I have added a load of new items to the site, including Jedi Training Academy, Wishes, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Mickey's Twas the Night Before Christmas, some of the Holiday Storytellers, and many more!

I have been adding new descriptions and updates to existing pages also. 

Be sure to check them all out!

Dan :)

Hi all,

It is now less than a month until our trip to Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland and we are VERY excited about it!  It will be the first first trip to Tokyo Disneyland for both Dan and I and we can't wait! :D  So start looking around the middle to end of next month for Tokyo to be added to the site!

In the meantime we have both managed to get all our pictures done from our June trip to Disneyland Paris and they can be seen here.

As far as site news... we are still working on adding more information to the site which will be a never ending task I am sure hehe.  The next new site feature should be video in addition to pictures!  Hopefully video should start showing up sometime later this month :)  In the meantime you can find us on YouTube here and we have added a few videos already... with many more to come. 

Have a magical day and as always if you have any ideas or questions please let us know!

Jon

Hi all,

This morning I have added Angel, Disney Showtime Spectacular and the Showtime Performers to the site.

Be sure to check them out!

Dan :) 

Well... I am back in the states after an awesome trip to Europe including Dan and I's trip to Disneyland Paris.

We had a great time at DLP and got to see (and get pictures with) a few new characters as well as see the new Showtime Spectacular show which I think is much better than the It's Party Time show... I also like how some of the characters come down to interact with the fans when they weren't on stage, a nice added touch that DLP seems to be incorporating into more of their shows... hopefully this trend continues.

They also seemed to be putting out characters in town square fairly often.  Most mornings right around official park opening most (if not all) the characters from the Character Express would come out and also there were some other times there would be characters out there... including later in the evening the one night the park was open late (well late for DLP).

Also a treat for me was seeing the park for the first time during "good" weather... really some of my other trips haven't been bad weather (last Oct was pretty nice) but this was the first time in the spring/summer and it was great to see the park in full bloom.  Everything was beautiful with all the flowers and having leaves on all the trees really added something to the park.  The only bad thing was in Fantasyland where they were refurbishing Dumbo so all the water was turned off.

Dan and I will be working on our pictures from this trip so look forward to lots of new DLP pictures over the next month as we frantically try to get them done before our next trip :D

Next trip: Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland in August! :D

Character Central will be in Disneyland Paris for several days starting this Sunday May 30, 2010!  If you are friends of any characters and would like our cameras to be on the lookout for your friend... please let us know by e-mailing us at [email protected] or sending us a message on facebook!

Inside sources at the Disneyland Resort in California have said that the Princess Fantasy Faire show is to return for a limited engagement from May 28 until mid-August this year!

The show that replaced the Snow White stage production is a more elaborate version of a meet n greet, but that bit more magical.

This was then also axed but the meet n greet continued to woo the princess in all of us.

Fans have complained for a while now that the huge stage is a waste of space, which I guess is true. I'm sure people will still say they either need to put a new show there or use the space for something else altogether, but for now at least, it is being used once again for more than just character meets.

Be sure to catch it's return to former glory this summer!

Dan :)

According to news sources Disney has sold the Power Rangers back to their original owner (LA Times)

Does this mean the Power Rangers will be departing DHS sometime soon?  According to WDW Magic they will be staying until August and then will depart for good.

That begs the question... what, if anything, will take their place?  If they don't want to lose 5 unique characters without replacing them, the Marvel characters would seem to be the most obvious replacement; however, due to Universal holding their theme park rights that seems doubtful.  Personally, I would love to see the Muppets make a return since their studios home is just next door to where the Power Rangers normally meet.

I guess we shall see!

 My dad is getting ready to move so he has been going through lots of stuff (and giving me stuff to go through) and last night I found some pictures of the Main Street Electrical Parade from its original run at WDW... actually at the beginning of its run!  These pictures are from 1978 and include a few rare long gone pieces of the parade including a special float for Mickey's 50th birthday and the original WDW finale the "Disney Neon Finale" which only ran the first couple years and was replaced by "To Honor America" in 1979.

So check out these great rare pictures of the original WDW Main Street Electrical parade here. 

Hi all,

I have today added some more lands, and updated some location details and photos.

Critter Country, Disneyland

Main Street USA, Disneyland

Hook and Ladder Company at Disneyland

Minnie and Friends Breakfast at the Plaza Inn, Disneyland

New Orleans Square, Disneyland

Frontierland, Disneyland

The common theme seems to be Disneyland - obviously we were missing some stuff!

Check back often for more updates!

Dan :)

According to various character people in the know (drew81, raxip on wdwmagic and Berlioz70 on the Dis amongst others) there will be some character changes starting sometime in May in WDW (mostly in the Magic Kingdom).

In the Magic Kingdom:

Ariel (human) and Prince Eric! will be taking up residence in Adventureland at the Veranda (replacing Lilo and Stitch).  This means Ariel's Grotto will be closing to make room for the Fantasyland expansion.
Goofy will be moving to Pirates of the Caribbean (hopefully in a pirate outfit)
Wendy will now regularly be joining Peter in Fantasyland
Mary Poppins and Bert will be in Fantasyland near the Carousel
Snow White will be appearing near the wishing well by the castle
Chip and Dale will be moving to Tomorrowland (hopefully in their outer space outfits)
Stitch will be returning to Tomorrowland
Winnie the Pooh and friends will be moving to Town Square from the Pooh Playful Spot (also tied to the Fantasyland expansion work)

In DHS:

Lotso (from TS 3) will be replacing the Up characters in the Animation Building
Jojo and Goliath will be leaving Playhouse Disney

In AK:

Carl and Dug will be moving to the Oasis and appear there randomly
The character in Africa will be leaving (some of which will become random in the Oasis)

In site news… we continue to add stuff and work on pictures… Dan is currently working on WDW pictures while I am working on Disneyland Paris pictures from Feb… I have added a Valentines Day at Parc Disneyland page which has a lot of pictures of the special Valentines Day characters up now :)

Also, we want to have various character news from across the parks on our blog.  So if you have information and or rumors about upcoming character changes please let us know ([email protected])… we are happy to give you credit (or not if you wish to remain anonymous) :)

Thank you!
Jon