Magic Carpet rides goes awry

From Sunday, a magic carpet malfunction at "Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular" show at California Adventure.

Disney travel and attraction posters

Posters for the Los Angeles to Hawaii Disney Cruise Line and the Tower of Terror and other attractions at Disney California Adventure.

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Haunted Mansion ghost under glass

Haunted Mansion Ghost by Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily for an upcoming Disney World Haunted Mansion-themed auction. You can read more about and buy tickets to the special event here. And here's a pdf catalog listing more items that'll be available at the event. The coolest item is this light-up Haunted Mansion model by Robert Olszewski:



It's not part of the catalog, but Olszewski also created these Vader and Maleficent paper clip boxes that are (have been?) sold at Disney park stores:




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New and improved Disney x Star Wars figures

Some of these are just creepy, but Stitch as Grievous is pretty irresistible. Via.



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Advertisement for a space age motel

Advertisement for a Disneyland-adjacent motel.



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Do you have a photo of John Lasseter manning the Jungle Cruise?

Fun Disney contest:

Yesterday at the D23 Expo, John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation, announced a pretty unusual contest – John of the Jungle.



Lasseter is known for bringing some of this generation’s most loved characters to life – Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Lightning McQueen, Mater, but few people know that he started out as a Jungle Cruise skipper right here at Disneyland park. He left this role with a love of Disney, storytelling and jungle lore, but without any photos of himself at the helm.



Now he’s out to fix that with John of the Jungle, a search for photos of him from his Jungle Cruise skipper days in 1977. Think you might have a shot of John in an old family vacation album? If you do, you could win a trip to the grand opening of Cars Land and a private Jungle Cruise with John Lasseter!

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Link roundup

1. A report that Chelsea Ives, "an Olympics ambassador who helped to promote the Games with London Mayor Boris Johnson was yesterday exposed as a riot suspect." Turned in by her mother. Via.



2. A fun conspiracy theory - - is this the real story behind Bin Laden's death?



3. Photo of Disney's Progress City.



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Disney Sea in Japan

Gallery of photos from a trip to Disney Sea in Japan.

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Illustration roundup

Fight Club Little Golden Book print by Josh Cooley on sale here.




Kirby-esque god by Thomas Perkins for Bristolwhip.




Delta Crossing by Kristian Donaldson on sale here.




Vampires meet Disneyland by Timothy Lim, who has art on sale here.




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Tomorrowland concept sketch circa 1953

Tomorrowland concept sketch circa 1953 or 1954 from the The Art of Disneyland by Jeff Kurtti and Bruce Gordon, which is available (for many $$$) at Amazon.. Via these sites.

Retro-style Disneyland poster

Retro-style Disneyland poster by Richard Terpesta.

Retro-style Disney t-shirts and more

Richard Terpesta's DesignerLand is a love letter to classic Disneyland, filled with his own retro-style t-shirt and poster designs:







There's also goodies like soundboards and detailed looks at fonts. Via.

Walkthrough of the new Star Tours

Find someone to shake your chair and enjoy these videos of the new Star Tours:





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Illustration roundup

Attraction poster for Disney California Adventure's Grizzly River Run.




Whale hunter by Matt Taylor on sale here.




Eowyn and the Nazgul by Federico Piatti.




Batgirl pinup by Jason Chalker on sale here (for $15).



X-Muppets by Rahzzah. Via.

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Link roundup

1. From LA Magazine:

My parents both worked at the park in the summer of 1959, a year into their marriage and just four years after Disneyland opened. My dad was assigned to the cars of Autopia (back then kids would frequently knock out their teeth on steering wheels)

2. Zero Punctuation reviews the 3DS (and hates it).

3. Phil Saunders has been posting lots of Tron Legacy concept art.

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Little girl submits to the Dark Side

Watch as a little girl spurns the jedi at Disneyland's Jedi Academy and offers herself to the dark side.

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Star Tours opening day t-shirt

Star Tours opening day t-shirt. (I went to opening day for Indiana Jones Temple of the Forbidden Eye. The anticipation was waaay better than the ride.)

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Mickey Mouse accepts a breakdancing challenge from a kid

Watch as Mickey Mouse accepts a breakdancing challenge from a kid (and dominates). There's two rounds to the dance-off.

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Star Tours update

Here are the various destinations for the Star Tours revamp - - "these destinations will be combined in more than 50 different story adventures." The trip to Geonosis includes a visit to the Death Star.

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Happiest place on Earth, or creepy Mad Men scene waiting to happen?

Vintage photo of the Blue Bayou restaurant in Disneyland park, which opened 44 years ago this week.