Anthony Yacullo 
Whether you’re in Orlando, Anaheim, Burbank, Las Vegas, New York, or Chicago, D23 members have some very special events coming their way this summer. Here is a press release about the events, as well as an upcoming D23 contest: DISNEY’S D23 FAN COMMUNITY ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR Unique Experiences Created Exclusively for Charter … Read more
As of today, Disneystore.com (formerly Disneyshopping.com before a quick name change took place just a few days ago) is now offering a large assortment of merchandise from the U.S. Disney Parks: Mickey and the gang welcome you to “Bring the Magic Home with You” through the Disney Store website Among the Walt Disney World and … Read more
The OC Register’s Around Disney blog has more information on the new Wii version of Toy Story Mania! being released this fall: Disney Interactive Studios has announced plans to release “Toy Story Mania!” this fall for the Nintendo Wii console. Although many aspects of the game are still in the works, a demo version of … Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. – May 7, 2009 – Napa Rose restaurant Manager Joy Cushing, of Huntington Beach, California, has passed the grueling, weeklong Advanced Level Examination of the International Court of Master Sommeliers, bringing the total number of Advanced Level sommeliers working at Napa Rose to five, the most of any restaurant in the world. Cushing’s … Read more
Our second photo report from Mothers Day comes to us from the lovely Myrna Litt:
A nice Oswald shirt
A long line for the swinging gondolas of Mickey’s Fun Wheel
Some shots from up in the air on the Fun Wheel
Work on the Grand Californian Disney Vacation Club addition is coming along nicely
Spikes on the Mickey face to keep the birds off
Shawn Hutchison returns today with his first photo report in about a month. Let’s get to it:
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and every mom got a free carnation
Don Edgren’s new window on Main Street USA
And Rolly Crump’s new window
They’ve started to put some of the pieces back up on the Astro Orbitor
These colors don’t appear to have changed that much, but there may be different colored pieces coming
We here at Disneyland News Today would like to welcome Stephen Thomas as our newest staff photographer! While Stephen won’t be visiting the Resort as much as some of our other photographers, his amazing pictures and video will indeed make up for that. Let’s now get to Stephen’s first photo report:
The state of the Astro Orbitor as of yesterday. They started putting some of the pieces back up today
Mickey’s Fun Wheel re-opened last week
The sunburst on California Screamin’
The fountains being installed for World of Color
Corn Dog Castle closes June 1st to be re-themed
Disney has made my job a little easier by putting up a pdf file of the free Annual Passholder newsletter, Backstage Pass, online. To view the summer edition of the newsletter, please click HERE.
According to D23: New Guest restrooms across from Golden Dreams in Disney’s California Adventure will open May 16 after a scheduled reconstruction. The restrooms adjacent to Golden Dreams will close as work continues on one of the premiere attractions in the Paradise Pier area, which is based on the movie The Little Mermaid.
It’s once again for a photo report from our very own Chuck Canzoneri:
The walls came down at Pixie Hollow on Wednesday
This is the new fountain with octopus shaped lighting
While it is very obvious that the lighting is there, it still does look quite nice
A Cast Member at Pixie Hollow said the lights won’t be active until they finish installing the ones in the trees
According to D23: For one crisp spring morning, Main Street, U.S.A. transformed into Memory Lane as the tiny township welcomed its newest residents — Don Edgren and Rolly Crump — to the neighborhood. Before the park officially opened its gates for the day on April 29, family, friends and fans of the two Disney Legends … Read more
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: Do you remember how you felt around 2 p.m. Easter Sunday when you were 10? That’s kind of how you’d feel after touring Disneyland’s new central bakery off Ball Road in Anaheim with the park’s executive pastry chef, Jean-Marc Viallet. Viallet, intensely proud of the new facility … Read more
The DCA Project Tracker has some new information on upcoming refurbishments at Disney’s California Adventure: Construction walls will go up around Golden Dreams on May 26th, as work finally begins on The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Adventure. On June 1st, those walls will spread down to Souvenir 66, Corn Dog Castle, and Dinosaur Jack’s Sunglass Shack, … Read more
According to the OC Register’s Around Disney blog: The Mickey’s Fun Wheel ride in Disney’s California Adventure is open for business. Disney Spokesman John McClintock said this week’s opening was a “soft” one, so the ride may be in and out of service through the week as cast members tweak the operations. The retrofitting of … Read more
According to D23: Mickey’s Fun Wheel will be open to Guests today after a makeover which added five fab characters on the sides of each gondola and a “pie-eyed” Mickey Mouse overlooking Paradise Bay in Disney’s California Adventure Park.
Seems like Disneyland’s new fireworks show Magical will only be running in the summer, with Remember Dreams Come True returning this fall. According to D23: We already revealed some of the exciting details about Disneyland’s new fireworks show, Magical, last week, but there’s more to this display than meets the eye! As with every Disney … Read more
