Posts Tagged ‘Walt Disney World’

Disney drinks for adults: Toast with a Big Apple Sunset

Big Apple Sunset There are more than 50 cocktail lounges in Walt Disney World hotels and three of the theme parks (no alcohol is served in Magic Kingdom). Guests can order beers and wines from around the globe, exquisite French Champagnes, sparkling wines and bartenders’ specialty drinks such as a...

July 28th, 2010 | Dining, Disney Recipes, Heather McPherson, Nightlife, Park Tips | Read More

Will ultra-affluent tourists be golden opportunity for Disney?

Even though the economy is limping along and showing signs of a double-dip recession, Walt Disney World might see a sliver of hope in data compiled by credit-card giant American Express Co. According to the data, one segment of tourism consumers is beginning to spend a little more at theme parks. That...

July 19th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More

Disney monorail pilot injured by electric shock

Walt Disney World monorails were out of service briefly Saturday evening after a monorail pilot received an electric shock while flipping a switch, authorities said. The pilot was mildly shocked in the arm while switching on a beacon that identifies the beam the monorail is traveling on, a fire official...

July 17th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More

New photo backdrop for Donald Duck at Epcot’s Mexico pavilion

Donald Duck, in his sombrero, greets guest in a spruced-up area in Mexico at Disney World's Epcot. I walked through Mexico at Walt Disney World’s Epcot this weekend and saw the construction barrier around the backstage access path next to the Mexico pyramid had been removed. The path has been...

July 13th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, News, Things to do | Read More

Not quite Nightastic perfection; where do you watch the fireworks?

A group of friends and I made a Nightastic stop at Disney’s Magic Kingdom Sunday night to check on the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Nightastic fireworks. My friends were thrilled with the parade — except for poor Mike, who immediately said “What happened to Peter Pan and Captain...

July 12th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, Park Tips, Things to do | Read More

Meet actors from Disney XD’s ‘Zeke and Luther’ at Radio Disney event

Adam Hicks (left), Hutch Dano and Daniel Curtis Lee star in Disney XD's 'Zeke and Luther,' which airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. (Craig Sjodin/Disney XD) Disney XD’s Zeke and Luther actors Adam Hicks and Daniel Curtis Lee will be in Orlando on Sunday, meeting fans and signing autographs...

July 9th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Kristin Ford | Read More

A newbie joins Captain EO’s crew

Captain EO features Michael Jackson and a time warp back to the '80s. There’s lots of nostalgia built into the return of Captain EO at Disney World’s Epcot. But what if you’ve never seen it? Without the fuzzy feelings of childhood, does it hold up? I had never seen the Michael Jackson space-dance...

July 7th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

Patriotic Fourth of July fireworks rocked the Magic Kingdom and beyond

(Kristin Ford/Orlando Sentinel) Although many guests at Walt Disney World enjoy the Magic Kingdom’s July 4th fireworks show up-close in the park, others enjoy the spectacle from across the Seven Seas Lagoon at the Polynesian Resort’s beach area. It’s even an annual tradition with many...

July 5th, 2010 | Featured, Video | Read More

How will a possible hurricane affect your Disney visit?

Name one weather-related difference between the Disney theme parks here in Orlando and those in California. And, no, you can’t cite the humidity or the afternoon summer showers. Give yourself credit if you named hurricanes. Florida and the other Gulf and Atlantic states face a unique risk not shared...

June 1st, 2010 | Featured, Park Tips | Read More

Magic Kingdom: Performance artist rounds up another project on Carousel of Progress’ birthday

Last year, Brian Feldman spent Feb. 29 leaping from a ladder. This Friday he'll be spending 11 hours on the Carousel of Progress. (Orlando Sentinel file photo) There’s a different kind of Disney marathon coming Friday. Performance artist Brian Feldman will spend 11 hours going around in...

January 13th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More