Shanghai Disneyland is Coming in 2015

Disney is continuing it’s plan of World Domination with it’s newest park opening in China. Shanghai Disneyland is slated to open in 2015 with a Magic Kingdom style park. Disney currently has International Parks (with partners or other owners) in Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong, China. Shanghai Disneyland

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A Disney Year in Review 2013

A new Disney president and Disney princesses. Expansion and new experiences. Monsters, a night of mayhem and MyMagic+.  All this and more was introduced this year at the Walt Disney World Resort, around Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and within The Walt Disney Company.  Although impossible to cover all of

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Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is Most Visited Theme Park in the World

The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida has received another top honor, its Magic Kingdom park is the most visited theme park in the world! To celebrate Disney raised their ticket prices! Woohoo! The Themed Entertainment Association has released a report stating that more than 17.5 million people visited the Magic

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Tokyo Disney Resort Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Earlier this week, the Tokyo Disney Resort began celebrating its 30th anniversary! On Monday, April 15, 2013, a year-long celebration began with a grand celebration at the Tokyo Disney Resort. Exactly thirty years before, the first guests walked through the gates at Disney’s first international theme park, the Tokyo Disney Resort. Tokyo DisneySea

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Goofy’s Paint ‘n’ Play House Opens at Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland’s newest attraction, Goofy’s Paint n Play House,  opened this week! When in the house, you can use a “Toontown Splat Master” – a paint shooting applicator to redecorate Goofy’s room. By pushing a button, turning a handle or puling a string you can make different colors of what

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Do You Speak the Disney’s Language?

The world of Walt Disney entertainment is so unique it requires its own language. Some words originated directly from Walt and his Imagineers. Others, it seems, have grown into their own Disneyness and have acquired new meanings along the way. Attraction = a theme park ride or show Audio animatronics

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Tokyo Disneyland hosts gay weddings in Japan

Despite their having no legal status, same sex couples are able to hold fairytale wedding ceremonies at hotels inside the popular Tokyo Disney Resort, including at the Cinderella Castle, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. News of the unions came to light when Koyuki Higashi, 27, enquired about marrying her female

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2 Chinese men arrested for Tokyo Disneyland ticket fraud

Two Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to exchange illegally obtained pre-admission tickets to Tokyo Disneyland for real tickets, police said on Dec. 25. The two men — one of whom is a 24-year-old university student and a resident of Saitama Prefecture — were arrested on suspicion

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Toy Story Mania! Will Open at Tokyo DisneySea July 9

Tokyo Disney Resort recently announced that a new attraction – Toy Story Mania! – will debut at Tokyo DisneySea on July 9, 2012. The attraction will be located in Toyville Trolley Park, a new area themed after an old-fashioned amusement park. Toy Story Mania! will have a few differences from

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Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, where Disney IS school!

MAGICAL MOUSE SCHOOLHOUSE is a unique blog that plusses the homeschool experience and prompts home educators to think outside the textbook. Our bi-weekly posts expose teachable moments in Walt Disney entertainment, from the history of Walter Elias Disney to Audio-animatronics, from theme park attractions to Disney conservation efforts. Each article

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Disney Character News and Rumors for August 2011

It has been a pretty quiet month for character news on Character Central but I am sure as we move into the fall and get closer to Halloween (Mickey’s No So Scary Halloween Party) and Christmas (Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party) we will be hearing more! Walt Disney World Tink

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