Andy Castro
Andy is a Southern California native and a life-long fan of Disney theme parks and animation. From 2007-2016, Andy wrote the weekly Dateline Disneyland photo, news and opinion blog here on MiceChat. Today, Andy continues to produce occasional Dateline Disneyland articles and additional special guest content for MiceChat.
Disneyland's Fantasy Faire continues to get its finishing touches applied as it approaches its grand opening in early March. The new princess meet-and-greet...
Disney's latest movie, Oz: The Great and Powerful hits theatres next month but the movie soared into the Disneyland Resort this weekend. Disneyland welcomed...
The Disneyland Resort celebrated Lunar New Year in Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney over the weekend, as part of the on-going Limited Time...
Disneyland officially announced the grand opening date of its newest attraction last week. The new Fantasy Faire princess meet-and-greet village next to Sleeping...
Seasonal rain washed out what could have been big crowds visiting the Anaheim area for various convention and special events. Despite the rain,...
Disneyland kicked off its annual Mardi Gras celebration over the weekend with the return of the New Orleans Bayou Bash! celebration. The Mardi...
The Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar at Disney California Adventure opened a new exhibit last week giving an in-depth preview of the new...
Disneyland's busy holiday season faded away last week as both parks entered the off-season with various refurbishment projects. In Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain...
The Disneyland Resort kicked off the new year with festivities in both theme parks including new entertainment options at the recently-relaunched Disney California Adventure....
Happy New Year! The Disneyland Resort will ring in 2013 tonight in both theme parks but it's been a spectacular 2012 at the...
It goes without saying that 2012 was a huge year for the Disneyland Resort. While the big headline of the year was the grand...
The Disney Gallery on Main Street, U.S.A. has opened a new exhibit exploring the various "Realms of Fantasy" at Disney's theme parks, including the...
Candlelight continues to draw big crowds this holiday season as it performs twice nightly for 20 nights in Town Square. Candlelight might bring...
Rain washed away just about all of the first two nights of Disneyland's newly-expanded 20-night run of Candlelight over the weekend. Still, the...
Two popular holiday traditions return to Disneyland as the Resort wraps up the Thanksgiving week rush. First up, the popular hand-made candy canes...
Casey Jr Circus Train and Storybook Land Canal Boats reopened at Disneyland last week after a closure that saw the addition of new safety...
Happy Holidays! We've got a huge update for you this week as Disneyland kicks off its annual holidays season with all-new offerings across the...
The weekend brought a taste of Hollywood to the Disneyland Resort as the taping for the annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade took place...
Happy Halloween! Disneyland will host its final Mickey's Halloween Party of 2012 on Halloween this Wednesday night, but guests trick-or-treating in the park will...
Halloween hasn't even passed yet, but Disney has announced its 2013 promotion dubbed "Limited Time Magic" as Christmas preparation gets underway across the Resort....