Tag: Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande – Citadel Tree Lighting Videos

Ariana Grande of Victorious was the title performer at the 2012 Citadel Outlets Tree Lighting in LA.

She performed a total of five songs, including two orginal songs, a Justin Bieber cover, and two christmas covers.

Honeymoon Avenue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdtncnf7vP8

Put Your Hearts Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF3Q6YIY9gg

Die In Your Arms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaCyH936kMk

All I Want for Christmas is You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-oOlv88Lmc

O Holy Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTI33pQzds

And I just have to say, I loved the Christmas take on her usual outfit. 🙂

You can see the rest of my orginal photos from the concert in the gallery, just click either photo above to see the rest.

November 13, 2012
First Impressions of Cars Land

On Saturday June 23rd I made my first visit to the newly opened Cars Land at Disney’s California Adventure park.

It’s a big place! We’ve been peaking in on it from this angle for years durring the construction…

… But to stand at the other end and look back really is something to see.

The view of Grizzly Peak from Cars Land is quite impressive. It never really stuck me as a park icon before but now it really seems to stand out.

I started with Luigi’s Flying Tires – a really great addition to the park.

The line was structured in such a way that you could observe several complete ride cycles before riding.

That made it a lot easier, I thought, to get the hand of it when actually riding.

This ride is a winner. I hope it lasts a lot longer than it’s predecessor.

Radiator Springs Racers has been described as a “Super E Ticket” and I think that description fits.

The line winds through Stanley’s Oasis – the orginal Radiator Springs and the line really adds a lot to the story of the ride itself.

I actually saw a certain redheaded Nickelodeon actress in line for this ride, but that’s another story for another site.

The ride starts as a slow to medium paced dark ride before going two cars wide for the race.

Here, just have a look for yourself…

And finally, there was Matter’s Junkyard Jamboree.

Definately the least impressive of the three rides, but that’s grading on a serious curve.

Those cars have some serious “whip” to them! I was trying to hold my camera still for the onride video, but it really threw me around quite a bit.

I’ll save my thoughts on the rest of the Park for another post, but I must say that they did a great job with this new addition.

I have 130 orginal photos from around Cars Land in the gallery. Please click on any still image in this post to see the rest of the set.

June 25, 2012
Disney’s California Adventure Photo Update

On Thursday Febuarry 23rd 2012 I ventured back to Anaheim to see the lovely Miss Ariana Grande at the House of Blues Anaheim.

For those who may not be aware, Ariana is one of the stars of Nickelodeon’s hit series “Victorious.”

And I have a lot more from her show posted on my Nickelodeon Blog for those interested.

Of course, the Anaheim House of Blues is convently located in the downtown Disney district so before the show I went to check out the construction progress at DCA.

The Carthay Circle Theater is looking great peaking above the construction walls.

The Theater stands 89’6″ – that’s taller than Disneyland’s 77′ tall Sleeping Beauty Castle!

The trees are seriously obscuring the view into cars land, which looks to be coming together nicely.

Also of note, Grizzly River Run was drained for repairs and maintance.

And the new Minne’s Fly Girls show had permiered as well.

I’m also looking forward to the new Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop, between that and the Boudin Bakery I’ll never have to go to Sab Francisco ever again! LOL

And just ’cause, here’s an awesome picture of Sleeping Beauty Castle in the afternoon.

Click any pic for the fullsize view. 🙂

March 9, 2012