Posted on Monday, 31st January 2011 by WebmasterLeah

I’m sure you have heard the phrase “Now that you have won the Super Bowl, where are you going?”  Well, today at the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, they were celebrating a different type of victory. They were celebrating the 33 Chilean miners who survived 2 months of being trapped underground after [...]

Tags: Chilean miners, Dapper Dans, disney world, Magic Kingdom, main street USA
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Posted on Saturday, 29th January 2011 by Kathy Werling

Recently the new show The Magic, The Memories, and You! debuted at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This is part of the latest campaign for Walt Disney World – Let the Memories Begin. I couldn’t wait to see the show since seeing sneak peeks on the internet.

Tags: Cinderella Castle, disney world, Let the Memories Begin, Magic Kingdom, The Magic, The Memories and You!, Wishes
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Posted on Thursday, 27th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Thursday, January 27th, Universal Orlando Resort announced Thierry Coup, creative director for the wildly popular Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction, was named Senior Vice President of the Creative Studio at Universal Creative.  Coup started his career creating special effects for film before he was invited by Walt Disney Imagineering to create attractions for Disneyland Resort [...]

Tags: Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, harry potter and the forbidden journey, Islands Of Adventure, Thierry Coup, Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted on Thursday, 27th January 2011 by Tony Spittell

Village Haus recently unveiled a new menu and Culinary Quest was there to taste it. Let me say this – the new and improved Village Haus menu is a great development in Disneyland Resort dining. We tried all of the new items and loved everything with only one small exception. There appears to be a [...]

Tags: Counter Service, Culinary Quest, Dining, Disneyland, Fantasyland, fresh, review, Village Haus
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Posted on Wednesday, 26th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Disney combines great storytelling with theme park marketing to score 12 Oscar nominations Update February 28, 2011: 2 Oscar wins each for Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland.  Continue after break for specifics. Original article from January 26, 2011: Nominations for the Academy Awards were released today, and films from the Walt Disney Studios secured 12 [...]

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, ElecTRONica, Tangled, Toy Story 3, Toy Story Mania, Tron, Tron Legacy, Walt Disney Studios
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Posted on Monday, 24th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Following the Christening Ceremony on Wednesday, January 19th, the Disney Dream sailed away to Disney’s private island in the Bahamas: Castaway Cay.  Continue after the break for a selection of sights and sounds from the Disney Dream.  Sounds?  Yes, sounds. Well sort of…

Tags: 687, Animators Palate, Aquaduck, Buena Vista Theatre, Castaway Cay, Disney Dream, disney dream ship, District Lounge, Enchanted Garden, Evolution, Palo, Pink, Royal Palace, Skyline, The District, Walt Disney Theatre
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Posted on Monday, 24th January 2011 by Kathy Werling

The new Walt Disney campaign for 2011 is Let the Memories Begin!  We went to visit Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World the other day and to me, it looks like the new theme should be Let the Construction begin! Let the Memories Begin! allows guests to share their favorite memories with Disney.  You could [...]

Tags: disney world, Let the Memories Begin, Magic Kingdom, Main Street Confectionary, Mickey's Toontown Fair, Tony's Town Square
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