Posted on Friday, 30th December 2011 by Jack Burgin

Walt Disney once said, “I have learned from the animal world, and what everyone will learn who studies it is a renewed sense of kinship with the Earth and all its inhabitants.” It is not surprising, then, that the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) recently awarded the Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) a $5,000 grant to [...]

Tags: Appalachian Bear Rescue, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
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Posted on Thursday, 8th December 2011 by Nancy Johnson

In my last blog on local events, we talked about Central Los Angeles holiday activities for your family to do while vacationing at Disneyland.  I realize that those of you staying at the Disneyland Resort would like to find some of these holiday events a bit closer to your accommodations.  Therefore, in this blog we’ll delve [...]

Tags: A Christmas Carol, Christmas, Cruise of Lights, Discovery Science Center, Disneyland, Festival Ballet Theatre, Holiday decorations, Holidays on Ice at the Irvine Spectrum, Irvine Park Railroad Christmas Train, Newport Beach Boat Parade of Lights, Sergerstrom Center, South Coast Repertory Theater, The Nutcracker
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Posted on Wednesday, 7th December 2011 by Nancy Johnson

As you know, the winter holidays are one of the busiest seasons for the Disneyland Resort.  Guests are either whisking their families off on a Disney adventure, coming to the Los Angeles and Orange County area spend the holidays with friends or local family members, or are simply just getting away from their families all [...]

Tags: Carolers, Christmas, Christmas Tree Lighting, Citiwalk, Disneyland, Grinchmas, holidays, los angeles, Orange County, Universal Studios Hollywood
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Posted on Tuesday, 6th December 2011 by Aaron DelPrince

A few changes, exciting announcements, and some news has been announced at the Universal Orlando Resort since our last update.  To learn more about what’s going on at the mega resort continue through the page break.

Tags: Islands Of Adventure, Jimmy Neutron, Portofino Bay Hotel, Spiderman, The Amzaing Adventures of Spiderman, Universal City Walk, Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Orlando, Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted on Thursday, 17th November 2011 by Tom Bell

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club just announced their calendar of events for the upcoming year.  In addition to the usual events in the central Florida and southern California areas,  they’re planning events in Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Palm Springs and Walt Disney’s boyhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri. “To help D23 celebrate its [...]

Tags: 2012 D23 events, disney world, Disneyland
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Posted on Wednesday, 16th November 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Visually impaired guests now have an additional tool at their fingertips, as Disneyland recently installed permanent Braille maps in key locations around the park! Attractive and useful to any guest, these maps are a great way to help guests orient themselves to the park, without the use of a map.  This even includes lost people with perfect [...]

Tags: Braille Maps, braille park maps, Disneyland, Disneyland Planning, Disneyland Railroad, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Main Street, park maps, permanent maps, visual impairments
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Posted on Tuesday, 15th November 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Susan Egan may be best known to Disney fans for her Broadway debut originating the role of Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, or perhaps for voicing the female lead Meg (Megara) in Disney’s feature animated film Hercules.  She just released her 6th solo CD titled “The Secret of Happiness”, and agreed to chat [...]

Tags: Beauty and the Beast, Belle, Broadway, DIS Interview, Hercules, Susan Egan
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