File this under awwww! to cute
Name:
“Chip and Dale with Peanut”
Release Date:
03/27/10
Location:
Disney’s Soda Fountain & Studio Store – Hollywood, CA
SKU:
909112390
Retail:
$10.95
Edition Size:
300
This limited edition pin features Chip and Dale with a peanut. The pin will be released on March 27th starting at 9:30 am.
Please Note – All information is subject to change including but not limited to artwork, release dates, edition sizes and retail prices.
For as long as I can remember when making my rounds in Fantasyland I and countless others have walked by the above picture. Now it is home to stroller parking and usually has a Cast Member directing people away. But where did it come from?
It was called Skyway to Tomorrowland / Fantasyland
The Skyway, one of the original Walt Disney World attractions, present when the park first opened in 1971, was an aerial cable car ride, which took guests between the Fantasyland and TomorrowLand in the Magic Kingdom. The ride lasted about 5 minutes and offered some spectacular views but did present an eye sore in photos and video.
Here is a complete ride video from 1998
While the Tomorrowland station was demolished in 2009 the Fantasyland Station is still alive and well.
Photo of the Tomorrowland station from Yesterland.
For a complete history of this ride check out Yesterland website here.
So what about the Fantasyland Station is it a monument of things gone by? Will it be demolished for something else when the Fantasyland expansion begins?
We will have to see in the upcoming months..
Let me know what you think in the comment section below.
Roger B. asks:Â Â I read somewhere that they have a movie theater and I wondered if my family and I would be able to see Alice in Wonderland on our upcoming trip…?
Love the site keep up the great work! I told all my friends about ChipandCo!!
Roger: Thanks for reading Chip and Co and for spreading the word around. Yes, you’ll be able to see new movies on DCL ships. Â
Fun fact:  Disney often premieres new movies on their ships about twelve hours before the movies are released into the theater.
Have a great time on your cruise.
Chris
You probably think you’ve already read all of the adventures of Christopher Robin and Pooh in the 100 Aker Wood.
You’ve read about the the spelling bee, about Tigger’s dreams of Africa and the Harvest Festival. But have you, I wonder, ever read about the time when Aliens came to the wood?
I didn’t think so.
Sit down, dust off the Internet and give this lengthy tale of bothered stomachs, left 4 dead Eeyore and a Tigger doing what Tiggers do best… while driving a power loader.
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Nancy W. writes:Â What is the best value resort to stay at while visiting Disney World? Are some better than others or offer more features?
Nancy: Thanks for your question. I love staying at the values. It gets you on site for a reasonable price and gives you most of the perks that someone staying at a deluxe enjoys without the high price, but the rooms, at around 260 square feet, are small and the decor is a bit loud.  Still, if you want a clean, happy place to rest your head at night, the values are the place to do it.  Despite the fact that Pop is closer to Epcot and Hollywood Studios and the All-Stars is closer to Animal Kingdom, there isn’t a huge difference in travel times to and from the parks when going in your own vehicle.  All of the resorts have similar amenities, food courts, self-parking, and multiple kid-friendly pools. Having said that, I do have my favorite and it’s Pop Century.
I’m a big fan of Pop  for one huge reason:  Unlike the other values, it tends not to get large school groups. It’s not that I don’t love children; I have three of my own. But I don’t relish being woken up at 2:00 a.m. because a group of rambunctious cheerleaders decided to they need to practice.   Lately, this type of behavior has been a big issue for the All-Stars, generating plenty of complaints on Disney message boards.  Of the three All-Star Resorts, All-Star Sports tends to get the most school groups.
Pop has two other strong points as well. One, it doesn’t share a bus with any other resorts. At the All-Star Resorts, your bus will stop at all three resorts before it makes the journey to the park, making for crowded buses. Another strength is Pop’s food court, which routinely ranks the highest of the values in guest satisfaction.
One advantage of the All-Stars has to do with check-in. While the All-Stars have nearly 6000 rooms, check-in is divided by the three resorts. Pop has less than 3000 rooms, but all of them check-in in the same lobby.  There are lots of desks and it’s remarkably well-organized, but it can get hectic if you’re visiting during an especially busy time.
Beyond these points, I think it becomes a matter of what your needs are and your personal tastes.  All-Star Music has family suites which are great for larger families or groups, so if you need more room, it may be your best choice. Younger kids aren’t going to get many of the pop culture references at Pop, so the may be lost on them, although it’s still cheerful and bright, two big pluses for kids.    Kids seem to enjoy All-Star Movies because they can see icons of some their favorite characters, but I figure they’re seeing enough characters in the parks. Not seeing a gigantic Mr. Potato Head outside their resort room window isn’t going to ruin Junior’s trip, so choose the resort that fits you best.
I hope this helps!
Disney Theme Park Merchandise and Precious Moments Dolls are presenting a brand new collection of Limited Edition Disney-Inspired dolls. These special dolls have been created especially for Disney Parks by renowned doll artisan, Linda Rick.
Special for spring, Precious Moments Dolls & Disney Theme Park Merchandise have created a line of Pretty in Pink dolls featuring your favorite Disney Princess & Characters in their classic gowns that have been fashioned from shimmering pink fabrics and lace. The dolls will be available at Heritage Manor in Epcot beginning April 2, 2010.
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Artist and designer Kevin Kidney posted photos of the construction of the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse at Disneyland in 1962.
It’s the early part of 1962 and six tons of steel are rapidly becoming the Family Robinson’s island homestead. Had construction stopped right here it still would have been a very impressive work of minimalist modern art.
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Interesting news from Sarah Tully at Around Disney/OC Register
Disney visitors now can buy park tickets straight from one parking lot.
Guests can use their credit cards to pay for tickets, park hoppers, annual pass upgrades and stroller rentals at four portable kiosks in the new Toy Story parking lot.
The lot opened Friday on Harbor Boulevard south of Katella Avenue across from the Anaheim Convention Center. Read more about the new Disney lot.
Disney officials hope that visitors can avoid the lines at the ticket booths in front of the parks and head straight into Disneyland or Disney’s California Adventure after the shuttle drops them off.
The new kiosks look similar to food carts and can be moved depending on the crowds. On Monday morning, the kiosks sat next to the shuttle stops.
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“At the Movies” is fading to black after 24 seasons.
The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11’s mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger Ebert and Tribune’s Gene Siskel.
Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.
The plug nearly was pulled last year after one season with poorly received Ben Lyons of E! Entertainment Television and Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies in the critics’ chairs.
That pairing was installed in a misguided bid to bring a new sensibility to the program, following a bitter divorce from Ebert and Richard Roeper, the Sun-Times colleague Ebert picked to succeed Siskel after Siskel’s 1999 death from a brain tumor at age 53.
Instead, last August, just weeks before the new TV season, Disney-ABC announced it had hired Phillips and Scott. Respected print reviewers, they were a throwback to the tradition and standards of Ebert, Siskel and Roeper. But their earnest, sometimes bookish approach — a sharp contrast to the slick, too often superficial approach of Lyons in particular — failed to restore the viewership the two Bens squandered.
“To their credit,” Phillips said Wednesday night, Disney-ABC “never tried to make us anything we weren’t.”
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Great article from io9 talking about the upcoming movie starting Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent :
From her two-pronged headdress down to her pet crow, Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent has always been the baddest of the bad. She’s so delightfully evil she may be the first Disney villain to get her own live action feature.
Even though Cruella de Vil was brought to life by Glenn Close, she was always second banana to the pound of dalmatians. Rumor has it that Disney wants a Maleficient-centric script – they’re fat with Alice In Wonderland cash and ready to spend a little more. Hoping to strike it rich again Disney has hired Alice‘s screenwriter Linda Woolverton to write the screenplay.
But also by hiring Woolverton, they’re reignited the rumors that Tim Burton might want to direct this feature, since they worked so well before. Internet rumors are swirling that the dark director is very interested in the project. We’re just hoping the new script may have more of a Wicked feeling and less of the “let’s put Helena Bonham Carter in it” Burton style.
According to THR:
Woolverton’s “Maleficent” movie would tell the classic fairy tale from the point of view of the self-proclaimed “Mistress of All Evil,” offering a new take on a classic tale as she did with Lewis Carrol’s “Alice.”
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Stitch Kingdom is reporting on the early closure of Toy Story Mania and Star Tours. They are stating these are not official but come from a very reliable source:
Our source informs us that Star Tours will close on September 8. This is earlier than announced by former Disney Parks and Resort Chairman Jay Rasulo at last year’s D23 Expo, but not unexpected. It’s also scheduled to take place after Celebration V, which takes place in Orlando this year, ends in mid-August.
The anticipated upgrade for Star Tours (aka Star Tours 2.0) features a 3D film (for which D23 Expo-goers were treated to a sneak peek) and reported ‘multiple destinations’ for the Star Tours Travel Agency. Initial rumors had it closing post-Star Wars Weekends in 2010 and pre-Star Wars Weekends in 2011. Our source gives us a scheduled re-opening date of May 20, 2011, so that’s cutting it pretty close!
Our source also informs us of an earlier and much shorter refurb, also at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, for Toy Story Mania which is scheduled to close on August 15 and re-open on September 5.
For more refurb news and information check out Stitch Kingdom here.
