Calling all champions of justice! Sailor Moon will be coming to Universal Fan Fest Nights this spring at Universal Studios Hollywood.
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The latest expansion at Legoland California is out-of-this-world fun for families seeking theme park thrills.
Just in time for spring break and summer vacation, LEGO Galaxy unleashes a new space adventure for LEGO fans of all ages.
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Disneyland Resort and Disney California Adventure Park have officially kicked off their Halloween celebrations. With both parks celebrating the spooky season, it means double the fun for guests. The resort-wide celebrations have plenty to offer, including the much-anticipated return of the Haunted Mansion Holiday with its all-new eerily delightful gingerbread house and the “Halloween Screams” nighttime spectacular at Disneyland Resort.
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Summer is just around the corner. That means schools are out, and families and friends are going on vacation. So what better way to spend the summer than at The Happiest Place on Earth? Disneyland Resort is celebrating summer and announcing a new, limited-time Three-Day Disneyland Ticket and hotel offer. These new offerings are a great way for guests to save and enjoy three days of magic at The Happiest Place on Earth.
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Summertime at Disney World and the surrounding parks are about to get magical this year. Four new enhancements will launch, giving guests a more immersive experience while also celebrating cinematic milestones like the 30th anniversary release of The Lion King, and much more.
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Pixar Fest makes its return to the Disneyland Resort from April 26 to August 4, 2024. The event means that guests can celebrate the beloved characters and stories from Pixar Animation Studio in all new ways.
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For those who read Harry Potter, Butterbeer is the staple drink for young wizards studying at Hogwarts. Of course, the sweet concoction has since made its way into the real world, where fans and guests of Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando could drink the magical fizzy elixir to their heart’s content.
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The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival is back. The annual culinary event is a delicious way for guests to eat and sip way through all the lovely flavors of California from now until April 22. The Nerds of Color and a few other journalists had the opportunity to chow down and drink up from the returning festival marketplaces like D•Lish, Nuts about Cheese, California Craft Brews , and a new one called Earth Eats.
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The annual Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival kicks off at the Disneyland Resort, in Anaheim, CA, today. Until April 22, guests can enjoy heaping helpings of limited-time food and beverages, entertainment, merchandise, cooking demonstrations, seminars, and more inspired by California’s diverse culinary scene.
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February is Black History Month, and to celebrate Disneyland Resort is hosting “Celebrate Gospel” concerts at Disneyland Park as well as offering a limited-time Celebrate Soulfully feast of delicious eats and sips honoring Black heritage and culture.
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Disneyland After Dark events offer guests a fun way to experience the park in a way that they couldn’t if they went on any ordinary day. Recent Star Wars nights and Throwback nights have proven very popular amongst guests. Now, the park has more to offer and they have released the themes and dates for their After Dark events of 2024.
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Wish is now playing in theaters, and Disneyland Resort wants to celebrate the film’s theatrical run by inviting guests to meet Asha for a limited time.
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The Marvels is the first time Marvel Studios has delivered a female-led ensemble, with two of the film’s leads being POC. And now, just as Avengers Campus has done with nearly all MCU feature films that have been released in the past, they are welcoming Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Captain Monica Rambeau at Disney California Adventure.
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Last year, Disneyland Resort’s Paradise Pier underwent renovations to transform from its original beach and nautical-themed hotel into a full-fledged Pixar-themed hotel. The hotel itself didn’t close as Imagineers and construction crews added and remodeled around the structure, while still being able to provide guests the same service and amenities. Now Disneyland Resort announced that Pixar Place Hotel will open January 30, 2024.
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Disney California Adventure guests get to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at Avengers Campus every time they visit. They can interact with some of their favorite heroes during meet-and-greets, and go on adventures with them. And with the opening of the new Avengers Vault, they can bring back a little piece of Avengers Campus home with them as they can shop for superhero gear or Infinity Saga relics.
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When Hawkeye introduced us to Rogers: The Musical’s “Save the City” number, MCU fans wondered if they would ever experience a Marvel Musical in real life in any shape or form. Shortly afterward, D23 attendees got an exclusive answer when that same number was performed live in front of an audience.
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Space Jam: A New Legacy is hitting theaters this week. And last night, the stars of the film, plus a few other special guests, took to the purple carpet to celebrate the looniest, toon-iest, basketball extravaganza on screen in the past 25 years!
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Earlier this week, Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA got jammed (I know. As a Parks and Rec fan I shouldn’t do anything to glorify scumbag Jeremy Jamm, but the pun was right there, okay?)! And the Looney Tunes took over, with their good friends, Don Cheadle, Eric Bauza, and King James himself, Lebron James!
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Recently The Nerds of Color were lucky enough to visit the planet of Batuu, aka Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland. And wanted to pass down some of our tips and tricks to you, our readers, for your next visit! In case you missed Part 1 of our coverage, we discussed intros to the land and linguistics while there, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, Blue and Green Milk, Oga’s Cantina, and Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities. In this part, we’ll be discussing some of the food of Galaxy’s Edge, the shops at Black Spire Outpost, the Droid Depot, and Savi’s Lightsaber workshop.
So without further ado, punch it Chewie!
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August 15, 2015. That was the date that Disney announced at their biennial D23 Expo that it was going to fulfill the fantasies of every Star Wars fan in the world. They were going to bring the universe George Lucas had created to life, and give us all the opportunity to become a part of the world of Luke, Han, Chewie, and Leia, and allow us to finally live our adventure too. At the time the implications and details behind all of that were top secret, and for years speculation among fans became rampant. What would the rides be like? Could we drink Blue Milk? Would there be a Cantina? Can you become a Jedi? And most importantly can we fly the Millennium Falcon?
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Soon you’ll be able to visit a galaxy far, far away real, real close to home. Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Disneyland opens May 31, 2019, then Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Disney World opens August 29, 2019. Disney and Lucasfilm previewed their newest theme park attraction at Star Wars Celebration and here’s what we learned.
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Not so long ago, my family and I went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, in Southern California. In a word, it was amazing. Despite my being too broad-shouldered (and totally crushed) that I couldn’t fit into the seat for “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” (my wife and daughter said it was the single best ride of their lives), the trip was worth the drive to get there. So was waiting in the horrendous lines. What rendered moot any complaints of inconvenience was the near-constant look of awe and wonder on my daughter’s face.
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