Tag: Disney’s Hollywood Studios

  • Walt Disney World Rags to Riches

    Up, up, up and away!  People love to reach higher levels.  This is true in life, but not necessarily with physical heights.  Raise your hand if you’re afraid of heights.  Okay, back on point.  This is a Disney blog after all.  One of the questions many Disney park enthusiasts ask themselves months before a Disney…

  • Disney’s 2nd Annual Wine & Dine Half Marathon

    Runners ran fleet of foot at this year’s Wine & Dine Half Marathon, Relay, and Halloween 5k under brilliant weather conditions.  All 3 races took place on Saturday, October 1st.  The racing events which coincide with EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival drew as many as 16,000 runners from all over world.  Racers had the opportunity to…

  • October 1st at Walt Disney World – Ready…Set…Go!

    Look out!  The day is fast-approaching.  What day you ask?  If you are a Disney parks fan you know full well this October 1st marks a special day.  But wait!  There’s more to this day than meets the eye.  It’s not only a special day, but a day when the green flag drops and several…

  • Lightning McQueen joins Lights, Motors, Action! at Disney World

    Walt Disney World has added Lightning McQueen to their Lights, Motors, Action! stunt show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  I was excited and anxious to see if this addition added anything to the show or if it was just an attempt to plug the new Pixar movie Cars2. Would the audience notice that Herbie the Love…

  • Disney Testing New Resort Mug Technology

    Disney has always looked for ways to control the resort refillable mug program at its resorts across property.  They may have decided it’s time to stop the abuse of guests who continually bring their mugs back to Disney resorts every visit.  There is currently a new resort mug test taking place at the All Star Sport…

  • Cars 2 Race CARpet Premiere at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre

    One thing we’ve said repeatedly, Disney knows how to throw a party.  After last month’s star-studded World Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland, it was time for Disney•Pixar’s Cars 2 to… um… err… “roll out.”  On Saturday, June 18th Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre laid down a race track carpet for one of the most unique…

  • Power of 10 Defeats the Power of the Dark Side at Disney

    It never ceases to amaze me the power and generosity of the Disney fan community.  On Sunday, May 22 a breakfast meet was held in Disney’s Hollywood Studios to raise money for Give Kids The World (GKTW) via our Power of 10 campaign.  There were over 120 guests registered for the event, and helped to raise…