This year, Disneyland Paris will be celebrating its 20th anniversary, and some exciting new shows will arrive at the park as part of the celebration. The two nighttime shows, Disney Dreams and Disney Magic on Parade, will debut in April as the park marks its 20th year of operation.
“Disney Dreams” will combine elements from Walt Disney World and Disneyland’s “The Magic, The Memories, and You” show, as well as Disney California Adventure’s nighttime spectacular “World of Color.” The show, which will follow the adventures of Peter Pan’s shadow as it …

Yesterday marked an exciting milestone for the Disneyland Resort, when their newest nighttime spectacular, World of Color, celebrated its 1,000th performance. The exciting show uses water, color, light, animation, and music to create a “living Fantasia,” and has been delighting guests nightly since June 2010 at Disney California Adventure.
“I am so proud that ‘World of Color’ has reached its 1,000th performance,” Steve Davison, Vice President, Parades & Spectaculars for Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment and Creative Director for “World of Color,” told the Disney Parks Blog. …

Disneyland Resort is gearing up for the holiday season, with official celebrations beginning November 14. This year, a few new additions have been included as well as the return of many guest favorites.
A new cartoon-style Christmas tree has been added to Mickey’s Toontown for the 2011 holiday season, as well as a new segment to the nightly “The Magic, The Memories and You!” show, seen on the facade of it’s a small world. The new segment, created specifically for the holiday season, will feature a variety of holiday tunes and …

To mark America’s celebration of independence, World of Color is taking it to the next level.
The nighttime water and light spectacular at Disney California Adventure Park will play host to a special pre-show July 1-4, which will celebrate Independence Day in grand style:
[The] all-new Independence Day “World of Color” pre-show which will run prior to each showing of “World of Color” and will combine video, water effects, lighting and fireworks to create a spectacular celebration of American independence.
Disneyland Park will also get into the spirit of the holiday with “Disney …

About.com readers have just bestowed another award on the Disney California Adventure show “World of Color”:  Best New Theme Park Show of 2010 in their 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards.  The popular nighttime spectacular, which combines water, lights, music, animation and more for a completely unique experience, has already been viewed by more than 2 million guests in less than one year.
In an online survey, readers of the popular site, owned by The New York Times Company, rate “the best of” in a number of categories, focusing on the achievements of the …

Disneyland Resort’s second park, California Adventure, opened ten years ago this week – to lackluster reviews and lukewarm attendance.  It rained for weeks.  And then 9/11 happened, and a nation was plunged into fear and mourning.
In retrospect, many factors contributed to California Adventure’s mediocrity.  The original ideas were scaled back before they were ever built.  Rides were purchased “off the shelf” – they could have been in any Six Flags or King’s Island across the country.  There was no “Disney” in this Disney.  And people noticed.  And complained.
Little by little, in …

We first told you about the special ticket for California residents that Disney was offering a couple of days ago.  Although the price has increased over last year’s “slow season” deal, there’s a little more flexibility with the new ticket.  Today, another little detail came to light, via the Disney Parks Blog.  The deal is truly a Southern California deal – meaning it’s only available to folks with Southern Cali zips (90000-93599) or North Baja Cali zips (21000-22999.)  We wanted to pass the information along to avoid any inconvenience.
To learn …

The “World of Color”  fountains are now getting a workout during the day.  Over the holiday weekend, Disney California Adventure officially debuted its new show, “Disney Channel Rocks.”
The seventeen-minute show incorporates songs from some of Disney’s most popular tween- and teen-focused works, past and present, including ”Camp Rock,” and  ”High School Musical.”  Also in the show are songs from the TV shows “Shake It Up,” as well as “Hannah Montana,” and “Jonas Brothers.”
The new show will be the first time that the “World of Color” stage and fountains have been used for …

Beginning November 26, Disneyland Resort guests who would like to view World of Color without the fuss of fighting the crowds will have a new option.  Dinner packages for World of Color have been so popular that the resort is now offering a lunch package.
The prix fixe package allows guests to reserve a spot for viewing the popular nighttime water spectacular by booking a table at one of their favorite restaurants.
Wine Country Trattoria and Ariel’s already featured the dinner packages, but starting this Friday, guests may also book a prix fixe …

Guests and Visitors to Disneyland Resort have been amazed and delighted with the new “World of Color,” attraction, and now the unique show has won its first prestigious award.
On Tuesday, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced that “World of Color” had captured this year’s THEA award for Outstanding Achievement – Nighttime Spectacular.  In a ceremony held during the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attraction’s (IAAPA) annual conference, TEA described the display as “a visual and technical marvel.”  In all, Disney has won 34 coveted Thea Awards over the span of 17 …