Disneyland Half-Marathon Draws Big Names, Full Participation

It’s the sixth year of record turn out for the Disneyland Half-Marathon. The Labor Day weekend races include a course through the parks, special medals, and this year will feature a couple of Hollywood celebrities

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Disneyland Donates California Zephyr Locomotive to Western Pacific Railroad Museum

Despite having California right in the title, the park known as California Adventure has never had a coherent theme. Was it a movie studio?

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Backstage with Pirates of the Caribbean Maintenance Team

Disneyland has just released their latest video in the “Every Role a Starring Role” look at backstage and how the magic gets made. Good stuff, exactly what I want from the parks… of course I want more. This video that features maintaining Pirates of the Caribbean is too short for my tastes.

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Backstage with Pirates of the Caribbean Maintenance Team

Carsland – Pre-viz Drive Through from Walt Disney Imagineering

Time was when Walt Disney Imagineering would painstakingly create a scale model of whatever attraction or themed area they wanted to build. Yeah, they still do that, but it has its limitations. For instance you can’t really get a feel for line of sight and how buildings in the background will appear

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Carsland – Pre-viz Drive Through from Walt Disney Imagineering

Mlle. Antoinette’s Parfumerie returns to New Orleans Square

( photo courtesy LaughingPlace.com ) When New Orleans Square’s original perfume shop, with its personalized perfumes, closed in the early 1990s many bemoaned the loss of some of the individuality associated with the theme park. The loss of the One of A Kind shop cemented that. Those fans can finally rejoiced, at least somewhat

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Mlle. Antoinette’s Parfumerie returns to New Orleans Square

Disneyland Elephant Gets A Lift

When a Jungle Cruise elephant reaches that stage in its life when a “tune-up” is needed, you can’t just walk them out for some TLC. That’s largely because they’re bolted to the floor, but also unless you’re Lucky the Dinosaur, most AA’s don’t walk.

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Disneyland Elephant Gets A Lift

Disneyland’s Suspicious Device A Geo-Location Cache

Oh those wacky Geo-Location Cache Hobbyists, causing Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney and Disneyland Drive to close down for 90 plus minutes today while Police brought in the bomb squad, what were they thinking? Who knows? But that’s certainly better news than someone planting a bomb in that busy area.

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Disneyland’s Suspicious Device A Geo-Location Cache

Unite HERE – Local 11 Update

Places everyone…. The OC Register has an update on the Unite HERE scare tactics I reported yesterday . The cops say union’s claims are unjust .

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Unite HERE – Local 11 Update

Making Memories Castle Projection Demo Video

Very nice demonstration of the new projection technology that will be the centerpiece of the “Let the Memories Begin” promotion at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In Orlando, the projections will be on Cinderella Castle, as seen above. In Anaheim, projections will be on the facade of It’s A Small World

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Making Memories Castle Projection Demo Video

Making Memories Castle Projection Demo Video

Very nice demonstration of the new projection technology that will be the centerpiece of the “Let the Memories Begin” promotion at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In Orlando, the projections will be on Cinderella Castle, as seen above. In Anaheim, projections will be on the facade of It’s A Small World

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Making Memories Castle Projection Demo Video

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