Originally Posted By DisneySuiteFreak Aloha everyone, I haven't been to the land since last December for the 50th. I've been busy working my tail off all year. Can anyone tell me what's new or what's changed over the last year? Do they still have the AAA Fastpass feature? I can't wait to go back. Thanks!
Originally Posted By DisneySuiteFreak Okay, I'm losing it. I did post this in Trip Planning, because I am planning to take a trip in thenear future. Can anyone tell me what's new in 2006? I heard that they are turning the old Submarine ride into Finding Nemo or something? Anything else? AAA Fastpass option -- still there or gone? Thanks!
Originally Posted By oneroberta Yes the old submarine is going to be a finding nemo ride- AAA no longer offers the enhanced fast pass. and they are starting the year of a million dreams. check out disnygo.com
Originally Posted By TinkerbellPatten What does "year of a million dreams" mean, anyway? Disneyland.com does not explain anything about it. Is it just a slogan for the year?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Off the top of my head, the biggest addition since your last visit is the Monsters Inc. dark ride, which is in the Hollywood Pictures section of Disney's California Adventure.
Originally Posted By Altadisdude TinkerbellPatten - I think it's just the new marketing plan for this year. Every year now days needs to be special. The 'hook' so to speak is the promise of random special events throughout the parks that create ‘dreams’. The biggest one is randomly being selected to enjoy one night of your stay inside Cinderella's castle.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<The 'hook' so to speak is the promise of random special events throughout the parks that create ‘dreams’. The biggest one is randomly being selected to enjoy one night of your stay inside Cinderella's castle.>> Actually, there are a dozen prizes MUCH bigger than the stay in the Castle. The top Dream is a 220 point membership to the Disney Vacation Club plus the annual fees... a prize worth $83,701. In contrast, the Castle Suite Stay is valued at only $587. Here is a thread about the giveaway: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-79780-P-1&Refresh=0927223451" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/de fault.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-79780-P-1&Refresh=0927223451</a>
Originally Posted By TinkerbellPatten Thanks, all... I just found all the details at disneyparks.com which was very informative. (Is this a new website? I had never heard of it before.) We'll be there end of Nov, early Dec so maybe we'll get lucky and win something?
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove We were there for three days from opening to closing this month and saw nary a dream being awarded. Guess we were just unlucky or not dreaming hard enough.