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  • New Disney Film Highlights Timothy Green: A Force of Nature

    For most people, warm weather brings many images to mind: brightly colored flowers, carnivals, sunshine, sandy beaches, and barbecues. Many find themselves outdoors more often and gardening their homes. Seeds are planted, new growth begins, and the anticipation of summer becomes one of the top thoughts inhabiting minds everywhere. However, for one couple, the season…

  • What Is Your Favorite Walt Disney World Attraction?

    There was a moment the other night when I was sitting in my favorite chair at home and thinking of my favorite attraction at Walt Disney World.  But, this time I wasn’t just thinking about it in a standard way.  This time I was trying to recall why it was my favorite attraction.  What seems…

  • Planning your Days at Walt Disney World

    Planning!  Planning!  Planning!  One of the best parts of a Walt Disney World vacation are the days leading up to your vacation where you get to pull out a sheet of paper, open a spreadsheet, or grab a piece of construction paper to build a countdown calendar and begin your vacation planning.  There are several…

  • Do You runDisney?

    I just realized I was bitten by something.  It started as a simple bite and has now turned into a full-fledged outbreak…An infection and now it’s hit a “fevered pitch”.  I’ve been bitten by the running bug.  I’m certainly not a professional runner by any stretch of the imagination; in fact I’ve been known to…

  • Explorers Wanted: Disney Takes Animal Kingdom to the Social Media World

    This past week, Disney Interactive announced the release of a new online game called Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers, a social media game available on Facebook set in Disney’s Animal Kingdom park. Designed by Disney Social Games, Animal Kingdom Explorers is a hidden object game with a twist: one spreading the word of conservation and kindness…

  • Walt Disney World Shortcuts

    “Go that way!  No, go this way!  Left!  Right!  LOOK OUT!!!”  Navigating Walt Disney World can be as difficult as understanding an American Express credit card application.  There are pathways, bridges, and crowds to consider when making your way through one of the 4 theme parks and Downtown Disney.  Seasoned Walt Disney World veterans may already know how…

  • In Focus: Fantasyland Expansion Cast Member Costumes

    Don’t look now, but it’s just about time when Disney will open phase 1 of the larger-than-life Fantasyland expansion.  Storybook Circus will open in late March with the relocated Dumbo (1 Dumbo spinner), Great Goofini rollercoaster, and the new train station all available for guests to enjoy.  Disney is continuing its tradition of immersing guests into…