Disneyland Welcomes Main Street Electrical Parade with After-Hours Event

WDWNT on December 12, 2016

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As posted today on the Disney Parks Blog:

Get ready to celebrate the return of a Disney Parks icon! As we told you earlier this year, the Main Street Electrical Parade is coming back to the place it began – Disneyland park – for a limited time, beginning January 20. Whether you’re making new memories or reliving favorite moments, this is a homecoming celebration you’ll want to share with family and friends.

This encore performance at Disneyland park will run nightly until June 18 – that’s 45 years after it first lit up Main Street, U.S.A., in 1972! During this limited-time celebration, guests will also enjoy special merchandise and food offerings inspired by the Main Street Electrical Parade – we’ll have more to share on those very soon.

Want to celebrate the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade in style? Join us on January 19 for a special, after-hours premiere event and be among the first to experience the return of this beloved parade. After the park closes, premiere event ticket holders will enjoy a night of exclusive access to most Disneyland park attractions and select restaurants, featuring a special performance of the Main Street Electrical Parade ahead of its official debut to the public. Tickets go on sale for Disneyland Resort Annual Passholders tomorrow, Dec. 6, and to the general public on December 13. Information will be available on Disneyland.com beginning tomorrow.

Join us in January as we welcome the Main Street Electrical Parade home to Disneyland park for a limited time!

Stay tuned to WDWNT as we’ll bring you more details on this event as they are released.

Tickets on Sale for Final Opportunity to Ride Original Tower of Terror

WDWNT on December 12, 2016

You can be among the final Guests to pass through the infamous Hollywood Tower Hotel at a swinging dessert party at The 13th Hour farewell event for the Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure on January 1st, 2017.

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The event begins at 10:00 PM and goes until 1:00 AM on the eve before this attraction’s final day in operation. This glamourous gathering features live music and a delicious dessert buffet. And whenever you’re ready, grim brass-buttoned bellman will escort you to your car, where you’ll travel up, down―and into the Twilight Zone.

This elegant, after-hours party features:

  • Enjoyment of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in its original version for the duration of the party
  • Dessert buffet, coffee, soda and water
  • Entertainment provided by a debonair emcee and the plucky Silver Lake Sisters
  • Special photo locations
  • Signature non-alcoholic beverages and cocktails for an additional cost
  • Commemorative keepsake available for purchase
  • One of the last opportunities to purchase Twilight Zone Tower of Terror merchandise

This party will be a posh affair, so you’re encouraged to dress in your finest Hollywood Golden Age style. Fedoras for the gents and hats with veils for the ladies are welcome, but no masks at Disney’s request.

Tickets for adults and children ages 3 and older are $95.00 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Buy now by calling (714) 781-DINE or (714) 781-3463. Guests under age 18 must have parent or guardian permission to call.

Splitsville Bowling and Dining Coming to the Disneyland Resort

WDWNT on December 12, 2016

Splitsville Luxury Lanes, which has pioneered a fun and inventive new approach to bowling as a social experience for all ages, will roll into the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort in late 2017.

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The first Splitsville in California will offer a unique combination of dining, bowling and live entertainment with 600 restaurant seats, a large outdoor patio overlooking the Downtown Disney District, two full-service bars and 20 luxury bowling lanes.

Located adjacent to Tortilla Jo’s in the former home of the House of Blues, Splitsville will have a dramatic, mid-century-inspired design. The menu by James Beard Award-winning chef Tim Cushman will include fresh-rolled sushi, gourmet appetizers, hand-cut steaks, and if you can spare it, alley classics like burgers, crinkle-cut fries and hand-tossed pizzas.

Splitsville opened a location at Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs in 2012.

REVIEW: Alcoholic Dole Whip Comes to the Disneyland Resort

WDWNT on December 12, 2016

In a rather strange turn of events, the Disneyland Resort is now home to an alcoholic Dole Whip float.

 

Now, before you start freaking out that there is alcohol being served at Disneyland Park, the specialty can be found only at the Disneyland Hotel’s Coffee House.

The Coffee House is a rather unassuming coffee shop adjacent to Goofy’s Kitchen. They recently not only added Dole Whip to the menu, but also a Dole Whip float and alcoholic version with rum.

I of course ordered the float with rum. Compared to similar offerings at Walt Disney World, the price point was cheaper and portions were plentiful. They don’t go heavy on the rum sadly, but the overall flavor is very enjoyable.

Be sure to stop by soon as it is unknown how long this new offering will last. It’s a great way to pre or post-game Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar… or you can just get the regular Dole Whip or float I guess. 😉

Disneyland is Now Selling Parade Route Pizza

WDWNT on December 12, 2016

Who’s ready for some Parade Route Pizza?

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Recently at Disneyland Park, a roaming cart selling pizza by the slice was introduced. The cart will roll down the parade route just before the daily event.

A slice is $9.00 and is of a good size. Guests can also purchase a whole pie for the discounted price of $45.00. It does not appear to be of the same style as other counter service pizza around the resort.

This cart comes at an interesting time as “bus loop pizza” was recently introduced at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Revolutionary FuelRod Portable Electronics Chargers Have Arrived at the Disneyland Resort

WDWNT on November 29, 2016

Already available at Walt Disney World, FuelRod exchangable portable electronics charging batteries are now available at the Disneyland Resort. There are currently 10 locations where guests can purchase and exchange their FuelRods at the Disneyland Resort theme parks, hotels, and Downtown Disney district. The cost for the initial rod is $30 and includes unlimited exchanges. You can read a full review of how FuelRods work at Walt Disney World here.

The locations for the Disneyland Resort are:

Disneyland Park:

  • Main Street Locker Rental & Storage
  • Starcade (near ATM)
  • “it’s a small world” Toy Shop
  • Hungry Bear (lower level)

Disney California Adventure Park:

  • Kingswell Camera
  • Treasures in Paradise

*Downtown Disney District:

  • ESPN Zone

*Disneyland Hotel:

  • Outside Business Center (Fantasy Tower)

*Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa:

  • Convention Area

*Paradise Pier Hotel:

  • Hotel Lobby Area

*Locations in Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park are available now, kiosks at the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort and Downtown Disney District will be installed in early December 2016.

PHOTO REPORT: Disneyland Resort 11/11/16 (Festival of the Holidays Menus, Christmas Decorations, Giant Crane, ETC.)

WDWNT on November 18, 2016

Reporter Tim Alcoser returns with another fantastic photo report from the Disneyland Resort as the holiday season descends on Anaheim. Who’s ready for food, decorations, and an inexplicable giant crane? WELL THEN, LET’S GO!!!

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The Festival of the Holidays Begins

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The Festival of the Holidays has kicked off at Disney California Adventure.

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The entire park is already in its holiday finest as well.

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An archway near the Carthay Circle Theater welcomes guests to the Festival of Holidays.

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Banner sup around the main thoroughfare.

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Booths had lines before they even opened for the day.

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The drummer group is particularly enjoyable, catch them if you can!

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Some extra carts tacked with holiday merchandise have been rolled out for the season.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Cars Land

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The ever-popular Cars Land goes overboard with decorations celebrating the California car culture.

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Even Stanley gets a Santa cap!

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This and That

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Work continues on the conversion of Tower of Terror into Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission Breakout.

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While MagicBands are never coming, so many of these touch point readers have been installed around the resort. One has to be curious if they will find some way to utilize them in a new system.

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While the show is being retooled, FROZEN: Live at the Hyperion is down to just two shows a day.

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The Doctor Strange preview is currently running at the Sunset Showcase Theater, former home to MuppetVision 3-D.

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An actual costume from the film is on display inside.

“Come with Me to Disneyland”

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The holiday season is in full swing at Disneyland Park as well.20161109_120144

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The Jingle Cruise has returned to Adventureland.

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There is a massive crane parked outside of Pirates of the Caribbean…

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It is boxed in a small fenced area, but it is really, really, really hard to miss.

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Work continues on the Rivers of America and a whole new Fantasmic show.

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The Columbia is getting ready for the Pirates of the Caribbean sequence.

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Star Wars land off in the distance.

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The borders off the land that will separate it from the rest of the park are already taking shape, but the same can not be said for anything else in the project.

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“Story”.

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We’re waiting too. This remote outpost planet is taking too long!

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The Main Street Vehicles are decorated for the season.

Trams, Cars, and Security Checkpoints

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 Work continues on the new tram lanes.

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Not only will the tram lanes be changing, but guests will also need to go through security before they enter the Downtown Disney area.

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Star Wars land construction, as seen from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure.

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See ya; real soon from the Happiest Place on Earth.

Bob Iger Announces More Hotels will be Built at Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resorts

WDWNT on November 18, 2016

In today’s quarterly earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that Disney will be looking to build more resort hotels in the not-too-distant future at both the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort.

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Of course, a new resort hotel has already been announced for the Disneyland Resort, but the call seemed to hint that more would be constructed following that. At Walt Disney World, there are no announced new resort projects other than the ongoing expansion at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Rumors do point to an expansion of Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort and an additional tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort sometime in the next few years.

Iger stated that they were not ready to announce any of these or other resort projects at this time.

Moana Meet and Greet Coming to Disney World, Disneyland

WDWNT on November 18, 2016

Disney Parks announced today that a Moana character meet and greet is coming to the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts  sometime in late November. 

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No exact location that was given for the meet and greet experiences at either Resort as of yet.

The Moana character already meetsat Disney’s Aulani resort in Hawaii and will begin meeting at Disneyland Resort Paris on November 20.