Myrna Litt’s 1/6/09 Photo Report

It’s once again time for a photo report from our very own Myrna Litt. Let’s take a look around the Disneyland Resort as the Christmas decorations start to come down:

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The Year of a Million Dreams themed Mickey floral is being removed for a new What Will You Celebrate? themed floral.

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Here you can see what looks to be a party hat.

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Mickey & the rest of the Fab 5 are finally back out on Main Street in their original costumes.

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Disney Parks Celebrate U.S. Military With Free, Multi-day Admission to Theme Parks in 2009

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. / ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2009) — As Disney Parks ask “What Will You Celebrate?” and invite guests to turn their personal milestones into magical family vacations in 2009, America’s military personnel will have one more reason to celebrate: Free multi-day admission to Disney’s U.S. theme parks. With the “Disney’s Armed … Read more

The Haunted Mansion Just Got Scarier

Both Haunted Mansion Holiday & It’s a Small World Holiday close tomorrow to have their respective holiday overlays removed. In honor of this, I felt it right to post this little bit of interesting Haunted Mansion Holiday related news: Quirky filmmaker Tim Burton gets a first glimpse of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction, which is based on … Read more

Celebrate Little Princesses in April

2 new, small additions are coming to Disneyland Park this April. Firstly, Big Thunder Ranch will close for removal of Santa’s Reindeer Round-up this Monday, & will be closed all the way through April, when on the 2nd it will re-open as the Celebration Round-up and Barbecue at Big Thunder Ranch. The good news about … Read more

DLR Photo Report – New Years Day 2009

*** WE HAVE 3 NEW PHOTO REPORTS FOR YOU TODAY. SCROLL DOWN FOR CHUCK’S & MYRNA’S PHOTO REPORTS FROM NEW YEARS EVE. ***

And here is our last photo report for the day, mine from yesterday, New Years Day:

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New banners for What Will You Celebrate? along the Mickey & Friends Tram Route.

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There are still traces left of the Year of a Million Dreams through-out the Resort.

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Chuck Canzoneri’s New Years Eve Photo Report

And now for our second photo report, also from New Years Eve, from Chuck Canzoneri. For this photo report, I’ll leave the captions to Chuck:

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The park hours sign at Mickey & Friends. We got there at 8AM.

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8:34am & the tickets windows are as full as I’ve ever seen them.

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A look through the New Years Eve guide-map.

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Myrna Litt’s New Years Eve Photo Report

Happy New Year everyone! The first of today’s three photo reports is from Myrna Litt on New Years Eve:

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New Years Eve guide-map.

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And a New Year 2009 button that Cast Members wore.

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For Myrna, the day started out very early. At 7:30am in fact!

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Waiting for the rope to drop.

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The rope dropped, & we can see some What Will You Celebrate? lighting towers for the New Years Eve festivities that night.

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On the Spot at Paradise Pier

One of our spy reporters was at Disney’s California Adventure yesterday & noticed 2 very interesting developments in Paradise Pier: It’s kind of to make out, but the eyes & mouth of the sun face have been removed. We’ll have a closer up picture of this for you on Friday. Secondly, this lenticular panel has … Read more

El Capitan Photo Report – 12/31/08

A very happy New Years Eve to all our readers out there! Today I had the chance to visit the Disney Soda Fountain & Studio Store at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood for the very first time, & I managed to get a few neat pictures:

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Quite a cool window display.

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Decor in the store itself.

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Fun Tidbits From The Xmas Day Parade

I’m back from England! Upon arriving home from my flight, I finally got the chance to sit down & watch the Walt Disney World Christmas Day, & I managed to grab a few screen shots of the Disneyland side of the parade:

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Ryan Seacrest, the host from Disneyland, went over some of the latest additions at & coming to the resort. Among the additions mentioned were the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough.

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Celebration Roundup at Big Thunder Ranch.

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Pixie Hollow.

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And the thing I was most looking forward to seeing, concept art of the new Tinker Bell float in Disney’s Electrical Parade!

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There was a recap of the kick-off for What Will You Celebrate?- Miley Cyrus’ Sweet 16 birthday bash.

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Humbug Made Official

Disneyland has now officially announced the entertainment cutbacks for 2009: As The Year of a Million Dreams celebration comes to a close and the Disneyland® Resort heads into 2009, entertainment offerings and show times are being updated for the kick-off of “What will you celebrate?”  Disneyland Park  A Christmas Fantasy Parade and “Believe In Holiday … Read more

UPDATED: Humbug Entertainment Cuts

Merry Christmas everyone from the weather appropriate England! Unfortunately, the news I have for you today isn’t all that warming, especially if you’re a fan of entertainment at Disneyland. Yes, quite a lot of Disneyland’s entertainment offerings will be getting either reduced showings, or will be going on hiatus. Over at Disneyland Park, as previously … Read more

WDWNT Live! Episode 5 LIVE NOW!!!!

Join us now for our 5th live interactive program from WDW News Today, Disneyland News Today, The Disney Pincast, and Your Ear to the World. On this live show #5, we will be taking your calls and providing some special segments along the way. Be sure to join us from 9-11pm EST this Sunday for … Read more

Celebrating 25 Years Of Holiday Magic

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. and ANAHEIM, Calif. (December 17, 2008) – Silver Bells ring for the Silver Anniversary, as Disney Parks celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade this December 25 on ABC-TV. Hollywood’s biggest names and Disney’s most beloved characters will bring the holiday magic home in song and … Read more

News & Rumor Round-up

I have been informed of some very interesting news & rumors of what could be happening (or is going to happen) at the Disneyland Resort in the very near future: Construction should be beginning on World of Color sometime during the upcoming week, weather permitting of course. The first signs of work will be near the … Read more

Myrna Litt’s 12/18 El Capitan Photo Report

Myrna Litt visited the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood yesterday, & reports back to us with the following pictures:

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Set-up for the world premiere of Bedtime Stories, which comes out December 25th, 2008.

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A message outside the theatre from Ariel to keep the ocean clean.

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The box office.

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Now for a look around the adjoining Soda Fountain & Studio Store.

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