Happy New Year! Yesterday Disney announced their new promotion for 2012: One More Disney Day. This being a leap year, we have one extra day on our calendar, and Disney knows just what you want to do with that 24 hours. Between now and March 10, Disney Parks Guests have three different options to claim that day. You could WIN a trip for four to either Disneyland Resort or Walt…
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March Review
Is March over already? Well, in case you missed something, here’s a look back! Earn Your EARS participants have been studying endangered species this month. Don’t forget to turn in your assignments tonight! April registration will open tomorrow morning. This month we disembarked February’s Disney Cruise Line at Disneyland Resort. Our first excursion into Frontierland took us back out on open waters—OK, maybe not-so-open waters—aboard a full-scale replica of the…
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Mickey’s Fun Wheel
Paradise Pier at California Adventure Park is the part of Disneyland Resort that most reminds me of classic seaside amusement parks. At first glance, Paradise Pier looks like a 1920s boardwalk revival. But up close, of course, Guests discover instead Disney’s spin on the traditional. What appears to be an old-time wooden roller coaster is actually a super smooth, state-of-the-art steel thrill ride. California Screamin’ has that nostaligic look without…
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Going Green at Disneyland Resort
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney District is going green today in honor of the traditional holiday. Whether or not you have Irish heritage, you can certainly have some fun and mayhaps discover a wee bit o’ treasure too! Forgot to wear green? You don’t want to get pinched! (And, sorry, but I don’t think green eyes count as “wearing” green!) Not to worry! Beads, boas and bowler…
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The Last GIVEAWAY of 2010
Who’d like to win the last GIVEAWAY gift of the year? For your chance to receive a Magical Mouse Schoolhouse T-shirt and 2010 Disneyland Resort magnet, frame, keychain gift pack, by 11:59 PM Wednesdsay night, email the correct answer to the below question to jodi(at)magicalmouseschoolhouse(dot)com. For 51 years, Disneyland Resort has hosted the competing teams for which NCAA college football Bowl game? One winner will be chosen at random from…
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Disneyland Resort & Walt Disney Studios Fire Departments
Disneyland Resort in California has its own dedicated fire department, and no, I’m not talking about the vintage turn-of-the-twentieth-century engine housed beneath Walt’s apartment on Main Street, U.S.A. While that firehouse does indeed have a pole to slide down from the apartment, it is not a functional station. That Disneyland Fire Department exists to add authenticity to the nostalgic small town setting. The truck does, however, offer services to Guests….
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It’s GIVEAWAY Wednesday!
For a chance to win a Magical Mouse Schoolhouse t-shirt and a Toy Story memo pad & pen set, by midnight tonight email jodi at magicalmouseschoolhouse dot com the correct answer to the following question: What is the only Land to fail at Disneyland? For a BONUS prize, tell me how it was themed. One winner will be drawn at random from all correct entries. Good luck! *********************************************************************************** CONTEST CLOSED!…
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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Trains are a recurring theme throughout the Disney parks both as people movers and as popular attractions. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad made its debut at Disneyland’s Frontierland in 1979, replacing the D-ticket Mine Train through Nature’s Wonderland. A crashed Mine Train locomotive remains at the base of the mountain as an authentic prop and as a reminder of the long extinct attraction. The little town at the base of the…
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