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Buzz Lightyear takes the spotlight with the newest mobile app from Disney Interactive, Toy Story: Smash It! Available at Google Play and App Store, the new 3D physics based puzzler lets gamers suit up as Buzz Lightyear and blast through four imaginative episodes and more than 60 challenging levels.

Disneyland will become a touch less patriotic and a bit less harmonious later this spring as the VOICES OF LIBERTY a capela group will be ending its run after April 7, 2013. No changes are expected at EPCOT where the group has been performing for several years.

Budgets may very well be to blame for this unexpected departure. Next week, Disney will be unveiling two new mini-shows at the Fantasy Faire surrounding the stories of Beauty and the Beast and Tangled. Then later this year, Disneyland will also be unveiling a new musical revue style stage-show at the Fantasyland Theater called Mickey's Magical Map.

The newest store coming tot he Disneyland Resort is Fairy Tale Treasures which are one of the enchanting locations coming to Fantasy Faire on March 12th. You’ll find this quaint little store filled with costumes, accessories and endless storytelling, themed to our beloved Disney Princesses. This location, with its royal Old-World European charm.

Radio Disney announced last week that an awards event, the Radio Disney Music Awards, will take place at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on April 27. The show will feature some of today's most popular young artists, including Selena Gomez, Bridgit Mendler and Coco Jones.

The event aims to extend the networks promise of "your music, your way" to its targeted audience of kids, tweens and families.

One of the worst kept Disney secrets has officially been announced. Walt Disney Studios Park will welcome a new Ratatouille based attraction in 2014. Details are sparse but the new family-focused attraction tells the tale of Remy, a cuisine-loving rat, who dreams of becoming a talented French chef.

It was also announced that the resort’s 20th anniversary celebration has been extended through September 30, 2013, and during this time, Disneyland Park’s nighttime spectacular Disney Dreams! will be enriched with two new scenes from the movies “The Lion King” and “Brave.”

The full set of IRON MAN 3 posters is now available offering individual shots of each of the film's primary characters. The latest features the main man himself, Tony Stark. The remaining posters give us a look at Pepper Potts, Iron Patriot, Mandarin, and Aldrich Killian.

IRON MAN 3 smashes into theaters May 3.

Originally planned for a Spring 2013 DVD release, Disney PLANES is now upgraded to first class and preparing for lift off in theaters on August 9, 2013.

The format release of the film isn't the only thing changing for this little engine that could. A previously released trailer was just reissued by Disney replacing Jon Cryer with Dane Cook for the voicing of the main character, Dusty.

Goldstar is currently offering $12 tickets to see OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood.

Your admission to the theater includes several goodies that you'll be hard-pressed to find at your local cineplex. Before each screening the theater is presenting Disney Mysteries of Magic where an expert wizard will perform mystical magical illusions before your very eyes!

You'll also be able hear the movie in Dolby® Atmos, a completely new platform for cinema sound that allows sounds to move around the theatre, even overhead, to create a natural and lifelike audio experience that perfectly matches the story and produces the most realistic effects you’ve ever heard.

If that's not enough, after the show, you'll be able to check out a display of the movie's gorgeously detailed costumes and some props. The special engagement is from March 8 - April 30.

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Now through March 9, as part of the Limited Time Magic marketing campaign, a special display of replica costumes and props from “Oz The Great and Powerful” will be available at WonderGround Gallery in the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim. Items on display will include Glinda’s dress, crown and wand; the cape worn by Oz; and the China Girl character.

The new Fantasy Faire is just a few days away from its March 12 grand opening at Disneyland but Annual Passholders will get the chance for a sneak peek a few days before. With a valid AP, guests have the chance to enter the new princess expansion at Disneyland from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm on March 7, 8 and 9, 2013.

More details after the jump!

From March 3 to May 12, 2013 Walt Disney World will be offering more from the Limited Time Magic marketing campaign in the form of a new Spring Trolley Show on Main Street, U.S.A.

The citizens of Main Street, U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom park are bursting with excitement now that spring is in the air. Dressed to the nines in bright pastels and with a few new songs in their hearts, they arrive in town on a horse-drawn trolley adorned with colorful bouquets of flowers and ribbons.

We just received word that the mostly unknown My Disneyland Birthday Party offering will be removed from Disneyland completely, effective Sunday, March 18.

That means St. Patrick's Day will be your last chance to join Mickey and Minnie at the Plaza Inn to celebrate your birthday with a party hat, souvenir sipper cup with fruit punch, mini birthday cake, icing, and cake toppings that culminates with a photo with Mickey and Minnie.

Last night, a time-cherished Cast Member event was held once again after hours at Disneyland Park... Minnie's Moonlit Madness! The annual Cast Member scavenger hunt leads employees from around the entire Walt Disney Company around the park for a challenging hunt that consists primarily of trivia.

Although the end-goal for participants is the shiny medal at the end, entry fees benefited Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, which was presented $5,000 at the event!

The latest from the world of the Limited Time Magic marketing campaign is a new line of Disney Parks cosmetics called Beautifully Disney. The collection features princess and villain-inspired lacquer crème nail polish, lip gloss, eyeshadow and lip glosses themed to Disney royalty such as Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, Evil Queen, Lady Tremaine, Ursula, and Maleficent.

To celebrate the new line of cosmetics, Downtown Disney will be doing free mini-makeovers with the new products on both coasts in their respective timezones from 11am - 3pm at the Vault 28 locations on March 2.