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American Idol winner Lee DeWyze at Disney World today

'American Idol' winner Lee DeWyze (AP photo) American Idol season 9 champion Lee DeWyze promised “I’m going to Disney World” after being named the American Idol victor and he makes good on that promise today. DeWyze will be at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for a special motorcade...
May 31st, 2010 | Celebrities, Matt Palm | Read More

Summer Nightastic! preview: New costumes in Main Street Electrical Parade

Updated outfits for the court dancers in the Cinderella segment of the parade feature LED lighting. Many of the big changes to Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade, officially returning to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on June 6, have been reported: Tinker Bell replaces the Blue Fairy as...
May 28th, 2010 | Behind the scenes, Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

Orlando actor stars in national Disney tour

The Sentinel’s Matt Palm spoke with Orlando actor Keith Kirkwood, who is singing, dancing and, well, ticking as Cogsworth in the new Beauty and the Beast tour crisscrossing the country. You can read the interview by clicking here. Also, check out a photo gallery of the show by clicking here.
April 18th, 2010 | Cast Members, Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

‘Waking Sleeping Beauty’ an inside look at Disney moviemaking

I caught the documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty” at the Florida Film Festival Thursday night. Really interesting subject — the renaissance of Disney’s animation division from “The Little Mermaid” to “The Lion King.” It was a packed house, too, with the...
April 15th, 2010 | Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

Are conditions at Disneyland Paris driving workers to suicide?

Here’s a disturbing report from across the pond: Three employees of the Disneyland Paris Resort have committed suicide in recent times, leading The Times of London to publish a story about it.  (Of course, the Brits are always happy to look askance at the French.) But it is a bit newsworthy when...
April 9th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, News, Uncategorized | Read More

Zoom! Race-car ride-along at the Walt Disney World Speedway

The Walt Disney World Speedway on Saturday was the site of my first-ever experience in a race car. I zipped around that track three times at speeds that can zoom up to 140 mph. My stomach also, apparently, made the trip — just not with my brain. Kidding! And, Disney annual passholders, don’t...
March 7th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do, Tickets and Deals | Read More

I hope Disney’s summer fireworks have plenty of mayhem

Buzz all over the Internet is that Disney’s summer fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom — part of the Disney World Nightastic! promotion — will be the “Magic, Music and Mayhem” fireworks show from the old Pirate & Princess Parties. Officially, Disney tells us the Nightastic!...
February 28th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

I’m charged over the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade

I am thrilled that Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade is returning to the Magic Kingdom for Nightastic, a special summer season this June. Although I have fond memories of SpectroMagic, the current nighttime parade, there’s something about it that’s just a little … off. Why, for example,...
February 17th, 2010 | Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

Tokyo DisneySea to get amped-up “Fantasmic!”

I’m not sure how I feel about another version of “Fantasmic!”  headed to the Tokyo DisneySea park. I’m a fan of both Disneyland’s “Fantasmic!” and the version at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. But does the theme-park universe need another one? Plus, I have...
February 14th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, News | Read More

Main Street Electrical Parade to return to Disney World

Great news for fans of “thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthe-magnetic musical sounds”:  Walt Disney World will bring back the classic Main Street Electrical Parade to the Magic Kingdom this summer. Other changes around Walt Disney World:  A new Magic Kingdom fireworks show,...
February 10th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Matt Palm, News | Read More
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