Posted on Wednesday, 1st September 2010 by Corey Martin

Best Friends Pet Care at Walt Disney World opened its doors today, offering a luxury, full-service pet resort with a wide range of activities, amenities and extras. Located across from Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort, this 50,000-square foot complex includes accommodations for up to 300 dogs, cats and pocket pets. It also includes a full-service grooming salon and two 1,100- square foot doggy day camp rooms.

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Posted on Tuesday, 31st August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

In May 2010, Disney Editions released a new book titled “Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real” written by Melody Malmberg with a lot of help from the Imagineers.  This is a sequel to the book published almost 15 years ago with the similar title “Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real.”  Melody Malmberg is a former Imagineering show writer and the primary author of the book (along with a number of other Imagineers).  She has maintained her friendships and numerous connections at Imagineering, and, therefore, provided insight into the world of Imagineering few get to see.  Mel Malmberg recently spoke with me, and you can continue after the break for my interview and review of the book.

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Tags: Aquasphere, Dan Goozee, Disneyland Paris, Imagineering, Kevin Rafferty, Marty Sklar, Melody Malmberg, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Walt Disney Imagineering
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Posted on Monday, 30th August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

The 5th Annual Disneyland Half Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, September 5th, 2010.  The event has filled to capacity for the 5th consecutive time with over 14,000 runners registered to participate in either the 5K or half marathon.  570 “Legacy Runners” have finished all 4 previous Disneyland Half Marathons, and will be recognized throughout the weekend.  Disney just released an image of the handsome 5th anniversary finisher’s medal sure to get runners even more excited about the race.

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Tags: Disney Endurance Series, Disneyland Half Marathon, race, running
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Posted on Saturday, 28th August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

The current 53 contestants for 2011’s Miss America pageant are in Orlando to attend the Miss America Outstanding Teen Competition.  They took time out of their schedule for a day at the Magic Kingdom.  Disney released a video of the women laughing their way down Main Street, U.S.A. towards Cinderella’s Castle, and gasping as they met Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Cinderella and Belle.  Continue after the break to watch the video of the Miss America Princesses meeting the Disney Princesses, and doing the “cabbage patch” with Minnie Mouse.

Image: Miss Oregon 2010 Stephenie Steers (center), age 24, of Klamath Falls, Ore., poses for a photo Aug. 27, 2010 with Belle (left) and Cinderella (right) at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (Garth Vaughan, photographer). Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: Magic Kingdom, Main Street U.S.A., Miss America
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Posted on Saturday, 28th August 2010 by HydroGuy

For several years the Disneyland Resort has offered a Segway tour called “Cruzin’ Disney’s California Adventure Park“. We recently experienced this tour and cruised through the park early in the morning before guests arrived. We had a ton of fun and would recommend it to anyone old enough (18+, or 16-17 with parents) who has a desire to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of this California theme park.

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Tags: Cruzin' Disney's California Adventure Park, DCA, Disney California Adventure, Segway tour
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Posted on Friday, 27th August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Fear Himself.  Universal Orlando Resort revealed the theme for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) XX is the embodiment of Fear.  The iconic character for the scarefest is described by Universal Orlando as, “the Master of everything Halloween Horror Nights has ever been and will become.”  Fear’s weapons include Chaos, Death, Sacrifice, Mythos, and Vengeance.  Fear’s pawns include the icons of HHN’s past: a clown, a storyteller, a caretaker, a director, an usher… and you.  HHN runs for 24 nights from September 24 – October 31; guests can purchase tickets in advance for $74.99.  Continue after the break for more details as well as preview videos for the event.

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Tags: Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure, Fear, halloween, Halloween Horror Nights, Legendary Truth, Mike Aiello, Patrick Braillard, TJ Mannarino, Universal
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Posted on Thursday, 26th August 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Post by Teresa Echols

Well, we made it home from our Disney family vacation tired, happy and with money in the bank. I guess I should start at the beginning and tell you how this trip came to be. Way back in January, Pete announced that he was giving me a challenge to plan and take a family Disney vacation for a typical family of four. It was decided that $2500 was the average amount and I was given the task to start the planning.  Want to know how it went? Keep reading…

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Tags: pop century, Walt Disney World vacation
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