New Pool Deck at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa at the Disneyland® Resort is currently undergoing an exciting hotel-wide renovation—the most extensive refurbishment since the hotel’s 2001 opening.Guests have already been enjoying some of the updates—with many new Guest rooms already available and the redesigned pool area now open for summer fun! Here’s a look at some of the details found at our refreshed pool deck.

Each pool area was designed with a variety of natural stones and brick to not only create a warm and welcoming environment, but also define three distinct pool settings. In keeping with the Arts and Crafts style of the hotel, the stone work was hand-laid by master stone mason

The Redwood Pool, with its irregular shape, features earthy, organic-feeling materials, including rustic brown flagstone and multicolored brick bands and slide accents. Situated just behind the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in Disney California Adventure park, the 90-foot-long waterslide curves around a giant Redwood tree stump!

Golden flagstone is used throughout the Fountain Pool. The new urn-shaped fountain serves as the pool area’s centerpiece. Our original turtle fountain can now been seen nestled in the garden as a fun addition to the Craftsman-inspired landscape.

The quiet Mariposa Pool features serene bluestone laid in an ashlar (or rectangular) pattern creating a sleek look. For Guests who wish to stretch out and relax, private cabanas line the edge and are available for half-day or full-day rentals.

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Video – Stan Lee Assembles Super Heroes for Disney Cruise Line Marvel Day at Sea

Guests can unleash their inner Super Hero this fall on the inaugural sailings of Marvel Day at Sea with Disney Cruise Line on select 7-night cruises from New York City. Check out this video as Captain America, Iron Man and more get the call from a Marvel legend.

Marvel Day at Sea kicks off in October on select 7- and 8-night cruises from New York City. The excitement continues on select 5-night voyages from Miami departing January through April.

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Cool off with the “Frozen” Summer Games at Disney’s Blizzard Beach

“Frozen” Summer Games has returned to Disney’s Blizzard Beach® Water Park at Walt Disney World® Resort.

In addition to the return of the games, guests can now meet the team captains, Kristoff or Olaf, near the Beach Haus merchandise shop! In fact, Disney’s Blizzard Beach is the only location at Walt Disney World Resort where guests can meet Kristoff, so be sure they take the opportunity to say hello to the “Frozen” star.

Meeting a few “Frozen” friends is the perfect way to kick off the “Frozen” Summer Games, where once again Guests visiting Blizzard Beach can join Team Kristoff or Team Olaf to participate in a variety of friendly competitions, including Ice Pail Relays, Ski Pole Limbo and Slide Races. Plus, they can also enjoy family activities, crafts and a DJ playing the “coolest” hits.

It’s a really fun way for guests to “chill” out as the weather heats up!

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Disney Reveals Coco Voice Cast And Character Details

Pixar’s is finally nearing the finish line with their new project Coco, and with a new trailer coming later today the studio released more details about the film’s talented cast.

Coco deals with a young boy who discovers his idol is in the land of the dead. As seen in the trailers, this is a rather magical place, and director Lee Unkrich describes just how different this place is in comparison to the land of the living.

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Practically perfect! See new photos from Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns’

“Mary Poppins Returns” may not arrive in theaters until Christmas 2018, but sneak preview photos from the movie are here and, naturally, they’re practically perfect!

The film, which comes more than 50 years after Disney’s 1964 musical classic “Mary Poppins,” this time around stars Emily Blunt as the magical English nanny who offers joyful life lessons to everyone around her.

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The 20 Best Disney Movies On Netflix

When the whole family’s involved, streaming can get a little sticky. Finding titles that are safe for all age groups is certainly not always an easy feat, but Netflix‘s selection of family-friendly Disney titles is truly unparalleled.

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Disney Milestone: $2B in Global Box Office Sales

Walt Disney Co.’s film studios unit hit a new milestone: $2 billion in international box office sales so far this year thanks in part to a strong showing for “Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth film in that franchise.

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Disney’s Bambi – Bonus Clips

We’ve got some great bonus material to share with you today from Disney’s Bambi. The clips below showcase the early character designs and art styles that went into developing the Bambi we all know and love today. We also have some of the Tyrus Wong’s art that inspired the backgrounds that gave Bambi its unique style.

Bambi | Bambi Effect

Bambi | Grasshopper Deleted Scene

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SIX MUST-DO NEW EXPERIENCES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT

From new nighttime fireworks to an entire new land to explore, there are so many new experiences to enjoy at the Walt Disney World® Resort.

1. Watch “Happily Ever After” Fireworks – This new nighttime fireworks spectacular is dazzling Guests at Magic Kingdom® Park. Performed nightly, the show draws on dozens of Disney characters and stories to tell a tale about the importance of chasing your dreams and overcoming adversity to find your happily ever after.

2. Explore Pandora – The World of Avatar – This all-new land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme park transports guests to a world of bioluminescent rainforests, floating mountains and soaring banshees. Guests can now experience riding on a mountain banshee on the thrilling Avatar Flight of Passage, or board reed boats for Na’vi River Journey, a family-friendly excursion down a rainforest river to see the Na’vi Shaman of Songs.

3. Enjoy “The Music of Pixar LIVE! A Symphony of Characters” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios – “The Music of Pixar LIVE! A Symphony of Characters” showcases a selection of unforgettable soundtrack favorites from Disney•Pixar “Cars,” “Finding Nemo,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Toy Story” and “Up,” performed by a live orchestra and includes appearances by beloved Disney•Pixar characters like Woody, Buzz and Jessie. This 40-minute concert is presented three times nightly at Theater of the Stars, following regular daily performances of “Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage.”

4. Explore Additions to Star Wars Launch Bay – Replicas from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” welcome guests to Star Wars Launch Bay at Disney’s Hollywood Studios®. (And don’t forget, Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular returned earlier in 2017 to the delight of Guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In it, the music, magic and characters of Star Wars combine with special effects, fireworks and state-of-the-art projection to put you inside iconic scenes from the Star Wars saga).

5. Slide Through Miss Adventure Falls – This family-friendly raft adventure just debuted to at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon® Water Park and whisks guests through the remains of a treasure hunter’s hideout.

6. Watch the “Disney Movie Magic” Projection Show – This new projection show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios transforms the park’s iconic Chinese Theater with special lighting and state-of-the-art projection mapping technology to put you right in the middle of a high-energy celebration of films from the Disney family of studios. There will be dozens of movies highlighted, from Disney classics like “Mary Poppins” to contemporary blockbusters such as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” the Indiana Jones adventures and this summer’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.”

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – Bonus Clips: Table read

We’ve got some great bonus material to share with you today from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. The clips below are from the Table Read bonus feature showing the cast all together reading through and performing the script for the first time.

Beauty and the Beast | Table Read

Beauty and the Beast | Be Our Guest Table Read

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