Posted on Friday, 9th July 2010 by Tom Bell

On July 17th, Disneyland celebrates its 55th Birthday.  There were rumors that there wouldn’t be much celebrating, but in today’s DisneyParks Blog, Disneyland laid out their plans for their 55th Anniversary festivities.  Read on to see what Disneyland (and the DIS Unplugged) has in store for you.

Tags: D Street, Disney Gallery, Disneyland, Disneyland 55th anniversary, Downtown Disney, Vault 28
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Posted on Wednesday, 7th July 2010 by Tony Spittell

As the writer of Culinary Quest, I feel that sometimes I do a disservice in that it is usually only two adults and one child dining. My family’s size makes it difficult to eat multiple dishes to review. Of course, we could just double up on our entrees, but our health and wastelines [...]

Tags: Anaheim, Culinary Quest, Dining, Disneyland, Downtown Disney, Italian, Naples, Pasta, pizza
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Posted on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 by Tom Bell

After being open a just short time, then closed almost as long for a renovation, RIDEMAKERZ returned to Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort this weekend.  This time the store is bigger, as RIDEMAKERZ took over the Sanuk location next door. For more info about RIDEMAKERZ, check out my blog from when the store originally [...]

Tags: Disneyland Resort, Downtown Disney, RIDEMAKERZ
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Posted on Tuesday, 18th May 2010 by Tony Spittell

As our culinary quest continued, it was time to try out some breakfast places. When I say breakfast at Disneyland, many people think of the Character Meals found in the park and at the hotels, the always popular Carnation Cafe, or the Blue Ribbon Bakery on Main Street. Those places are tried and [...]

Tags: Blue Ribbon Bakery, Breakfast, Carnation Cafe, Catal, Culinary Quest, Disneyland, Downtown Disney
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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: Disney World, Disneyland, Downtown Disney, RIDEMAKERZ
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Posted on Sunday, 25th October 2009 by Kathy Werling

Last Saturday October 17, 2009 the Dragon Boat racing series came to Orlando. This is the second year for this event at Walt Disney World. Once again it was a great event to watch.

Tags: Disney World, Downtown Disney, Orlando International Dragon Boat festival
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Posted on Monday, 27th July 2009 by Dave Parfitt

Did you ever wonder what there is to do along Disney’s Boardwalk?  I’m not talking about the restaurants and clubs, but whether you can make a day out of the carnival atmosphere along the Boardwalk.  I had a beautiful, sunny day in Orlando without a cloud in the sky, and I decided to take a [...]

Tags: Atlantic Dance Hall, Big River Grille, Boardwalk, Boardwalk Bakery, Downtown Disney, ESPN Club, Flying Fish Cafe, Jellyrolls, Leaping Horse Libations, midway games, street performers
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