Posted on Thursday, 30th September 2010 by Kathy Werling

I managed to get a sneak peek at this year’s Epcot International Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World today.  It starts tomorrow October 1, 2010 and runs through November 14, 2010. This is the 15th year for the Food and Wine Festival.  We have been attending it yearly for the past 13 years.  [...]

Tags: Disney Dining Plan, disney world, Eat to the Beat Concert Series, EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, Party for the Senses
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Posted on Thursday, 30th September 2010 by Tom Bell

Recently, D23 held its first Destination D focusing on 55 years of Disneyland.  Destination D, which was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel, will alternate each year with the hugely successful D23 Expo and will focus on a new topic each time.  Plans are already in the works for an East Coast Destination D event focusing on 40 years [...]

Tags: d23, Dave Fisher, Dave Smith, Destination D, Disneyland, Ed Hobelman, George Kalogridis, Rob Klein, Tim O'Day
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Posted on Wednesday, 29th September 2010 by Dave Parfitt

On September 24th and 25th, 2010, Disney’s official fan club, D23, celebrated the history of the original Disney theme park with an event in Anaheim called Destination D: Disneyland ’55.  Disneyland Correspondent Tom Bell was on hand to cover the event, and said one of the highlights of the first day was a concert called [...]

Tags: Avenue Q, Broadway, d23, Destination D, DIS Interview, disneyland hotel, Haunted Mansion, ImaginOcean, John Tartaglia, Johnny and the Sprites, richard sherman
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Posted on Tuesday, 28th September 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Do you have your heart set on getting married at Walt Disney World?  Possibly in the Fairy Tale Wedding Pavilion with a view of Cinderella’s Castle peeking through the window?  In order to make your wedding dreams complete, Disney just announced a new line of bridal gowns reflecting the Disney Princesses themselves.  Take a look [...]

Tags: Disney Consumer Products, dress, princess wedding dresses, wedding
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Posted on Tuesday, 28th September 2010 by Tom Bell

This weekend D23 held its first Destination D focusing on 55 years of Disneyland.  Destination D will alternate each year with the hugely successful D23 Expo and will focus on a new topic each time.  Plans are already in the works for an East Coast Destination D event focusing on 40 years of Walt Disney World to be held next spring in Orlando.   [...]

Tags: Alice Davis, Ana Ortiz, Bob Gurr, d23, D23 Expo, Destination D, Disneyland, Disneyland history, Imagineers, Jeffrey Epstein, John Tartaglia, Marty Sklar, Michael Urie, Mouseketeers, richard sherman, Tracie Thoms, Wilson Cruz, X Atencio
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Posted on Monday, 27th September 2010 by Lisa Marrott / WaltD4Me on the DISBoards

Cue the cricket! … That was my reaction after hearing Disney’s  “big” announcement. Or I think maybe they called it a “major” announcement? At first I thought maybe I feel asleep and missed it, but nope, apparently that was Disney’s idea of a major announcement. Disney said that a “major announcement” would be made on [...]

Tags: disney world, Disneyland, Let the Memories Begin
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Posted on Sunday, 26th September 2010 by Nancy Johnson

See all of those runners in the photo below?  There are 14,000 of them, if you want to be precise – and that is a 4-lane road they are on.  They all gathered at 4AM on September 5, 2010 to run in the 5th Anniversary of the Disneyland Half Marathon at the Disneyland Resort in [...]

Tags: Anaheim, ASI, Backstage Disney, Disney California Adventure, Disneyland, Disneyland 5K, Disneyland Half Marathon, disneyland hotel, Downtown Disney, Half Marathon, race, RunDisney, Runners, World of Color
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