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Interact With The World

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When Walt Disney World guests “shrink” to the size of the toys they play with at home (or remember from their childhood) and become the star performers in the midway-game world of Toy Story Mania! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, they are experiencing the essence of Disney Parks: engagement in such [...]

Grad Nite 2008 Trip Report (April 26th, 2008)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Exclusive to WDW News Today, here is my trip report for April 26th, 2008 for Grad Nite 2008:
So we arrived at the Kingdom around 9:30PM, after a huge security check point, we entered through the back of Tomorrowland thru the theater and we went straight to eat at Cosmic Ray’s, I ate under 5 minutes [...]

Another Jose Eber Update 4/24/08

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Jose Eber strikes again with video updates from The Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Contemporary, Beach Club, and Boardwalk Resorts:
 

Now We Know The CMO

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Justin Muchoney from Penn. was inducted April 22, 2008 as the first-ever Chief Magic Official (CMO) for Disney Parks, as part of a joint search with CareerBuilder.com. Muchoney was crowned CMO in a special ceremony with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. [...]

4/20-4/24/08 “Wild” World Photo Update

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

It has taken me a few days, but here is my very own Walt Disney World photo update from the past week. While we still do not have the video and photos from the rest of our staff this week (most of us are still recovering from “A Wild Decade”), we will have all of [...]

Haunted Mansion Pin Releases This Friday

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Quickly becoming a worthy news headline is the release of 8 Haunted Mansion pins on Friday April 18, 2008 that will be available individually, in a packaged collectors set, and in a framed set. While these pins were initially released and caused a buzz among Disney Pin Traders a few months ago, the release location [...]

Wow, They Noticed!!!

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I found a rather funny press release put out by Disney earlier this week and felt I should share it with our readers. This is probably the first time Disney has acknowledged that they have a huge number of attractions based on Pixar films:
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s a Pixar palooza at Disney Parks! [...]

“Saw This Comin’!” for The Kingdom

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

In an announcement we have been expecting for a long time, Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom online game is finally shutting down forever next month. As stated on the VMK website, the game was only meant to run throughout the Happiest Celebration on Earth in 2005-06 and has lasted well beyond that. The Virtual Magic Kingdom did [...]

4/7/08 Jose Eber Update

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Jose Eber is back with another WDW photo update, this time covering Disney pin trading and the Ghirardelli shop refurbishment at Downtown Disney, one of the Walt Disney World Railroad trains heading in for some maintenance, road work at the car entrance to the Magic Kingdom, and a few added surprises. Enjoy!!!

Behind The Scenes: “Making This Magic Night”

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Staff Columnist Sparky LD returns after another lengthy hiatus to once again bring us behind the scenes at the Walt Disney World Resort. This time around, Sparky fills us in on the story and technical aspects that are a part of the Magic Kingdom’s night spectacular, Spectromagic.
The back-story and technical aspects behind Spectromagic are both amazingly [...]

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.

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 [...]

“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 [...]

Ears To You

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

As part of the refurbishment of The Chapeau on Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom, they now provide you with the opportunity to create your own ear hats. The process is quite simple as guests select their cap, ears, ear emblems, and then their special embroidery. To see picture of the new system, head [...]

Liberty Square Bridge is Falling Down

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

As we reported a few weeks ago, the bridge that connects Liberty Square to Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom is in horrible shape. Because of this, the bridge will now have to be completely replaced and may seriously jeopardize the operation and means of operation of the many Magic Kingdom’s many parades at some point. [...]

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