Sat, 9 July 2011
<p>We’ve got an official DisGeek Trip Report. Goofy s Sky School, Paradise Pier, 4th of July fireworks, and more. Plus Tip of the week and a visit to the Main Street Newsstand. Click More for full show notes.</p> <p><!--more--></p> <p><strong>News</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-executive-changes-20110705,0,6941221.story" target="_blank">Meg Crofton named President of operations in the U.S. and France.</a></p> <p>Matterhorn Closes next week for a lengthy referb. Set to open in SEPT. Rumours say the bobsleads will receive lapbars.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-prepping-adventure-movie-based-206982" target="_blank">Disney To make new movie based on Matterhorn</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/07/06/disneyland-rolls-out-new-audio-guide-blind-visitor/" target="_blank">Disney Rolls out new Audio Guides for the Visually Impaired</a></p> <p>Listen to <a href="http://www.windowtothemagic.com/index.html" target="_blank">A Window to the Magic</a> #250 to get an idea on how this works.</p> <p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/disney-travel-in-national/mickey-s-halloween-party-tickets-go-on-sale-at-disneyland" target="_blank">Tickets for Mickey’s Halloween Party now on sale</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-halloween-disneyland-16796/" target="_blank">Some more details for Mickey's Halloween Party</a></p> <p><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/06/disneyland-grad-nite-new-twists-on-a-50-year-tradition-coming-in-2012-and-2013/" target="_blank">Gradnight moves to DCA</a></p> <p>Corn Dog Castle reopens</p> <p><a href="http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/dining/menus-detail.cfm?restaurant.ID=544 " target="_blank">http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneyland/dining/menus-detail.cfm?restaurant.ID=544 </a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Feature Trip Report</strong></p> <p>Talk about Goofys Sky School</p> <p>Redwood Creek Challenge Trail with the UP Characters. </p> <p>Disneyland Hotel, </p> <p>Tangaroa Terrece, Trader Sams, </p> <p>Paradise Garden Dining area, </p> <p>Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta</p> <p>Paradise Garden and Grill.</p> <p>What’s with the walk around vendors selling ice cream and stuff? Were they always there?</p> <p>4th of July Fireworks. </p> <p>Star Tours randomness? 50 something odd adventures? Out of 5 rides I saw the exact same things twice maybe 3 times.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ocweekly.com/2011-06-30/food/trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar-tangaroa-terrace-disneyland-hotel-anaheim/" target="_blank">Trader Sams</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Tommy’s Tip of the Week (without tommy)</strong></p> <p><a href="http://mousewait.com/blog/?p=217" target="_blank">"Charging Stations"</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong></p> <p>Daniel - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/disgeekpodcast" target="_blank">@disgeekpodcast</a></p> <p>Paul - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/disgeekpaul" target="_blank">@disgeekpaul</a></p> <p>Tommy- <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tommypix" target="_blank">@tommypix</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Facebook - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-DisGeek-Podcast/170058533015025" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-DisGeek-Podcast/170058533015025</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Stitcher - <a href="http://landing.stitcher.com/?srcid=853" target="_blank">http://landing.stitcher.com/?srcid=853</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Voicemail - 661 450-8290.</p> <p> </p> <p>Email - <a href="mailto:podcast@disgeek.com">podcast@disgeek.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Review us in itunes!</strong></p> |
Thu, 23 June 2011
Daniel and Paul gets some sense knocked into them as they talk the 5 senses of Fantasyland. News Disney Park Blog announces 4th of July Entertainment Cast Member Previews going on for Goofy’s Sky School ElecTRONica Extends to Spring 2012 All New LaserMan Show (LASERMAN: R3CONF1GUR3D!) Disneyland Resort Price Increases
5 Senses of Disneyland (Sight, Sound, Smell, Tastes, Feeling)
Tip of the Week w/ Tommy Pix
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Thu, 9 June 2011
Summer Season at the Disneyland Resort has officially begun with the Soundsational Summer promotion. Of course this means the opening of Star Tours: The Adventure Continues, The Little Mermaid: Arial's Undersea Adventure, Goofy’s Sky School, and Mickey’s Soundsational parade. While Goofy’s is not quite ready for prime time yet, everything else is and we have seen it all. So keep on listening and hear what we think of these new attractions. News Disneyland’s Wally Boag Dies at Age 90 Disneyland’s Betty Taylor at Age 91 Special Discounts for Southerns California Residents at Disneyland this Summer New Updates Make Disneyland Hotel Better than Ever E3 Microsoft Press Conference they announced “Disneyland Adventures” for Kinect Mission Tortilla is Officially Closed. Rumour has it that Ghirardelli’s (The Chocolate Company) will replace it. And of Course Star Tours, Little Mermaid, and Mickey Soundsational Parade now officially open. Star Tours On opening morning, the queue for the attraction stretched from the entrance of Tomorrowland, filled the central plaza and stretched down Main Street, U.S.A. Following the attraction's opening around noon, the line moved off Main Street, but still ranged between two to four hours throughout the day. Little Mermaid Also on Thursday, Disney officially opened the new Little Mermaid attraction in California Adventure. The event included a live performance by the voice of Ariel herself, Jodi Benson along with Sherie Rene Scott who portrays Ursula in Broadway's "The Little Mermaid" show. Also in attendance was the original voice of Ursula, actress Pat Carroll. Following Thursday's grand opening, the rush to experience the new attraction was felt Friday morning as eager guests filled a massive extended queue that wound its way throughout Paradise Park, along Grizzly Trail and into the park's entryway, Sunshine Plaza. Feature Soundsational Summer is officially underway with Star Tours, Little Mermaid, and Mickey’s Soundsational parade now open. We’ve seen it all and we will share our thoughts. Paul Rode Star Tours again and Daniel got to ride 4 times. Does the whole Multiple Destinations hold up? Daniel and Paul's review of Little Mermaid - Arials Undersea Adventure. Daniel and Pail’s review of Mickey Soundsational Parade. Tip of the week with TommyPix. Places at the DL Resort to cool off Daniel - @disgeekpodcast "Like" us on Facebook! Listen to us on Stitcher! |
Thu, 26 May 2011
Daniel and Paul talk Star Tours baby! Plus latest stuff going on at the resort and parking tips from TommyPix. Just don't ask Paul to take your photo. You've been warned. News Disney Soft Opens Star Tours Friday - Lines were around the 2 hour mark and the queue extended throughout Tomorrowland and around the Plaza Inn and the end of Main Street. World of Color added an expanded Pirates of the Caribbean Scene with with material for the new film. It replaces the Chernabog sequence. Seating Area and the Information Booth in Sunshine Plaza is completely gone as that area in DCA continue to Transform in Buena Vista Street. Blue Sky Updates include New Posters for Grizzly River Run, Little Mermaid, and Goofys Sky School Goofy Sky School Some Animated billboards have gone up Seaside Souvenirs has a new signage, popcorn lights, and a blue and white awnings. Corn Dog Castle Reopens Little Mermaid Walls are now down and cast member previews begin. Tarps go up at Golden Horseshoe. Looks like the building. Over at Disney Gallery the Mary Blair exhibit we talked about last time is now open BlackBeard now appears in Pirates StarTrader Reopens with new look and new star wars merch Feature (sort of) Daniel’s Trip report that is a comedy of errors. Paul’s Trip Report and Star Tours Review Tip of the week @Tommypix tell us where we can park it. May the Force be with you! twitter - @disgeekpodcast - Follow or we'll send a sith lord to get you. And no, C3PO will not save you. |
Thu, 5 May 2011
In this episode Paul and Daniel take a look at what's on the Drawing Board. This time it's Carsland! We also visit the Main Street News Stand and as always our Tip of the Week. Click MORE for full show notes. News Disneyland Closes some attractions due to Pirates Premiere - The closed features are: Sailing Ship Columbia, Mark Twain Riverboat, Tom Sawyer’s Island, Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes and the Fantasmic! show. The attractions are set to reopen May 12.
DL - Star Tours, Splash Mountain, Star Trader store, Gadget's Go Coaster ride, Stage Door Cafe and The Golden Horseshoe restaurant. DCA - Mulholland Madness (Reopening as Goofy’s Sky School), and crews are converting a dining and shopping complex in the Paradise Pier area, which is expected to open this summer http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2011/04/28/disneyland-closes-attractions-for-pirates-premiere/76491/
Disney sets up some new crowd control measures in Adventureland, NOS, and Frontierland due to pirate premiere. The bridge over the Pirates of the Caribbean queue is divided for easier crowd flow.
Disney Blog gives us a look at Ariel’s Wedding Dress (probably to coincide with the Royal Wedding) http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/first-look-at-the-royal-wedding-dress-ariels-that-is/
Soundsational Sneak Peak - Last week disney filmed a commercial for Mickey’s Soundsational Parade and we got a little sneak peak of two floats http://www.ocregister.com/news/parade-297831-disneyland-new.html
http://micechat.com/forums/blogs/dateline-disneyland/1814-soundsational-sneak-peek-mermaid-lights-signs-bye-bye-brother-bear-more.html
Mary Blair Tribute at Disney Gallery - The Art of Mary Blair celebrating 45 years of it’s a small world http://psc.disney.go.com/eventservices/artofdisneyparks/event/dlr_thedisneygallery.html
Nighttime Entertainment Boosts DCA attendence http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2011/04/19/nighttime-entertainment-boosts-disney-business/75417/
Marvel wants IN at Disneyland - “It’s the biggest dream of all” (keep dreaming) http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/116/1162758p1.html
Quick Hits Main Street Building refurbishments done and look brand spanking new. Tomorrowland Star Tours Neon now glow a purpleish blue to match the new marquee (used to be orange and red) Buzz has Purple and Green The Star Tours Mural has been updated to include the Starspeeder 1000 Little Mermaid Marquee up (but covered) & Little mermaid building lights are now on at night (looks amazing) In DTD Kitson Kids Closed (I never knew it was there!) Celebrity Spotting in DL over the last few weeks: Matt Damon, Hugh Hefner and his wives (he was riding around in an old man scooter) Paris Hilton, Tom Brady
Feature On The Drawing Board - Cars Land
Luigi's Flying Tires http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKoj4olEm0 http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/cars-radiator-spring-7392/
Tip of the Week Fireworks Viewing - @tommypix |
Thu, 21 April 2011
In this episode it's Us vs. Them Haunted Mansion style! We also visit the Main Street News Stand and as always our Tip of the Week. Click MORE for full show notes.
Main Street Newsstand
Quick Hits
RunDisney Announces Newest Race: Tinker Bell Half Marathon WTF do they name a foot-race after Tink!? She FLIES!!
Goofy Sky School opens June 3rd
Main Street refurbs continue. Tarps are up that look like the buildings.
Star Trader got new paint - a purple blueish color and astronaut Micky survived! Shops re-open on May 4th
Over at Little Mermaid, the Scaffolding has been removed from the Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda. A leftover from Golden Dreams. Revealing a new color scheme of tan, a kinda teal looking color. Doesn't really match little mermaid building so it will be interesting to see if this is going to be used for something different. Maybe it’s not finished.
Maliboomer Park now open. Some say it’s ugly, I say who cares it’s temporary
Star Tours Scaffolding has come down revealing a interesting geometric design and dark purple color scheme. The new Marque looks sweet!
Shanghi Disneyland officially breaks ground
Feature - Us Vs. Them
Haunted Mansion
They Have: Virtual Que, new anis of Hitchhiking Ghosts, New sequence at the end with the mirrors.
We Have: The Original, Haunted Mansion Holiday.
All Things Haunted Mansion - http://www.doombuggies.com/
Tip of the Week
Correction of Last weeks tip
Facebook tip
Ashley Hodgson
A good Disneyland tip is the free coffee refills at The Market house near the middle of main street. They’ve been giving free coffee refills since 1955 because of Walt and to keep Walt's tradition alive they still continue it.
Purchase a cup of coffee (regular, decaf, vanilla or hazelnut) and save your receipt. At other food venues, you can get free refills only as long as you’re continuing to dine at the location. You can’t come back later for free refills. That’s a unique deal at Market House only.
Ashley says: We make sure every time we go to Disneyland to get the coffee and it now has become a tradition. I am surprised how many people do not know about it so we love this tip. Keep up the great work on the podcast!!!
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Wed, 30 March 2011
In this episode we get all microscopic as Daniel and Paul pay tribute to Adventures Thru Innerspace. We also visit the Main Street News Stand and as always our Tip of the Week. News DCA Animation Building screens reopen. Disney Jr. Reopens (With Jake and the Neverland Pirates) Pirates Preview debuts Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides Premiere at DL on May 7 Hungry Bear Re-Opens with new menu
Quick Hits In California Adventure, a new Cars 2 character meet-and-greet with Lightning McQueen and Mater has sprung up along the Cars Land construction walls near A Bug's Land. The Cars now appear here for photos instead of their former location in Condor Flats. Over at Little Mermaid some new trees has appeared at the entrance to provie shade for guest as they wait in line. In Tomorrowland the Main Entrance to Innoventions is closed. Guest scan now enter through a temporary entrance locaded the the exit ramp. Feature (Graveyard) Adventure Thru Inner Space http://themightymicroscope.com/walk-thru.htm
Tip of the Week Very Quick tip. All of the stores in Main Street are connected inside. So if you want to exit (or enter) the park while a parade or fireworks are going on, just walk through the stores. Do you have a tip? Let us know at podcast@disgeek.com or call our voicemail line at 661 450-8290
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Wed, 16 March 2011
In this episode, we talk D23 Member Mixer and Paul sees World of Color for the first time and wants to know what the devil is going on! We also visit the Main Street Newsstand and as always our tip of the week. News Disney Parks Blog post video about the impressive Ursula Anamatronic Disney Teaming Toy Story Stars Tom Hanks And Tim Allen For 'Jungle Cruise' Talking Mickey Tests Continue at ToonTown New Stores Set to Open in Downtown Disney
Quick Hits: About.com Names World of Color Best new Theme Park show of 2010 in their readers choice awards DCA Removed the scaffolding off the little mermaid revealing the front of the building Critter Country reopens although Splash Mountain and Hungry Bear restaurant remain closed Over in Tomorrowland, walls are down around the new UFO Disney Vacation Club booth. Looks Cool. Pan Pacific Auditorium Themed DCA Entrance has now gone vertical. Disney Jr. Live on Stage Signage appears including new, “Disney Theatre” marquee signage
Feature D23 2nd year anniversary Member Mixer & Paul seeing World of Color for the first time.
Tip of the Week Do you have a tip? Let us know at podcast@disgeek.com or call our voicemail line at 661 450-8290 |
Thu, 3 March 2011
In this episode, everything is Food Food Food! Daniel and Paul also visit the Main Street News Stand and go over the latest news, and as always, a very explosive tip of the week. News Carthy Circle Theatre will be a restaurant Opening Dates for Ariel, Star Tours, and Soundsational! Disneyland plans to change Fastpass rides Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sams to Join Disneyland Hotel this spring King Triton Statue has been placed atop Little Mermaid Building FFW - Mardi Gras New Menu items
Feature Disney Parks Blog Post - Our Favorite Dishes
Tip of the Week Viewing Disneyland Fireworks Do you have a tip? Let us know at podcast@disgeek.com or call our voicemail line at 661 450-8290 Twitter - @disgeekpodcast |
Thu, 24 February 2011
In this episode, our heroes's talk Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! Daniel and Paul also visit the Main Street News Stand and go over the latest news, and as always, our tip of the week. News Tip of the Week More iPhone aps |
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