Author: WebmasterLeah

  • Video: Dumbo’s New Interactive Big Top Queue

    With all the attention focused on Cars Land opening next week at Disney California Adventure, not much has been said lately about the progress on New Fantasyland.  Not much that is, until Disney released a video of the new interactive queue for Dumbo The Flying Elephant.

  • Getting the Royal Treatment at Port Orleans Riverside

    Last month, my husband and I took our middle son on a surprise trip to Walt Disney World to celebrate his 4th birthday.  Since we were going to be there just 2 weeks after Port Orleans Riverside debuted their new “Royal Guest Rooms,” we thought it would be perfect to try them out.  Story rooms…

  • From the Shark Tank to the Mouse House – the story of the ShowNo towel

    This post is the story of Shelly Ehler, a mom who came up with a great idea and followed through with her dream!  The following is Shelly’s description of her journey from ABC’s Shark Tank straight to Walt Disney World. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— I thought of the idea for my children’s towel one day when I was…

  • Images from the re-opened Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man

    It’s been almost a year since Universal Orlando announced the refurb of their popular ride, The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.  The Islands of Adventure attraction has been delighting guests since the park’s opening in 1999, so this was a long-coming major enhancement for the ride.

  • Adventures by Disney – “Cities of Knights and Lights”

    Post by Christy Holland So you’ve just booked an Adventures by Disney vacation, what’s next?  The hotels are included in the package, as are many meals, and the highlights of your destination.  For the obsessive-compulsive, over-planners, planning the extras are just part of the fun of planning your vacation. Late last fall, my husband and…

  • Disney’s Happy Haunts Capitalize – a Room for 1 More event recap

    Post by Chris Heinrichs Let me preface this by letting everyone know that I’ve had a love affair with the dead for many years now (not as creepy as it sounds). I didn’t visit Walt Disney World for the first time until I was an adult for the 25th Anniversary celebration. Back in those days…

  • Dancing Around the “World” with the Wolf family

    During 2011, Disney Parks and Resorts are asking guests to send in photos and videos of their memories from Disney vacations. In addition, both the Magic Kingdom in Orlando and Disneyland Park in Anaheim have a nightly show titled “The Magic, The Memories, and You” where some of these photos and videos are displayed on…