Mickey Mouse & Disney celebrate Year of the Rat
In honor of the Year of the Rat, Mickey and Minnie Mouse will ring in the Lunar New Year at Disneyland with traditional red and gold Chinese attire Feb. 5-29.
Mickey will don a Mao Zedong suit with a Mandarin skullcap and Minnie will wear a cherry blossom-colored dress while posing for photos with visitors on Town Square along Main Street U.S.A. at the Anaheim theme park.
The happy couple, who aren’t married but share the same last name, will also serve as co-grand marshals of the 109th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. in Los Angeles’ Chinatown.
Hong Kong Disneyland rolled out similar Mickey and Minnie costumes last week along with an Asian-attired Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto to boost appeal to Chinese tourists after the 2-year-old park experienced a steep decline in attendance.
How can Mickey live in Hong Kong and Anaheim at the same time? He’s magic.
Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the
Los Angeles Times Funland blog: www.latimes.com/funland
— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
[Photos: Disney]
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February 6th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
hi mickey mouse !!!!
good day ?
February 6th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
hi mickey i’m Angel wat your doweng kihen or bed or rest or TV.
minimmouse si love you
mickey good day
February 6th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
hi!mickey
February 6th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
hi? mini
February 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
MiceAge and MousePlanet post pictures of Asian-attired Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disneyland.
— Brady MacDonald / Los Angeles Time staff writer + theme park blogger