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The Art and Work of Imagineer Don Carson
Today we celebrate the work and art of former Imagineer Don Carson. MiceChat partner, Alain Littaye, gives us a two part look at an exceptional Imagineer who helped create Walt Disney World’s Splash Mountain, Disneyland’s Toon Town, and Typhoon Lagoon among other projects. Join us as we take a short hop back in time and explore the concept art and dreams of a creative artist and Imagineer.
Disney’s Changing Adventure: Maliboomed, Flopped Crops, Sunk Ship, ElecTRONica, and More
As Labor Day weekend comes to an end, Disneyland will enter a brief couple of weeks of a between-seasons lull. Off-season crowds will allow Disney to take advantage of this time to get some refurbishments underway before big crowds return for the wildly popular Halloween Time festivities. The holiday weekend also marked the curtain call for several opening-day fixtures in California Adventure, including the Maliboomer thrill ride and Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Burger Invasion restaurants.
Weekend Update: Space Mountain, Power Rangers, More Discovery Kingdom, Indian Ruins
From Space Mountain and Power Rangers to Indian Ruins, we have something for everyone in this edition of Weekend Update. First up we have a Walt Disney World update from Denise nbodyhome Preskitt. She documents the new Best Friends pet care center on property as well as audio of the new Space Mountain soundtrack. What do you think of the new music? Sir Clinksalot shares part two of a photo report from Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Go Go Power Rangers!
In The Parks: Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Filming, Tron, Haunt, Night Frogs and More
How did September get here so quickly? Where did our Summer go? No time to sit and reflect on another Summer past, we’ve got Fall falling into place. And with Fall comes the really busy season for Disneyland’s construction workers. There is a brief lull in which to get big construction projects off the ground, and soon Maliboomer, Mulholland Madness, Pizza Oom Mow Mow and Burger Invasion will become part of California Adventure’s latest overhaul zone.
Dragon Down, Magic Kingdom A to Z, Windseeker – Disney Round Up
Let’s round up the top Disney and theme park news, rumors, photos, and trip reports of the week! The big news this week was the spectacular failure of Fantasmic’s problematic dragon. At the climax of Saturday’s performance, she collapsed on stage and forced the cancellation of the night’s performance. The dragon has now been removed from Fantasmic for an indefinite period of time and its head removed. But there is much more in today’s update. Taste Pilot’s Grill removes another popular item from the menu leaving fans furious. King Eric attempts to list the Magic Kingdom’s attractions
Dragon Failtasmic!, Halloween creeps in, California Adventure construction, MORE
Disneyland’s popular Fantasmic! show ended its summer with a bang this weekend, but not in a good way. The show’s giant dragon audio-animatronic collapsed mid-show on Saturday night, prompting the cancellation of the show’s second performance and a flurry of Disney fan chatter on Twitter and the MiceChat discussion boards.
Weekend Update’s Mouse-free Extravanganza
We devote a lot of space to Disney around here. So much so, that it can be easy to forget that there are lots of wonderful parks and attractions in the world which weren’t built by the house of mouse.
In The Parks – Disney Construction, Universal Mazes, Knott’s Preserves Ghost Town
Vavoom the In The Parks blog is back like a rocket from a week long survey of Southern California’s top parks and attractions. An it’s another good one folks! The end of Summer means a big increase in construction at nearly all of the local parks. And Halloween continues to stagger slowly into the parks. So, let’s see what’s going on this week at Disneyland, California Adventure, Knott’s Berry Farm, and Universal Studios Hollywood
Theme Park Battle In Asia: Universal vs. Paramount
Disney, Universal, Paramount and others have been rushing to build parks in Asia. These parks are, at times, even better than the originals in the USA that they are modeled after. Today, Alain Littaye, our French friend from Disney and More, takes a look at a possible new Universal Studios park for India and a new Paramount park for Japan which will compete directly with Universal Osaka. It is a fascinating theme park battle.
Disney Round Up – Ride Rumors, Disney World Blues, Photos, News, More
It’s Round-Up time! Join us as we discuss the current state of the Alice ride with the Mad Hatter at Disneyland. Then, take a look back at Tomorrowland 1994 with the Peoplemover and Skyway. There are discussions about the declining quality of Walt Disney World, including an animatronic that has been left to malfunction on Pirates of the Caribbean. Let’s not forget the amazing discussion from the parks overseas too, including hints of a major new attraction on the way.