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Disney to start construction of princess sets in Fantasyland expansion

Walt Disney World, in the midst of early prep work for its Fantasyland expansion, has pulled permits for the three princess areas that will be built as part of the project. A few weeks ago, amid other permits for to demolish some existing structures, Disney filed notices to start construction of Cinderella’s...
March 12th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney to sell annual pass good for all its U.S. theme parks

Disney announced today that it will begin selling new annual passes good for admission to both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The “Disney Premier Passport” will cost $700 plus tax and include admission to all four theme parks and both water parks in Orlando and both theme parks in Anaheim, Calif....
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney ends ‘Give a Day’ promotion after 1 million volunteers sign up

With a little help from Mickey Mouse, Chicago residents (from left) Danielle Rub, Dwayne Gibson and Marissa Sproul begin a volunteer project Sept. 29, 2009 at the Bethune School of Excellence in Chicago. (Photo by Gene Duncan/Walt Disney World) The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday ended a promotion offering...
March 9th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Are days numbered for “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day”?

Volunteers helped pack away canned goods at an event last month at Epcot. (Photo from Walt Disney Co.) Indications show that the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotion, which encouraged volunteerism with the prospect of free admission to a Disney theme park, is coming to an end. Last month,...
March 5th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More

New construction photos of Disney Dream released

The new Disney Dream slated to come to Port Canaveral in 2011 is making progress under construction in Papenburg, Germany. The Disney Parks blog shows us two new images from the construction, noting the funnel with the Disney Cruise Line logo on the site, while currently white, will indeed become iconic...
March 2nd, 2010 | Disney Cruise Line, Featured, News, Pictures | Read More

Summer Nightastic set to begin June 6

We have the official dates for Disney World’s Summer Nightastic promotion, which includes the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade. Expect the parade and the new fireworks at the Magic Kingdom beginning June 6.  The current end date is set for Aug. 14, but it’s possible that MSEP...
March 2nd, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More

Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes baby gorilla

This may be the smallest gorilla you’re ever going to see. The newborn, arriving Feb. 19, 2010, is the latest addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The baby was born to first-time mother Kashata and remains naturally clingy. So much so that Disney officials aren’t sure of the baby’s...
March 1st, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, News, Pictures | Read More

Disney picks general contractors to run Fantasyland expansion

Walt Disney World has picked a pair of construction firms to lead an overhaul of the Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland section, the biggest-yet expansion of the Orlando resort’s oldest and busiest theme park. Disney has hired Barton Malow Co. of Southfield, Mich., and Birmingham, Ala.-based Hoar...
February 26th, 2010 | Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Hectic moments preceded Disney World fatal monorail crash

At about 2 a.m. July 5, as the last of Walt Disney World’s theme parks was closing after one of the busiest days of the year, there was still much to do inside the resort’s monorail-maintenance shop. An electrician there was juggling multiple tasks as he operated the track switches linking the...
February 24th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney turns to ’storybook’ themes to fill hotel rooms

Rick Allen, general manager of Disney's Caribbean Beach and Pop Century Resorts, talks about the "storybook" theming of select rooms at Caribbean Beach, at Walt Disney World, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. The specially decorated rooms feature custom made themed-furniture, pirate artwork, nautical...
February 23rd, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News | Read More
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