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Your Disney photos from Flickr, Nov. 20

November 20th, 2009, 3:00 pm by Sarah Tully

Once a week, we pick a few of the best photos that you readers post to the OCR Around Disney Flickr group, and we feature them on Around Disney.

About once a month, we’ll print your photos — giving you credit, of course — in the hard-copy edition of the Register.

Want to share your photos with like-minded Disney fans and get a chance to have them published in the Register? Visit our OCR Around Disney Flickr group and join up — you have to have a Flickr account, but setting one up is super easy. Just go to flickr.com and click “create account.”

If we pick your photo, we’ll e-mail you for your your full name and the caption information for the photo, and pop it online.

Right now, we’re especially looking for holiday-themed photos featuring guests. Have a picture of your kids with Santa? Get a photo with the reindeer? Take a shot with characters dressed in festive gear? Please share it with us.

This week’s first two photos are from Flickr user Loren Javier, also his real name. He lives in Los Angeles.

Both are of Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee, a new show at Disneyland.

The first shows Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen on the riverboat.

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The second is of Dr. Facilier, the villain in the upcoming movie, along with Prince Naveen.

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The next photo shows a reflection on the walkway along Paradise Pier in Disney’s California Adventure.

It was taken by Flickr user Guerrewhoa. Click on the photos to see more of Guerrewhoa’s photos.

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The last photo is of a Mickey Mouse decoration on the “C” in the California letters outside of Disney’s California Adventure. It was taken by Ring of Fire Hot Sauce 1. His real name is Michael Greening. He’s from San Diego.

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Thanks to everyone who contributed new art to the OCR Around Disney Flickr group this week! We love seeing the parks through your eyes.

Need some help deciding which pictures to contribute? Visit our Flickr page. Photographer Joshua Sudock posted some tips in the body of a discussion topic titled, “How to get your photos published at arounddisney.com.”

Keep snappin’ and having fun

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NOONWIRE: Disney apps guide

November 20th, 2009, 12:00 pm by Sarah Tully

NOONWIRE features Disney news from other media sources.

From Stitch Kingdom:

We are pleased to present our newest addition to our library of already established collection of Definitive Guides: Disney Apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

iPhone and iPod Touch users now have a single source to turn to in order to find the entire list of Disney related apps available on Apple’s iTunes Store in addition to applications authored by The Walt Disney Company itself.

Find the Disney apps guide HERE.

Previous Disney apps reports:

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Santa Ana Zoo stars in new Disney movie, ‘Old Dogs’

November 20th, 2009, 9:03 am by Doug Irving
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Actors John Travolta, center, and Robin Williams, right, talk with New York Mets Shawn Green while filming the movie 'Old Dogs' at Shea Stadium before the Mets play the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, July 26, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

This is a story about a handful of penguins, a giant gorilla head, the Santa Ana Zoo and the new Disney movie, “Old Dogs,” which opens next week.

You may have seen commercial trailers for the movie. They show stars Robin Williams and John Travolta sneaking into a zoo …  a very familiar zoo. They also show actor Seth Green cradled in the lap of a gorilla, but we’ll get to that.

The scenes were filmed last summer at the Santa Ana Zoo. Set workers changed the sign at the front entrance to make it the “Burlington Zoo” and transformed an exhibit that usually houses howler monkeys into a gorilla enclosure.

They also brought in three or four live penguins and turned the zoo’s Tierra de las Pampas exhibit into a penguin-perfect snow scene.

And that gorilla holding Seth Green in the commercials?

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Hollywood magic. Zoo employees got used to seeing its animatronic head and other parts lying around between shoots. A few also saw it in action – flinging a tire at stunt doubles for the lead actors.

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New food spot opens in Disneyland

November 20th, 2009, 9:00 am by Sarah Tully

A new walk-up food location that specializes in bratwurst and baked potatoes opened this week in Disneyland.

The Troubadour Tavern, which was previously called Enchanted Cottage, is next to the Princess Fantasy Faire in Fantasyland.

The structure is described as a medieval tent, like those that would be assembled for “a royal tournament, festival or concert,” according to Disney.

Here are some key menu items:

  • Bratwurst with sauerkraut served with apple slices or chips.
  • Baked potatoes with toppings, including broccoli, cheese, bacon, sour cream, butter and chives.
  • Barbecue chicken tenders.
  • Corn on the cob, buttered or chili lime.

Previous theme-park food news:

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How to survive Thanksgiving week at Disney

November 20th, 2009, 3:00 am by Sarah Tully
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Then President George W. Bush pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey, who was moved to Disneyland, at a ceremony last year.

Thanksgiving week draws large crowds to the Disneyland Resort, including on turkey day, believe it or not. In fact, it’s believed to be the biggest dining day of the year at Disney restaurants.

Parks will be less packed earlier in the week, but will fill up more once the four-day weekend hits.

So, we are providing you with some tips and ideas of how to navigate the resort next week.

Where to eat

Reserved tables: Most of the reservations for sit-down dinners and buffets on Thanksgiving Day were already booked as of Thursday morning, according to a reservation agent. Here are places where you could still make reservations for a family of four:

Call Disney Dining to make reservations: 714-781-3463.

Other restaurants: Guests also can find traditional Thanksgiving foods at other non-reservation locations, such as Plaza Inn in Disneyland, said John McClintock, a Disneyland Resort spokesman.

Finger food: You can always gnaw on a turkey leg, instead. Pick one up at carts at Disneyland’s central plaza in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, in Disneyland’s Frontierland near the river dock, at the Edelweiss stand near the Matterhorn and in Paradise Pier in Disney’s California Adventure.  Legs cost about $7 each.

What to see

National Turkey: The National Thanksgiving Turkey is set to move into Disneyland next week after being pardoned by President Barack Obama in a traditional White House ceremony. The turkey will be in a special Thanks FOR Giving Day parade set for 10 a.m. Thursday. Read about last year’s pardoning ceremony HERE. Check back next week for more news about this year’s national turkey.

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POLL: What do you think of Disneyland ‘Princess’ show?

November 19th, 2009, 3:00 pm by Sarah Tully
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Anika Noni Rose makes guest appearance in jubilee for T.V. show taping. Photo by Sally French

Disneyland began its new show and parade to promote the upcoming “The Princess and the Frog” movie earlier this month.

“Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee” has a cavalcade that winds through New Orleans Square and then continues on the Mark Twain Riverboat, appearing four times a day. The show is part of a major push to promote the new film, which is Disney’s return to hand-drawn animation and the first featuring an African-American princess.

If you’ve had a chance to see the show, let us know what you think. Take a poll and write comments below.

What do you think of "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee"?
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See a previous blog post for more information and a video of the Tiana show.

Previous “The Princess and the Frog” news:

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