Tag: Epcot

  • Building a Disney Vacation Countdown Chain

    One of the best aspects of any Disney vacation is the planning, anticipation, and build-up weeks before your departure.  There are plenty of ways to get your family excited about what you are about to experience in the near future.  Anticipating any vacation is exciting, but there’s something even more special about anticipating a Disney…

  • Director of DisneyNature’s “African Cats” out to Save the Savanna

    For those who attended this year’s Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, you may have noticed the elaborate “African Cats” sand sculpture featuring lions, cheetahs, and their cubs (oh my!).  In addition, this Earth Day, Disney’s Animal Kingdom will also celebrate the release of DisneyNature’s newest film “African Cats” with a Big Cat Party for…

  • DIS Unplugged Podcast – March 30th 2011

    In this week’s show, Corey and Julie Martin give tips about taking toddlers to Epcot, Scott Smith talks about SeaWorld Orlando’s 2011 Viva la Musica festival, the Disneyland team gives us an update, the team answers some of your questions from Facebook, plus news, housekeeping and roundtable rapidfire. The DIS Unplugged podcast is a weekly…

  • Kim Possible Japan Mission – Got 2 Minutes to Save the World?

    The Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure debuted in Epcot a little over 2 years ago.  If you’re not familiar with it, the adventure is an interactive mystery game using a hand-held cell phone device (Kimmunicator) to maneuver through a mission in one of the World Showcase pavilions.  Characters from Disney’s Kim Possible television show lead you…

  • Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival 2011

    The 18th Annual  Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival debuted today at Epcot in Walt Disney World.  To me this signals Spring in Florida. The dates this year are March 2- May 15, 2011. It seems many were excited for the opening of the Festival as it was quite crowded this morning in Future World.…

  • 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…

  • 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…