Wind-up musical Max Rebo toy

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Custom Madame Leota crystal ball

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Some great theme park images

The Hollywood Tower of Terror shot during blue hour post storm. Love how thew letters just fall down the tower itself. pic.twitter.com/WvvLc80bPH

— Evan Patel (@EvanPatel11) June 24, 2025

Long post by a Redditor claiming to have worked at Galactic Starcruiser

By a person claiming to have been in the Disney College Program. Detailed and very negative about the way management operated, but also negative throughout in a way that indicates the person was unsuited for working at Disney.

Diorama of the ballroom from Disneyland's Haunted Mansion

Honored to be commissioned for a partial Haunted Mansion Ballroom diorama.

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— RadleyRelics (@radleyrelics.bsky.social) May 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM

The LA Times wrote about the updated version of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion

LAT (plenty of photos):

The last time the attic received a major overhaul was in the mid-2000s, and that figure, known as the “black widow bride,” had a more aggressive, sinister story to tell. Holding an ax, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic. Those pictures are still present, only now the full bodies of the men vanish — leaving their departure up to the imagination.

Irvine said the attic scene was redone, in part, because the projection technology on the prior figure had become so outdated as to necessitate regular maintenance. But rather than update what was there, [Disneyland Creative Director] saw an opportunity to add a greater contrast with the more festive waltz in the prior room as well as to embellish the Mansion’s tale.

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“The bride that used to be in there was an ax murderer, and in this day and age we have to be really careful about the sensitivities of people,” [Creative Director] said. “We were celebrating someone chopping off her husband’s heads, and it was a weird story. 

Beautiful photos from the Haunted Mansion

It’s still spooky season. Haunted Mansion. (No flash, no exterior light) Never EVER interrupt the show.

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— Peter Tedone (@ptfilm.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Witch being burned at the stake couples costume; Haunted Mansion trompe-l'œil photo opportunity, Moo Deng handler costume (Halloween roundup)

@queen.cimmy Is it hot in here? #Halloween #halloweencostume #seasonofthewitch #diy #fyp ♬ HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan

The administrator of Disneyland's Club 33 died after what's being reported as falling from a moving golf cart in the backstage area

LAT. (A recent Reddit thread about membership)

Maybe one day we'll have a virtual version of Galaxy's Edge with all the planned bells and whistles

9 years ago facing the 5 freeway adjacent to the ABC building in Glendale for all to see, how big would the beast (as we called it) be and how high would the guests be? New problem, how much more of the land would have to be finished out from their point of view? pic.twitter.com/MxvJYt9rLL

— Frank Mezzatesta (@FrankMezzatesta) February 19, 2024

Speaking of virtual theme park reconstructions:

Spent all afternoon building the Blue Bayou in the Sims4 so my Sims could enjoy a little bit of Disneyland pic.twitter.com/OxgiSiQtHc

— Jess Siswick (@tinymallet) February 18, 2024

The Sims Blue Bayou now has fireflies, atmospheric fog and monte Cristos on the menu. pic.twitter.com/uK98XkMdZr

— Jess Siswick (@tinymallet) February 19, 2024

And:

We have quite a few more things to reveal in time, but if you want an early preview of what we've done so far, check out our recreation of the defunct Magic Kingdom ride, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea here:https://t.co/fQwtKAS87L

— DefunctVR (@DefunctVR) February 15, 2024

Also, here's Starcruiser viewport footage:

Impressive Disneyland model made by a future Imagineer when he was 14 and had limited reference material to work with

Ran across these shots of the 1/200 model I made as a kid. Still have it although it's in bad repair. Had to play "sick" from school to finish it, but worth it. pic.twitter.com/okVGy2fpvw

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 4, 2024

It was, but in reality I was trying to show WED I was hoping to be taken seriously (at 13!) after being turned away.

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 5, 2024

I was so obsessed I made tiny construction fences when I redid areas so miniature guests could not see in!🤪

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 5, 2024

Yes. Took business cards from wherever and cut them into the buildings. Little reference back then, has to use guidebooks and postcards. No net yet. Sculpted the Matterhorn from modeling clay.

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 4, 2024

Yes. I only had the “spaceport and rocket flight” art from the park map

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 4, 2024

1972-3. Here are two Disney letters that mention the model. One from archivist Dave Smith, and another from Disney News. It almost made it! 😄 https://t.co/PkWDEOl9Tt pic.twitter.com/vgt5uCfjQu

— Eddie Sotto (@boss_angeles) January 5, 2024

*See more miniatures.

Frozen animatronics nightmare fuel

@cm_brickflips Insane ☠️ #frozen #frozeneverafter #disney ♬ For the First Time in Forever - From "Frozen"/Soundtrack Version - Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel

People are lining up and sleeping outside Shanghai Disneyland

Scenes at Shanghai Disneyland last night and this morning. Some people started lining up in the middle of the night and SLEPT at the entrance. pic.twitter.com/tY6quZLDHO

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) September 29, 2023

That and Linabelle celebrates her 2 year anniversary si ce debuting in Shanghai. pic.twitter.com/jHKtPQ85r7

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) September 29, 2023

From 2021:

One month after she appeared publicly, she was on Weibo’s hot topic ranking board more than 32 times. That popularity is something that not many celebrities or KOLs are able to achieve in their entire career. Yet LinaBell made it just in one month.

Who is she? What makes her a huge superstar among Chinese people, especially girls? What commercial plans are hiding behind her?

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When visitors say something that she doesn’t like, she would pretend to pull out her sword. When she sees handsome boys, she becomes shy and wants to hug them. She’s also very sporty, showing fans how she lifts dumbbell to strengthen her body. 

*Buy Linabell toys at ebay,

Poster for "Disneyland Grad Night '79" goes insanely hard

Poster for "Disneyland Grad Night '79" goes insanely hard #Disneyland pic.twitter.com/nGlpA4gGMB

— lunequest 🚀✨🌒 (@LuneQuest) September 23, 2023

Two very detailed discussions of Disney's Galactic Starcruiser

First, an extremely lengthy episode of the No Proscenium podcast where the typical hosts, who are devoted immersive theater enthusiasts and did their best to role-play during the experience, are interviewed about their experience at the hotel by the "Head of Culture House Immersive and Director of Immersive Experience for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser". (I might have imagined it, but I think she says early in the interview she was not much of a Star Wars fan before taking on the job.)

And second, an extremely lengthy write up by the creator of the iOS exercise game/audio adventure Zombies, Run!, who went alone and did not have much prior experience role-playing.

Haunted Mansion Doom Buggy pedicabs (with ghost and fog) at SDCC

@reagbryn #comiccon #disney #comiccon2023 #hauntedmansion #comicconsandiego #comicconinternational #disneyshauntedmansion #hauntedmansionmovie2023 ♬ Grim Grinning Ghosts - From "The Haunted Mansion" - The Melomen & Paul Frees & Betty Taylor & Bill Lee & Thurl Ravenscroft

*Previously: Madame Leota cosplay

The virtual portholes in the Nautilus Grand Salon at Disneyland Paris

⚠️First look at the renovated Nautilus Grand Salon and one of the new scenes / effects: Dolphins. pic.twitter.com/wfxVTWIapP

— DLP Report (@DLPReport) July 1, 2023

🐋 A scene that particularly shows off the new technology is the Whales: pic.twitter.com/ediYnNcPIm

— DLP Report (@DLPReport) July 1, 2023

🦈 Another new scene in the Nautilus Grand Salon: Sharks pic.twitter.com/U5t3x1eVrN

— DLP Report (@DLPReport) July 1, 2023

There are more photos from the new and improved Les Mystères du Nautilus here.

Indiana Jones Adventure button for theme park staff

Prior to the opening of Indiana Jones at Disneyland this button was issued to cast members at WDI. The art was old school which added to it charm. Note the WDI letters on the ride vehicle. #IndianaJones pic.twitter.com/Z322ATA25U

— Jim Shull (@JimShull) June 18, 2023

Alex Goldman says an Imagineer confirmed Disney's Trump animatronic was a hastily repurposed Hillary

It's apparently been replaced by a properly sculpted one. From his substack:

The imagineer closed with a fascinating bit of Disney animatronic trivia

Alot [sic] of people hear that Disney has a new animatronic, and they think it’s getting designed somewhere from scratch in a Swiss lab. For some of the more advanced ones, that’s definitely the case but for most of them, it’s much more like Dr. Frankenstein’s lab. They’ll repurpose and put together existing heads and appendages for new rides or if they need spare parts. There’s an old attraction called Ellen’s Universe of Energy. It was a really long ride, and I’ll bet there were at least a dozen Ellen Degeneres animatronics. After the ride closed down, they didn’t throw out those Ellens. They repurposed them. I know they put a beard and probably an eyepatch on at least one and moved it into one of the background scenes of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

So just because it appears Hilary is no longer hiding underneath a latex Trump mask in The Hall of Presidents, it doesn’t mean she couldn’t be hiding elsewhere in the park

Full scans of “Backstage Disneyland” newsletters, which were created by the Disneyland Recreation Club, and distributed to cast members

Explained, with links to the downloads here. Absurdist time capsules.