The Magic Key sales cycle continues in the new year, when Disneyland resumes sales of “select” Magic Keys on January 13, 2026. Welcome to the new home (and new look) of MousePlanet! We’re currently ...

Last August Disneyland announced a major change to the Theme Park Perks offered to those who stay at Disneyland Resort Hotels, and those changes are now in effect today, January 5, 2026, As always, ...

I recently wrote a book called Disney Never Lands: Things Disney Never Made that details theme parks, lands in the parks, television shows and animated films that Disney announced but never made. As ...

I have been doing some private presentations for a while to help pay the bills. Last December, I enjoyed talking with a group of amateur Disney theme park photographers about the philosophy and ...

On June 16, 1955, about one month before the opening of Disneyland, the Disney Studios released my second favorite Disney animated feature, Lady and the Tramp (my first favorite is Dumbo, from 1941).

With Disneyland’s 70th anniversary in the rear-view mirror, and Halloween kicking off in less than a month, some of the summertime entertainment will be wrapping up over the next few weeks. Here are ...

This year marks the 30 th anniversary of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit (without a question mark at the end) that was released June 1988. It is difficult to remember the huge influence this film ...

The premise of the Disney animated feature Pocahontas (1995) was a young, highly spiritual Native American woman named Pocahontas meets an English rogue named John Smith who is an adventurer at heart ...

Disney has been around so long and has done so many things in so many different areas, that, these days, every year seems to be a significant anniversary of something. This particular year is the 50th ...

In July Disneyland announced a number of new and returning holiday meals, and now it’s time to make reservations. Pay close attention to the blockout dates for each restaurant or offering, as many are ...

Pumpkin Mickey welcomes visitors to the Main Street Pumpkin Festival at Disneyland. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix. The Guardians of the Galaxy attraction has a Monsters After Dark overlay for the ...

Today, I am going to share a mermaid’s tale—of her mermaid’s tail. As a 17-year-old, Susan Musfelt (now Hoose) applied and was hired in the summer of 1959 as one of the original mermaids at Disneyland ...