Marty Sklar Retires, Disneyland Summer Nightastic and Earth a Hit!

Marty Sklar Announces his Retirement after 53 years...

Legendary Imagineer, Marty Sklar is retiring after 53 years on the job at Disney. He will leave the company on July 17th, Disneyland’s 54th anniversary. He wrote a lovely letter to Imagineering, Disney and us the fans this past weekend. I won’t try to summarize it here but you can read it in full here.


Disneyland Announces Summer Nightastic

Disneyland has announced a few new offerings to entice us to the left coast for our summer nights. First up is “Magical” a new fireworks’ spectacular where the fireworks are “actors” (I’ve read several descriptions of this and my best guess is that the fireworks will be shaped scenes but I am far from certain that this is the plan.) Music will be Disney tunes scored by Wishes composer Greg Smith. A few of the Disney “stories” featured will be: Pinocchio, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Dumbo flying over the castle (can’t wait to see that!). Pixie Hollow, will also get the magic treatment at night time where it will feature twinkle lights and fountains timed to music. The Disney Electric Parade will be back in DCA with a few new features: namely, Tinkerbell will be leading the parade not the Blue Fairy. The parade will also be updated to feature LED lights instead of the old incandescent bulbs. Fantasmic will also be getting an update with some technical changes. Water projections will be in HD and Flotsam and Jetsam and Captain Hook’s Nemesis Tick Tock the Crocodile will troll the Rivers of America. The biggest change will be the addition of a 40 foot fire breathing dragon. TLT Dance Club, for teens, will also debut at Tomorrowland Terrance in Tomorrowland. Teens will be able to text message the plasma screens in the club. Sounds like fun!


Disneynature’s Earth

Disney will be planting 2.7 million trees in honor of those who made the new Disney Earth movie a success this past weekend. The trees will be planted in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered rain forests in the world. The Nature Conservancy will assist Disney in making this effort happen. The movie premiered in 5th place making 8.6 million dollars.


World Wide Disney: Aerial shot of the new DVC Ko Olina Resort in Hawaii


WDW Weather: Sunny. High of 85 F.


Disneyland Weather: Sunny. High of 72 F.