Month: July 2010
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Taste of Africa Street Party at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The Taste of Africa Street Party started today at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The Street party will run from July 9 to July 24, 2010. The party starts right after Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade and runs until park close, even on Extra Magic Hours evenings. All of the fun is in Harambe Village.
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Disneyland Announces 55th Anniversary Festivites
On July 17th, Disneyland celebrates its 55th Birthday. There were rumors that there wouldn’t be much celebrating, but in today’s DisneyParks Blog, Disneyland laid out their plans for their 55th Anniversary festivities. Read on to see what Disneyland (and the DIS Unplugged) has in store for you.
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D23 Announces Scavenger Hunt and Destination D Schedule
Disney’s official fan community, D23, will hold its fall event at the Disneyland Resort September 24-25th in Anaheim, CA. Instead of the full scale D23 Expo held in September 2009, a slimmed down “Destination D” event will be offered to highlight the history of the 55th Anniversary of the original Disney theme park. To cap…
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Culinary Quest: Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria at Downtown Disney
As the writer of Culinary Quest, I feel that sometimes I do a disservice in that it is usually only two adults and one child dining. My family’s size makes it difficult to eat multiple dishes to review. Of course, we could just double up on our entrees, but our health and wastelines may not…
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Disney’s Liberty Square Liberty Bell
In honor of our country’s birthday, let’s take a quick look at a replica piece of Americana inside Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom. The replica Liberty Bell is one of 50 in the United States. Like most Walt Disney World attractions, the replica Liberty Bell has a story behind it.
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One Minute Peek at the Walt Disney Archive Treasures
Moviefone Minute was at the recent 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Walt Disney Archives and its Founder and Chief Archivist Dave Smith. They released this short video recorded directly at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA. In the video Jenna Busch speaks with Dave Smith, and he shows Ticket #1 for Disneyland once owned…
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Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella, dies
If you are at all familiar with the music of the film “Cinderella”, you will recall Ilene Woods’ voice. She played the title role in the 1950’s movie animated film “Cinderella”. Ms. Woods died at the age of 81 from causes related to Alzheimer’s disease. She was 18 when she recorded several demo songs for friends Jerry Livingston and Mack…