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Disney Parks Character News and Rumors for Dec 2011
Christmas Season is in full swing across all the Disney Resorts around the world bringing many special shows and characters.
Walt Disney World
- Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Parties are occurring throughout the month. Most of the characters found at the parties this year are the same as previous years; however, Jack Sparrow, Duffy and Phineas and Ferb have been added this year. Following the last of the parties on Dec 18th the party shows and parade will begin occurring during normal park hours.
- There are rumors that Dug and Russel from Up will be appearing in Disney’s Animal Kingdom for part of this month as a test of their popularity.
- Last month, Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! received a small update including adding Timon and Terk as well as musical changes.
- A new character lunch has been added at Tusker House; however, sadly this change resulted in losing several regular characters in the park including Lilo & Stitch, Terk, Jiminy Cricket, and Pocahontas at Rafiki’s Planet Watch
- At Disney’s Hollywood Studios Jake has finally made his official debut at both the Play ‘n’ Dine and outside Disney Junior Live at a meet ‘n’ greet.
Disneyland
- Mickey and many of his friends are appearing in their Christmas finest in both Disneyland Park and California Adventure. Santa is also meeting his many fans in both parks.
Disneyland Paris
- Mickey and many of his friends are appearing in their Christmas finest in both Parc Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios. This includes the introduction of Duffy for the first time.
- After months of speculation Disney’s Stars ‘n’ Cars has finally dropped the show part of the show/parade at the Studios and turned into a regular parade.
Tokyo
- There are rumors of a new daytime parade in 2013 to mark Tokyo Disneyland’s 30th anniversary
Hong Kong Disneyland
- The first of the three new mini-lands, Toy Story Land, opened and Woody, Jessie and the Green Army Men are reported to be appearing there regularly.
That is all the character news for this month. Be sure to visit Disney Character Central for all the latest character news and rumors!
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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 and her fairy friends have moved to their new home in the Adventureland Veranda which is now named Tinker Bell’s Magical Nook. Currently two fairies at a time are meeting and it normally consists of Tink + either Vidia or Rosetta. Hopefully the other fairies will make occasional appearances as well.
- The Magic Kingdom day parade is occurring twice a day during the summer. Due to this some of the regular Magic Kingdom characters may be in slightly different locations. This includes Goofy appearing near Pirates and Peter Pan sometimes making appearances near the entrance to Adventureland.
- On a sad note, WDW has decided to stop having characters appear during EMH… hopefully they will return some day
- Onto rumors, we are continuing to hear rumors about changes to MNSSHP. As of now it sounds like at least Gaston and Lotso will be joining the list of villains you can meet at the parties. We also know that there will be some changes to the popular Boo to You parade but don’t know all the specifics yet.
- Last month we reported the Flynn and Naveen had stopped making regular appearances in the parks. We have heard that they should return for MNSSHP and/or MVMCP… so if you missed them you should still have a chance to meet them if you go to the parties.
Disneyland
- Phineas and Ferb started making appearances in the form of a show called Phineas and Ferb’s Rockin’ Rollin’ Dance Party. Unfortunately they are not appearing for meet and greets but hopefully they will in the future!
- Tickets are now on sale for the Disneyland Mickey’s Halloween Treat Parties. These parties are similar to but smaller in scale to WDW’s MNSSHP but feature extra characters not normally seen in Disneyland
Disneyland Paris
- Darth Vader and Chewbacca are appearing in Discoveryland for the summer season
- Also, recently (probably because of it being peak summer season) there have been more random characters appearing around the parks including the elusive Seven Dwarfs
Tokyo
- The main change in Tokyo has been the premiere of changes to Dreamlights including new Aladdin, Tinker Bell and Toy Story units. They look spectacular!
That is all the character news for this month. Be sure to visit Disney Character Central for all the latest character news and rumors! Also this month on our site we have tons of new pictures from our most recent trip to Disneyland Paris and Disneyland where we saw tons of rare characters (many of which are new to the site) including the Robinsons and many of Stitch’s friends and cousins! We also just returned from our first trip to Hong Kong Disneyland and have started adding that resort to the site!
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Disney Character News and Rumors for July 2011
Walt Disney World
- Phineas and Ferb are now appearing daily in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- After a short break Lightening McQueen and Mater are meeting again daily at DHS with a new look for Cars 2
- Also staying in DHS, Winnie the Pooh has replaced Lotso in the Art of Animation building and is appearing daily
- Moving to the Magic Kingdom, sadly both Flynn Rider and Prince Naveen are no longer meeting regularly… there have been lots of people upset about this change so hopefully Disney will reconsider
- DVC is holding a series of promotional presentations in July and August but instead of their normal presentations these will have characters in attendance! More information can be found on Disney Character Central or on the DVC site
- Onto rumors, there are rumors that there will be changes to the Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Parties this year with potentially new characters! Currently it sounds like at least some of the characters in the Villains Mix and Mingle will change (currently Hades, Shan Yu, and Gaston are the mentioned as the possible new Villains). It is possible other character changes will occur for MNSSHP but haven’t heard what they might be yet
- In addition to changes to MNSSHP there are also rumors that some older rarer characters may be around in Oct to celebrate WDW’s 40th Birthday
Disneyland
- The Redwood Creek area in Disney California Adventure has received a theme change and now Russel and Dug from Up will be appearing there daily both for a mini show and a meet and greet!
- Also in DCA Phineas and Ferb will start making appearances this month!
- Tickets are now on sale for the Disneyland Mickey’s Halloween Treat Parties. These parties are similar to but smaller in scale to WDW’s MNSSHP but feature extra characters not normally seen in Disneyland
Disneyland Paris
- Darth Vader and Chewbacca will be returning for the summer season
- Also for the summer season the popular Tarzan Encounter show has returned to the Chaparral Theater after a two year hiatus
- There are rumors that Donald’s nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie may be appearing during DLP’s Halloween and Christmas seasons this year… we hope this happens!
Tokyo
With summer season starting there will be several changes to the characters and shows that are around in Tokyo
- The summertime castle stage show Cool the Heat is returning this year; however, the characters may be appearing in different outfits than last year
- The Naminamina character cavalcade/show will be returning to both parks
- Summer Oasis Splash will replace Chip and Dale’s Cool Service Deluxe but is expected to be similar (but possibly only will be in Mediterranean Harbor instead of traveling around the park)
- Sadly not returning are the Bon Fire Dance and Midsummer Nights Panic from last year
That is all the character news for this month. Be sure to visit Disney Character Central for all the latest character news and rumors! Also this month on our site we have tons of new pictures from our most recent trip to Disneyland Paris and Disneyland where we saw tons of rare characters (many of which are new to the site) including the Robinsons and many of Stitch’s friends and cousins!
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Disney Character News and Rumors for May 2011
Walt Disney World
May is one of the two months of the year that WDW usually changes around characters and this May is no different. The big changes are at Disney’s Hollywood Studios where Lotso has left the animation building to make way for Winnie the Pooh once his meet and greet area is complete. Also, Phineas and Ferb will finally be making their debut; however, it sounds like it has been delayed until the end of the month. There may be other changes coming this month… normally some characters return for the summer months that are rare during the winter (Wendy for example). Another upcoming change will occur once the Flower Garden Festival ends when the fairies will most likely return to the Magic Kingdom; however, they will probably be located in the Adventureland Veranda where the Princesses were located before the Town Square Theater opened.
Disneyland
The main character related news for Disneyland is the upcoming debut of the Soundsational Parade! From concept art and some previews it appears it will be a great parade! Once again Disneyland will have a parade worthy of it.
Disneyland Paris
April brought the beginning of the Magical Moments festival and with it a number of new shows and happenings. This includes a new once a day hub show named “Mickey’s Magical Celebration” that includes Sorcerer Mickey, Genie, Fairy Godmother, Merlin and most of the Disney royal couples. Also included is a Peter Pan happening named “Follow the leader with Peter Pan” which features Peter, Wendy, Hook, Mr. Smee, and John Darling! One upcoming rumor is that Star ‘n’ Cars will lose its show element and turn into a more normal parade with show stops that will feature character interaction.
Tokyo Disneyland
Due to the earthquake it has been announced that several planned upcoming events have been canceled. Sadly this includes the night time summer programs as well as Halloween events in Tokyo DisneySea.
That is all the character news for this month. Be sure to visit Disney Character Central for all the latest character news and rumors!
Photo credit charactercentral.net
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Walt Disney World Updates
The big upcoming character news for WDW are the changes coming because of Toontown closing. All the current residents of Toontown will be moving to new locations:
- Mickey and Minnie are moving to Tomorrowland near Space Mountain but may also occasionally show up in Frontierland and Liberty Square
- The Princesses will be moving to the Adventureland Veranda
- The Fairies (including Tink) will be moving to Epcot near MouseGear. At first not all the fairies may be out but at least Tink, Terrence, and Vidia should be and more of Tink’s friends may be back for Flower and Garden once that starts
The next big piece of news is that it has been announced that Phineas & Ferb will be coming to DHS in May!
Disneyland Updates
Family Fun Weekends are continuing through the beginning of March and extra characters or more common characters in special outfits have been there for each event.
In California Adventure they have expanded their little shows that have “replaced” the Pixar Play Parade and now there is a “Monsters Inc: Monster Mayhem” show in addition to the Heroes in Training show.
Due to various refurbs currently Critter Country is completely closed… no word on where or if the characters that normally meet there have found a temporary home while the refurb is going on.
Disneyland Paris Updates
Most of the current changes to Disneyland Paris are related to the Fantasyland refurbs with characters showing up in unusual places. For example the Disney All Star Express has had more random characters much like the original Character Express and some characters have randomly shown up in Videopolis. Things will probably be quiet in DLP until the start of the new festival in April.
That is all the news for this month. As always you can find the latest Character news and information as well as lots and lots of photos at Disney Character Central!
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