The days are getting shorter and summer is coming to an end. The start of the school year is just around the corner, and by the time Labor Day arrives on September 5th, most kids will be back in school, eagerly counting down the days until Thanksgiving break. For those of us who haven’t made it to a Disney theme park this year, now would be a great time to visit Disneyland to take advantage of a special discount during Disney’s Soundsational Summer which ends on September 5th.
Disneyland Resort Discounted Tickets Offer, image from Disneyland.disney.go
In June, Disney raised ticket prices for visits to both the Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, bringing a 3-day Disneyland with Park Hopper ticket up to $224 for adults. With Disney’s current offer, those tickets are now only $199, a savings of $25 per ticket! The offer is not available at the box office and discounted tickets must be purchased in advance online.
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When Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room opened at Disneyland in 1963, it was the first to feature audio-animatronics, paving the way for hundreds of future attractions and great advancements in audio-animatronic technology over the next fifty years.
Outside The Enchanted Tiki Room, image from Disneyland.disney.go
The original Enchanted Tiki Room featured a cast of 150 animatronic birds, flowers, and tiki totem poles who dance and sing to the show’s signature theme, “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room”, as well as “Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing”, and “Hawaiian War Chant”. The attraction closed for renovations in 2004 and reopened again in 2005 with digitally remastered audio and brand new audio-animatronics, although the original storyline remained.
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The Disney Friends for Change Games, a five week multiplatform event, officially culminated on Sunday, July 31st with a finale that drew 3.6 million total viewers (with 1.9 million K6-11 and 1.6 million Tweens 9-14), making it the top show on cable in its time slot.
Overall, the event was a huge success with a series of shorts that aired on the Disney Channel and Disney XD, reaching more than 37 million viewers. As reported by Cynopsis, the Disney Friends for Change website had more than 22 million page views and almost 4 million game starts of three featured games which kids can plan to donate points to one of four charities.
Disney Friends for Change, image from disney.go.com/projectgreen/
Over four weeks in July, Disney Channel stars from around the world competed in the Friends for Change Games, a competitive sporting event with an eco-friendly twist, which aired on the Disney Channel. The final on-air score had the Red Team (World Wildlife Fund) decimating the competition with 1025 points, compared to the Blue Team’s (Ocean Conservatory) 700 points, the Yellow Team’s (UNICEF) 550 points, and the Green Team’s (Fauna and Flora International) 500 points.
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The Walt Disney Company excels at bringing magic to life and helping families create lifelong memories of enchantment and wonder. For a price.
As anyone who has ever been to Disney World can attest, Disney has commoditized every experience imaginable, from PhotoPasses and private tours to princess makeovers at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. Disney has a million ways to wring every last cent from families willing to invest more in their vacation than the price of theme park tickets.
Screenshot of a customized Magic Kingdom Map from customizedmaps.disney.go.com
And now, in addition to the hundreds of customizable gifts you can design and purchase at DisneyPhotoPass.com, you can customize your own Disney World Keepsake Maps. Only this time, the maps are free. Yes, FREE.
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The waiting period between planning an exciting Disneyland vacation and actually going on the vacation can be excruciating, especially for families who book months or years in advance in order to take advantage of exclusive discounts and special offers.
In What to Watch Before Disney World, I recommended one way to while away the weeks leading up to a Disney World vacation: watch all of the films and TV shows which inspired – or were inspired by – attractions at the four major Disney World theme parks. As a companion piece to that entry, below is a chart of all the rides at Disneyland and California Adventures and the movies and TV shows that inspired them. Attractions that have closed are designated with an asterisk(*).
Try catching one or two movies per week while gearing up for your trip. Enjoy – and happy watching!
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