| Well, well, well, Ed moves on.
Oh don't be sad, he had a good run. So, anyway, over in Florida Walt Disney World may get a high speed railway,
"Up" hits Disneyland Paris, and a lottery system is unveiled at Tokyo Disneyland.
We also have reports on Star Wars in concert
and there are some lovely shots of
Santa Monica. Dig in! - Fishbulb
EDITOR'S PICK
Disneyland
Resort President Ed Grier resigns
In a somewhat unexpected move, Ed Grier, President
of the Disneyland Resort, announced his retirement. His 3 year
stint as President fits with most of the recent tenures at the
Disneyland Resort going back to Paul Pressler. It's also not
lost on anybody that Matt Ouimet just left Starwood. Are you
listening Bob?
Ed
Grier is Retiring!
dmomof
4 reports the week's big
announcement, Disneyland's President retires. Its time to dig
deep and recall those memories of Ed Grier. And time to tell
us who you think should be the next Disneyland President!
BBQ is scary for your bank account.
Disneyland President, Ed Grier retires, a new Disney Gallery
has emerged on Main Street, the first reports from Mickey's Trick
or Treat Party are coming in, and several other great Halloweentime
pictures and videos! ~ Aladdin
Splashmoun10's
'Ok, Maybe I Lied' Photo Update (9-29-09)
SplashMoun10 celebrates his birthday at Disneyland,
and brings back some phenomenal photos! Take a look here!
A
First Look at The Disney Gallery
CaptPhoebus has the scoop on the newly opened
Disney Gallery on Main Street! Take a look at his photos and
give us your thoughts on this makeover!
Halloween Time Video Trip Report from Disneyland
HV10N90 is back, this time with video of Space
Mountain's Ghost Galaxy, Halloween Screams, and more!
HalloweenTime
- October 3rd, 2009
disney princess tells the tale of her family's
HalloweenTime visit in Disneyland!
Mini-Update
10/2/09: Gallery, Villains Media Day, Pirates Down, & More!
Mac Daddy has some great photos of the new
Disney Gallery on Main Street, and then goes on a search for
some Villains!
Mickey's
Trick-Or-Treat Party '09!
Vidia has a great time visiting with several
Disney characters at DCA's Trick or Treat Party. Take a look
here!
Mickey's
Trick or Treat Party Trip Report! (Photo heavy)
AliceinWonderland reports from Mickey's Trick
or Treat Party in DCA!
Report
Card: Halloweentime at Disneyland Resort
California Adventure gives us his thoughts
about Disneyland's new additions, this October, in Report Card
format! What HalloweenTime grade would you for these various
attractions?
Welcome back, gang! Have you been to HalloweenTime at Disneyland
yet? If not, you really need to go! It is so neat to see the
park decorated for the haunting season…especially with
Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy – that’s a must ride!
Please keep posting your ghostly ideas and haunting rumors –
we would love to see them here for next week’s scary Roundup.
Muahahahaha! -Demigod
Indiana
Jones Adventure Major Refurbishment in 2010?
LangenFox wonders if Indy’s going to get
a good refurb in the next year.
Water
Park at Disneyland Resort
New MiceChatter asianbma asks why the DLR doesn’t
have a water park.
Move
Mickey’s Trick or Treat Party?
Dlandclub33 asks if you think moving this popular
Halloween event from DCA to Disneyland would work.
Ideas
for HalloweenTime in the future
MiceChat member MainSreetJake offers some ideas
on adding more content for HalloweenTime.
Halloween
Screamin’ Coaster!!!
JerrodDRagon would like to see Screamin’…well…really
scream for Halloween, and has an interesting story for the theme.
This week! As Epcot celebrates its 27th birthday, we have more
WDW in 3D! We have WDW in glorious 2D comic book format! We
have WDW in AnniversaryVision! And WDW to infinity... and beyond!
No matter how you look at it, WDW is the place to be! ~
PEZZ
Expedition
Everest Challenge and EPCOT
Also back with a graphic display of imagination, Coastierox
brings us the fun and excitement of the Everest Challenge as
only he can! Yowie!
More
Walt Disney World - in 3D!
Hot on the heels of his huge success last week, BoogaFrito
is back with a stereoscopic spectacular of in-your-face images
from around WDW! And to top it off: Stereogram Stretching Room
video! It's cool.
Stitchy's
anniversary trip!
Veteran MiceChatter Stitchy was able to go
to WDW with her adorable family to celebrate their 10th wedding
anniversary! She has a wonderful report where she gives us the
highlights with terrific photos! Take a look!
Back
from WDW and MNSSHP with Pics!
FairestOfThemAll had a great time at Mickey's
Not So Scary Halloween Treat as Snow White. She shows just how
much fun she had and also lives up to her Screen Name!
Epcot
then and now
In the spirit of observing Epcot's recent anniversary, we have
a retrospective rumination from Bespinally about how the park
has changed from then to now. Come and read what others think
of the 27 year evolution and share your thoughts as well!
Buzz
has returned from Space and is going to Disney World
OogieBoogie shares some amazing video of my
cousin Buzz Lightyear aboard the International Space Station
where he shared his Space Ranger skills with international astronauts.
Afterward, he is taking his buddy Buzz Aldrin to WDW to show
him around his other place of employment. He always was the
showoff of the family.
WDW
to provide 50 acres of free land for high speed train
MikeLand breaks this story about a possible
high speed rail system that would connect WDW with the Orlando
airport and a few other stops. Could the commute to the World
get a lot faster? Chances are, not very quickly...
Disney
Pixar 'Up' over Disneyland Paris
Olivier finds a cool video showing the UP promo
balloon getting ready for an appearance at DLP. I was mesmerized
watching the crew getting it ready in the early morning hours.
The
Disneyland Resort Paris Music Thread.
Do you have a favorite piece of DLRP park music either past
or present? Here is the thread to discuss your musical memories
from Paris.
I
Love Halloween! *Photo Heavy*
ichigopara loves Halloween and so do the Tokyo
parks. Behold these gorgeous photos of The Mysterious Masquerade
show and special food events.
Lottery
for BBB and OMD
A new lottery seating system is being rolled out for two of
TDL's most popular shows: Big Band Beat and One Man's Dream.
Good idea or bad? Info and discussion can be found here.
Joshrzmeup's
trip to the Historic Triangle (and Virginia Beach and Monticello)
Join Joshrzmeup on a quick trip to Virginia
to visit Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement and
Historic Jamestown, Yorktown Victory Center, Virginia Beach and
Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. Don't miss this historical
thread
Star
Wars in Concert at the Honda center
All of the serious Star Wars fans in Southern California were
at the Star Wars Concert at the Honda Center last Friday to
hear the music of John Williams with narration by none other
than C-3PO. Brad Chowen fills us in on the
details.
The Wonderful World of Santa Monica
Ryanvalle made a trip to Santa Monica recently
and came back with some spectacular photos. Be sure to check
out these incredible shots!
Photo
TR: Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights 2009 Media Day
Robbalvey made a recent trip to the Universal Studios Halloween
Horror Nights and comes back with a glowing review, claiming
that THIS is the best Halloween event in Southern California.
Be sure to check out this scary thread to find out why.
Monday was a day of change for Disney. As one
parks executive “retires”, a successor is named for
Dick Cook – sir clinksalot
Rich
Ross to head Walt Disney Studios
A few weeks after Dick Cook's departure, Disney has finally
named his successor, Rick Ross. Some of Rick's initial successes
have been with the 'tween' audience with shows like Hannah Montana,
Jonas Brothers and of course the High School Musical movies.
Nobody can deny their surprising popularity, let's just hope
we don't see a significant shift in the quality of other Disney
movies towards the younger demographic exclusively.
9/29:
Sue Kruse - Walt's World, Part I
Sue takes us on a visit this week to the new Disney Family Museum
in San Francisco. Part I of her report focuses on Walt before
he became world renowned. Join the discussion already in progress.
10/1:
Werner Weiss - Vanishing Act
The 'Wonders Of Life' was officially closed in early 2007. Currently,
the former home of 'Body Wars' and 'Cranium Command' is used
for the International Food and Wine Festival. Was this a GOOD
use of that space? Join Werner as he takes a look at the Wonders
of Life in Yesterland.
10/2:
David Michael - In The Parks
HalloweenTime, Gay Days Anaheim, Stroller Rentals, DCA Construction,
Pimped Out Tinkmobiles, and more!
10/5:
Andy Castro - Dateline Disneyland
Disney announces Give a Day Get a Disney Day, the Disney Gallery
opens, DCA progress, Downtown Disney, and More!
10/2:
Kevin Yee - Compendium, Part III
In this episode, Kevin runs the Disneyland Half-Marathon and
stays at the Disneyland Hotel. Did he survive? Will he run again
next year? Follow the link to find out!
10/3:
Weekend Update
This week's edition features the new Disney Gallery, Knott's
Haunt, Halloween at Universal Japan and the Islands of Adventure.
Don't miss these great shots!
Attack
of the Killer Bees!
Check out aimster's ordeal with bees on Saturday.
Recipe
Thread
Any recipes you want to share? DarthDucky does.
Do
you know of any fun wedding shower games?
Princess Buttercup needs good wedding shower
games. Any ideas?
The
theme of my wedding
winder*wonder has a great theme to her wedding.
Check it out!
Rich
Ross named chairman of Walt Disney Studios
Rich Ross is named head of the studio after
building up the Disney Channel.
Princess
and the Frog Leaked
Better check this out before it gets pulled...
D23
Expo Collector's Forum List
Can anyone help gpiltz with this?
Vacation
Club Villas
elitepetite needs help booking at the Vacation
Club Villas.
Pricing
Pins
OogieBoogie has an extensive collection of
Nightmare Before Christmas pins and would like more information
on how to get their values before selling them. Can you help?
Disney
Artist signing at the new Gallery
Queentitania19 shares how the Disney Gallery
will be celebrating its grand re-opening in the new location
on Main Street and wants to know if anyone else is going to
be there.
Commemorative
Certificates
Remember those commemorative certificates the Walt Disney Travel
Co used to hand out with packages? Rooby has
one from around the time Roger Rabbit opened and would like
more information about its potential value.
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