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New Orleans Square at Disneyland Park Fact Sheet

Walt Disney on New Orleans Square:“Disneyland would be a world of Americans, past and present, seen through the eyes of my imagination — a place of warmth and nostalgia, of illusion and color and delight.”

Overview: New Orleans Square evokes the energy, elegance, culture, music and architecture of the French Quarter. It features the classic Disneyland Park attractions, Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion, along with distinctive boutiques and restaurants that give guests a little taste of the Big Easy in the 1800s. From swashbuckling pirates to hitchhiking ghosts to street musicians, New Orleans Square certainly has character.

What’s new: Each year, Jack Skellington gives the Haunted Mansion a Christmas makeover, complete with jack-o-lanterns and wreaths, a real gingerbread house and kooky characters from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Haunted Mansion Holiday is open throughout the Halloween and holiday seasons at Disneyland Park.

Don’t miss:New Orleans Square has two indoor attractions: Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. In Pirates of the Caribbean, guests set sail as Captain Jack Sparrow attempts to plunder the town’s treasures. Ghosts and ghouls await guests who choose to take a tour of the Haunted Mansion. The land also includes New Orleans Square Station, from which guests can embark on a circle tour of Disneyland Park aboard the Disneyland Railroad.

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’: Star Lord’s Father Revealed

The identity of Peter Quill’s (Chris Pratt) father in “Guardians of the Galaxy” was never revealed. Although if fans were to base the movie adaptation’s story from the Marvel comics, Star Lord is written as the son of Prince Jason of Spartoi.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Bonus clips

Captain America: The Winter Soldier arrives in stores next Tuesday, September 9th! Below are some bonus feature clips.

Cut the Check Featuring Anthony Mackie

Meat and Potatoes Featuring Anthony & Joe Russo, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan

Widow Reveals Her Secrets (Extended Scene)

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DISNEY LEGEND TONY BAXTER AND A TOMORROWLAND SNEAK PEEK ADDED TO DESTINATION D: ATTRACTION REWIND AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT NOVEMBER 22–23

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club has unveiled more of the experiences in store for members at what is sure to be the can’t-miss Disney event of the year—D23 Destination D: Attraction Rewind presented by H2O Plus. Taking place November 22 and 23 at Walt Disney World Resort, the event will bring Disney Legends, archivists, Imagineers, and luminaries together to celebrate fan-favorite attractions of years past, including Adventure Thru Inner Space, If You Had Wings, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, with rarely seen concept art and images, vintage video clips, and hours of revealing stories. In addition, there will be a full day of presentations showcasing Disney’s contributions to the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair.

Tomorrowland supervising art director Ramsey Avery (Star Trek Into Darkness, Minority Report) will give members a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the making of the upcoming release from Walt Disney Pictures. Avery will detail how the production team reconstructed elements of the World’s Fair for the upcoming film, which stars George Clooney. “I had a great experience working on Tomorrowland and recreating some of the very iconic environments from the 1964 World’s Fair, especially it’s a small world, and am excited to share some of that behind-the-scenes process with Disney fans,” says Avery.

During the panel “Rediscovering Discovery Bay,” Disney Legend Tony Baxter will take guests on an in-depth tour of the never-built themed expansion for Disneyland through rarely seen concept artwork and models that he worked on during his time at Walt Disney Imagineering. Discovery Bay, as an early press release stated, was intended to “bring to life a time and place that climaxed an age of discovery and expansion.”

Additional panels have just been announced.* More information may be found at D23.com/Events.

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How Disney Upgrades The Haunted Mansion to Scare New Generations of Fans

The manifesting and disappearing ghosts in the grand ballroom of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion aren’t holograms or digital projections. They’re based on Pepper’s Ghost, a nineteenth century technique that, until the Haunted Mansion was constructed, had never been used on such a grand scale.

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DisneyBound by Bailey Brown

Hey everyone! So as I’m sure many other people have started school this week, did you take like 500 weeks to decided what you were gonna wear the first day? Maybe you didn’t, and jeans and a tshirt were you’re thing, (That’s awesome), but for me it took weeks of planning. And finally, I got the idea. I’m gonna DisneyBound. If you don’t know what DisneyBound or the art of Disney bounding is, it’s a fairly simple concept. Created by a blogger named Leslie Kay, DisneyBounding is dressing up like a Disney character, only not in their costume, in regular street clothes. For example, if you were to DisneyBound as Jessie from Toy Story, you would simply need some regular jeans, a white button up shirt, a yellow hair bow, cowboy boots some black or,maybe if you’re wild, cow shaped, earrings.

You may not look exactly like her or her face character in the park, but you incorporated her look, her colors, and even some of the patterns her character. Disneybounding is a very basic form of cosplaying, only not dressing in full out costume. It’s a really fun thing to do, especially to get around the rule in the parks saying adults can’t dress up in full costume. Sometimes however, it can be hard to do on a budget, especially when you’re wanting to do a specific character. Thrift stores, Goodwills and clearance racks are the best places to shop when trying to do this. When I got around to trying to pick a character, I knew for a fact that I couldn’t do my favorite character, I would have to buy a whole news complete outfit, and I wanted to try and use the stuff I already had in my closet. After doing research, watching tons of Disney movies, and raiding my closet twice, yes twice, I finally found all my pieces to DisneyBound as none other…. Fix-it-Felix. Now Felix’s outfit was pretty easy to duplicate.

All I had to put together was a chambray shirt (it’s a button up made out of denim), some skinny jeans, and brown lace up boots. It was still fashion-y while a strong present of Felix was represented. I wish I could Disney bound every outfit, and I encourage you to try it at least once. And make sure you check out DisneyBound’s Tumblr. Or if you search DisneyBound in the tags, many other people’s creations and their takes on Disneybounding. Stay magical!

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Disney and Marvel Kids Sunglasses Recalled Due to Lead Paint

At least 20 styles of Disney (DIS) and Marvel branded kids’ sunglasses were recalled because they were made with lead paint, in violation of federal law, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

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Jay Rasulo, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company, to Speak at the Goldman Sachs 23rd Annual Communacopia Conference

Jay Rasulo, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Goldman Sachs 23rd Annual Communacopia Conference on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at approximately 12:25 p.m. EDT / 9:25 a.m. PDT. To listen to a live webcast of the session, please point your browser to www.disney.com/investors approximately five minutes prior to the start time. The webcast presentation will be archived at disney.com/investors.

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Disney Channel Top-Rated Network Among Kids for Third Straight Summer

Disney Channel, boosted by a pair of original movies and popular new comedy series “Girl Meets World,” has emerged as television’s most popular total-day network among kids — as well as cable’s most popular overall — for a third straight summer.

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Apple’s iWatch meets payments: Disney’s MagicBand concept at scale

Apple will reportedly include near-field communication in its upcoming smartwatch, or iWatch, in a move that would take a concept from Disney and scale it to the masses.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the iWatch would have NFC technology, which enables data transfer and mobile payments on smartphones.

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