Posted on Wednesday, 21st May 2008 by John Magi

The Walt Disney World Resort, in conjunction with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH),  has announced that StormStruck: The Tale of Two Homes will be coming to Innoventions in Epcot in August of 2008. This 3-D, immersive, surround-sound attraction will recreate the experience thousands of Floridians lived through when Hurricane Charley made landfall on Friday [...]

Tags: Disney World, Epcot, Hurricane Charley, Innoventions, StormStruck: The Tale of Two Homes
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Posted on Thursday, 15th May 2008 by Pete Werner

I’ll admit now that I was worried when I first heard that Universal would be replacing “Back to the Future” with a new ride based on the Simpsons. Concern number 1 was that the Simpsons, at 14 years old, was too old a property to sustain any interest among theme park visitors. Last summers Simpsons [...]

Tags: simpsons, simpsons ride, Universal, Universal Orlando
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Posted on Saturday, 10th May 2008 by John Magi

Today was the first day of the Annual Passholder Preview for Toy Story Midway Mania at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We arrived at the park at about 2:30PM and it was Africa Hot!!! We made our way through the crowds towards the new Pixar Studios area of the park. We were greeted by polite, smiling cast [...]

Tags: Disney Hollywood Studios, New Ride, pixar, Toy Story, Toy Story Midway Mania
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Posted on Friday, 9th May 2008 by John Magi

A few weeks ago I received some cool ‘behind the scenes’ info from a DISer about a tour she took at Disneyland in California.  With her permission I would like to share her experience with you all, as well as some great info she obtained, in her own words. ….27 DIS ladies took the VIP [...]

Tags: Behind the Scenes, California Adventure, Disneyland, Disneyland Tour
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Posted on Tuesday, 6th May 2008 by John Magi

Whenever Disney develops a new ride, show or attraction there is always a lot of testing and reworking to make sure it is perfect for when guests arrive. One of the final phases of testing is called Cast Member Previews and, as the name suggests, Cast Members (aka Disney employees) will experience the attraction to [...]

Tags: Buzz Lightyear, Cast Member Preview, Disney Hollywood Studios, pixar, Toy Story Mania, Woody
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Posted on Sunday, 4th May 2008 by John Magi

Today turned out very different than we originally planned.  Today was the day we were supposed to record our first ever Live Audience Podcast for the The DIS Unplugged.  We had worked with the Gaylord Palms Resort for several months and arranged for a nice convention room set-up to accommodate a modest audience, some ‘finger’ [...]

Tags: Bob Varley, DIS Unplugged Podcast, Gaylord Palms Resort
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Posted on Saturday, 3rd May 2008 by Pete Werner

Nothing can be said about Bob Varley without recognizing first that he was an original. While it’s true that we are all unique, it’s safe to say that Bob was more unique than most. It didn’t matter what the event or occasion – no matter how grand or mundane – Bob did it just a [...]

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