Talking Mickey dances hip hop

Disney Dance Crew show debuted at DCA.  Mickey makes an appearance in the show to bring together two "rival" dance crews, preforming a hip hop dance.  



Not only is it strange to see Mickey dancing in his warmup suit, but it is not just any Mickey.  It is the new talking Mickey, part of the Living Character Initiative, which can talk and blink just like a real-life character.  I don't know about anyone else, but this seems like a waste of this incredible technology to stick it in this rediculous show, hidden in the back, mostly dead area of Hollywood Backlot at DCA.  And from what I've heard, the talking Mickey isn't even used for the Meet and Greet after the show.  He is switched out for a regular Mickey which is dressed the same.

I have seen the Mickey when he hosted the debut of World of Color at the media event.  He is incredible!  It's like Mickey is real.  I realize Disney is trying to draw people to the Backlot are, but I don't see how Disney could not find a show for him that could highlight his new abilities.  Just seems to be a waste to me.

Tron joins World of Color

World of Color at DCA has started soft openings for its not-so-secret Tron encore.  Videos have already been released.  It looks awesome! And shows just how far they can go with the technology of the show, incorporating California Screaming, and how quickly it seems they were able to get it all together.  I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these Encores in the future.

Disney Jack-o-Lanterns

I wanted to share these awesome pumpkin carvings found in Big Thunder Ranch Halloween Roundup at Disneyland Park.

Yoda

Boo from Monster's Inc

Nemo and Dory from Finding Nemo

Woody from Toy Story

Evil Queen from Snow White

Dug and Carl from Up 

Jack Jack and Dash From The Incredibles

Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland

Dumbo

Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty

Duffy the Disney Bear

Duffy the Disney Bear is Mickey's stuffed bear. Minnie gave him to Mickey before he left for a long voyage. Duffy first made an appearance in the US at WDW, but failed to meet disney's expectations. When he was brought to Tokyo and Hong Kong, he became a major hit, prompting Disney to try him out in the US once again. Duffy can now be found at Epcot in WDW and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim with an assortment of costumes in the spirit of Build-a-Bear. He also has his own meet-and-greet in each park. The bears are sure to be hit with kids in both resorts, and I'll probably snatch one up when I visit WDW in a month.

C-3PO to pilot Starspeeder 1000!!!

Tom Fitzgerald of Walt Disney Imagineering just announced that while Ace is supposed to be the pilot of the Starspeeder 1000, "by the time we actually take off, the droid sitting in the pilot's seat is none other than...C-3PO!"

Halloween Time at Disney Parks

Halloween is one of those holidays, along with Christmas, that people 
love to celebrate. A lot of people don't even know what the holiday 
represents, but they like the fun that comes with decorating, dressing 
up, and handing out and collecting candy.
Disney is no exception. This month they have been hosting Halloween 
Time at the parks including Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland Park
and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom Park.

At the parties, guests can dress up like on Halloween and go trick or 

treating in the park. My family attended one of these parties at Disneyland Park and 
absolutely loved it. We watched the Halloween Screams fireworks from a 
great spot right in front of the castle. It was awesome! There were 
characters everywhere to take pictures with, a lot of villains that 
don't normally make an appearance.

And just the idea of going trick or  treating in Disneyland made the night complete.

The one thing we were slightly concerned with was the costume choices
of some of the guests. The special event tickets specifically said the 
costumes must be appropriate. The question becomes: What is 
appropriate? One would assume that, Disneyland being what it is, a 
family park, it would not be appropriate to where a skimpy costume 
that barely covers anything. Yet we saw far too many Disney Princesses
with skirts so short their butts were hanging out and tops so low 
their chests were hanging out. With kids all around and 2 young boys 
with us, we were pretty appalled by some of the costumes. And cast 
members didn't seem to care.

Star Tours 2 update

The Disney Parks Blog recently released some pictures from April of 
2009 when presumably the preride video was recorded. The pictures show 
C-3PO and other Star Tours workers preparing the Starspeeder 1000 for 
the upcoming trip.

Anthony Daniels was brought in to perform the scenes as C-3PO

Disney has previously released information about the new backstory of 
the ride. It will take place between Episodes III and IV. With this 
new timeline, we get an older version of the Starspeeder, the 
Starspeeder 1000. Also, since it was Rex's first flight and was still 
getting used to his programming, we get a new pilot, Ace.

We've also learned of a new droid, Aly San San, voiced by Allison Janney, who will presumably be the new flight attendant droid in the preboard informational video.

The other big news is the the new ride will have 54 different 
variations. With different destinations, and different beginnings, 
middles, and ends, it will truely be a different ride every time.

And of course, just like everything nowadays, the new ride will be in 
3-D.

While I don't necessarily think the ride needs to be in 3-D, I love 
that there are multiple variations and destinations, and the new 
droids look awesome. I can't wait for Star Tours 2 to open and 
definately plan on being there for the opening at Disneyland.

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