Exciting news for Disney fans!
“For one night only, two of the world’s most celebrated songwriters and composers will take to the stage for “Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken: The Disney Songbook.” The concert will take place at the D23 Expo 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center in the D23 Expo Arena on Saturday, August 10.”
Update: County of Orange and Discovery Science Center Eco Challenge Poster Contest Extended. Orange County kids now have through June 7, 2013 to enter for chance to be an Angels Bat Kid!
Beginning June 8, 2013 at Taco Bell Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA will host “Da Vinci – The Genius, the most complete and comprehensive traveling exhibition ever created on Leonardo da Vinci.” Please continue reading to find out all the details on The Discovery Cubes latest exhibit.
Disney & Lucasfilm announced production has begun on an all-new animated television series set between Episode III and IV ! Star Wars Rebels, is scheduled to premiere in the fall of 2014 as a one-hour special telecast on Disney Channel. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni will serve as Executive Producer of the new series. Screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg is an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels and will write the premiere episode.
On a recent trip to sunny Southern California, I had the chance to explore the Legoland California Resort. Legoland California Resort is located in Carlsbad, California about a one hour drive south on I-5 from Anaheim. Legoland California Resort has three gates. Legoland Park, Legoland Water Park and the Sea Life Aquarium. A few days after my visit Legoland the brand new on property Legoland Hotel was set to open.
In early 2011 Legoland announced the addition of a Star Wars themed area. Let EndorExpress.net show you the Star Wars of Legoland California! and don’t forget to mark your calendar for Legoland Star Wars Days scheduled in June!
“We’re creating a unique destination that celebrates, in all respects, the essence of Disney,” says Steven Clark, head of D23. On June 17, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will launch a reimagining of its D23.com website. Plus D23 is launching a new free level of membership.
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Ashley Eckstein returns to co-host Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios May 17th through June 9th. Ashley will be bringing all-new, Star Wars by Her Universe designs to the month-long event. Please continue reading to see what you will find located in Darth’s Mall.
The Force was strong with the Tokyo Disneyland Resort this week as the “adventures” finally continued onto the Land of the Rising Sun. Star Tours The Adventures Continue reopened officially on May 7th and had you been there, it wouldn’t take long before you said “There’s too many of them!” in response to the crowds that showed up.
Unfortunately we weren’t there to welcome the latest version of Star Tours but RocketNews24 was. They have a great report with photos of the launch.
You can also visit the Disney Parks Blog for more on Star Tours at Tokyo Disneyland.
D23: The Official Disney Fan Club and the Walt Disney Archives have announced the popular exhibit “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives” will be returning to the D23 Expo. During the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center, August 9 – 11, 2013, this all-new exhibit will feature: the 50th anniversary of Mary Poppins, ABC’s hit series Once Upon A Time, and a look at the longstanding connection between Disney and L. Frank Baum’s beloved series of books about the land of Oz.
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Coming this weekend to both Disney Resorts is the long awaited release of Disney Vinylmation Park Starz Series 2. We didn’t talk much about Series 1 but there’s a certain character in this series you’ll be sure to want to get your hands on: Rex or RX-24!
The Disney Parks Blog has more details on the release of this collectible line-up. It reveals that “Rex from the original Star Tours attraction was designed for Park Starz 1,” said Casey Jones “I’m glad he finally made it — better late than never!”
The rest of the series includes Orange Bird, It’s A Small World Hippo & Holland Girl, Carnotaurus (Dinosaur), Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead, Maelstrom Troll, Tower of Terror Bellhop, Jungle Cruise Baby Elephant, Tapestry of Nations Puppet, Mark Twain, and Haunted Mansion Gus. There’s a secret chase figure to find and that is Wally Boag from the original Golden Horseshoe Revue.
Happy Hunting!
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