Tag: Downtown Disney
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Analysis: A Fifth Theme Park at Walt Disney World
Toy Story Mania 120 minutes, “Ouch!” Peter Pan’s Flight 80 minutes, “Wow!” Test Track, 100 minutes, “Geez!” Expedition Everest, 75 minutes, “We’ll hit that later.” These attraction wait times are very common, especially during the height of the day in each of the 4 Disney World theme parks. The popularity of Disney’s theme parks has grown…
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Disneyland’s Jazz Kitchen Brings Haunted Gingerbread Home
First impression: you thought Gingerbread Houses were just for the Christmas season, right? Well, the folks at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney didn’t think so, and for the second year running, they have hosted a Haunted House Building Workshop! I missed it last year, so this year, my friend Cheryl and I decided…
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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…
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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…
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Video: Creating Downtown Disney’s LEGO Buzz and Woody
Earlier this spring, Kathy Werling reported on the remodeling and expansion of the LEGO Imagination Center at the Downtown DisneyMarketplace. The store added many new sculptures and displays all made entirely from LEGOs. Did you ever wonder what it takes to build those elaborate displays? Continue after the break for Disney’s video with LEGO master model builder,…
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After 10 Years & 86 Wishes, an NFL QB is “Going to Disney World!”
Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner may be retired from the game, but he still knows a thing or two about leading young people. He just completed a week-long trip to Walt Disney World June 7-14 hosting 10 families from cities where he used to play professional football. However, these were not your typical tourists – all…
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DIS Unplugged Podcast – May 4th, 2011
In this week’s show, Kathy talks about some of the new stores that have opened in Downtown Disney, John offers some tips on how to alleviate the budget strain caused by high gas prices, and in a new segment called “Ask the Nether People,” our friends Yvet and Emiel van Leeuwen talk about Disney’s audio…