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
It seems we were right! According to the Disneyland Annual Passholder website:
Enter the Toy Story Mania! Annual Passholder Sneak Peek opportunity drawing to be one of the very first Disney’s California Adventure® Park Guests to ride Toy Story Mania! Take advantage of this exciting chance to be a part of Disneyland® Resort history.
For more information & to sign up for this “sneak peak” of Toy Story Mania, click here!
Let’s take a look at some various things going on through-out the Disneyland Resort from this week’s Dateline Disneyland on MiceAge:
Some construction work going on in the Timon lot in preparation for Cars Land
The Lilo & Stitch exhibit in Innoventions has closed down & is now just an area for kids coloring. The kiosks are still there though
Lastly, the It’s a Small World Toy Shop has closed for refurbishment
You know that 50th anniversary of Sleeping Beauty exhibit that was supposed to of gone into Disney Animation in DCA? Well, it looks like it wont be happening now, according to David Koenig:
“The Snow White exhibit in the lobby of DCA’s animation building is scheduled to vanish April 27, but don’t expect a replacement until the fall—if ever. The hope was that the 120-piece exhibit of rare animation art would increase attendance at the facility. Instead, according to one source, attendance actually dropped. The animation building’s biggest draw, you see, has never been its interactive displays, but rather its expansive, air-conditioned lobby. “Guests missed the open space, plush seats, and the collage of scenes projected on the multitude of screens,” the source said.
She said that Snow White’s disappointing reception jeopardizes the exhibit originally planned to replace it—a 50th anniversary tribute to Sleeping Beauty. The insider explained, “The costs of framing the artwork, reinstalling the security systems, and the extra cast members to patrol it might prevent it from happening.”
If you want to know what’ll be happening around the Disneyland Resort in the next decade or so (or at least the current plans), check out the latest Blue-Sky Alert over on Blue Sky Disney!
Trust me, it’s a really good read.
It looks like the Bugs are back in town! The Bug’s Life float in the Pixar Play Parade has returned to the parade! However only the front half of the float has returned which has one single swing holding Flik and Atta..
We’re hearing that, like with the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage last year, exclusive first rides for Toy Story Mania will be given out as prizes in the Year of a Million Dreams.
Of course this is only a rumor, but seeing as it happened last year, it’s likely to happen again this year!
The latest addition to the Attractions Refurbishment list, is a short refurb of the Disney Animation building in Disney’s California Adventure. This refurb is just to remove the 70th Anniversary of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Exhibit. It will close on April 28th, & re-open on May 2nd.
Check out our Attractions Refurbishment page for up-to-the-date attraction refurbs!
I just got back from 2 wonderful days at the Disneyland Resort! Let’s get straight to the pictures:
A new Kodak sign up on the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience entrance marque
The new Tinkertoy in the Pixar Play Parade
A wall up by Grizzly River Run. As reported earlier this week, the attraction is still open
The new emergency bridge from DCA to the Grand Californian
The Toontown room in the World of Disney store
A construction wall up by the Tomorrowland Terrace
The new Disneyland map front, that debuted today…
… And the DCA one
Today was the first day in this year’s California Food & Wine Festival
The Festival Welcome Center
Let’s take a look at the Festival Guide Booklet…
This year is the 3rd annual California Food & Wine Festival
A special restaurant has been set up in Pacific Wharf just for the Food & Wine Festival, in place of the old Lucky Fortune Cookery
The place to get Food & Wine merchandise. I got the pin!
The menu for this special restaurant, The Taste of California Marketplace
Construction on the ODV structures outside Toy Story Mania
The fountain outside of King Triton’s Carousel is working for once!
The sign for Seasons of the Vine has finally been removed. Weird how the attraction closed just as the Food & Wine Festival started
A new sign for the Year of a Million Dreams on the security tents
This could be DCA’s temporary entrance
Just to give you an idea where it actually is
Stay tuned tomorrow for bigger versions of these pictures & many more pictures in our Image Galleries!
