Hi all, I'm going to start trying to do a post like this fairly often with Character and other big Disney News from around the web... hopefully at least weekly but maybe more often.

Inside the Magic reported that Phineas, Ferb, and Agent P were at the Montebello, CA Disney Store earlier this month... this was the first newly designed "Imagination Park" Disney Store to open... really hope that Phineas, Ferb, and Agent P start meeting at a park sometime soon and there continue to be rumors that they will be in the parks sometime this year or early next!

The Character Photo Blog reports that while the Winnie the Pooh and Friends show did not return to DLP for this summer it should be back for the Halloween Parties and the Christmas season which is good news!

They, along with DLRP Today, and others report that Dr Facilier will be a part of Disneyland Paris' Halloween parties!  There have also been reports that he would be out for WDW's Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween parties... at least for the Villian's Mix and Mingle Show!  Would be great to have him out since he has only been seen in the Tiana's Showboat Jubilee in WDW and CA so far and in general wasn't available for meets.  The promotional photos have also appeared: here, here, and here

Disney announced at Comic Con that there would be a new Haunted Mansion movie directed by Guillermo del Toro, this new version would be a complete departure from the Eddie Murphy comedy movie and instead would be a more scary/dark version and reportedly will be told from the viewpoint of the mysterious Hat Box Ghost.

Disney and More reports on more signs of the as of yet unannounced DLP Studios Ratatouille attraction is a reality.  The latest news focuses on two photos of the area outside of the soon to open Toy Story Playland.  In what appears to be one of the entrances/exits to TSP there is a very Parisian looking arch that looks to have an image of Gusteau on it... all rumors of the details of this ride sound very interesting and exciting!

The Disney Parks Blog has released some details about the Last Tour to Endor here

As a huge Star Wars fan (I am a member of the 501st) it sounds awesome and I really wish we could go!  But I guess we will settle for Tokyo :P

Some of the details revealed include that their will be a special Star Wars themed fireworks show, a Death Star disco (guessing a Star Wars themed dance party), Disney Characters (I would guess that they will have Jedi Mickey, Leia Minnie, Darth Goofy, and Stormtrooper Donald out... and maybe some of the other Star Wars characters seen during Star Wars Weekends), and last but not least a special version of the Hyperspace Hoopla (the stage show seen during Star Wars weekends).  I have to say when we went to Star Wars weekends a couple years ago the Hyperspace Hoopla was a surprise that we really enjoyed so I am sure this special version will be even better!  In addition, there will be special event merchandise.

Tickets for it (it is on August 14, 2010) are $75 in advance and $89 at the gate (if any are left). For more information and to purchase tickets, go can go to www.starwarscelebration.com.

Well, I have been busy trying to get my backlog of pictures processed so I can focus on the thousands of new pictures I am sure I will take in a few weeks at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland once we are back.  So there are new photos showing up almost daily.  Currently I am working on pictures from Christmas at WDW :)

While I have been doing that, Dan has been working on adding lots of descriptions and meeting info to the lands in all the parks and has almost finished that so check out our parks pages to see the improvements!  I think they have added a lot to those pages and have improved them significantly.  Also along the way we have added several new characters and locations!

So expect to continue to see more new additions over the next couple weeks until we leave for our big trip!  Once we are back look for lots of new and exciting pictures, characters, and a whole new resort!

The site itself is enjoying it's best month yet and we really hope everyone is enjoying our site!  And if you like the site please feel free to pass the word onto your friends! :) We have many new features planned.  The next should be user accounts and a forum (along with the ability to comment on various things like the blog LOL) and I am hoping to have that working sometime soon after we get back from Tokyo :D  In the meantime if you have any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback feel free to email us at [email protected] we also just created a twitter account for the site (DisCharCentral), so feel free to follow us if you want to hear about updates to the site and our adventures in the parks! :D

Have a magical day!

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 :)