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 …

Disney’s newest nighttime creation, World of Color, premiered last night in Disney California Adventure theme park. Here’s a collection of videos so that you can see it through Disney’s eyes (ustream videos) and from the stands directly!
Five-Part Disney Parks UStream of World of Color
Disney Parks streamed the premier live last night — here’s the whole event in 10 minutes segments, including appearances from Bob Iger, Tom Staggs, and the new animated Mickey Mouse!

Full World of Color Video from Inside the Magic
Inside the Magic was there with video camera in hand …

Disney executives are betting heavily on the upcoming debut of World of Color. The company hopes that their upcoming extravaganza will turn the under-performing park into a hit.
On Thurday, June 11th, Disney will launch this ambitious project. Costing an estimated $75 million it is a key component of a billion dollar plan to improve the performance of Disney’s California Adventure. According to the New York Times:
Opened on the cheap in 2001, California Adventure has been a laggard in Disney’s $11 billion resorts and parks portfolio. The company …

On Friday guests at Disney’s California Adventure park received an unexpected treat, a soft opening for the re-imagineered “Silly Symphonies Swings” attraction on Paradise Pier. Formally known as the “Orange Stinger” the swings went under refurbishment as part of Disney’s $1 billion expansion and makeover of the park. Two weeks before the re-themed attraction was scheduled to re-open the Orange County Register is reporting that Disney guest relation officials are unable to confirmation if the soft opening will continue during Memorial Day weekend.
“The new ride allows visitors to swing …

Dining Packages have been announced for Disneyland Resort’s World of Color show, which will launch on June 11th in Disney’s California Adventure.
Packages will be available for two seating times, the first seating time including tickets for the first World of Color showing, the second seating time including tickets for the second World of Color showing. Restaurants currently available for booking are Wine Country Trattoria and Ariel’s Grotto.
For more details, pricing, and booking info, visit the Disney Food Blog’s World of Color Dining Packages page.

Have you ever wondered how Disney’s World of Color Imagineers researched how to make the fountains “dance?”
By watching real dancers, of course! Disney brought in a world-renowned choreographer to help translate human dance into…water dance!
Since “World of Color” doesn’t have any live performers, the fountains will become our dancers and actors. To help with staging the fountains, we brought in Joshua Horner. … We asked Josh to take the musical score for the show and create a style and choreographic point of view for each number. Whether it was the …

Disneyland Resort has released another fun video showing off some of the changes coming to Disney’s California Adventure!
Today’s video features an update on “World of Color” and shows how the new water spectacular is jam-packed with the creative elements Disney is famous for: powerful, emotional storytelling, amazing visuals and classic music.

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