3 AAAs). Fresh batteries will help your ears pick up the signal and glow along perfectly!

“Believe … In Holiday Magic” is scheduled to be presented nightly, November 12 – January 6.

Concept Art Previews New Queue, Marquee, and Logo for Epcot’s Test Track

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With GM Test Track closing at Epcot yesterday for a 5 month refurbishment, Walt Disney World wasted no time updating their website with concept art for Test Track presented by Chevrolet, schedule to open October 1, 2012:

The concept art shows the familiar blue vehicles we have seen appearing at the attraction for the last several months, but also shows the logo on the new marquee that will appear outside of the building. Upon closer inspection, you can see a rendering of guests using touch screens to create their own “SimCar” in the Chevrolet Design Studio, the planned queue/pre-show portion of the updated attraction. We assume that the lounge with concept cars in it seen in the upper left corner is the remodeled sponsor lounge in the top floor of the pavilion that looks into the attraction. The rendering in the upper right corner could be a show scene during the ride or the new post-show area where guests see how their “Sim Car” fared on the course, but it is too early to tell.

Whatever the case may be, stay tuned as more becomes available on Test Track presented by Chevrolet.

Tim Alcoser’s 11/9/12 DLR Photo Report

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Tim Alcoser was at the Disneyland Resort this past weekend and got some pictures around the resort as the holidays begin at the parks.

Color!

Holiday decorations have appeared on Buena Vista Street

Here is the Christmas Tree on Buena Vista Street.

As well as a stunning tree

There is incredible detail to the tree if you get up close and look!

Nothing signifies Christmas at the resort like crowds. Perhaps the busiest time of the entire year.

Over in Disneyland…

First showing of Believe...in Holiday Magic Fireworks.

Believe… In Holiday Magic had its first performance of the season last friday

Disneyland….

California Adventure. Awesome comparison shots

Carsland is enjoying it's first Christmas!

Now for a look in Car Land for it Christmas decor

Back on Buena Vista Street, the Santa meet & greet in Elias and Co.

Mickey in his Christmas Sweater. A little Halloween is also left over too.

Mickey in his holiday garb

Now let's check out and ride through It's a Small World Holiday!

Joy to the small world

Wrapping up the report with some picture of its a small world holiday

Thanks for reading

Mickey’s Circus- Artist Signing, Customs, Games and Trading!

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Disney artists Ron Cohee, Thomas Scott, Eric Caszatt, Gerald Mendez, Monty Maldovan, Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis sign for fans.

Thomas Scott

Ron Cohee

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott signs the event cast trader Clown from Dumbo

Eric Caszatt

Gerald Mendez

Caley Hicks

Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis

Customs by Aaralyn

We finally met this talented artist and recorded an interview with her at Mickey’s Circus. We will have that for you on the next podcast

Customs by Heather Kattleman

Mickey’s Circus- 2013 Trading Event: Reflections of Evil 13

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The Disney Villains want to overtake Walt Disney World. Their only portal to our world is through a mirror in which they shatter into 13 pieces. Our only hope rests in the power of our favorite Disney character friends to fight the evil. BEWARE! The Disney Villains are coming…

Next year, 2013, is the 13th anniversary of Disney’s pin trading event which is held in September. That very month will also contain a Friday the 13th. This makes the perfect opportunity for an event Disney is calling “Reflections of Evil 13.” The trading event will be held from September 13-15 with the first two days being dedicated to pins and Sunday the Vinylmation day.

Little is known about the event at this time beyond the Disney Villains theme. Also take note the “B” in Beware is made up of a one and a three. The crowd reacted overwhelmingly positive to this announcement. I know I am excited. We do know there will be Villains themed Pins and Vinylmation as well as other Disney characters tossed in as (seemingly) both heroes and dressed up as Villains. The pin collection has already technically launched with a 13 pin series being released one per month leading up to the event. No specific Vinylmation have been announced, however while taking to the Disney Design Group at Mickey’s Circus, we do know the artwork has already been done. We are so very excited to see the results and the theming. How about you?