| Disneyland 60th plans, Magic Bands, and all the O-Zell soda you can drink! That is just some of the wonderful fun in today’s MiceChat Round Up of Disney and theme park news and information this week. That’s not all. Did you know that you can’t ride Toy Story Mania at the Disney Hollywood Studios without a fast pass? It’s true! Have you heard the latest Epcot rumors? We have them. We also have some ideas on how to really build up Disneyland Paris and save it from the brink… again. All of this plus the wonderful podcasts like the Seasonpass Podcast, Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast, and great videos from the MiceTube. There’s even an opportunity for you to help save the Walt Disney Birthplace! It’s all here, rounded up, and waiting for you! |
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The MiceChat crew returns to Disneyland to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion and ponder the upcoming enhancements to the Fantasyland dark rides. As Disneyland prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary, there’s lots for us to talk and speculate about. So, join Doug, David and Dusty as we take you for a walk in the park. It’s an amazing audio adventure. Then, we’ll transport you to Scare LA, where Disney Legends Bob Gurr and Alice Davis have a few things to say about the amazing Haunted Mansion. Be sure to stick through for the very end of the show for a special surprise!
Profits from the sale of every bottle of refreshing O-Zell soda supports the restoration of theWalt Disney Birthplace in Chicago. Pick up some delicious Victorian style natural soda AND help a great cause at the same time: O-Zell Soda For a special treat, listen to the O-Zell jingle here: O-Zell Soda Song
Mickey’s Halloween Parties, Sept 30 and Oct 6
CassiefRN was fortunate enough to attend two of the Halloween Parties in Disneyland. She has several adorable pictures of her niece, and even a photo of Lady Tremaine cracking a smirk, if that’s at all possible!
Golden Horseshoe? Laughing Stock Co.? WHAT!?!?!?!
Over the past year, Disneyland management has made several controversial decisions, included getting rid of two entertainment shows that both had a home in the Golden Horseshoe: Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, and the Laughing Stock. This past week, the Laughing Stock has returned to Frontierland. But for how long? Read the reaction to the news here!
Club 33 v2.0
Rachane tells us about their recent dining experience at the not so secret Club 33 in Disneyland.
’72 Magic Kingdom and ’75 Parades Restored Film in HD
This week wdwms brings us restored videos of the Magic Kingdom of 1972 and parades from 1975.
Disney requiring FP+ reservations to ride Toy Story Mania!
Quentin shares info that Toy Story Mania is doing a test which includes removing the stand by ling and requiring FP+ reservations to ride.
Rainy Day Parade
Wadepliskin shares a video of a special occurrence of a ‘Rainy Day Parade’ as Walt Disney World.
Puerto Rico Pavilion to EPCOT?
Imagineer45 has heard rumors of Puerto Rico being engaged in talks for a pavilion at Epcot by 2017.
New Retro EPCOT Merchandise Coming This Month
Just in time for Food & Wine, Epcot is rolling out some new old merchandise.
Another great week of Rumors and ideas abound from both coasts this week. Some of the more notable ones are below. ~ Trekkie Dad
The Hat……
Long an icon (or eyesore) at Disney Hollywood Studios, the giant sorcerer’s hat is missing from a recently published Disney brochure. See what redrhino54 found.
5 Epcot Rumors
We love our new members! disneysource has lists of rumors surrounding Disney Hollywood Studios and Epcot.
some of ideas for DHS…
Mondo Mouse puts forth a number of suggestions to improve Disney Hollywood Studios.
Star Wars Land to DLP
Will Puerto Rico get a pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase? How about a Star Wars land at Disneyland Paris? Imagineer45 has heard both of these rumors.
Create your own New Fantasyland
toonaspie invites you to play armchair imagineer and plan an addition to Fantasyland to replace Toontown.
Retro Tomorrowland
whoever would like to see Disneyland’s Tomorrowland return to its optimistic roots, or something that uses all the area it occupies.
Disneyland Master Plan Outline
Until they do something with this empty track we will continue to receive great ideas, such as Peoplemover Priit puts forth a 20-year master plan for Disneyland.
Great new promo video
Disneyland Resort Paris has received 3 million Facebook likes and has released a video to say thanks.
Tokyo Parks Attraction Posters
forestlite has shared some attraction posters from an limited run magazine.
VERIFIED… Paint the Night Brushes work with Glow With The Show Ears
Roger55 brought home a Magical Paint Brush and Mickey’s Magical Mitt from Hong Kong and they work with the Glow with the Show Ears.
Animal Kingdom Paris? Why DLP needs to adapt to the French ane Europe
With Disney planning on investing capital in Disneyland Paris, CaliforniaAdventurer is wondering will it be a DCA-style makeover?
Star Wars Land to DLP
Imagineer45 has brought up the rumor of DLP getting a Star Wars Land sometime in 2015.
This week we have a couple of trip reports from events in the Los Angeles area. ~ Trekkie Dad
Joe’s Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns trip report at Descanso Gardens
If you are a fan of carved pumpkins, there are 5000 of them to see at this venue in La Cañada Flintridge.
It’s a Trip Kim-port! ‘Monterey Park Night Market’ 9/19/14
KiMcHeEfOrLiFe attended the September edition of this monthly event.
Efteling Dive Coaster for 2015: Baron 1898
Efteling is a theme park in the Netherlands, and the coaster is planned to open next summer.
Welcome to this week’s Communicore Weekly, where we talk about 1973 WDW Vacation, Artemis Fowl, Barbershop, and I Crane! DISNEY HISTORY! – Jeff and George travel to 1973 for a vacation at Walt Disney World Resort in this week’s Disney History! BOOK OF THE WEEK! – George and Jeff learn the secret of Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code Graphic Novel for the Book of the Week! CAPTAIN LEO! – Captain Leo returns with a review of the Magic Kingdom Barbershop! FIVE LEGGED GOAT! – And finally, I Crane’s ad is this week’s Five Legged Goat!
Window to the Magic:
Enjoy the sounds of the park on our weekly journeys into the wonderful world of the Disney sound experience!
Dead Man’s DIEgest:
On this episode of the Dead Man’s DIEgest we bring you ALL the announcements for the Houses and Scarezones for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.
The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast: Paul Barrie of Window to the Magic takes over The Season Pass Podcast to share the horrifying and outstanding sounds of Knott’s Scary Farm!! It’s Halloween Haunt WTTM style: A Window to the Macabre. Enjoy!
The Season Pass dissects Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2014 with Mr. Horror Nights himself, John Murdy! Creative Process talk on all SEVEN unbelievable mazes!
Disney Avenue Podcast: On this special Halloween edition of the Disney Avenue Podcast, host Keith Michael Mahne interviews famous psychic medium to the stars Michael J. Kouri. Michael has some very interesting stories to share with us and you’ll particularly enjoy the ones about his claimed interactions with Walt Disney. It’s the perfect Halloween episode and it’s going to be like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Michael was a pleasure to speak with and aside from being a medium, he is a huge Disneyland fan and frequent visitor of the parks.
Mousetalgia! – An Unofficial Disneyland Podcast Mousetalgia reports on “An Affair of the Art,” the Ryman Arts annual fundraiser held at the home of Disney Legend Marty Sklar, which raises funds to help offer art training to high school students. This year, the event was focused on Herb Ryman’s history with the circus, and featured a panel discussing the sketches and artwork Ryman created while he traveled with the Ringling Brothers circus while he was away from Disney in 1949-51. We’ll discuss the food, atmosphere, and experience of this benefit party hosted up in the hills above LA.
DoomBuggies Spook Show: Disney Legend Alice Davis joins the DoomBuggies Spook Show this week to talk about her late legendary husband Marc Davis, who was one of Walt Disney’s original Nine Old Men and was largely responsible for the majority of the scenes and gags in the Haunted Mansion. Alice talks about Marc’s childhood and early art, and explains why Walt selected him to become an Imagineer, and some of Marc’s artistic aspirations. Also, Jeff’s new book has been published – “The Unauthorized Story of Walt Disney’s Haunted Mansion,” from Theme Park Press and now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions.
The Sweet Spot: In this Episode we welcome former Disneyland cast member Vern Hoiland. Vern was hired into Disneyland in 1969 and retired in 2006. Vern saw a lot fo changes over the years from managment, park changes, his own changes in roles, and much more. This is a great interview if you want to learn about how it was working in Disneyland as far back as 1969. Plus, we’ll look at the latest in the Disneyland Resort news with Tommy. Enjoy and please visit our new website www.thesweepspot.com
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast: Welcome to part 2 of our Halloween Horror Nights 24 review. On this edition Darren reviews the four Scarezones that can be found at this years event: MASKarade : UnStitched Face Off : In The Flesh Bayou of Blood and The Purge : Anarchy. As well as that our good friend Andy sends us a live review from this years event and that will round out the show.
Rail Trip to the Walt Disney Family Museum
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Walt Disney Family Museum, a group of intrepid Disney fans took to the rails to make an experience out of the event. On board, we had a great group of people, along with the staff: myself, my husband Noe, our daughter Alice and the ringleader for all of this nonsense Roger Colton of Private Car Service. We were aboard the private rail car – the Salisbury Beach (formerly from the Boston & Maine were it used to take Pullman passengers through New England as a sleeping car. All of the roomettes, bedrooms and open sections are still there; although two of the sections serve as a kitchenette when needed now.
- Disneyland Resort Holiday Switcheroo and Rosie’s Dough
- Vacationland – Camping at Walt Disney World in 1973
- Top five things to do in Historic St. Augustine
- George and Jeff Review Marc Davis Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man
- Walt Disney Birthplace – Restoration Underway
- Netting Comes Down Around the Disney Animal Kingdom Tree of Life
Where to Satisfy Your Pizza Cravings at Walt Disney World
Maybe it’s that I’m missing the Food and Wine Fest this year. Maybe it’s that I love a good pie. Or maybe it’s just because it’s mid-afternoon when I write this, and my stomach is starting to grumble, but I’ve got pizza on the brain and have been craving one of my favorite slices from the World. But we’ll get to where that is in a second. Pizza tends to be an all-around people pleaser, and I know my little are always happy to sit down for a slice no matter where we are. That being said, there are several different options at Walt Disney World, and they are by no means created equal.
