{"id":3526,"date":"2013-04-30T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-parks-news-round-up"},"modified":"2013-04-30T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:49:44","slug":"disney-parks-news-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-parks-news-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Parks News Round-Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1686.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"97\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1686.jpg\" \/><\/a>The Disney theme parks have always served as both a celebration of the company&#8217;s legacy and a means to promote their latest productions. Earlier this week we showed you the recently premiered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/more-monsters-university-concept-art-showcased\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Monsters University<\/em> concept art showcase<\/a> at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios, but that&#8217;s not the only Pixar-related attraction rolling out in the coming weeks:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MU <\/strong><\/em><strong>Monorails Circle Walt Disney World:<\/strong> In a very clever bit of marketing, Disney has adorned several of the Walt Disney World monorails with characters from <em>Monsters University<\/em>. For more photos and a video, head over to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.com\/2013\/04\/29\/monsters-university-monorail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Disney Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Takes Over Spaceship Earth: <\/strong>To help announce Disney&#8217;s Monstrous Summer event, Imagineers projected an image of Mike Wazowski onto Epcot&#8217;s Spaceship Earth last week. Turns out Mike is a perfect fit for the iconic sphere! Watch a video of the announcement &ndash; featuring a pretty terrible Billy Crystal voice double &ndash; below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"428\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0TVyBRTes4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Updated Mike and Sulley Meet and Greet On the Way: <\/strong>While the <em>Monsters, Inc.<\/em> characters have existed in the Disney parks for years, it makes sense that they&#8217;d be updated to match their younger <em>Monsters University <\/em>counterparts. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethemagic.net\/2013\/04\/mike-and-sulley-debut-in-monsters-university-attire-ready-to-meet-walt-disney-world-guests-at-hollywood-studios\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside the Magic<\/a> has a video showing off the (slightly creepy) new meet and greet characters, who will debut at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios soon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"428\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eVHmTXrOs0I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1687.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"192\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1687.jpg\" \/><\/a>Merida Disney Princess Coronation Ceremony:<\/strong> When <em>Brave<\/em> was released last summer, there was some debate as to whether Pixar&#8217;s first princess would be added to the Disney Princess pantheon. Looks like that&#8217;s now the case; Merida will be crowned the 11th Disney princess on May 11 at the Magic Kingdom. To the right is the new 2D Merida design to be used on some merchandise and promo material, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethemagic.net\/2013\/04\/merida-to-become-11th-disney-princess-with-new-look-for-royal-coronation-ceremony-at-walt-disney-world-on-may-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside the Magic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be at Walt Disney World to check out any of these attractions and events?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>The Disney theme parks have always served as both a celebration of the company&#8217;s legacy and a means to promote their latest productions. Earlier this week we showed you the recently premiered Monsters University concept art showcase at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios, but that&#8217;s not the only Pixar-related attraction rolling out in the coming weeks: MU &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,120,20,2,29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Disney Parks News Round-Up! - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-parks-news-round-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disney Parks News Round-Up! - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Disney theme parks have always served as both a celebration of the company&#8217;s legacy and a means to promote their latest productions. 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