Posted on Friday, 12th March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

An interview with Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman
What evokes strong memories of your last visit to a Disney Theme Park?  A smell?  A food?  A character?  A sound?  Yes, for many of us sounds, particularly music, make up a large part of our theme park experience and memories.  Recently, I had the pleasure to speak [...]

Tags: Carousel of Progress, Dick Van Dyke, Disney Legend, its a small world, Julie Andrews, Main Street window, Mary Poppins, richard sherman, Robert Sherman, Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney
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Posted on Monday, 8th March 2010 by Tony Spittell

On a recent visit to Disney’s California Adventure, our Culinary Quest led us to Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill in the Pacific Wharf section of the park.  It offers the usual Mexican items such as burritos, tacos, and tostada salads.  Now, the title says a tale of TWO Mexican Restaurants.  What happened?  You’ll have to read [...]

Tags: Cocina Cucamonga, Culinary Quest, Dining, Disneyland, Mexican Food, Rancho del Zocalo
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Posted on Saturday, 6th March 2010 by Nancy Johnson

The hot talk of the year is definitely the opening of World of Color at Disney’s California Adventure Park this April. It’s a little show. Not much really. It is only touted to be the most hi-tech water spectacular of its kind.  Fountains, music, color, and imagery will come together to tell a tale of Disney [...]

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, April 2010, Blue sky Cellar, California Adventure, construction, disney, Disneyland, Fantasia, Finding Nemo, Fountains, Lagoon, Light Show, Lion King, Mickey's Fun Wheel, music, Paradise Pier, Pocahontas, spectacular, Wall-E, water show, World of Color
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Posted on Thursday, 4th March 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Disney is finding that their volunteer program, “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” is much more popular than they had originally anticipated.  They said that the program would end once one million tickets had been given out.  In the hopes of encouraging a spirit of volunteerism, Disney is asking guests to pick a charitable [...]

Tags: disney, Give a Day Get a Disney Day, volunteering
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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 by Tom Bell

Recently I took my 6-year-old son, West, to visit the new RIDEMAKERZ store at Downtown Disney in the Disneyland Resort where you can “Build Your Ride”. RIDEMAKERZ is to Radio-Control vehicles what Build-A-Bear is to…um…bears. Kids (and big kids) can build their own custom vehicle from the ground up.  I knew we could blow our churro [...]

Tags: Disneyland, Downtown Disney, RIDEMAKERZ, Walt Disney World
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Posted on Wednesday, 24th February 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Since Michael Jackson’s death in June, fan sites have been buzzing with rumors and hopes that Disney would bring back the 3-D “Captain EO” movie to the theme parks. The fans have finally gotten their wish.  The show re-opened at Disneyland today as the first day of a limited run in Tomorrowland’s Magic Eye Theater.  [...]

Tags: Anjelica Huston, Captain EO, Disneyland, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Magic Eye Theater, Michael Jackson, Tomorrowland
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Posted on Monday, 22nd February 2010 by Tom Bell

Here are a few construction pictures from this weekend’s trip to Disneyland.
At Disneyland, the biggest construction zone is the Rivers of America, which are down until May 6, 2010. There are also construction walls at the restaurant portion of the Tomorrowland Terrace, which is closed through July 2, 2010. Captain EO is scheduled to open [...]

Tags: California Adventure, Captain EO, construction, Disneyland, Golden Zephyr, Rivers of America, Silly Symphony Swings
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