MitP Update

WDWNT Author on April 28, 2008

Here’s a look at some of the latest happenings from around the Disneyland Resort featured in this week’s Monday in the Parks column on MiceAge:

  • Disney Animation in DCA closed down yesterday to remove the Snow White exhibit. It will re-open on May 2nd.
  • The High School Musical 2: School’s Out show, from now until summer begins, will only be performed on Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays. In addition, Disney’s Aladdin will be performed Wednesdays-Sundays, Disney’s Electrical Parade will only be shown Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays, & the Pixar Play Parade & Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage will be offered every day.
  • This week is the last week in this year’s California Food & Wine Festival. So if you want to taste some food & wine, get yourself’s down to DCA. The last day for the festival is May 5th.

And now some pictures from the column:


One of the food stands across from Toy Story Mania will sell Turkey Legs


The Stitch Picture Phone in Innoventions has been replaced with an Air Scooter II display


The Sunshine Plaza fountain has been walled & turned off…


… The railings are being replaced

DLR Picture Update

WDWNT Author on April 12, 2008

I just got back from 2 wonderful days at the Disneyland Resort! Let’s get straight to the pictures:


A new Kodak sign up on the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience entrance marque


The new Tinkertoy in the Pixar Play Parade


A wall up by Grizzly River Run. As reported earlier this week, the attraction is still open


The new emergency bridge from DCA to the Grand Californian


The Toontown room in the World of Disney store


A construction wall up by the Tomorrowland Terrace


The new Disneyland map front, that debuted today…


… And the DCA one


Today was the first day in this year’s California Food & Wine Festival


The Festival Welcome Center


Let’s take a look at the Festival Guide Booklet…


This year is the 3rd annual California Food & Wine Festival


A special restaurant has been set up in Pacific Wharf just for the Food & Wine Festival, in place of the old Lucky Fortune Cookery


The place to get Food & Wine merchandise. I got the pin!


The menu for this special restaurant, The Taste of California Marketplace


Construction on the ODV structures outside Toy Story Mania


The fountain outside of King Triton’s Carousel is working for once!


The sign for Seasons of the Vine has finally been removed. Weird how the attraction closed just as the Food & Wine Festival started


A new sign for the Year of a Million Dreams on the security tents


This could be DCA’s temporary entrance


Just to give you an idea where it actually is

Stay tuned tomorrow for bigger versions of these pictures & many more pictures in our Image Galleries!

MousePlanet DLR Update

WDWNT Author on April 1, 2008

Here’s a few interesting topics brought up in this week’s MousePlanet Disneyland Resort Update:

  • A few new things have been added to the line-up for this year’s California Food & Wine Weekends. Junior Chef sessions with an (at the moment) unnamed celebrity chef will be held through-out the Festival. Chefs from Cafe Orleans will show guests how to prepare a Monte Cristo. Many Downtown Disney restaurants will have culinary demonstrations. And finally, “signature” dishes will be added to DCA’s counter service restaurants, such as a chili cheese corn dog at Corn Dog Castle.
  • 2008’s Mothers Day Brunch will be held on May 11th in the Disneyland Hotel Grand Ballroom. The price will be $83 for adults, & $23 dollars for children (3-11).
  • The Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs 70th Anniversary exhibit inside Disney Animation may possibly be leaving at the end of April, to be replaced by a similar Sleeping Beauty themed exhibit in the Fall.
  • The Mark Twain Riverboat will have a very short refurbishment from April 21st to the 23rd.
  • Finally, Bill Stevens on MousePlanet caught a glimpse of the Mark VII Monorails actually running on the track by the Matterhorn. But to see the picture, we’re gonna have to make you check out the DLR Update on MousePlanet!

2008 California Food & Wine Weekends

WDWNT Author on February 19, 2008

Disney have released details on this year’s California Food & Wine Weekends. The signature event tickets are now on sale. And a new addition this year is that some parts of the event will not be restricted to weekends. The Taste of California Marketplace, as well as the festival wine and gift shops, will be open every day from April 11 to May 5, 2008.

Bellow is some more specific information on the event from the press release:

Taste
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Stage 17, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, Disney’s California Adventure Park
Price: $125 per person (tax and gratuity included, no discounts apply)

Celebrity Chef Dinner with Guy Fieri
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Napa Rose Restaurant at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa
Price: $185 per person (tax and gratuity included, no discounts apply)

Winemaker Dinners
Dates:
April 11 – Chappellet Winery – Phillip Titus, Winemaker
April 18 – Twomey Cellars – Daniel Baron, Winemaker
April 25 – Nickel & Nickel Single Vineyard Wines – Darice Spinelli, Winemaker
May 2 – Pride Mountain Vineyards – Steve Pride, Proprietor
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Hotel
Price: $125 per person (including tax and gratuity, no discounts apply)

Napa Rose Cooking School
Dates: Saturdays, April 12, April 19, April 26 and May 3
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Napa Rose Restaurant at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa
Price: $400 per person (including tax and gratuity, no discounts apply)

Festival Wine Receptions
Dates: Friday and Saturday, April 11, April 12, April 18, April 19, April 25 and April 26
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Lower Patio of the Golden Vine Winery
Price: $55 per person (including tax and gratuity, no discounts apply)

Taste Wine Like An Expert with Michael Jordan, M.S.
Dates: Sunday April 13, April 20, April 27 and May 4
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Napa Rose Restaurant at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa
Price: $45 per person (including tax and gratuity, no discounts apply)

DisneyGeek DLR Picture Update

WDWNT Author on January 1, 1970

Our friends over at DisneyGeek have posted a new Disneyland Resort Update, & here are a few of the most interesting pictures:


Some of the trams are getting new seats, which have a rougher feel to them


A rare Downtown Disney update… The Pirates room in the World of Disney has been replaced with a Toontown room


A bunch of drawings like this have been placed on the shelves


More pictures of the Toontown room can be found here


A bunch of signs for the Food & Wine Weekends have been placed around DCA. Let’s take a look at a few of them…


The main entrance to the Golden Vine Winery


These signs are on various lamp-posts & light-towers through-out the park


Along the pathway near the Golden Vine Winery


The entrance to Pacific Wharf


Pretty self-explanatory


Quickly over to Disneyland we go… A better look at the new Grand Marshal vechicle


And finally, this sign appears outside the Dream Suite if it is occupied

Thanks again to DisneyGeek for these pictures! For many more, check out their latest Disneyland Resort Update!