Disneyland

It's baby's first trip to the happiest place on earth! A spin on the tea cups, a ride on Dumbo, and a visit from the head mouse himself were all captured during Sunkissis's family photo shoot at Disneyland. She shared the highlights in our Sugarbabies group!

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It's always a treat to visit Disneyland and California Adventure parks, and starting on October 8, things will get a little geekier. Disney's California Adventure will open its new "digital world" called ElecTRONica to celebrate the opening of TRON: Legacy this December.

This new world will come packed with a futuristic dance club, an authentic recreation of Flynn's arcade, live entertainment (with lasers!), and a TRON: Legacy video game area where you can play the latest title. Good news is, Disney hasn't released an end date for ElecTRONica, but the bad news is it will only be "lighting up" during the latter part of the week regularly (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays), but will be open every day during major holiday weeks (Thanksgiving and Christmas). I'm going, are you?

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On a recent trip to the happiest place on Earth, I noticed that a ton of kids were running around the park with their own toy PDAs. The geek in me was elated, but I wanted to get down to the facts: why were these toys so popular, and what did they do? I found my answer at one of the many gift shops that dot the Disneyland landscape — Mickey's Personal Disney Assistant ($10) was not only a fun, high-tech toy, but it served a pretty helpful purpose as well.

The Micky PDA includes a FastPass alarm (so you know when to head back to take your place in line), a character autograph tracker, a customized trip diary, a space for vacation-related phone numbers, addresses, and hotel info, and best of all — a park scavenger hunt for both Disneyland and Disney World to keep the kids on the lookout for items all around the park. Not only is this PDA perfect for getting your kids prepped for the tech world we live in today, but it will keep them occupied and involved in your family vacay. Give your kids a job — have them monitor how long they have to wait to get on the Indiana Jones ride, or help them find different characters to mark off their autograph list. It's the perfect tech toy to tote along on your trip to Disneyland this Summer, and although I haven't been able to track down a Mickey PDA online, there's plenty to go around inside Disneyland. I may have to get one for myself!

The good thing about living in California is that Disneyland is only a few hours' drive away. I recently turned a long weekend into a Disney getaway and found out just how geeky the park is really getting. Besides bringing back the 3D version of Captain EO, Tomorrowland is boasting a new augmented reality mirror to help the kids see into the future of technology and try on a few new outfits (without entering a dressing room) while they're at it. Now, this demo was totally directed at the little ones, but us grownup geeks were pretty taken by how seamlessly the virtual clothes moved on the Disney cast member in the AR mirror. See what I mean in the video below!

Captain EO was introduced to Disneyland parkgoers back in 1986. I remember it being one of the highlights of my Disneyland trips over the years and was pretty bummed when it was replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! Thankfully, I can now relive my childhood, since Michael Jackson and Captain EO are back in action!

Beginning today, the original 17-minute 3D musical is back on the screen in its "Tomorrowland" home at Disneyland. Catch Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston in this updated version (and throw down for some merch), which boasts a new 70mm print of the film (verses its original 35mm) and better sound quality thanks to some renovations to the theater. You'll still be sporting those red and blue 3D glasses instead of the fancy ones you got while seeing Avatar, but who cares? — it's Michael Jackson in 3D!

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