Posted on Saturday, 26th December 2009 by Dave Parfitt

Greetings Everyone: I wanted to recap DIS-apalooza weekend, December 10-14, from the perspective of your special correspondent.  It was a special weekend indeed.  Get it?  Special weekend?  Special correspondent?  Oh gimme a break, I’ve been dealing with a cold since I returned from the weekend, and it’s the best I’ve got in my sinus pressure [...]

Tags: Boma, Candlelight Processional, Chef Mickey's, Dinner Package, DIS Unplugged Podcast, Epcot, Give Kids the World, Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure, Lee Cockerell, Magic Kingdom, Marty Sklar, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, Rose and Crown, Shula's Steak House, Toy Story Mania, Walt Disney World Dolphin
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Posted on Monday, 21st December 2009 by Nancy Johnson

Having an event of “epic magnitude” is nothing new for Disney - they certainly have perfected that skill in many ways over the years. This year was no exception.
On November 25th, Disney decided to preview its new movie, The Princess and the Frog, in a format it has used here at the El Capitan Theatre [...]

Tags: African-American Princess, Animated Movie, Animation, Bayou Adventure, Burbank, disney, Disney Princess, Disney Studios, disney world, Disney's First American Princess, Disneyland, Frog, Games, Learn to Draw, los angeles, movie premiere, New York City, Pre-release, Princess and the Frog, Princesses, Tiana, Tiana's Cookbook, Ultimate Experience, Voodoo Spin, Walt Disney Studios, Yummy Cupcakes, Ziegfeld Theater
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Posted on Friday, 18th December 2009 by Dave Parfitt

When Marty Sklar retired on July 17, 2009, the 54th Anniversary of the Disneyland Park in California, his title was Executive Vice President and Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering.  After 53 years of working as a Disney Cast Member, Sklar received a tribute window on Main Street USA in Disneyland – the place where he [...]

Tags: Carousel of Progress, Disneyland, Epcot, Imagineering, its a small world, Marty Sklar, Walt Disney, World's Fair
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Posted on Thursday, 10th December 2009 by Nancy Johnson

Pride! Honor! Jubilation! Those are some of the feelings and emotions that are found anywhere you go, when a local hero comes back to his or her home town. You know, that is exactly the feeling I found when visiting Disneyland’s New Orleans Square this weekend. With the arrival of Disney’s [...]

Tags: African-American Princess, Alligator, characters, Cookbook, Court of Angels, disney, Disney Princess, Disney's First American Princess, Disneyland, jazz, Louis, Meet and Greet, Naveen, New Orleans, New Orleans Square, Princess and the Frog, Recipes for Kids, Showboat, Tiana, Tiana's Cookbook, Tiana's Showboat Jubilee
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Posted on Wednesday, 9th December 2009 by Kathy Werling

I was fortunate last week that I was able to participate as an extra at the Disney Parks Christmas Parade at Magic Kingdom. I can remember watching the parade when I lived up North and wished I could be there in person.

Tags: Billy Flanagan, Celine Dion, Disney Parks Christmas Parade, Disney's Grand Floridan, Jonas Brothers, Kris Allen, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Yanni
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Posted on Monday, 7th December 2009 by Kathy Werling

Universal Orlando Resort started their Holiday celebrations December 5, 2009. Both parks have plenty of activities for the family. Our favorite park is Universal Studios so we headed there on Saturday to see the Macy’s Holiday Parade and the Holiday Concert Series.

Tags: Chris Isaak, Islands Of Adventure, Mainheim Steamroller, Natalie Cole, Universal Orlando, Universal Studios
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Posted on Monday, 7th December 2009 by Pete Werner

I’m pleased to announce the release of the official iPhone app for the DIS – eTicket.
eTicket represents what I like to consider the very best of the DIS condensed into a powerful research planning tool for the iPhone and iPod touch.   We have mapped nearly 3,000 locations throughout Walt Disney World and Disneyland – locations [...]

Tags: disney iPhone app, disney world, Disneyland, iphone app, iPhone application
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