Disneyland’s Half Marathon Weekend is coming up on August 29-31. The
Disneyland Health & Fitness Expo is August 29-30, the 5K and Kids’
Races are Saturday, August 30, and the third annual Half Marathon is on
Sunday, August 31.

Disney’s HalloweenTime starts on September 26 and runs through
November 2 and this year Disney has put up a pretty nifty interactive
website for it. There’s information on the attractions that are
decorated for Halloween (Haunted Mansion Holiday, Woody’s Halloween
Roundup, and the Tower of Terror), on the decorations, the characters,
and special merchandise. And a list of locations at Disneyland
that will be featuring special foods and beverages. There’s also
a page with crafts (including pumpkin carving patterns) and some
interactive games. The web site is here:
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/specialEvents/detail?name=HalloweenTimeSpecialEventPage

Miley Cyrus will be celebrating her “Sweet 16” birthday at Disneyland
with a special event on Sunday, October 5. Much more information is available on
Disneyland’s web site HERE,
and in this
Disneyland Press Release.
A limited number of tickets (5,000) will be available to the public,
and go on sale on August 30, for $250 each.

The 2008 CHOC/Disneyland Walk in the Park, benefiting Children’s
Hospital of Orange County, will be held on October 19. More information
is on their web site: http://www.chocwalk.org. You can read about Photo
Blogger Lisa Berton’s CHOC Walk experiences from last year in her blog
entries:

CHOC Walk Part 1

CHOC Walk Part 2


CHOC Walk Part 3

There’s finally a date
for “it’s a small world” to come out of its lengthy rehab – according
to the Disneyland calendar it opens on November 29. I wonder if it will come up in the holiday configuration or not this time…

Fantasmic!, which goes into rehab on September 2, will begin running again on November 7.

The three McDonald’s restaurants in the parks, Conestoga Fries and
Harbour Galley in Disneyland, and Burger Invasion in California Adventure,
will be closing on September 2. No information yet on what will be
replacing them, but it appears they will all reopen on September 27.

From January 6 – April 30, 2009, Disneyland is bringing back its Everyone Get in for the Kid’s Price promotion. 3, 4, and 5-day park hoppers are available to adults and kids alike for the kids’ price. More information is on the
Disneyland web site.