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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

In July 2010 I and my family went of the “Cruzin’ Disney’s California Adventure Park” tour at Disneyland Resort. This entry is a review of our experience.

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.  Universal Orlando has been releasing bits and pieces (no pun intended) of their new icon for HHN, Fear.  Their latest video follows below. Video Update September 16, 2010: Fear Revealed II Original Article from [...]

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 [...]

Tags: pop century, Walt Disney World vacation
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Posted on Thursday, 26th August 2010 by Kathy Werling

UPDATE- It has now been reported that Kodak is no longer sponsoring the Journey into Imagination pavilion. New pictures 9/9/2010 at the end of the blog. I make no secret of the fact that I love Epcot at Walt Disney World!  My favorite Disney ride is Journey into Imagination.  I recently read a rumor that [...]

Tags: disney world, Epcot, Imageworks- The Kodak What if Labs, Journey into Imagination, Kodak
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