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10 Things To Know About Star Wars Nite
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Yes, Star Wars and Disneyland geeks and freaks, (and everyone else, too), Disneyland is about to hold its first ever "Stars Wars Nite" at the park, for those of us who just can't get enough of the fun. This is in anticipation of the next movie in the Disney Star Wars franchise, plus of course the anticipated opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in July 2019. Here are 10 things you need to know: 1. ...
20 Surprising Things You Can And Can Not See Do And Taste At Your Next Visit
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Blue milk. Human ashes. Feral cats. Disneyland may be 85 acres of carefully curated mirth, but even after nearly 65 years of operation in Anaheim, Calif., the vacation destination can still surprise -- as park-goers who 've encountered the blue milk, human ashes and, yes, feral cats can attest. Before you next pass through the turnstile en route for the old-timey Main Street ...
Are Star Wars Nites Worth It I Went So Here Is Everything You Want To Know
Are Disneyland's Star Wars-themed night events actually worth it? An annual late-night event held multiple evenings between April and May each year, Disneyland's Star Wars Nites are one of the California park's biggest promotions this time of year during their overarching Season of the Force event. As such, it's a separately ticketed event set apart from the tickets Disneyland typically sells ...
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad At 40 A Timeless Triumph Of Theme Park Design
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When the D23 Expo unveiled a series of theme-park announcements in late August, one of them was unsurprisingly focused on the upcoming Epcot attraction centered on Marvel 's Guardians of the Galaxy. This new roller-coaster, subtitled “Cosmic Rewind”, is meant to be a 360-degree immersive ride; among its many elements, as noted in the press release, Cosmic Rewind will feature the first reverse-launch in a ...
Classic Space Mountain Coaster To Return Soon After Removing Star Wars Overlay
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A fleet of X-Wings, TIE fighters and Star Destroyers will soon be departing Hyperspace Mountain as the often-extended limited-time run of the Star Wars overlay on the Tomorrowland roller coaster finally comes to an end. Hyperspace Mountain will close on Jan. 7 to remove the Star Wars overlay from the indoor roller coaster, Disneyland officials said. The classic Space Mountain attraction is ...
Did The California Earthquake Cause Damage At Disneyland
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Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is up and running following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. There was no damage reported at the theme park following the quake that shook Southern California on Thursday, July 4, just after 10:30 a.m. local time. Although the earthquake was several miles away from Anaheim, the folks over at Disneyland needed to take the proper precautions to make sure that the attractions ...
Did You Know
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1. The Elliot float in the “Main Street Electrical Parade” is the tallest in the parade. FALSE: The clock tower in the “Cinderella” sequence of the parade is the tallest float at 18½ feet. Elliot measures 16 feet tall. 2. The Super Hero-themed land coming to Disney California Adventure park will be called Avengers Campus. TRUE: Guests can suit up alongside their ...
Disney Announces New Marvel Attraction In Anaheim And The Name Of Its Star Wars Land
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With demand continuing to grow for Disney parks and movies, the entertainment giant announced plans to add new attractions throughout its parks, including a new Marvel superhero expansion in Anaheim. During its fan exposition D23 in Anaheim, Disney officials on Saturday revealed details of planned attractions at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and at its Florida theme parks Walt Disney World, Epcot ...
Disneyland Adds Space Whales To Star Tours During Star Wars Festival
An ever-expanding Stars Wars festival returning to Disneyland brings a new interstellar destination to the Star Tours attraction that will take riders through a pod of massive space whales undulating through the sky above a watery planet. The annual Season of the Force event returned Friday, April 5 and will run through June 2 at the Anaheim theme park with a new Star Tours destination in ...
Disneyland And California Adventure Start Looking To Christmas With Halloween Nearly Over
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As the holiday season approaches, Disney Imagineers get busy modifying some of the attractions at Disneyland for the holidays. First up: It's a Small World. The boat ride with the infamous song is closed until Nov. 9 so lights and holiday music can be installed for its holiday overlay. The Jungle Cruise will be closed Nov. 1-9 to be redressed as the Jingle Cruise, the annual holiday overlay ...
Disneyland Closes Gates As Holiday Crowds Fill The Park
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Disneyland temporarily shut its gates Friday, Dec. 27 as crowds filled the Anaheim theme park and new visitors were directed to Disney California Adventure across the esplanade until attendance levels declined. “We have temporarily stopped selling tickets to Disneyland Park,” the official Disneyland Today Twitter account said. “As of 11:40 am, Disney California Adventure Park tickets remain ...
Disneyland Is Adding Star Wars The Last Jedi Scenes To Its Star Tours Ride
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"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" doesn't open in theaters until Dec. 15, but Disneyland visitors who board a vehicle on the Star Tours attraction will get an early glimpse of scenes from the film starting this week. Disneyland will add scenes from the newest "Star Wars" movie to its Star Tours attractions Friday, the resort announced in a blog post. The park said people on the flight simulator ride ...
Disneyland Preps For Halloween As 60th Anniversary Fades Away
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The jack-o'-lanterns started magically appearing this week at Disneyland as the Halloween season grows near. At the same time, the 60th anniversary decorations were magically disappearing into Yesterland. The large "60" button on the front of Sleeping Beauty Castle was removed, as were most of the related decorations on the lamp posts on Main Street U.S.A. Other elements of the 15-month Diamond ...
Disneyland Season Of The Force Isnt Star Wars Land But Is It Enough For Now
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You've probably heard about Star Wars Land, the new themed area coming to Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando. Like all things Star Wars, it's gotten a ton of press over the last few months, including a heavily hyped prime-time sneak preview during the Disneyland 60th Anniversary special a couple of weeks ago. There's no launch date yet, but it's safe to assume it's well over a year ...
Disneyland To Close Multiple Attractions In January To Build Star Wars Land
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Disneyland is set to close multiple attractions and eateries next month to make room for the new "Star Wars"-themed land in the Orange County theme park. The 14-acre project would be Disney's largest single themed land expansion, CEO Bob Iger said when he announced the project in August at the D23 Expo. Groundbreaking is scheduled to take place in 2016 at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios ...
Disneyland To Offer Halloween Screams To All This Fall
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The Disneyland Resort announced earlier this year that it would be moving its annual hard-ticket Halloween party back across the esplanade to Disney California Adventure this fall. But with the new Oogie Boogie Bash running over there, what would happen to the Halloween Screams fireworks show that used to play exclusively at Mickey's Halloween Party? Well, Disney answered that question ...
Do All Theme Park Rides Have To Be Battles With An Evil Empire
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The key to a great theme park attraction is the same as with any other form of entertainment -great attractions tell great stories. But what makes a story great? Obviously, some tales endure for generations and passing that test of time is as good a sign as any that a story has reached greatness. But Disneyland fans with long memories might have noticed how storytelling in the parks has changed over ...
Does Disneyland Have Too Much Star Wars
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Can a theme park have too much of a good thing? I vote that the answer is ‘yes, ' specifically when it comes to Star Wars at Disneyland. Star Wars remains one of the most popular entertainment franchises in the world, tucked in between the Harry Potter Wizarding World and the industry-leading Marvel franchise, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Star Wars films have earned more than ...
First Star Wars Additions At Disneyland Opening In November
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Last month, Disney revealed plans to bring Star Wars into its family of various theme parks in a bigger way, and the company has now announced the first few additions are opening surprisingly soon at California's original Disneyland, on November 16th. Among these attractions are Star Wars Launch Bay, where guests can visit with Star Wars characters, see special exhibits and get peeks at the upcoming ...
Frozen Stage Show New Rides
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Being a frequent Disneyland visitor, I never figured a day would come that the highlight of a Disney resort visit would be a live-action performance of a cartoon beloved by 8-year-olds everywhere. But, yes, perhaps hell has "Frozen" over. Of course, my main motivation in going to Disneyland and California Adventure this year was to see all the "Star Wars" upgrades in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. ...
Full Details Of Season Of The Force
Season of the Force will land at Disneyland park on April 5th and run through to June 2nd with a new nighttime experience in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge, along with food, exclusive merchandise and more! New experiences debuting during Season of the Force On select nights starting April 5 at Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge, you will be able to take in “Fire of the Rising Moons,” a ...
Guy Who Bringing Star Wars To Disneyland
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What was once in a galaxy far, far away is coming to a theme park near you. Construction begins on Disneyland's new Star Wars Land this month. The debut of the much-anticipated 14-acre mega-attraction will be the biggest land expansion ever at Disneyland - but fans will have to wait a while to see it. In the meantime, Disneyland's Tomorrowland has been given a Star Wars-themed reboot called "Season of ...
Halloween Season Is Also Refurbishment Season At Disneyland
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The Jack O'Lanterns have taken over Main Street U.S.A. at Disneyland as the Halloween season is in full force. But along with Halloween comes the other major part of autumn at Disneyland, refurbishments. Scrims were up on a variety of shops and attractions throughout the parks and Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort. Even the Downtown Disney parking area was getting a fresh look, as park ...
How Disneyland Gave Me A Sense Of Home When I Moved To A New City
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I recently moved to Los Angeles from New York. It was a move I planned on doing for a long time. I wanted to stay in the entertainment industry, but New York just wasn't for me. I wanted sunshine, space and Disneyland. I'm a Disney person. I grew up an hour away from Walt Disney World in Florida, so my family would go all the time. It was like a second home. Some people say the magic gets lost the ...
How Star Wars Has Taken Over Disneyland
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Officially, Star Wars Land at the Disney Parks is still a few years away, but anyone visiting Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., will notice that Disney's latest franchise has invaded nearly every aspect of the resort. Disneyland visitors will notice that Star Wars is, literally, everywhere, including in merchandising, food and park attractions. And the experience begins before one ever enters ...
Hyperspace Mountain Coaster Overlay For May The Fourth Celebration
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Disneyland will bring back the popular Hyperspace Mountain roller coaster overlay and march a legion of stormtroopers into Tomorrowland to celebrate May the Fourth, the unofficial Star Wars holiday. The May the Fourth event kicks off a countdown celebration leading up to the May 31 debut of the highly anticipated new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge themed land at the Anaheim theme park. The Star ...
Hyperspace Mountain Is Coming Back
The Star Wars-themed overlay to Tomorrowland's Space Mountain indoor roller coaster will return on April 29, following a one-day refurbishment to make the switch. Hyperspace Mountain puts riders in the middle of a Star Wars space battle, with digital projections of TIE fighters, Star Destroyers, and X-Wings, while listening to an on-board Star Wars musical score. Hyperspace Mountain debuted ...
Hyperspace Mountain To Continue Popular Run Through Halloween Season
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Space Mountain won 't get the Ghost Galaxy holiday ride overlay this Halloween season. A fleet of X-Wings, TIE fighters and Star Destroyers will keep a fiery interstellar demon from haunting Space Mountain this Halloween season as Disneyland extends the run of the popular Star Wars version of the ride. Disneyland will continue the run of Hyperspace Mountain through the Halloween ...
I Have Ridden Every Roller Coaster These Ones Are Worth Waiting In Line For
With more than 30 years of experience riding Disneyland 's roller coasters, these three are always thrilling (and worth their notoriously long wait times).
Looking for Disneyland 's most thrilling, high-speed roller coasters? As someone who 's ridden every single attraction at both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park over the last three decades, I know exactly what you 're ...
I Tried 60 Dollar Tomorrowland Skyline Lounge Experience Was It Worth It
In the last few months, Disneyland has brought back more nighttime entertainment than it 's offered since before the pandemic, regularly running shows like Main Street Electrical Parade, World of Color, Disneyland Forever fireworks and, as of May 28, Fantasmic. But while any visitor can enjoy these family-friendly experiences, the park is also offering more expensive, hard-to-get versions: dining packages ...
On Opening Day At Star Wars Land A Super Fan And His Daughter Rate The Experience
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Black Spire Outpost, Batuu (aka Disneyland, Anaheim, California) (CNN) - Disneyland's most ambitious new land ever, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, opened on Friday, and my 11-year-old daughter and I were there on day one. We learned things you'll want to know, whether you visit sooner or later -- some by following in our footsteps, but largely by learning from our mistakes. ...
