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Category Archives: Hong Kong
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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Toy Story Land Officially Opens at Hong Kong Disneyland
Today, our friends at Hong Kong Disneyland are making history with the official grand opening of Toy Story Land. It’s a new Toy Story-themed area with a bunch of fun main attractions like RC Racer, Slinky Dog Spin and Toy Soldier Parachute Drop. And you can experience the feeling of being shrunk to the size of a toy in Andy’s backyard to play with your favorite Toy Story friends.
Looks great, right? Well, there’s more to come. Toy Story Land is the first of three themed areas planned at Hong Kong Disneyland. The second themed area at Hong Kong Disneyland will be called Grizzly Gulch and it’s scheduled to be completed and opened to the public in 2012. And the Mystic Point themed area is expected to open in 2013.
Check out a few more images of Toy Story Land and some photos from opening day.
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Source Disney Parks Blog
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Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, where Disney IS school!
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 leaves readers creative ways to learn while they play when Disney IS school.
Here’s a sampling of what you might find:
- Watch Dumbo and learn about aviation. Build a paper airplane with an elephant’s proportions. Discuss fuselage size and shape. Ask students if large wings (or ears) help or hinder flight.
- Ride Disneyland’s Mad Tea Party. Stop the math frustration spinning in your child’s head and have a Mad Math Fractions Tea Party!
- Observe Tinker Bell’s flight from a castle turret during Wishes Nighttime Spectacular fireworks at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in person or by Youtube video. Following instructions at the Science Buddies website, measure the intensity and duration of light produced by glow sticks.
Non-homeschoolers are welcome too! Supplement children’s schoolwork to keep kids from stagnating during summer break or holidays. Classroom teachers, enhance lesson plans or offer additional course work.
Stretch the boundaries of your home classroom!
Tiggerific Tuesday! Blog Hop...or Bounce!
MAGICAL MOUSE SCHOOLHOUSE hosts the weekly blog hop, Tiggerific Tuesday, a linky social to network with fellow bloggers. We also run GIVEAWAYS on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, and we hop aboard the Magical Blogorail Yellow Line every 1st Friday.
For an additional learning experience and educational incentives, sign up for the monthly Earn Your E.A.R.S. (Enriching Academic Reward Series). Registration opens October 1, 2011. Click the link to learn more.
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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A Look at Hong Kong Disneyland’s Tinker Bell Castle
The park is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and in honor of this milestone, they have introduced a character that had never before appeared at the park. Although our domestic parks have featured her for years, this special celebration marked the introduction of Tinker Bell to Hong Kong Disneyland.
The park has welcomed Peter Pan’s top pixie in grand style, temporarily transforming their Sleeping Beauty Castle into Tinker Bell Castle, with the addition of gold elements that represent a sprinkling of pixie dust that glitters during the day and sparkles at night.
So, what do you think of the castle?
See what else has been happening at our resorts around the world:
- Giant Disney Sleeping Beauty Sand Castle Created in Paris
- Disney Inspires Artist Sand Sculptures – Take a Virtual Tour
- First Look: Jasmine’s Flying Carpets Makes Royal Debut at Tokyo DisneySea
Source Disney Parks Blog
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