News, Notes and Upcoming

• Friday August 29th, Friday September 12th and Friday September 26th are Disneyland Resort Pin Trading Nights at the Paradise Pier Hotel Pacific Ballroom from 7p to 10p. Click here for more info.
• Through September 3rd, Annual Passholders can purchase a 2-Day Park Hopper Ticket for just $69 for their guests over 10 and $49 for guests aged 3-9 (limit of 5 tickets per Passholder). Just show your Annual Pasport at the ticket booths. These 2-Day Park Hopper Tickets allow your guests to experience both Disneyland and DCA on the same day - ie: park hopping -  for any two days over a 14-day period with no blockout dates.
  ABC's Primetime Weekend Preview returns to DCA on September 6 and 7. Click here for more info.
• Artist James Coleman creator of the limited edition giclee "Peter Pan on Board" featuring Peter Pan as he stands high above Captain Hook's ship and artist Teresa Miller the artist / sculptor for "Tinker Bell on Toy Block" will be onhand to sign their art from 10a - 1p at on Saturday, September 6, at Off the Page in DCA.
• Haunted Mansion Holiday will be returning on October 3rd with a new final scene featuring the Oogie Boogie man. Click here for more info. A Haunted Mansion Holiday Special Event will also be held on October 2nd. Click here for package details.
• The Southern California 2 for 1 pass has returned. Now through November 24th Southern California residents (zip codes 91000 - 93599) and Norther Baja Residents (zip codes 21000-22999) can purchase a one day passport to Disneyland and one day passport to Disney's California Adventure for the price of one admission - $47 for adults. $37 for children ages 3-9. The passport must be used on the day of purchase in one park. The second day must be used within 30 days or by November 25th - whichever is earlier - at the second park. Note: This is not a park hopper. Guests get one day in each park. Residents may purchase up to 5 tickets.
• Theme Parks Hours and Entertainment schedules:
  • August: Disneyland • DCA • Both

DCA - Page 1
By sheer luck we happened to catch a soft opening demonstration of Lucky the Dinosaur - the first standalone, walking Audio-Animatronic - at Disney's California Adventure on August 20th.

We have two video clips of Lucky in action. Both clips are 16 seconds long. They are available in QuickTime format and MPG format. The QuickTime is a little bit better quality. Nether clip as audio.

• Clip 1 QuickTime (3.1 Megs)

• Clip 2 Quicktime (3.1 Megs)

• Clip 1 MPEG (2.6 Megs)

• Clip 2 MPEG (2.6 Megs)

Lucky emerges
Click here for a much larger version of this picture
(1024 X 768, 132,563 bytes)

A 'show' is put on the the man talking to Lucky and Lucky responding with sounds (not words). They are supposed to walk from Hollywood and Dine down Hollywood. Unfortuantely, in this test, he didn't make it all the way.
Click here for a much larger version of this picture
(1328 X 912, 215,830 bytes)

But it was still quite a sight. Lucky doesn't have a schedule as of yet and we don't know if/when other soft openings will be occuring or if/when regular sightings will begin.
Click here for a much larger version of this picture
(1545 X 1200, 330,908 bytes)