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Park News - (11/16/09) I’ve been told that the old Magic Shop on Main Street has been reborn a few weeks back. In a kind of unique move for Disneyland, they have actuall outsourced the Main Street Magic Shop to Houdini’s Magic Shop chain where they put on magic displays about every 10 minutes throughout the day and sell products that range from beginner and intermediate levels all the way up to collector level pieces. They will also teach you how to perform the tricks that you buy. Nice to see the Magic Shop saved from going the way of Yesterland.
    (10/26/09) A few pictures from Disneyland’s HalloweenTime event have been posted to Amusement Insider this week, showing off the park in the day and after dark.
    (10/22/09) According to this article that goes into details about how Disney drained and will be filling the lagoon at California Adventure this month, it also mentions that the Rivers of America will be drained in early 2010.
    (10/13/09) Look for the latest construction updates at Disneyland over at Westcoaster this week. I’ve also heard that the Indiana Jones Adventure ride has installed a new Indy animatronic to hold back the gates of doom early on in the ride. Many of the ride’s other effects were improved and upgraded as well, including more working fog machines, lights and fire effects. From what I’m told, we can expect to see even more surprises added to the ride during another rehab in 2010 as a sort of 15th Anniversary present.
    (10/9/09) A new update showing off the brand new Disney Gallery in it’s new home on Main Street has been added to Westcoaster.
    (10/7/09) The rehab list (see below) has been updated, and it seems that Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is expected to return on December 17th. You may also want to check out a couple of cool videos posted over at Original D showing off Haunted Mansion Holiday as well as Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy.
    (9/30/09) Disneyland has posted a great video showing off some of the new Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy special effects on their new official Disney Parks Blog. I’ve also embedded their video down below.

    (9/29/09) Disneyland’s new Ghost Galaxy is now open and from what I’ve heard the results are quite nice and creepy. Unfortunately it’s so dark in there, I’ve yet to find a video that clearly shows off much of anything, but you can at least listen to the new creepy music in the clip embedded below. They’ve also added a lot of lighting effects to the outside of the Mountain along with some creepy new audio sounds which you can see here.

    (8/10/09) A new live show event will begin at Disneyland starting November 6th called Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee, themed to the new Princess and the Frog film. According to the LA Times, it will feature a live Mardi Gras style ‘musical cavalcade’ that will pass through the New Orleans Square area and head over to the Mark Twain dock where they will board the riverboat, along with a few lucky guests. The boat will move forward a bit and then stop to perform a brief show along the river’s edge several times each day at both Disneyland at the Magic Kingdom theme parks.

Ride Rehabs - The following information is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.
Gadget Go-Coaster - NOW CLOSED through 10/26/09
Casey Jr, Circus Train - NOW CLOSED through 11/19/09
Storybook Land Canal Boats - NOW CLOSED through 11/19/09
DL Railroad – NOW CLOSED through 10/28/09
Small World – 10/26/09 through 11/12/09 for Holiday Install
King Arthur’s Carrousel – 12/8/09 through 12/10/09

2010/2011 - Captain EO - In Development - (9/17/09) According to TMZ, Michael Jackson’s kids were brought into Disneyland late last week and given a private screening of Captain EO in the Magic Eye Theater. Apparently they loved it, which may add some fuel the fire to bring the attraction back to the public for a limited run.
    (9/11/09) According to the LA Times, Iger stated that they have “no definite plans to bring back Captain EO” at this point in time. They did screen the film in the park the other day it seems and decided that they needed some further input before they could give the project the green light. Could it be that Captain EO was just showing it’s age?  Or could it be that it was simply too odd to see Michael Jackson as he was back in 1986 once again, which only made a faint passing resemblance of what he looked like when he died this past June. More as we find out.
    (9/9/09) While the official announcement about the return of Captain EO is expected to happen on the 10th at the D23 Expo, the official MichaelJackson.com website has already let the cat out of the bag.
    (9/7/09) I’ve been told that a possible announcement for the return of Captain EO is scheduled to take place during the D23 Expo later this week if all goes well. From the sound of things, the plan may be to re-launch Captain EO in January 2010 and have a limited 1 year long return of it through to the end of December 2010. While I know Disney also had people looking into how they could return it to Epcot as well, the plan right now is only for Disneyland.

2011 - Star Tours 2 - Confirmed - (9/14/09) Disney confirms lots of goodies for a theme parks over the weekend. For starters Star Tours 2 is now OFFICIAL and will be departing from Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2011. The all new version of Star Tours will be in 3D this time and include a very upgraded projection system as well as all new in-cabin special effects. They also hinted at the ability to alter the ride film as well, which has long been rumored that many alternate beginning, middle and end action sequences may be created which can be mixed together in new ways to create a wide assortment of ride possibilities, allowing Star Tours II to possibly be different every time you ride it. Star Tours as we know it will close in October 2010 so the transformation can begin. In the meantime, checkout the announcement video below which is quite funny and has some interaction between Darth Vader and Jay Rasulo. So far all the preview footage shown only shows Pod Racing on Tattooine, but the ride may involve much more than that. A better video clip of the Pod Racing segment is in the second video, along with concept artwork that confirms that you will indeed still be taking a ride in an official Star Tours Starspeeder.

2011/2012 - PeopleMover v3 / Tomorrowland 2010 - Rumor - (4/25/08) From what I’ve been told, a new future for Tomorrowland is finally on the way. The new Star Tours 2 concept is apparently just the first phase of a larger makeover for Tomorrowland. Once the new version of Star Tours opens the plan is to demolish the old Rocket Jet Tower to make way for an all new tower that will once again house a next generation Peoplemover ride station as well as the base unit to return the Astro-Orbiter back to it’s rightful place high in the sky on top of this new tower.
    (2/25/08) Screamscape sources tell us that there has been some activity along the old Peoplemover / Rocket Rods tracks after hours in anticipation of reinventing the ride once again for the Tomorrowland 2010 project. If the rumors are true people have been seen poking around the track areas in various locations, though most commonly in the old loading station area. Apparently there is some debate about if they should try to reuse the old Rocket Tower location as the loading station once again or if perhaps they may be better off loading from a new location, such as the enclosed tunnel areas near that travel next to the upper floor of the arcade. With the end near for the run of Honey, I Shrunk The Audience, it seems there is talk about reusing the area for the new project as well. As for the theme… no one seems to know right now, though we have heard that The IncrediPod concept may have been tossed out in favor something new. Makes me wonder if the rumor about having all of the Tomorrowland 2010 projects themed to Star Wars may have actually come to pass.
    (12/4/07) With the Submarine Voyage successfully launched not everyone is focused entirely on the future of California Adventure it seems. I’ve been told for quite some time that the next big project for Disneyland itself would most likely be to fix the rest of Tomorrowland, namely creating a new attraction to take over the old Peoplemover / Rocket Rods track that winds throughout the entire land. While no theme has been given, the details leaking out do sound like they would fit that IncrediPod concept we had previously heard about. Guests would be able to ride inside a four passenger “pods” unit, with controls to make the pod spin in a circle (ie: Buzz Lightyear) to control their own viewing angle.
    (9/5/07) According to a report last week at Jim Hill Media, George Lucas and Disney execs will be meeting soon to not only go over the progress of Star Tours 2 but to talk about the possibility of turning the the Tomorrowland 2010 project into a Star Wars themed project. The Star Wars theme wouldn’t touch most of the classic attractions like Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, the Autopia or the Submarine Voyage but could be applied to just about everything else.
    (6/7/07) Screamscape sources have confirmed only that the old PeopleMover / Rocket Rods tracks will return to life once again in the next few years, likely for the planned 2010 Tomorrowland update. Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I’ve got to say how much I’d love to see this transformed into a Star Wars themed Speederbike ride around Tomorrowland. This time around, I think they could use the Vekoma Booster Bike launched coaster system but retheme to bikes to look like Star Wars Speederbikes, replacing some of the track layout sections around the Autopia and Submarine Lagoon with more thrilling and twisted track sections of the final run of the ride. It just sounds more fun than the IncrediPods.
    (3/12/07) If the latest rumors are true there are huge plans in development to fix the Tomorrowland 1998 disaster left behind by the Pressler era. The plan right now is to not only “fix” Tomorrowland, but give it the true facelift it needs to carry it through the next couple of decades at least. All the little rumors we’ve been hearing about for years (Star Tours 2, IncrediPods, etc...) are all apparently going to come together as part of this massive overhaul to one of Disneyland’s most popular lands. All the planets are aligning once again to make this happen, and Disney’s new successful relationships with players like Steve Jobs and John Lasseter and even Roy Disney is said to have had enough effect to restore George Lucas’ faith in Disney quality once again. The newer attractions like Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Subs and Autopia will be left alone of course, but everything else is fair game it seems. We’ve been told they are also looking at making a new 4D attraction to replace Honey, I Shrunk The Audience as well as another unknown attraction that I imagine could take the place of the Innoventions building. Though... I’ve got to wonder if they do bring the people mover tracks back to life, would they just add speed ramps to the old station once again like before (since the old Rocket Rods queue is now home to Buzz Lightyear) or would they try to move the load/unload station to the upper floor of the Innoventions building instead? Of course, what I’d personally like to see is the Astro Orbiter returned to it’s rightful place back on top of the rocket tower once again.

2011/2012- Matterhorn w/ New Cars - In Development - (10/3/08) The latest rumor on the proposed new Matterhorn cars claims that any plans to retire the current trains in favor of a new fleet will have to wait until at least 2011 at this point, as it was not approved for the next year’s budget.
    (5/6/08) You know this may just be crazy talk but I’ve been thinking about the whole idea of buying new cars for The Matterhorn. With the latest buzz claiming that the conversion to the new train style most likely to happen in early 2009, this also coincides with the rumored timeline of when Walt Disney World is supposed to be shutting down their Space Mountain for an extended make-over, possibly just as extensive as the one done to Disneyland’s own Space Mountain not too long ago. With an audio system rumored to be in the works as well for the Florida makeover, it would seem that they would need a new fleet of trains as well. Now the current fleet of cars running in Florida aren’t that old (as far as coaster cars go), as the entire ride received new trains back during the whole Millennium Celebration, switching over sometime in mid-1999 as I recall.
    I bet you know where I’m heading with this. I don’t think it would be entirely unheard of for Disneyland to make a cheap purchase agreement to buy those old 2nd Gen Space Mountain trains from Florida, apply a new coat of paint and rehab them to work as your new California bobsleds.
    (4/29/08) It has been awhile since we’ve heard a peep about adding a new fleet of Matterhorn cars, but the latest rumors claim that the new 3-seat cars are still on the way. We’ve been told we can expect to see them show up most likely during the next major Matterhorn rehab that is set to take place somewhere between the end of 2008 to early 2009. Anyone know more?
    (11/19/07) A reader pointed out a little bit of information to me about the new 3 seat Matterhorn cars in the works. While it is true that the current cars hold 4 adults at once (8 per train), they point out most trains only go out with anywhere form 4 to 6 riders right now because so many people don’t want to sit on someone’s lap. Add in the extra “weight” factor where it often it can be a bit uncomfortable for two “full sized” adults to sit together and you realize that the six individual seats may actually increase the ride’s capacity in the end.
    (11/14/07) I had no idea this was in the works, but as you can see in the photo sent in new trains are being considered for the Matterhorn based on the individual seat designs used on Florida’s Space Mountain. While this will likely make the ride a more comfortable experience, it could increase the length of the line and raise the height limit for the ride. The old cars would usually hold four riders and the new cars can only hold three, and since you can’t hold your small children on your lap anymore, expect to see the height limit raised to at least 40 inches… or maybe even 44 inches since that is what they use on Space Mountain in Florida. The current height limit on Matterhorn is just 35 inches.