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 entered its second week of the holiday season with a bang, announcing a major re-imagining of Mickey's Toon Town that would bring large...
It was a busy week at Disneyland! In the parks, the holidays moved in quickly as Halloween Time vanished. Garland, lights, and snow are...
Honk! The Disneyland Monorail is back! The iconic Highway in the Sky has returned to daily operation at Disneyland for the first time since...
Mickey's Toon Town had some late-breaking news last week with the reveal that Jessica Rabbit would be making a career change from famed movie...
Disneyland made big news last week when it announced the highly-anticipated replacement for its long-running Annual Passport program. The new program, dubbed Magic Key,...
Following several days of Cast Member and media previews, Disney California Adventure officially opened Disney's first Marvel-themed land on Friday with great fanfare. The...
Disneyland has reopened its gates after a closure that spanned more than 400 days. While the gates were shut, Disney continued with various changes...
Disneyland is back! After three days of Cast Member previews, Disneyland Resort's theme parks officially reopened on Friday to eager crowds. The emotional homecoming...
Welcome back to the magic! While the Anaheim theme parks don't open officially to the general public until Friday April 30th, Cast Members and...
What a week! For the first time in a year, Disney California Adventure welcomed ticket-holding guests into the park as it kicked off its...
After a year of being (mostly) closed, Disney California Adventure reopened on Thursday to guests for its brand new, limited-time, special-ticketed "A Touch of...
Today is a Legacy Passholder preview of the brand new Star Wars Trading Post in Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort. The shop takes...
It's hard to believe Disney California Adventure is now 20 years old! The park that went from parking lot to laughing stock, to born-again...
So, 2020... Disneyland may have only been open for a grand total of 75 days last year, but that doesn't mean a lot didn't...
On-brand for 2020, last week felt like an eternity as we all anxiously awaited votes across America to be counted. But over at Disneyland,...
It was quite a week in the world of Disney news. From theme park guidelines to Disneyland Paris being forced to close again, with...
Disney recently made a slew of announcements about one of Disney's most ambitious theme parks ever built, Epcot at Walt Disney World. When it...
In addition to all the Epcot news, D23 Expo's big Parks and Resorts presentation on Sunday morning included a number of big announcements for...
Sunday morning's Parks presentation continued with news from Disney Cruise Line. Disney announced the name of its fifth cruise ship will officially be the...
Sunday morning's Parks and Resorts presentation included a sneak peek at the new Marvel-themed Avengers Campuses coming to Disney California Adventure and Walt Disney...