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Weird stuff viewed on the Disney Echo this yEAR

Crunchy numbers

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This Disney Echo blog had 28,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 6 Film Festivals. But probably not very well.

Disney Echo readers are weird. Or maybe I’m weird, I forget. But here are the posts that somehow got the most views in 2012:


Subliminal Message in Disney Tangled Marketing


Ghost orb photo courtesy D.Frazier, http://www.diannespiritlight.comTitanic Ghost Tour


Disney Park AppNew Official Disney Parks iPhone App Features Augmented Reality And Official Wait Times


TangledDisney Tangled: Spoilers


Free iPhone app lets you zoom while recording


Disneyland PeopleMover, Innoventions replacement, Tomorrowland revamp, Frontierland expansion approved? Here’s why


Song of the SouthDisney rereleases classic Song of the South


Lego Store at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney


20121110-130130.jpgiPhone — The Missing Manual for iOS 6, iPhone 5 and earlier iPhones


20121112-183334.jpgiPhone iOS 6 Bug with Sounds


20120929-200532.jpgHappy birthday, Siri!


20120921-153417.jpg Siri vs Siri: The battle of the iPhone 5 turn-by-turn navigation apps


20120304-200613.jpgSiri and iPad 3


Thanks, everyone, for a wonderful year!

Tickets are still available! Disneyland’s famed Tahitian Terrace to reopen for one night only

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Disneyland Tahitian Terrace menu by Miehana[


ANAHEIM, CA—Disneyland is preparing to re-open its legendary Tahitian Terrace restaurant to allow guests to once again surround themselves in its tropical island splendor as they dine in the heart of the theme park’s jungles of Adventureland.

The catch is that the restaurant will be opening for one night only, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

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“We’ve been planning this for years,” said Dave Breiland, host of the Mousetalgia podcast, which is hosting the evening along with vacation experts MEI Travel. “Disneyland has been working with us to develop the event, and everything has finally fallen into place. I think this night is going to be something very, very special.”

The Tahitian Terrace is a restaurant and dinner show that existed at Disneyland from 1962 until 1993, when the restaurant was closed and the location was re-themed to become “Aladdin’s Oasis,” and a new dinner show based on the popular animated film was offered. Aladdin’s Oasis was short-lived as a dinner show, and the space has not been used regularly as a dining location since.

In its heyday, the Tahitian Terrace served menu items such as Barbecued Pineapple Ribs, Broiled Teriyaki Steaks, and Catamaran Chicken Salads, along with its famous Polynesian Rum Cake and Jungle Julips. The menu for the special October opening will be inspired by this original menu.

The original dinner show featured Polynesian dancers, who would shimmy to the music of a three- piece band playing traditional island music. The dancers would wear various outfits appropriate for each dance, whether it be a hula dress or a Tahitian grass skirt. The show ended with a dramatic firewalk and a dance with whirling, flaming knives.
Mousetalgia’s event will imitate the original show as closely as possible. Disneyland’s entertainment department is designing both the show and the area decor, which will completely disguise the current “Aladdin”-based theming and bring the tropical paradise back to the theater for the night.

Additionally, WED Imagineer Rolly Crump will be attending the event to discuss his role in creating Adventureland’s decor, and his work on Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. Crump worked directly for Walt Disney on many elements of Disneyland Park.

“The Tahitian Terrace has been gone for almost two decades, and fans have been longing for the chance to revisit it since the day it closed,” Breiland said. “Finally, here’s their chance.”

Tickets to the event are $259 per person. Visit http://www.mousetalgiastore.com to purchase tickets, or for more information.

For more information, contact Kristen Pfeifer at (415) 260-6911, or email kristen@mousetalgia.com.

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Tripping over both bells and whistles

Tripping over both bells and whistles.

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Disney rereleases classic Song of the South

Song of the South
Disney rereleases classic Song of the South


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Long-Forgotten 3D Pictures of the Haunted Mansion

The Long-Forgotten blog has View Masters From Outer Space (in 3D!). Great Haunted Mansion 3D shots and how to make yours from video.

See for yourself!


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EPCOT Horizons 2.0


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Free Epic Mickey app from Disney

Disney releases free Epic Mickey app for Apple devices, here

The article about it is here


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Adventurers Club demolition permits filed

So this really is the end.

“Permits filed for demolition of the Adventurers Club.” -Tweet by @CaptMichael87

We climb the highest mountains,
just to get a better view.
We plumb the deepest oceans,
because we’re daring through and through.
We cross the scorching desert,
martinis in our hand.
We ski the polar ice caps,
in tuxedos looking grand.
We are reckless, brave, and loyal,
and valiant to the end.
If you come in here a stranger,
you will exit as a friend.

Here are the permits. Read ‘em and weep… :-(

…and valiant to the end.

KUNGALOOSH!


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