| Welcome to the August Round-Up
MiceChatters! This week brings around yet another dollop of Disney news
and discussions. Of note of course was that Disney hiked prices in California and Florida
as it was announced that the Paris resort will get a new E-Ticket based
on Ratatouille and Hong Kong will get the controversial Toy Story
Land as the first phase of three lands. -
Fishbulb
EDITOR'S PICK
Three threads really stood out
to me this week. In a move that apparently ignores the worst financial
crisis this country has seen since the great depression, Disney
has decided to counteract a lack of customer spending by markedly
raising their prices.
Basic
Hat Writing No Longer Free
BassBone sadly brings us news of Disneyland management breaking
long time tradition on Mickey Ears.
Disneyland
Price Increase as of August 2nd, 2009
Disneyland price increases as of August 3rd range from $3 for
a 1-day, 1-park ticket to $40 for a Premium Annual Passport.
Walt
Disney World Price Increase as of August 2nd, 2009
Walt Disney World price increases as of August 3rd range from
$4 for a 1-day, 1-park ticket and $2 for adding a park-hopper
option to your ticket. Because of WDW's ticketing options, it's
best to check online to find the price and options that best
fit your trip.
Forget the BBQ!
Disneyland “sticks it to guests” with admission price
increases, and for the first time ever, charging for adding your
name to Mickey Ears. “The Goat Trick” has been reimagineed
in video form! And a video look at Disneyland back in the late
60’s! ~ Aladdin
Fishbulb's
08.02.09 Trip Report
Fishbulb returns with his Sunday MiceChat meet
report. Check out all his entertaining photo report, here!
Wildest
Photos in the Wilderness: Frontierland
darkfairycthulu plays the part of Davy Crockett
and takes us on a tour of the old west in this photo report!
DizneyPhotoGuy
Trip Report - 7.27.09 - PHOTOS GALORE!
DizneyPhotoGuy has return with some more great
photos, beginning with Critter Country.
Old
Video With Some Neat Footage
WDITrent found this DL travelogue video from the 1960's. Take
a look at Disneyland from decades ago!
Goat
Trick Joke Video
animagusurreal gives their idea, in video form, of what it may
be like to successfully experience the 'Goat Trick' effect. For
those of you, who have not had a chance to ,
take a look here!
Welcome back to Disneyland Rumors and Imagineering! A new
month, and some ideas about changing DCA and there’s
also one to get rid of Fantasmic! Please keep posting your
ideas and rumors – we would love to see them here for
the next Round-Up! - Demigod
The
Carthay Circle Club concept rethought
MiceChatter thermo648 re-imagines a bit of the DCA expansion.
360
degrees of Disney
SanSooMaster would like to see a Circle-Vision theater
come back to Disneyland.
Kill
Fantasmic!
A lot of people like Fantasmic!, but Ice101 thinks that bringing
back nighttime parades could be better.
This week, a terrific birthday Trip Report and info about
what you're eating - and what's eating you! ~ PEZZ
Yoyo's
30th Birthday TR! (with NNL too)
Recent tricenarian YoYoFlamingo took his lovely
wife, NeverNeverLand, and lots of pictures on his trip to WDW!
Come and see the great pics and read the terrific commentary!
You may need a dip in the fountain afterward. And you may not...
Changes
to Dining Plan in 2010
Jerren fills us in on how we might be filling
ourselves in 2010. The Dining Plan has had MiceChatters buzzing
over the cost vs. benefit for some time. See how this new wrinkle
rankles!
Alien
Encounter
LittleImagineer never got to experience the
old Alien Encounter but wants to know what it was like from
those who did. There are plenty of stories, opinions, and ideas
of how the attraction could be resurrected.
This week, some fresh photos from France! Also, talking turtle
and other upcoming attractions & features! ~ PEZZ
Tokyo
- Turtle Talk w/Crush ticket promotion
Ichigopara has some news (and sneaky sneak
preview pics) of the new Turtle Talk with Crush attraction coming
to a sea near you!
Tokyo
Disney. Language issues?
LittleImagineer wants to know just how difficult
it is to navigate through TDL in English only. Many Chatters
have some great tips and advice on how to get by...
Paris
- First trip (Photo heavy)
GhostHostJeff has worked at the Parks in CA
and FL. Now, he recently got to visit DLRP for the first time!
His photography as outstanding and his observations are wonderful.
Check out this American in Paris - in style!
Hong
Kong - 'Toy Story Land' will come first
HongKongDisneyland reports that the newest
addition to HKDL will coincide with the third (and final?) Toy
Story film. Will this be better than Andy's room? Or would it
be better off in Sid's back yard?
Paris
- Ratatouille - kitchen fresh or sewer-bound?
Nathan Detroit wants to know the skinny on
MiceChatters' first opinions of the recently announced Ratatouille
dark ride. Will we be breathing in deeply the fragrant aroma...
or holding our noses?
Hong
Kong - Would the new HongKong-Zhuhai-Macau Mega Bridge bring
more visitors to HKDL?
HongKongDisneyland is back to proffer the opinion
that the proposed (and don't ask me to pronounce it) Mega Bridge
would bring Mega Crowds from Macau. The span itself is huge.
How huge? Take a look!
What do ice cream, an island and Great America have in
common? They're all featured in this weeks Other Parks Round-Up!
We're heading into the waning days of summer, so get those
summer vacation trip reports posted so we can feature them. ~ elly
Anna
Maria Island - PHOTO REPORT
FreakOuter84 takes us on an amazingly beautiful
photographic journey around Anna Maria Island in Florida. I'm
telling you folks, these photos are some of the most stunningly
wonderful ones I've ever seen on MiceChat.
Fenton's
Creamery (of UP fame) and California College of Arts and Crafts
Somehow darkfairycthulu always manages to find
the creepiest things to photograph, and this time there's some
tasty looking ice cream to drool over as well!
My
Final SFGAm Adventure.
With a move from Northern to Southern California ahead of him,
Director_Guy bids farewell to Six Flags Great
America in this trip report and gets some advice.
Remembering
A Great Time For Southern California: The '84 Games
Radiobarry reminisces about the 1984 Olympic
Games held in Los Angeles. It's been 25 years already? Wow!
It's
time to play 'Name That Puppy!'
Help Aladdin's mom decide the name of her new
female Bichon puppy!
Newlyweds
Game!
Kittiekyo got married and could possibly be
on the Newlywed Game! Any tips for her?
8/1:
Werner Weiss - Midget Autopia
Are you too small to drive an Autopia car? If you’re around
four years old, the answer is undoubtedly “yes.” Don’t
worry. You’re not too small for a Midget Autopia car (but
only in Yesterland).
7/31:
Sue Kruse - Pressing Matters
Sue's column
highlights press releases that you may have missed. This week's
edition features Gallery 3 of the Walt Disney Family Museum, a
classic film in a classic cemetery, and a dash of Mickey
apocalypse-style, among a other items.
7/31:
David Michael - In The Parks
As ticket prices soar at Disneyland, Knott's is already looking
forward to it's most magical time of the year as the transition
to Knott's Scary Farm is now under way. All of this and, of
course, baby ducks in this week's edition!
8/1:
Weekend Update
This week's update features spectacular photos of Harry Potter
in Chicago, the NFFC Convention, Spaceship Earth and more...
8/3:
Andy Castro - Dateline Disneyland
Admission goes up, the Orange Peel comes off, more DCA construction,
Grand Californian, and more!
This week prices went up at both of the US resorts. Pirates 4 is
getting ready to set sail with a new director and Disney signs
a deal with Netflix for streaming content - sir clinksalot
'POTC
4' finds new Direction to set sail in 2010
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is set to start filming in 2010 with
a new director. Gore Verbinski who directed the first 3 films
will not be returning for film 4. This could be a very good
thing.
Disney
& Netflix: dream stream team
Have Netflix and want to catch up on the first 5 seasons of
LOST? Do you want your kids to watch Disney Channel Shows on
the computer so you can get your TV back? Now you will be able
to as Netflix and Disney signed a deal this week adding ABC
and Disney Channel shows to their online library.
G-Force
Does Box Office Boffo
'G-Force' #1 box office mission: accomplished. The furry little stars beat out Harry Potter in its opening
weekend for #1 and remained in the top 3 in its second weekend.
Monsters
swarm Knott's Haunt auditions
Monsters swarm auditions for Halloween event (Knott's) - OC
Register, 8/3/09
D23
Hotel recommendations
Dr. G is looking for hotel accommodations for
the D23 Expo. Can you help them out?
Disney
Parks and Resorts Announce Their Plans For D23 Expo!
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced a little bit of info
on the D23 Expo. Check it out!
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