After making his return to Disneyland in California, Michael Jackson will once again return to his former homes in Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris as Captain EO. The 3D musical adventure ran in each of the park’s for years before being replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (or MicroAdventure! in Tokyo Disneyland). With Michael Jackson’s popularity at an all time high, the two international resorts will be taking advantage by bringing back these two classic attractions.
In Tokyo Disneyland the date has been set for a July 1st opening and then a June 30, 2011 closing date. MicroAdventure will close May 10th. At Disneyland Paris, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience closes on May 3rd, and Captain EO reopens in June.
LEGOLAND Windsor has dismantled Jungle Coaster, the park’s wild mouse coaster this past off season. The coaster was plagued with problems, mainly due to complaints from neighbors. Opened in 2004, the Mack custom Wild Mouse was one of the park’s hree coasters. Unfortunately, in recent years, the park was received so many complaints from the locals that the park had to take action. In an attempt to reduce noise, the park added doors as well as a roof completely enclosing the cars, similar to a golf cart. This new addition only caused more problems, increasing loading times, making wait times much longer, and also reducing the thrill factor. Also a problem with the new car design was it reduced the train to having just 2 adults, so families with larger kids were not allowed to ride together. And as a family park, these new requirements were not appealing to park visitors. So as a result, in the pass few months, piece by piece the coaster has been completely taken down and removed from the parks. After riding a mirror image of the coaster in LEGOLAND California and it was certainly enjoyable. Too bad just to many complaints came in. All I can say now, is let the rumors begin about this ride being moved to LEGOLAND Florida…..
Disneyland Paris launched its New Generation Festival this week. The year long celebration highlights characters that the new generation has fallen in love with. These characters have hit the resort by parachute. They include, Lilo and Stitch, Buzz, Woody, and Jesse from Toy Story, Mr. and Mrs. Incredible from The Incredibles, Remy and Emile from Ratatouille, Tiana and Naveen from Princess and the Frog, and more.
The New Generation Festival will also bring several new additions to the resort. On the Plaza Stage in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, guests can watch Mickey and his gang play in Disney’s Showtime Spectacular: a stage show featuring all of the New Generation Characters. In Disney’s Once Upon a Dream Parade, Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen have joined the other Disney princesses on the dream of romance float. Several times a day, characters, both new and old, will ride out greet guests on the All Star Express.
Over in Walt Disney Studios Park, Ratatouille has been added to the line up of the Stars in Cars parade. The highlight of the New Generation Festival will be Toy Story Playland. Rumored to open in July 2010, this new area is themed to the hit franchise Toy Story. Guests can ride the half-pipe on RC Racer, soar into the air on Green Army Men Parachute Drop, and spin around with Slinky Dog.
For the grand kick off party of the New Generation Festival, Disneyland Paris transformed the Lights, Motors, Action amphitheater into a massive canvas for a spectacular show. Huge projections and plenty of extras made this and unforgettable experience.
To say that the show was visually impressive is a gross understatement. While I cannot find a fully video of the show, from what I have seen, it is simply stunning. Sometimes fun and high energy, while other times artsy and visually stunning this show is simply put one of the best things I have seen any theme park do. Check it out for yourself:
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LEGOLAND Windsor has dismantled Jungle Coaster, the park’s wild mouse coaster this past off season. The coaster was plagued with problems, mainly due to complaints from neighbors. Opened in 2004, the Mack custom Wild Mouse was one of the park’s hree coasters. Unfortunately, in recent years, the park was received so many complaints from the locals that the park had to take action. In an attempt to reduce noise, the park added doors as well as a roof completely enclosing the cars, similar to a golf cart. This new addition only caused more problems, increasing loading times, making wait times much longer, and also reducing the thrill factor. Also a problem with the new car design was it reduced the train to having just 2 adults, so families with larger kids were not allowed to ride together. And as a family park, these new requirements were not appealing to park visitors. So as a result, in the pass few months, piece by piece the coaster has been completely taken down and removed from the parks. After riding a mirror image of the coaster in LEGOLAND California and it was certainly enjoyable. Too bad just to many complaints came in. All I can say now, is let the rumors begin about this ride being moved to LEGOLAND Florida…..
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