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  • Video: Youth Baseball Player Fights Cancer to Play at Disney World

    Disney Sports released an inspiring video with the story of 13 year old Chris Siders of Pensacola, Florida – one of the competitors in the Amateur Athletic Union’s (AAU) 13U Baseball National Championship held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex June 26-July 1.  Chris was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 11.  After…

  • Retired NFL QB Kurt Warner Hosts Wish Families at Disney World

    Retired National Football League quarterback Kurt Warner (two-time NFL MVP & Super Bowl MVP) treated 10 families with a child in medical crisis to a week in Orlando, FL as part of the outreach work of his First Things First Foundation.  All families stayed at Give Kids The World (GKTW) Village from June 17 –…

  • Your Full Marathon Finisher’s Medal Is Your Ticket To Disney

    Disney has added a new program to their Disney Endurance Series.  Finishers of the Walt Disney World Full Marathon on January 9, 2011 will gain free admission to any of the Walt Disney World theme parks on Monday, January 10.  Race organizers are calling this “Marathon Monday”, and all you need to do is proudly…

  • Selling Orlando: U.S. Travel’s International Pow Wow

    You would think a city like Orlando or the greater Central Florida area would have no trouble getting people to come, right?  I mean there are 7 theme parks at Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal combined.  However, tourism is vital to Florida’s economy and big business for the area in general.  Therefore, when the…

  • Need More Star Wars? Celebration V Orlando August 12-15

    Were you not able to make it down to Walt Disney World for the recent Star Wars Weekends and feel like you missed out?  Or did you attend Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but it left you wanting more?  Well there’s another Star Wars event on the horizon that promises to be even…

  • Universal Orlando Throws a Blue Pow Wow Party

    Previously I wrote about a private party Disney Destinations hosted for the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow.  Well, not to be outdone, Universal Orlando wanted its opportunity to impress the visiting travel industry delegates from around the world, and show them why their clients should come to Universal when they visit Orlando.  Continue reading…

  • Harry Potter Opening Weekend: Universal Orlando’s Dark Mark

    An Onsite Report From Aaron DelPrince We’ve waited anxiously for the new land in Islands of Adventure to officially open to the public.  Friday, June 18th was the date, and Lord Voldemort must have sent the Dark Mark into the air to summon not only the Death Eaters, but the entire Muggle world to descend…