Tag: Buena Vista Street

Holidays at the Disneyland Resort

It’s Holiday time at the Disneyland resort!

My work commitments keep me rather busy durring the holidays, but one of my favorite Christmas time traditions is to see Billy Hill and the Holiday Hillbillies.

This year, following the opening of Cars Land across the plaza, Disney had decided to move the Billies out of the Golden Horseshoe and into the Frontierland festival area.

The move has upset some, but I must admit that they are certainly taking advantage of the opportunity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTordsK-_8

What really impressed me was that they brought the Country Bears back!

Okay, so it’s not their old show, but it is still very cool to see Big Al and the gang back at Disneyland.

Meanwhile back over at DCA, Buena Vista St is all decked out for the holidays…

And the town center Christmas tree could not be any more perfect.

Cars land got a similar Christmas make over.

They did a really good job on it in my opinion.

And the make over looks especially good at night.

Of course, nothing compares to Sleeping Beauty castle after snowfall.

Except for possibly the Holiday Fireworks from the Astro Orbiter.

As always, you can click any photo above to see the full set of holiday photos from the resort.

December 1, 2012
Car’s Land Grand Opening!

Watch as Bob Iger, Tom Staggs, and John Lasseter officially open Cars Land!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJLlj8WK1c

So very exciting! Expect to see move coverage of all the new additions next week and continuing through the summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhKR2g222-I

June 17, 2012
Disney’s California Adventure Nears Completion

More exciting happenings from Disney’s California Adventure in advance of it’s formal June 15th rededication! Even Kobe Bryant is getting in on the fun!

They’ve been putting the finishing touches on the Carthay Circle Theater in advance of it’s formal debuit.

It’s looking very nice – I knew there was something important missing last time I saw it.

The Mad T Party is in previews now ahead of it’s formal premiere.

Mad is definately the right term for it!

Although the flamingo stilt walker was pretty cool.

And the arcade was pretty cool.

Meanwhile, Cars Land is doing Cast Member and Passholder Paid Previews…

… and the Radiator Springs Racers fastpass machines are in place.

Next door, the new Ghiradelli’s Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop is now open.

… and attracting quite a crowd!

Meanwhile over at Disneyland, Alice Davis has a new window on main street next to her husband Marc Davis’s window.

I think that’s enough for this update. There are more new photos from the parks in the gallery, just click any picture above to see the rest.

June 10, 2012
Carthay Circle Revealed & More Updates

Exciting things are happening at the Disneyland resort!

The Carthay Circle theater, the icon of the new Disney’s California Adventure, has finally been revealed!

It looks like the resteraunt has a rather impressive (and expensive) menu.

The new fountain is beautiful as well.

I’m really excited to see the rest of the new Buena Vista street… just two weeks left!

We also have a first look at the new “Mad T Party” nightime entertainment.

We’ll have to wait and see how it’s recieved, but I like the concept more than ElecTRONica.

Meanwhile, Cars land looks all but finished…

… and the nearby Ghirardelli Soda Fountain is expected to open next Tuesday.

Over in Paridise Pier, the Cove Bar has reopened.

And the boardwalk banners have been redone as well.

Meanwhile at Disneyland, the Matterhorn renovation looks to be just about finished and they are running test trains with the new cars.

And the monorails have undergone a minor wrap adding eyes and a mouth to each tain in support of their four wheeled friends in Cars land.

The new DCA additions look rather spectacular at night as well, although it was difficult to get good nightime pictures without a tripod.

Oh, and the LEgo store renovations are finally completed!

I haven’t gotten to go inside yet, but the exterior sculpures are simply amazing.

Wow, that’s a lot of photos in this update, but we’ve got over 90 new pictures from around the parks in the gallery, so be sure to click any picture above to see the rest!

June 1, 2012
Cars Land (& More) Photo Update

Disney has revamped the Blue Sky Cellar with new photos, concept art, schmantics, and a very impressive model of Cars Land!

It’s a great model that really shows how the whole project fits together.

Add that the new are and concept art to get a full look at the new land…

… plus some great new atraction posters.

And there’s a lot more about the three new rides as well!

Besides Cars Land, there was also a look at the new ride vechicles coming to the Matterhorn.

And a little bit about Buena Vista Street.

The Carthaway Circle is coming along very nicely!

As is the rest of Buena Vista Street.

Be sure to click on any picture above to see the full gallery of photos from my trip to the updated Blue Sky Cellar and of the park construction updates.

April 8, 2012
This week at Disneyland…

Tuesday was a very good day to go to Disneyland.

As you can see, the park was nearly empty at mid-day and lines were very short. The new Star Tours 3D was only 20 minutes! I waited three hours just last month.

They also have the halloween decorations up already, just check out these cute little pumpkins on main street.

Of course, with Halloween means that Jack Skellington and his friends are back at the Haunted Mansion.

This year’s gingerbread house was pretty cool. Be sure to get down there and check it out!

Speaking of new things at the parks, here’s a few illistrations of the new Buena Vista street…

… the temporary entrance to Disney’s California Adventure …

… the Carthay Circle Theater under construction …

… the Red Car Trolley …

… and Cars Land.

Disney also updated the Blue Sky Cellar on Monday with new attraction posters…

… some schematics from the Red Car Trolley…

… a look at the new Adventureland Tower of the Disneyland Hotel…

… the Carthay Circle Theater…

… and new cast member uniforms.

In the main exhibit floor they brought in a model of Buena Vista street that they had on exhibit at last month’s D23 Expo.

And they also had a table with a look at some of the interior design work for the new Buena Vista street shops.

Finally, on the way out the door, a little bit about the new Aulani resort.

Click any pic for the fullsize view. 🙂

September 30, 2011