Archive for March, 2008

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Lights Out for Pleasure Island?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

More rumors are beginning to swirl about the future of Walt Disney World’s Pleasure Island district at Downtown Disney, according to our good friend Jim Hill at JimHillMedia.com. Beyond reporting that the famous PI spotlights will be leaving the island and going up for sale, Jim also reports some rumors on the remaining clubs that might [...]

Dead Men Tell No Tales in June

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Our attraction closures page has been updated to include a short refurbishment of Pirates of the Caribbean at the Magic Kindom during the middle of June 2008. Be sure to check our attraction closures page to see the date for this and other upcoming closures at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Home Sweet Home

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Scott Powers | Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
Three-story mansions and hundreds of other homes — most valued at millions of dollars apiece — would be built along the banks of Walt Disney World canals and sold to private individuals in a project under review by Orange County. The homes, mostly single-family residences but including a few [...]

Magic Kingdom Shop Shuffle

Friday, March 28th, 2008

As part of the big refurbishment that the Chapeau on  Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom recently went through, the shop has expanded into the former Disney Vacation Club area next door. In response to the removal of this DVC information location, a new Vacation Club kiosk with a Circus theme will be added across [...]

Jose Eber Video Updates

Friday, March 28th, 2008

 
 

Lights Out at Epcot

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Sara K. Clarke and Jason R. Garcia | Orlando Sentinel Staff Writers
Most of Disney’s Epcot Center lost power this morning, according to park employees and visitors. Power was back on in some parts of the park in the afternoon, but some major attractions were down.
At about 1:30 p.m., Spaceship Earth and Journey Into Imagination were [...]

Catching Up With the World

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

As we catch up on the last two days, here is some Walt Disney World news that has come out since our site difficulties:
-As reported on our forums, the Figment’s Place meet and greet and the Figment walk around character have been retired at Epcot. Expect Dreamfinder and his “little” purple dragon to return to the [...]

Update on WDW News Today

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Hello everyone, my name is Jose Castillo and I am the Techincal Director for the WDWNT Network of websites. On March 25th we had an incident occur with our sites, which lead to a downtime of almost 14 hours. I am happy to say that as of March 27th 2008 @ 10:40AM we are running [...]

Opening and Important Dates for Toy Story Mania

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Here are the dates our “sources” have stated for the following events pertaining to the new Toy Story Mania attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:
-Soft Openings begin on or around April 25, 2008
-Cast Member Previews of the attraction from April 26-27 and May 2-4, 2008
-Media Preview on May 9, 2008
-Annual Passholder Previews from May 10-12, 2008
-Media Press Event on May 16, [...]

Toy Story Mania Press Release

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Even though we released and confirmed most of these details last week, here is a look at a press release from LaughingPlace.com about Toy Story Mania:
Disney Parks guests will don 3-D glasses and enter a wild and wooly 4-D world of Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear when Toy Story Mania! premieres this summer. The attraction [...]

Jose Eber Update Returns!!! 3/24/08

Monday, March 24th, 2008

It has been a while, but staff photographer Jose Eber is back with a Walt Disney World photo update. This time, we’ll travel beyond the parks to some resorts and Downtown Disney:

Work continues on the new pool at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.

Some very nice details of the new pool area have emerged.

The construction site for the [...]

“Stick to Tennis”

Monday, March 24th, 2008

KING OF THE COURT: In an photograph taken March 23, 2008, Roger Federer, the world’s No. 1 ranked men’s professional tennis player, pulls the sword from the stone in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Federer was recreating the pose he struck for a photo by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz that [...]

Rivers of Light Drowned by Beastly Kingdom?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Our good friend Jim Hill over at Jim Hill Media is reporting another amazing group of rumors today, both concerning the future of the soon to be decade old Animal Kingdom park.

First off, Jim extinguishes the idea of the night-time river parade called “Rivers of Light” coming to the park, seeing as park management refused [...]

Shanghai Disneyland

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

SHANGHAI, March, 2008 — US-based Walt Disney Company has decided to build a Disneyland at Chuansha town, Pudong, Shanghai, expected to be announced around the period for the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, according to reliable news. Shanghai mayor Han Zheng once said that the city, having the ability to build a Disneyland, [...]

Podcast Episode 35 Now Available for Download

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

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Join Tom Corless, John Corigliano, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Justin Heyman, Nick McLamb, Jose Castillo and Luke Manning for a show [...]

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