Articles By: Dewayne Bevil

Star sighting: NFL’s Kurt Warner at Magic Kingdom

Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner (who did the “I’m going to Disney World” honors after the winning Super Bowl XXXIV with the St. Louis Rams) poses with his wife, Brenda, and two children, Dakota and Kate, from their First Things First Foundation at the Magic Kingdom this week. ...

June 25th, 2010 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil, Pictures | Read More

Parks plan special events for Independence Day

Three of the Walt Disney World theme parks will mark Independence Day with special events on July 4. + At Epcot, the patriotic coda to IllumiNations will be attached. The showing will begin at 10 p.m. An expanded collection of the Voices of Liberty singers will be in concert at 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m....

June 25th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Things to do | Read More

Disney adds audio descriptions for park tours

Walt Disney World’s latest enhancement for guests with disabilities kicks in Sunday, June 27, with audio descriptions of its theme parks for folks for visual disabilities. Disney already has detailed audio descriptions of 50 rides and attractions across its four theme parks in Florida and the two in...

June 25th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, News | Read More

Summer Nightastic: Attack on castle just another storytelling device

I have a new favorite thing at Walt Disney World. Actually, it’s more of a thing-within-a-thing. Nothing in the World makes my heart race than the middle portion of the newish nighttime fireworks show at Magic Kingdom. It's not a fiery as this cell phone pic makes it seem, but "Hook's...

June 23rd, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Things to do | Read More

Star sighting: Anthony Anderson (‘Law & Order’) at Epcot

Anthony Anderson, who starred in NBC’s Law & Order, checks out a Venetian mask at the Italy pavilion in Epcot with mask maker Giorgio Iurcotta (center) on Monday. Anderson is vacationing at Walt Disney World this week with his son Nathan (left), wife Alvina, and daughter Kyra (right). (Photo...

June 22nd, 2010 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil, Pictures | Read More

Main Street Electrical Parade aims to light up Disney’s summer

A longtime Disney favorite once again will light up the Magic Kingdom, beginning this weekend. Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade, absent from Florida since 2001, is the centerpiece of a loose collection of activities across Disney World dubbed “Summer Nightastic!” The parade,...

June 3rd, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, News, Nightlife, Things to do, Uncategorized, Video | Read More

Epcot: New offerings at 2010 food and wine festival

Two more countries will be represented with “tasting marketplaces” at this year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, Disney World officials say. Look for Belgium and South Korea to join the circle of tastiness around World Showcase when the festival begins on Oct. 1. On the...

June 2nd, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Dining, Featured, Things to do | Read More

Putting it together: Disney Dream reaches milestone

The final building block of the Disney Dream cruise ship was put into place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany on Monday. It will be the newest member of the Disney Cruise Line fleet, and its maiden voyage is set for January 26, 2011, out of Port Canaveral. Now that all 80 of the exterior...

June 1st, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Disney Cruise Line, Featured, News | Read More

Star sighting: American Idol Lee DeWyze at Hollywood Studios

Less than a week after winning American Idol and pronouncing “I’m going to Disney World” for a TV commercial, singer Lee DeWyze made good on that claim with a visit to the American Idol Experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Monday. DeWyze made a public appearance, including...

May 31st, 2010 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil, Featured | Read More

American Idol: Lee’s going to Disney World

Newly crowned American Idol winner Lee DeWyze celebrated his victory Wednesday, and he’s already completed an official duty — taping the “I’m going to Disney World” line for a national ad campaign. Film crews at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles captured DeWyze’s line...

May 27th, 2010 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil, Featured, News | Read More