Our very own Myrna Litt has returned from a trip to the Disneyland Resort yesterday with an excellent batch of photos. Let’s dive in:
The Fab 5 pumpkins are gone, replaced with the snowflake structures that debuted last year
This year’s promotional website for Disneyland’s annual Holidays at the Disneyland Resort festivities has launched, and with it comes some very cool features, along with a new experience this holiday season. The website of course mentions the main attractions for the Christmas season: It’s a Small World Holiday, Haunted Mansion Holiday, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe in Holiday Magic, Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle, Santa’s Reindeer Round-up, and Disney’s Electrical Parade. But upon clicking on the image of Mickey’s Fun Wheel on the website (seen in the picture bellow), you’ll discover a new holiday offering this year at Disney’s California Adventure: Santa’s Seaside Pavilion. The description reads:
Beneath a quaint gazebo, on a golden garden bench, sits Santa, dressed in his very best, ready to listen while little ones deliver their holiday wishes by his side. Make sure to stop by this picture-perfect setting, located in Paradise Pier, next to the holiday tree.
Due to construction on Paradise Park, the DCA Christmas tree spot had to be moved this year, and it’s now on the boardwalk in Paradise Pier, by Ariel’s Grotto and Catch-a-Flave. Next to the Christmas tree will be this new holiday experience, Santa’s Seaside Pavilion.
The website also features many games for you to play, fun activities, more information on all your holiday favorites, and this year’s very “small” Holidays at the Disneyland Resort commercial. To view this website, click HERE. Stay tuned to Disneyland News Today for continuing coverage from Holidays at the Disneyland Resort.
Our own Conner Purzycki was the Disneyland Resort the last two days, and he shares his photos with us in this photo report:
You can just about make out the new windows installed on the Dreams tower of the Disneyland Hotel
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As we reported, the refilling Paradise Bay lagoon started yesterday, and the water level has risen up quite high in just one day. However earlier this week, a “refilling test” was held, so Disney could film this cute little video:
The D23 Twitter account today posted the news that the refilling of the Paradise Bay lagoon has well and truly begun. Here are two pictures from D23’s Twitter account showing the progress so far:
According to the Disney Parks Blog:
If you’ve visited Disney’s California Adventure Park recently, you know the lagoon has been dry for many months as Walt Disney Imagineers install and test the newest and coolest water fountains at any Disney Park.
You can now see that the floor of Paradise Bay is a superstructure that’s nearly an acre in size and covered with a mass of metal, wiring, nozzles and gadgets. It’s all part of an intricate engineering feat to support “World of Color,” an exciting new nighttime water show that brings Disney animation to life with powerful fountains and amazing projection.
But, soon, water will be flowing back into the lagoon as part of a carefully planned environmental effort and the centerpiece of Paradise Pier will be reflecting the lights of Mickey’s Fun Wheel and California Screamin’. The lagoon will fill at a steady pace, and should be more than halfway full in about three days.
It’s actually a really interesting environmental story, and the Disneyland Resort was recently honored with the state of California’s highest environmental award for its efforts. To drain the lagoon, we worked with the Orange County Water District to send the water through its state-of-the-art Ground Water Replenishment System instead of releasing the water to the ocean through storm drains. After an extensive purification process, the water was stored in Orange County’s underground water basin and contributed to the County’s overall water reserves. Later this month, the lagoon will be filled with clean water from the aquifer.
“World of Color” makes it’s flashy splashy debut in Spring 2010. You can check out some cool renderings and video at www.DisneysCaliforniaAdventure.com.
Check back here in the coming months to see the progress at Paradise Bay lagoon, the future home for “World of Color.”
DLNT’s own Myrna Litt visited a very crowded Disneyland Resort yesterday, and she reports back to us with these photos:
A look around Big Thunder Ranch Halloween Roundup
Our own Shawn Hutchison seems to be loving Halloween Time, as he returns with yet another Disneyland Resort photo report:
Friday was the first Mickey’s Trick-or-Treat Party this year
When I visited Disneyland on Saturday, I was able to capture video of Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy, Haunted Mansion Holiday, Candy Corn Acres, and The Disney Gallery, all of which are embedded here courtesy of the WDWNTube Disney Parks Video Site:
Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy
Haunted Mansion Holiday
Candy Corn Acres
The Disney Gallery
In news that seemed like a wild rumor, yet is actually true. According to D23:
The Vineyard Room in Disney’s California Adventure re-opens on October 4th to serve culinary delights that feature some of California’s most prestigious dishes.
