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March 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM EST
Instead of posting one enormous photo report from our latest trip to Walt Disney World, we decided to break it up a little bit. The 2010 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival began at Epcot on March 3rd despite an incredibly cold winter in Central Florida. Don’t be deceived by the photos below, these pictures are from this year’s festival, Disney just recycled a number of the topiaries and such from 2009. We hope you enjoy these photos taken by Jose Castillo and Tom Corless:
The theme for this year is “The Great Outdoors”, even though this is the only area that showcases that theme
Topics: Epcot, Photo Reports | |
New Concept Art of the Fantasyland Forest Expansion
March 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM EST
While the presentation about the Fantasyland Expansion during the D23 First Anniversary party did not allow photography of any kind, there were ten pieces of artwork on display at Ariel’s Grotto during the party, some new, some you may have seen before:
The overall view, nothing new here
Old concept art of Dumbo’s Circus area and the “Dueling Dumbos”
The exterior of “Dreams Come True with Cinderella”
Old concept art of “Under The Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid”. A new version of this artwork was shown during the presentation, however, photography was not allowed. The ride will use omnimover vehicles very much like those found at the Seas with Nemo and Friends
Old concept art of “A Birthday Surprise for Sleeping Beauty”
Old concept art of “Dreams Come True with Cinderella”
Old concept art of Gaston’s Tavern
New concept art of the cottage that will hold the magic mirror transporting guests into “Enchanted Tales with Belle”
Older concept art of “Be Our Guest” Restaurant, but take note of the “living character” Lumiere being wheeled around, along with the stained glass windows featuring Beauty and the Beast characters towards the back of the room
New concept art showing the entrance to the Beast’s Castle and the “Be Our Guest” Restaurant
Topics: The Magic Kingdom | |
Video of Updated Frontierland Hoedown
March 8, 2010 at 10:46 AM EST
Although it is not listed on any Magic Kingdom times guides yet, Disney is testing a new version of the long-running Frontierland Hoedown daily at 9:40, 10:40, & 11:40AM daily. Here is a video of the updated show taken by WDWNT Reporter Banks Lee:
Topics: The Magic Kingdom | |
Tom Corless’ 2/25-2/28/10 WDW Photo Report
March 2, 2010 at 1:20 PM EST
Tom Corless took a trip down to the Walt Disney World Resort to cover the re-opening of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and has a number of newsworthy photos from all over WDW to share:
Time to take the field
Topics: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Epcot, General Resort News, Photo Reports, Shopping, The Magic Kingdom | |
Nick Corjay’s 2/26-2/27/10 ESPN The Weekend Photo Report
March 2, 2010 at 12:32 AM EST
WDWNT Reporter Nick Corjay visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios during ESPN the Weekend and has a number of photos from the events to share:
The stage is set for ESPN The Weekend
Topics: Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
Banks Lee’s 2/26-2/28/10 WDW Photo Report
March 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM EST
WDWNT Reporter Banks Lee spent a few days at the Walt Disney World theme parks recently and has a number of newsworthy photos to share with us:
Over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Fantasmic! window display at Villains in Vogue has been replaced after ten years with “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland”
Topics: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Photo Reports, The Magic Kingdom | |
ESPN Wide World of Sports Video Coverage
February 28, 2010 at 11:53 PM EST
Here is a quick video overview of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the festivities from last week:
Topics: General Resort News | |
WDWNTube Upgrades Videos to Full High Definition
February 23, 2010 at 10:12 PM EST
The WDWNTube video site recently added the capability to post videos in full High Definition (1080p resolution), so we thought we would share a few of the updated videos here and show you just how awesome these videos now look (trust me, you’ll agree if you watch some of them):
Disney’s Electrical Parade (2009) at Disney’s California Adventure
Disneyland’s Fantasmic! (2009)
Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade version 3 (January 2010)
Fantasy in the Sky fireworks (New Year’s Eve 2009)
Topics: Site News | |
Pins Move Further “Uptown” at Magic Kingdom
February 23, 2010 at 4:55 PM EST
From the “What’s HapPINing Blog” at DisneyPins.com:
It was an early morning for Julie, Jeanne and Sylvie, Product Developers from the Disney Pin Team. They joined members from Magic Kingdom® Park Merchandise to help set a “new” location for Disney pins. We call this location the “Tip Board Cart” as it is located directly across from the tip board at the end of Main Street U.S.A.® toward Cinderella Castle. This “new” location means that we have retired the Uptown Jewelers as a location for pins.
As you can see from the image below, this location contains an assortment of various trading pins and accessories. If you are looking for a larger selection of items, make sure you stop by Frontierland Trading Post in the Frontierland® Area.
Julie told her and the team arrived around 4:15 a.m. to set the location. It only took a couple of hours to set but we think it looks great. Next time you are in Magic Kingdom® Park, please stop by.
Topics: Shopping, The Magic Kingdom | |
Imagineer2017’s 2/20/10 Epcot Photo Report
February 22, 2010 at 6:31 AM EST
WDW News Today “super-fan” Imagineer2017 (not his real name, just his WDWNT Network Community Forums username) sent in a few newsworthy photos from his latest trip to Epcot, so we thought we should share them with everyone:
Preparation for the 2010 Flower and Garden Festival is in full swing, the Lion King display moves behind Spaceship Earth this year
Despite the press release from Disney late last year, the butterfly garden is not moving, just changing name to match the Pixie Hollow area
Playground being assembled
Test Track vehicles have been equipped with new, brighter headlights
Thank you for the photos Imagineer2017 and “Thank the Phoenicians”
Topics: Epcot, Photo Reports | |