Month: February 2011
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Video Preview of Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Topiaries
Buzz and Woody! Buzz and Woody! “Toy Story 3” just won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, what are you doing next? We’re going to Disney World!!! The 2011 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival opens Wednesday, March 2nd, and for the first time the Disney/Pixar characters from the Toy Story film franchise are included among…
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Record Field “Survives” Disney’s Princess Half Marathon
Quick on the heels of January’s Walt Disney World Marathon weekend comes Disney’s Princess Half Marathon. Early Sunday morning, February 27th, a record field of over 17,000 princesses laced up their running shoes (or glass slippers) to run or walk from Epcot to the Magic Kingdom and back. The field also included two past winners of the reality television show…
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New Resort Drink Mugs debut at Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World has released their new souvenir resort drink mugs for the Let the Memories Begin for 2011. This is always a highly awaited item for true Disney lovers. There have been guesses about what the mugs may look like. As soon as I heard rumors about the mugs I had to go see…
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Disneyland Announces Opening Dates for Three New Attractions
Construction workers are scrambling to get the Disneyland Resort in California primed for the busy summer season. Disneyland officials confirmed the grand opening dates for three new experiences at the Anaheim theme parks. To alleviate any suspense, on May 27th the new Mickey’s Soundsational Parade will march down Main Street U.S.A. for its world premiere. One week…
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Aulani Update! Latest Construction Photos!
9/17/11 PHOTO UPDATE!! We’ve added nearly 800 photos of Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa. CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT PHOTO GALLERY Aulani Resort and Spa Information I’m very excited. Last July, I talked about the design and development of Disney Vacation Club’s newest destination resort , Aulani, in the Ko Olina resort…
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Have a Wall! Fun at Disney California Adventure!
Wally, Wally Wally, get your construction here! Oh – my bad. Schoolhouse Rock is playing on my mental jukebox now…. As you guys all know by now, the construction walls in Disney California Adventure are here til 2012 and aren’t going away anytime soon! I say – “Don’t Whine,” “Don’t Complain,” and “Have fun with…
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First Ever Character Meet FASTPASS Coming to Magic Kingdom
On Tuesday, February 22, the DisneyParks blog announced that this spring guests visiting Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom will be able to secure a FASTPASS to reserve a time to visit with Mickey Mouse. The new meet-and-greet-location will be right as you enter Town Square in a re-modeled Exposition Hall. This is prime real estate for Mickey’s new…