Archive for August, 2010
Disney’s Magic Kingdom – Fantasyland Expansion Getting Even Better
Magic Kingdom’s upcoming new Fantasyland plans are being redrawn even as the bulldozers are clearing land for the new expansion. The construction for Fantasyland has already made progress with mountains of dirt visible beyond the temporary construction walls inside Magic Kingdom. Under new Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman, Tom Staggs, designers are revising the
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August 15th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Halloween Horror Nights 2010 – Frequent Fear Pass
Universal Orlando Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights XX is offering new versions of the Frequent Fear Passes to allow guests to gain more access to the events. Frequent Fear Pass 14 visits to Halloween Horror Nights 20 for the price of 1 Admission every Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday event nights and first weekend (September 24-25). Frequent
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August 15th, 2010 Category: Halloween Horror Nights Comments Off
Halloween Horror Nights XX – More Information
Halloween Horror Nights XX will operate on the following days and times: September 24, 25, 30; October 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 & 31, 2010. Event Hours: 6:30pm – 2am on Oct. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23,
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August 15th, 2010 Category: Halloween Horror Nights Comments Off
Disney – Kouzzina One Year Anniversary Tomorrow
Tomorrow, August 15, 2010, will mark the one year anniversary of the opening of Kouzzina by Cat Cora on Disney‘s Boardwalk, offering the Wonderful World of Disney a taste of the wonderful world of greek-inspired cuisine. Cora graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York and is also Executive Chef for Bon Appetit
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August 14th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Universal – Halloween Horror Nights XX Dates and Info
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights is just around the corner! Halloween Horror Nights 20 is looking to be the best event of them all- and why not, with about 20 years’ experience in being one of the most terrifying Halloween events around? Halloween Horror Nights XX is the “nation’s premiere Halloween event,” with all new haunted
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August 14th, 2010 Category: Halloween Horror Nights Comments Off
Disney’s Magic Kingdom – Electric Street Parade Ends Tomorrow
On June 17, 1972 at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, something magical began. The original “Main Street Electrical Parade” premiered and was held at Disneyland almost every summer until it “retired” in 1996. “Mainstreet Electrical Parade” is an array of 23 illuminated floats, more than half a million colored lights, synthesizer music, and 80 performers. A
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August 13th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – New Experience Coming December 2010
A new, awesome experience is heading to Kilimanjaro Safaris in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It will be a more up-close-and-personal experience with the wildflife that inhabits the savannah and guests will also have the opportunity to be informed of the the animals and their behavioral patterns. Two guides will lead a group of 10 to 12
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August 13th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Disney World – Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
While we’re on the subject of Halloween Horror Nights, I’d like to mention something that’s a little more family friendly and less terrifying for the kids, you know, if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s a party down in magic town named for the Mouse himself. Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is a themed event
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August 11th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations Comments Off
Epcot – New Additions to Germany Pavilion
I’m sure that many of you are familiar with the 16th-century modeled town and cobblestone streets of Walt Disney World‘s Germany pavilion at Epcot. The castle holds a clock tower, a fountain with a statue of St. George slaying a dragon, and a variety of shops and oom-pah band music. I love the atmosphere –
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August 11th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Halloween Horror Nights – Rob Zombie 3D Maze to Be Included In Halloween Horror Nights XX
Halloween Horror Nights 20 has a new maze in store for this year’s scary spectacles! Joining forcing with Rob Zombie, “Rob Zombie’s House of 1000Corpses: In 3D Zombievision!” will treat guests to a three dimensional show featuring Capt. Spaulding, Dr. Satan, Baby, and Otis, along with the Firefly family home, Dr. Satan’s lair, and the
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August 10th, 2010 Category: Halloween Horror Nights Comments Off
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Nighttime Animal Viewing
Despite earlier closing times than other Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the Disney theme park that never sleeps! After the sun sets and the lights go out, the animals really come out to play. Rob Carlson, Night Zoological Manager at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, introduced the idea of a night vision
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August 10th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations Comments Off
Halloween Horror Nights XX – Coming Soon!
This year marks the twentieth year for Universal‘s iconic Halloween Horror Nights. Park officials have said that Halloween Horror Nights XX will have six scare zones and five mazes, though the theme for Halloween Horror Nights 20 has not yet been leaked or reported. Past themes have included such classic horror movies as Saw, Halloween,
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August 10th, 2010 Category: Halloween Horror Nights Comments Off
Disney World – Dining Plan Prices
Walt Disney World 2011 Package Pricing has been released! Guests may now book entire vacations for all of 2011. Sadly, the prices have been jacked up slightly, but it’s not unaffordable yet. Ticket prices have gone up 3.8% since the increase last year. Beginning last Thursday, a one-day, one-park adult ticket is now $82. Below,
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August 9th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Disney World – Moms Panelists Give Back
To the world, the Walt Disney World Moms Panelists are passionate and learned connoisseurs of Disney Parks. It’s a unique and special hobby that allows them to express their thoughts and opinions about Walt Disney World Resort on an international level. This fall, the panel will do something they hope will become an annual tradition,
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August 9th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations Comments Off
Epcot’s Via Napoli Grand Opening
On August 5, Patina Restaurant Group opened a new restaurant, Via Napoli, Walt Disney World Resort‘s first authentic Italian pizzeria, adjacent to Tutto Italia Ristorante, its restaurant in the Italy pavilion in Epcot World Showcase. Longtime Patina Restaurant Group CEO Nick Valenti created the idea of Via Napoli, based on his experiences and travels in
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August 8th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Epcot’s Candlelight Processional
My family never misses the chance to attend the Epcot Candlelight Processional, held every winter at Disney’s Epcot theme park. Narrated by celebrities, the show follows the story of Jesus’s birth, accompanied by a superb mass choir singing traditional songs and a live 50-piece orchestra. Special Candlelight Processional packages will go on sale August 26th,
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August 7th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Disney World Ticket Prices Up
On Thursday, August 5th, Disney raised ticket prices to both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks. Depending on length, adult base tickets went up by $3 to $22. Children’s tickets- that is, anyone aged 9 or under- went up by $5 to $31.The Park Hopper option went up $2 to $54 (plus tax), same with
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August 7th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off
Disney Vacations- Live Shows- Finding Nemo Live at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Hello Everyone! Today we are Rocking Disney’s selection of Live shows. Being a theater lover myself, I decided to check out the Finding Nemo Live show a while back and fell in love with it! I had the pleasure of meeting Lexi Fridell (who originated the role of Dory in the show) while working on
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August 5th, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News, Orlando Vacation tips and tricks, Photo Blog Comments Off
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Animal Specialists Rehabilitating More Animals
The animal specialists at the Walt Disney World Resort are at it again. Animal Kingdom is rehabilitating eight more turtles that were harmed by the oil spill in the Gulf. The experts at Disney’s Animal Programs returned from the Florida Panhandle on Thursday with six Kemp’s Ridely Sea Turtles, which are among the most endangered
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August 3rd, 2010 Category: Disney Theme Parks vacations, Orlando Theme Park News Comments Off