This week we are celebrating Friday’s grand reopening of Disney California Adventure (DCA), which has undergone a five-year re-imagining that has included both new and renovated attractions. First up we will take a look at the brand new Buena Vista Street,...
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Several Disneyland Resort Rides Down for Rehab
If you plan on visiting Disneyland for the first time within the next few months, you might be disappointed to find some of the more well known attractions at the parks closed. Matterhorn Bobsleds will be closed through the summer...
Continue reading...How is Disney Celebrating Leap Year?
Disney is celebrating the upcoming leap year by keeping both Disneyland Park and the Magic Kingdom open for 24 hours beginning at 6:00 a.m. on February 29, 2012: “As you may have just heard on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’...
Continue reading...Coasters-101: Track Fabrication
Welcome to the latest edition of Coasters-101 where we’ll answer the question how is roller coaster track made and explain what some of the latest track fabrication techniques. Tubular roller coaster track is typically formed by heating and then permanently...
Continue reading...Vintage Park Photos: Disneyland 1985
This is the second installment of our vintage park photos series. Last week I shared some great shots of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom taken in 1979. This time we travel to the west coast and flash forward to 1985...
Continue reading...What’s next for The Disneyland Resort?
The Disneyland Resort (and other Disney tourist destinations) have some exciting things planned for the next couple of years. From the massive Cars Land addition at Disney California Adventure to Aulani, a Hawaiian resort, Disney has a plethora of new attractions opening...
Continue reading...Shanghai Disney Resort breaks ground
Tom Staggs, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently revealed on the Disney Parks Blog that he and Bob Iger are to soon break ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort, of which Shanghai Disneyland will be the centerpiece: Disney...
Continue reading...Shanghai Disneyland Concept Art
I can never pass on conceptual drawings, no matter how vague they may be! Screamscape recently posted a shot of what is believed to be concept art for Shanghai Disneyland which is believed to open in 2015. The resort is...
Continue reading...Inside Walt Disney’s Apartment at Disneyland
The Disney Parks Blog gave a special gift today by giving us a look inside Walt Disney’s own apartment inside Disneyland above the Fire Department building on Mainstreet U.S.A.: Be sure to see if you can spot the lamp next...
Continue reading...Euro Disney to add third park and more
The Euro Disney resort has been granted permission to expand over the next few years. One of those expansions will include a third park: “French theme-park operator Euro Disney SCA has received permission from the French government to enlarge its...
Continue reading...Coaster101 goes to California
Coaster101’s Tyler is venturing to the great California where he will be visiting Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios, Knott’s Berry Farm, and Six Flags Magic Mountain. Trip reports will come soon but for the time being enjoy live updates from...
Continue reading...A ‘Lost’ Disney Attraction?
From Yahoo TV: Spoiler alert: “Lost” may find a happy ending after all, at Disneyland. That is, if some hardcore fans of both the happiest place on earth and the weirdest show on TV have anything to say about it....
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