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You can get ready to dance all night and join in on the fun with “Mickey’s Mix Magic” at Disneyland® Park. As part of Get Your Ears On – A Mickey and Minnie Celebration, we’re celebrating 90 years with the one and only Mickey Mouse.

“Mickey’s Mix Magic” is a nightly extravaganza featuring high-energy projections, lighting, lasers and of course, pulsating music! In fact, the show’s musical score is inspired by the irresistible beat of house music—bringing energy and fun that appeals to Guests of all ages. 

The biggest celebration of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in Disneyland history also includes the fan-favorite “Mickey’s Soundsational Parade,” as well as festive décor and limited time food, beverage and novelty items!

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Now aboard all four Disney Cruise Line ships, children’s dreams of being a princess can come true with a new Signature Rapunzel makeover at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. Truly fit for royalty, the stunning, heirloom-quality gown features a latticed bodice and rich fabrics.

To complete the look, Fairy Godmothers-in-training adorn each little princess with a crystal tiara, a gold-plated sun pendant necklace, and a gold-plated and sterling silver bracelet with pink, purple and white Swarovski stones.

Add the princess shoes and sash, imperial hairstyling, nail polish, shimmery makeup and sparkling face gems, and the royal transformation is complete!

This new Signature Rapunzel package also includes an ultra-luxurious white robe with lavender trim and crown embroideries, plus an organza garment bag and a satin hanger.

Makeovers at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique can be booked online at DisneyCruise.com in advance of embarkation or onboard the ship during a cruise.

You can come on out to Disney California Adventure® Park and enjoy the best of Californian cuisine, beverages and entertainment during Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, now through April 23, 2019! Here’s what to expect:

Culinary Demonstrations: Guests can head to the Backlot Stage in Hollywood Land to watch and learn from talented chefs as they share recipes and tips for preparing favorite dishes.

Festival Marketplaces: You can explore 14 different Festival Marketplaces for a varied and vibrant smorgasbord of small plates, specialty wines and craft beers. Each location’s menu is inspired by fresh, California-grown ingredients!

If guests are interested in tasting their way through the festival, the Sip and Savor Pass is now available to all Guests. This pass entitles you to eight select food or non-alcoholic beverage items from any participating Marketplaces, Paradise Garden Grill and select Festival Food & Beverage Carts. guests can use all eight coupons in a single day, or spread them out over multiple visits!

Family Entertainment: Guests can enjoy an entree of fun-filled entertainment, including lively performances of Jammin’ Chefs, who use pots, pans and percussion to wow the crowd. During Jr. Chef, kids ages 3 to 11 get to whip up fantastic fun during this hands-on “cooking” experience that ends with a tasty surprise.

Event Merchandise: Guests can commemorate this year’s festival with exclusive event merchandise. There is plenty to please the palate of any Disney fan—from festive headwear and apparel, to kitchen accessories and souvenirs.

Opening at Disneyland this summer and Disney’s Hollywood Studios this fall, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will incorporate a level of all-ages game play that’s never been seen before.

Disney’s Imagineers put five years into modeling parts of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge after real-world bazaars — taking inspiration from the marketplaces of Istanbul and Marrakech — but the one thing that’ll make it all feel real is inside your smartphone.

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There was a time when reports of a new Disney movie coming out meant there would soon be a fresh feature-length cartoon at your local theater, usually at the rate of one a year. But the audience demand was too big for just “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), “Pinocchio” (1940), “Dumbo” (1941), and “Bambi” (1942). By 1950, Disney was also releasing live action features – starting that year with “Treasure Island” – along with the animated ones. “Cinderella” came out in 1950, too. By the time Disney’s feature-length nature films hit the screens, beginning in 1953 with “The Living Desert,” there was no looking back.

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Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, today announced Disney Sorcerer’s Arena, an upcoming mobile game in collaboration with Disney, and offered the first look at the new game. Set for beta release in limited territories soon, Disney Sorcerer’s Arena conjures up a bold RPG world that unleashes Disney and Pixar characters at their gutsiest and fiercest onto a dynamic, strategic battlefield.

In Disney Sorcerer’s Arena, players will unlock a bold and competitive world where characters from some of the most beloved Disney and Pixar franchises collide. Players collect an arsenal of champions and villains to take on opponents in single-player and PvP modes. They will choose from a deep vault of battle-ready characters – each with their own unique abilities to utilize and magical spells to unleash – to train to their full potential. Players will compete to become the mightiest sorcerer in a highly challenging landscape, completing daily quests and events to earn rewards and upgrades, and collect talismans in their unending quest to be legendary.

“Disney Sorcerer’s Arena delivers a distinct, high-powered experience that is sure to delight Disney fans and RPG players alike,” said Mike Olsen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Glu Mobile. “Disney Sorcerer’s Arena has been developed by a talented and creative team who, in close collaboration with Disney, have worked tirelessly to deliver an immersive and stunning game players will love. As we move into the next phase of development, I am incredibly excited today to release a first look into this new world.”

“Glu is a proven leader in the mobile and strategy-based games space, and their expertise is fully demonstrated with Disney Sorcerer’s Arena,” said Sean Shoptaw, Senior Vice President, Global Games & Interactive Experiences at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. “We’re thrilled to share a first look at this incredible world we’ve created where players can interact with their favorite Disney and Pixar characters in new and unexpected ways.”

A first look at Disney Sorcerer’s Arena is available here:

For more information and the latest updates, visit www.sorcerersarena.com or follow Disney Sorcerer’s Arena on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

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• Establishing Epcot scenes
• Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Goofy – Front entrance topiaries
• Donald Duck – topiary
• Daisy Duck, Chip ‘n’ Dale – topiaries
• Figment – topiary
• Floating gardens
• The Goodness Garden Butterfly House – exterior
• The How-to Garden
• Imagination Play Garden
• The Honey Bee-stro
• Butterfly topiaries
• Norway – Anna & Elsa – topiaries
• China – Bromeliad Dragon
• Germany – Snow White & Seven Dwarves – topiaries
• American Adventure – Woody – topiary
• France – Belle & Beast – topiaries
• The Berry Basket – dining
• UK – Captain Hook & Peter Pan – topiaries
• Festival merchandise

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Here’s what you’ll find if you plan to visit a galaxy far, far away in California and Florida.

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New sights, sounds and flavors of spring will envelop Walt Disney World Resort guests beginning March 6 when the 26^th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival bursts into bloom.

This year’s festival will be chock-full of lush new topiary whimsy, edible delights, gardens to play in and an expanded lineup for the Garden Rocks Concert Series.

The 90-day event continues through June 3, featuring dozens of Disney-crafted topiaries and beds of multi-colored blooms that will transform the Epcot landscape into a floral extravaganza. As just one example of this metamorphosis, nearly 70,000 festival blooms will surround the lakes in Future World, while on the water, hundreds of colorful mini-gardens will be set afloat.

Here is a look at some of the discoveries guests will make this year:

• The popular Garden Rocks Concert Series will expand to every day of the festival, featuring chart-topping artists performing three shows daily on the America Gardens Theatre stage. That’s 270 concerts – more than ever before – spanning multiple genres. Returning favorites like The Spinners and Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone will be joined by artists new to the festival like TobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman, Eddie Palmieri and Colin Hay of Men at Work.
• Creative new culinary dishes and four new Outdoor Kitchens will debut this year, including Arbor at The Gardeners Terrace featuring unique food and beverage, interactive experiences and specialty merchandise. Guests will also enjoy the all-new Health Full Trail presented by AdventHealth featuring the new Flavor Full Kitchen, Play Full Garden playground experience and Mind Full Retreat decompression area where guests can relax and unwind.
• Guests of all ages will enjoy a fun playground and garden located at Bo Peep’s Training Grounds presented by Toy Story 4, where Bo Peep will join topiaries inspired by her Toy Story pals Buzz & Woody.
• Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration family scavenger hunt will be more fun than ever this year with new locations to discover along the garden pollination trail. Guests can also commemorate their scavenger hunt experience with select merchandise offerings featuring everyone’s favorite bee, Spike. Another guest favorite returning to the festival April 5-21 (while supplies last) is the Eggstravaganza Scavenger Hunt, where guests can search for Disney character-themed eggs around World Showcase.
• In celebration of Disneynature’s “Penguins,” opening April 17, a 9-foot-tall art sculpture made from recycled marine debris will be on display in Future World featuring adult and baby Adélie penguins. Created by the non-profit organization WashedAshore.org, this work of art is designed to inspire guests to keep the world’s oceans and waterways clear of plastic pollution.

Among the returning gardens and exhibits, guests will once again enjoy the Goodness Garden Butterfly House presented by GoGo squeeZ, where nearly 1,000 native butterflies willfly among the garden’s two dozen nectar plants. Additionally, several World Showcase pavilions will include gardens with floral life representing plants from those countries, such as the Kokodema Garden and Bonsai Collection in Japan, the Urban Spice Garden in Morocco and the Alpine Container Garden in Germany.

As festival-goers take in all these floral wonders, they will come across fine tastes to savor along their journey. In addition to the Outdoor Kitchens, raised-bed or in-ground gardens of herbs and produce will offer the perfect inspiration for learning to grow healthy ingredients. Several Epcot food-and-beverage locations – including Taste Track and Refreshment Port – will offer festival-themed eats and libations. Additionally, guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at 15 popular Epcot restaurants and guaranteed seating for a nightly concert with a Garden Rocks Dining Package. Dining packages are now booking at FreshEpcot.com or by calling (407) WDW-DINE.

Guided tours are also available for guests interested in learning more about nature’s magic. In Behind the Seeds – The Land, guests can explore the fish farm and four greenhouses that make up The Land at Epcot. Additionally, two guided experiences exclusive to the festival include:

• The Royal Tea Garden Tour, presented by Twinings, which takes place each festival morning at the United Kingdom. For a small fee, guests can follow a knowledgeable guide through the tranquil tea garden setting to learn the history and artistry behind growing and blending tea. A post-tour treat of tea and scones is included. The shorter, complimentary English Tea Garden Touralso will be offered on select days.
• During the Gardens of the World tour, guests will join a Disney horticulturist for a three-hour walking tour to explore the award-winning topiaries and gardens that make the festival so special. Guests will learn about the unique role landscaping plays at Walt Disney World and discover new plant materials and gardening techniques to use for home gardens.

Guided tours are offered select days throughout the festival for an additional fee. Epcot admission is required. For more information or to make a reservation, guests can call (407) WDW-TOUR.

Guests can also commemorate their visit to the 2019 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival with official event merchandise. They can dig up a charming array of whimsical apparel and headwear designed to capture the splendor of spring, garden tools and accessories, and magical Disney keepsakes to adorn their homes and gardens.

For more information about the 26^th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, visit FreshEpcot.com or call (407) W-DISNEY. Additional details available at WDWNews.com. The festival, including all gardens and exhibits, is included in regular Epcot admission.

In summer 2020, Disney Cruise Line will embark on a variety of itineraries around the world, including a long-awaited return to Greece and the addition of five first-time ports of call in Europe. Along with an expanded European season aboard the Disney Magic, adventures will continue across the fleet with sailings to Alaska, the Caribbean and Bahamas.

Bookings open to the public on March 7, 2019. More details can be found on the Summer 2020 Itineraries page of disneycruise.com.

European Explorations

After a five-year hiatus, the Disney Magic will return to Greece in summer 2020 as part of three special Mediterranean voyages departing from Rome. During one 12-night and two nine-night cruises, guests can marvel at the beautiful landscapes and archeological wonders of destinations like Piraeus, the gateway to Athens; Katakolon, near ancient Olympia; and the islands of Santorini, Mykonos and Crete.