San Diego Comic-Con 2018: D23 Takes a Trip to SDCC, Part 2

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San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone again, providing somewhere in the vicinity of 130,000 attendees an opportunity to immerse themselves in all aspects of pop culture. While Disney’s main SDCC perennials Star Wars and Marvel passed on their usual big Hall H presentations this year, they made a strong showing with D23, their official … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2018: D23 Takes a Trip to SDCC, Part 2"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2018: D23 Takes a Trip to SDCC, Part 1

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As its first big foray into the madness that is Comic-Con, D23 put on two panels and a member mixer. Starting off its first-ever SDCC panel, "Celebrating 90 Years of Mickey Mouse with D23: the Official Disney Fan Club," Walt Disney Archives Director Becky Cline, Official Voice of Mickey Mouse Bret Iwan, and Master Disney Animator Mark Henn took the audience members through a whirlwind tour of the iconic mouse's long and famed history.
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A Trip to Disneyland on its 63rd Birthday

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Lee and I celebrated Disneyland’s 63rd birthday with a trip to Disneyland. It was a Tuesday, and we were pleasantly surprised that the parks weren’t all that busy. While yes, some attractions had hour-long waits, most were well under that. We arrived late enough (11:30) that we didn’t try to get any Fastpasses – return … Continue reading "A Trip to Disneyland on its 63rd Birthday"
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Anime Expo 2018 Serves up Pop Culture, Part Two

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Anime Expo, the largest celebration of anime pop culture in North America, once again took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center this month. Virtually every facet of Japanese popular culture was represented with gusto as 110,000 fans devoured content for five days on video games, film, tv, cosplay, animation, music, and traditional arts. Heading … Continue reading "Anime Expo 2018 Serves up Pop Culture, Part Two"
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Disneyland Resort Updates from July 13, 2018

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Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, July 13, 2018. Starting off my visit with a look at the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge construction from the Mickey and Friends parking structure. Along Disneyland drive on the back edge of the buildings more support structures are … Continue reading "Disneyland Resort Updates from July 13, 2018"
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Happy 63rd Birthday, Disneyland!

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Disneyland opened 63 years ago today, on July 17, 1955. While a lot has changed in those 63 years, it's still true that as you pass under the train station: "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy." In honor of Disneyland's birthday, we thought it would be fun to see how much you all know about the early days of Disneyland with this little quiz.
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Anime Expo 2018 Serves Up Pop Culture, Part One

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Anime Expo, the largest celebration of anime pop culture in North America, once again took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center this month. Virtually every facet of Japanese popular culture was represented with gusto as 110,000 fans devoured content for five days on video games, film, tv, cosplay, animation, music, and traditional arts. Industry … Continue reading "Anime Expo 2018 Serves Up Pop Culture, Part One"
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“Ant-Man and The Wasp” Press Conference

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“Who would have believed that in your hour of need, you would turn to us?” “Not me.” –Luis and Dr. Hank Pym On July 6, Marvel Studios unveils the latest chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in “Ant-Man and The Wasp.” Starting up two years after the events of “Captain America: Civil War,” we find … Continue reading "“Ant-Man and The Wasp” Press Conference"
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Disneyland Resort Updates from June 29, 2018

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Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, June 29, 2018. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure. Not a lot of visible progress this visit. Most of the work is being done on the other side of the buildings or inside. … Continue reading "Disneyland Resort Updates from June 29, 2018"
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