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If you love both Walt Disney World and Star Wars then the Star Wars Weekends might be something you don’t (or don’t want to) miss. Last year you could get 1 of a limited series of 600 Mickey Jedi Figure (before they re-released a non limited version). This year, after the success from last year, they will even have 4 new figures.

Each figure is again limited to 600. The four figures are X-Wing Fighter Pilot Mickey, Princess Minnie, Stormtrooper Donald, and Darth Goofy.

The figures are chosen in celebration and to honor the 30th anniversary of the very first movie…

“We wanted to create something special for our guests visiting during Star Wars Weekends to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of A New Hope,” says Disney Arts & Collectibles Product Developer Aaron Babcock. “Last year, we debuted the Jedi Mickey Mouse piece, selling the 600 specially-stamped big figures in just a matter of hours. So this year we wanted to do the Disney characters as characters from the first film.” (StarWars.com)

The figures look awesome, especially Goofy is my favorite of the four. You want one? Make sure to be among the first at the shop as they will sell out within hours again.

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Tatiana Hancheroff was the young Canadian singer who performed the theme song for Disney’s ImagiNations Parade at Disneyland Paris and was on-site for the parade’s premiere during the Millennium Celebration. Even so the parade ended its run prematurely the song ”All Around The World” by Vasile Sirli and Jay Smith is still frequently used by the Disneyland Resort Paris. E.g. it played last summer season when the characters drove down the Main Street, U.S.A.

After her performance on Central Plaza during the official premiere of the parade Tatiana Hancheroff disappeared from the radar of Disney fans … but now she is back.

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Today was the day of the big celebration, the last day of the year 2006. After a good night sleep and a late wake up call we headed for our Cheyenne Breakfast. Now here is a change for the worst. Not that the breakfast was ever anything special but this was far below any standard. Especially the ham, which was given by a Cast Member to the guests, has been turned in a strange event. 1 Piece was cut in four and if you where lucky you got half of that. We never expect much from a breakfast while staying at Cheyenne, but this was just bad. Now this will not spoil our time at Disneyland Resort Paris and as I promised to give the highlights… here they are…

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The shoot of a documentary of 14 young kids getting ready for the Transpacific Yacht Race trip has started in Hawaii.

Produced by Roy Disney’s Pacific High Productions in association with Disney Studios, the documentary is tentatively scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2008. Other producers and the film’s director also were on hand to talk about the multi-faceted endeavor. (Star Bulletin)

The Morning Light team will be trained for 6 months…

“This is not another one of those reality shows,” said Disney, a two-time winner of the Transpac event, which travels from Los Angeles to Hawaii. “It’s not one of those shows where people get kicked off half way through it.” (Star Bulletin)

A couple of days ago we could all witness a video where Tigger “hit” a boy without reason. The news sites and news stations where fast enough to jump on this item and brought a version of news putting Tigger into the bad spotlight. Some titles where saying that Tigger was in Trouble again as if it wasn’t the first time he did wrong even if he was cleared of these allegations…

After having another couple of closer looks at the video I concluded that (as usual) the reaction of Tigger comes from an action of the boy. I want to stress out that I do not have access to the original video and worked with the versions online and can only point out what I see. I am sure the investigators working on the issue will be able to come up with the real proof.

This is my take on the event…

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Pirates of the Caribbean; At World’s End is highly anticipated by the many fans. With a release date of May 25 I was wondering when we would get to see some cool stuff…

…And that is just what happened when I checked out “Ain’t it Cool” where they got some great artwork for the third movie added…

I am so looking forwards to this part as my all-time favorite actor is in it; Chow Yun-Fat!

For more artwork visit this page

Tinkerbell was everywhere, and I mean everywhere in Disneyland Resort Paris.

Not that that is a bad think, I do like her as a character, I just noticed she was playing a key part in a lot of the Disney stuff that we could see around the Disneyland Resort Paris parks this time.

She was (already) present in the Fantillusion parade in the Disneyland Park and over at the Walt Disney Studios for the Disney Cinema Parade, she was also making sure everything went right with the tree lightning ceremony as she appeared on top of the castle to start the lights sparkle on the tree.

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The 33th Annual People’s Choice Awards have been presented and Pirates of the Caribbean; Dead Men’s Chest is the big winner of the event. It has been given awards for best Male star: “Johnny Depp”, best On-screen matchup: “Johnny Depp & Keira Knightley” and also Voted best movie and best movie drama.

Johnny Depp could not be at the event but he gave a message by satellite from London

“I know that I’ve said this before. But the fact that this award comes from the people makes it all the more special,” he said. “And thanks for keeping me employed, yeah? You’re the boss.”

Another Disney winner is the animation “Cars” that was voted best Family movie. A full list of all other winners can be found on the CNN.com website

This will be the first entry of our (My 7 year old son Jarod, my Wife Gilly and myself) New Years Trip Report to Disneyland Resort Paris. Just like my previous (and hopefully many future) reports I will keep them short and fun. Highlights of what happened, what we’ve done and what we’ve experienced on this trip. So, let’s get on with it!

It was 1 day before New Years Eve and we entered the park very, very early, somewhere around 08:15 when we entered with our Dream passes, a good 45 minutes before regular opening time. Straight to Fantasyland where we had to wait a little while before we could ride Dumbo and Peter Pan without any queue lines. I can’t say it enough; Staying 3 days or longer, then the annual Dream pass is a must have.

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You can see some of the props that will be used in the new T-rex restaurant build at Downtown Disney on the Mousetunes web. There is some real great stuff that will be placed inside the new restaurant.

The “creatures” are made by the company Daddona Studios. They are specialized in the design and fabrication of the themed environments for theme parks.

They are no strangers to Walt Disney World as they already created stuff for the Merchant of Venus store in Tomorrowland

Do you want to be a real pirate? Than this is your chance, or at least your virtual chance, to become one. As from Spring Disney will have an online Pirates game available where everybody can become a pirate…

A massively multiplayer online role-playing game with a pirate theme befitting the film’s beloved Captain Jack Sparrow will be online by the spring, Disney revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Robert Iger spoke at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where he previewed the new revamped Disney.com web site with improved navigation, build in Video option, and the Xtreme Digital feature where children can surf the web, watch videos, play games and chat with friends at the same time without parents to worry about some content found on other sites.

Iger also addressed the Piracy problems where he mentioned that it is the industry that can help prevent this curse by setting a balanced between price and the product that would make piracy less interesting.

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Magic can be found in all corners while at Disney. Cast Members are a big part of this magic, they can bring an extra smile onto a child’s face. The picture here shows a janitor playing around in the park and building his own (not so) hidden Mickey. It’s these things that make the Disney Parks so extra special

Picture is taken in Hong Kong Disneyland and comes from the HKDL source website. Well spotted!

Although I do like to listen to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, I must admit I don’t know what to make of the temporary Space Mountain Rock Version that is running at Disneyland at this time. You can check out a video on Youtube and see if you like it. Of course the best way to find out is to visit the park and take a ride yourself if you can…

The new temporary version, including the new light and special effects will run until April 26th.