Tag: Tomorrowland

  • DIS Unplugged Podcast – 11/19/13 – Orlando Show

    DIS Unplugged Podcast – 11/19/13 – Orlando Show

    In this week’s show, the newly re-imagined Disney Magic makes a u-turn to pick up supplies in Miami, Disney’s upcoming film ‘Tomorrowland’ brings filming to Central Florida, and Sea World issues a response to the documentary ‘Blackfish.’ All this and more in this week’s edition of The DIS Unplugged! Want to get in touch? Check…

  • DIS Unplugged Podcast – 01/23/13 – Orlando Show

    DIS Unplugged Podcast – 01/23/13 – Orlando Show

    In this episode, Kathy and Teresa give us their final installment of Magic Kingdom 101 with an overview of Tomorrowland. Also, John and the team discuss the different variations of Magic Your Way Packages and the Dining Plan. All that plus this week’s news, housekeeping, and roundtable rapid-fire on this edition of The DIS Unplugged.…

  • Disney’s “If You Had Wings” – Looking Back 40 Years

    From 1971 to 1980, Walt Disney World utilized the ticket book system that Disneyland had been using for many years.  Attractions were assigned a letter, A through E, based on the popularity value of the attraction.  A few attractions required no admission: “The Walt Disney Story,” “Circle-Vision 360,” “Carousel of Progress,” and “If You Had…

  • Disneyland’s Star Trader: Star Tours 2 Shopping Adventure Awaits!

    This weekend, I got a chance to go shopping in the newly reopened and rethemed Star Traders retail shop in Disneyland‘s Tomorrowland.  The reopening of The Star Trader is just the first step in the reality that the opening of the updated Star Tours attraction is just around the corner!    If you plan on riding this highly anticipated…

  • Disneyland Gems: Calling “Shotgun” on the Autopia

    What better thing is there to do on a Sunday afternoon than take a leisurely drive through the country?  Feeling the wind through your hair because the top is down on your jeep or convertible, creating that smooth rhythm as you shift between the clutch and the gas pedal, and the intake of the undeniable…

  • A Taste of Spring Comes from Flowers at Disneyland

    Let’s face it.  After this season, we’ve all got a case of the winter blahs.  It’s time to push past them and get a peek of the glories of spring to come. Therefore, I’d like to take you on a quick tour of the new spring plantings that grace Disneyland’s famous gardens and  give you…

  • Cirque du So-Magic Kingdom: a Party with Pow! Wow!

    Beer on Main Street?  Contortionists?  Ice billiards?  Imagineers at your beck and call?  Parade floats not seen for nearly two decades?  Has the Mad Hatter taken over Walt Disney World?   No, but there was an over-the-top private party put on by Disney Destinations for U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow, and it was clear…