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Mickey Mouse and a cast of beloved Disney characters will embark on a series of musical adventures through the magical powers of a sorcerer’s map in “Mickey and the Magical Map,” the all-new live show coming to the Fantasyland Theatre in Disneyland Park May 25.

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In ancitipation of the May 25 debut of the upcoming MICKEY AND THE MAGICAL MAP, Disney ahs released a retrospective look at the Fantasyland Theater that has played host to qutie a few productions at Disneyland Park.

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In anticipation of the upcoming MICKEY AND THE MAGICAL map stage show opening May 25 at Disneyland, Disney has released a new video about the costumes used in the new show.

Senior Costume Designer Matt Davidson and Costumer Chris Bermudez share about the style used for the show which was meant to be an infusion of sleek modern style with a fairytale steampunk flair.

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“Mickey and the Magical Map” officially premieres this Saturday, May 25, in the newly refurbished Fantasyland Theatre at Disneyland Park and to celebrate we've got a ton of fun facts about the show!

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The upcoming MICKEY AND THE MAGICAL map show coming to the Fantasyland Theater will feature quite an assortment of classic songs from films such as Pocahonats, Jungle Book, Tangled, and Lilo & Stitch. Below are the songs Disney has arranged into the musical numbers that will come alive during the show.

• "Journey To Imagination"
• "I Wan'na Be Like You"
• "Just Around the River Bend"
• "Reflection"
• "I See the Light"
• "Under the Sea"
• "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride"
• "Dig a Little Deeper"

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This Friday for Disneyland Resorts second all-nighter, the parks won't be the only places open for 24 hours. Downtown Disney will also be joining in the fun with some restaurants being open for 24 hours as well.

Since making the jump to the social space, the Disneyland Resort has found huge success in adopting the social media platform of Twitter. Both parks of the Disneyland Resort have their own twitter accounts (@DCAToday and later @DisneylandToday) and now there will be an Annual Passholder

The World of Color Picnic Packages will be ending on June 1. The cancellation of this service comes a few months after the recent changes to the World of Color Dining Packages in which the Ariel's Grotto princess dining location shifted its dinner service to no longer offer princess greets in exchange for widening the option for guests to enjoy World of Color viewing with dinner at the restaurant instead.

Magic has arrived in Storybrook and it can only lead to more trouble when Regina the Evil Queen and Rumpelstiltskin are involved. But magic isn't the only thing coming! This second season of the popular ONCE UPON A TIME show on ABC is coming home on August 13 when it will be available

ABC has unveiled its network upfronts for the fall season and amongst returning regulars such as ONCE UPON A TIME, MODERN FAMILY, and NASHVILLE are a great selection of new and highly anticipated shows.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND is a spin-off of the popular returning television series that has taken classic fairy-tale characters and thrust them into modern day world. Although this new spin-off will not tie much into storylines from the already existing show, it will borrow from the underlying mythologiges for a new take on the all-too-familiar adventures of Alice and the rabbit hole.

AGENTS OF SHIELD is also on track with a TUESDAY 8pm intro slot. Following where MARVEL THE AVENGERS left off, the series will follow the drama of the super-hero collaboration agency known as SHIELD. Don't expect to see too much of Robert Downey Jr. or Scarlett Johansson in this one, the show focuses primarily on the agents of the organization.

Disney has released a new promo trailer, “Disney’s PLANES Takes Flight,” featuring music by the film's composer, Mark Mancina gives everyone a great look into this animated home-release dubbed good enough to be a featured-film. Are you convinced?

Disney PLANES lands in theaters August 9, 2013.

Formerly only available for the domestic Disney Parks and aboard the Disney Cruise Line, the Photopass program is now available for use at Disneyland Paris. The addition is being heralded under the banner of the parks 21st anniversary.

The photo service offered by Disney gives guests the ability to compile all of their official in-park images on a single card that can then be reviewed at home later through the Photopass website where images can have custom borders added and ordered in a variety of sizes and on a variety of products including tees, mugs, and frames.

Our friends at PixieVacations have a super special offer available for those who book a WDW Vacation Package: Free Ear Hats!

For every qualifying Disney Vacation Package booked with PixieVacations from May 15- Aug. 15, 2013 for travel dates July 1 – Aug. 31, 2013, each member in the travel party will receive a keepsake personally embroidered Ear Hat!

Find out more at PixieVacations.com!

Officiated by executives, the MYSTIC POINT expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland had its official opening on May 16. The attraction officially opens for the public on May 17 but has been in soft-open previews for a few weeks now.

With the addition of Toy Story Land in 2011, Grizzly Gulch in 2012 and Mystic Point this year, the size of Hong Kong Disneyland has increased by almost 25%.

Hong Kong Disneyland will also be upping its marketing outreach for the newly expanded park with campaigns in select markets in Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and India.