Anthony Yacullo 
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney Blog: Patrons and employees of the ESPN Zone restaurant at Downtown Disney in Anaheim were evacuated Tuesday evening as a precaution because of what was described as a minor electrical problem, officials said, according to the City News Service. Anaheim firefighters received a call of light smoke in … Read more
The great guys over at Orlando Attractions Magazine have scooped up some more concept art for “What Will You Celebrate?”, as well as new pictures of what the in-park Disney Fairies characters will look like at both Disneyland & Walt Disney World, that was shown off this morning at a “Business Behind the Magic” presentation … Read more
If anyone’s looking for a nice little treat, I advise you to take a look at this thread on MiceChat. The thread offers some new concept art for the DCA expansion, including a new map of the park, the re-designed vehicles for Mickey’s Fun Wheel, the first ever concept art seen for the Silly Symphony … Read more
Halloween Time officially starts this Friday, & to get you in the mood, we have a couple of Halloween Time related items for you. First, from our friends at the LA Times Funland Blog: Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion is expected to “soft open” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, with the now-traditional Halloween/Christmas holiday overlay. The official … Read more
It seems there’s another new addition coming to the Disneyland Resort for the new “What Will You Celebrate?” promotion that appears to of fallen through the cracks, so to say. Disneyland will finally receive it’s own Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. For those of you who don’t know what the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique is… It’s a salon … Read more
It’s once again time for a photo report from our very own Myrna Litt. She attended yesterday’s Pin Trading Night at the Paradise Pier Hotel, & got these lovely pictures for us (plus a couple from Downtown Disney): The Pacific Ballroom was quite crowded. These are add a name pins, where (as the name implies) … Read more
Often when guests visit the Disneyland Resort, they are asked by Cast Members when entering the park if they’d like to take an online survey about their day at the park, & how the whole Resort experience can be improved. My family is asked to take this survey quite often, & in a recent survey, … Read more
While there are still 3 months remaining in the long running Year of a Million Dreams at the Disney Parks, the marketing campaign for “What Will You Celebrate?” is already in full swing. If you head over to Disneyland.com, you can plainly see that the mouse-ear balloons have already taken over the place. More interestingly, there is … Read more
Here is a video from the press event announcing the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign that will be hitting the Disney Parks on January 1, 2009. This video also includes a brief look at what we can expect for decorations and the Street Parties that will be held during this celebration. [youtube rJvpQwZAIXg nolink]
As was stated yesterday, news (big & small) is continuing to come out about 2009’s “What will you Celebrate?” campaign at the Disney Parks. Here are some more details we have been able to gather: Disney will be stressing the idea of getting specially made cakes for your celebrations next year. Disneyland will begin selling … Read more
Similar to what is being done over at Walt Disney World, Disneyland Annual Passholders can now enter to win a sneak preview at Disneyland of the upcoming Tinker Bell movie: Enter the Tinker Bell Annual Passholder Sneak Preview Sweepstakes to be one of the very first to see the all-new movie Tinker Bell before it … Read more
According to DisneyGallery.com: Fortuosity Shop features timeless treasures galore! On October 3, 2008, New Century Timepieces will re-open its doors as the new Fortuosity Shop. “The name of the shop was inspired by the opening song from The Happiest Millionaire,” says Walt Disney Imagineer and Director of Concept and Show Design, Kim Irvine. “We chose … Read more
A couple more small details have come in for the new “What Will You Celebrate?” promotion: *Based on ticket prices at the Main Entrance ticket booth. Adults receive a birthday fun card in the amount of an adult ticket. Children ages 3-9 receive a birthday fun card in the amount of a child ticket. See … Read more
The details for the 2009 “What Will You Celebrate?” events at the Disney Parks are continuing to pour in: The Disney Parks website has been updated with information about the new celebration already. You can view the altered website by going HERE. There is also a website devoted to just the 2009 celebration that you … Read more
Hey everyone, Luke Manning here… Bet you didn’t expect me! I’ll be back on the Disneyland News Today Staff as the Lead News Reporter, due to both time issues, & that I decided I would still like to be involved with the site. So to welcome me back, here are a couple of the last … Read more
Taking a cue from Walt Disney World, Disneyland is now testing out a bagless line at the security checkpoints, which basically means that if you do not have a bag, you don’t have to wait in the bag search line. I personally think this is a great idea, & I hope that it becomes more … Read more
