Posted on Friday, 12th March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

An interview with Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman
What evokes strong memories of your last visit to a Disney Theme Park?  A smell?  A food?  A character?  A sound?  Yes, for many of us sounds, particularly music, make up a large part of our theme park experience and memories.  Recently, I had the pleasure to speak [...]

Tags: Carousel of Progress, Dick Van Dyke, Disney Legend, its a small world, Julie Andrews, Main Street window, Mary Poppins, richard sherman, Robert Sherman, Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney
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Posted on Friday, 12th March 2010 by Kathy Werling

I am asked quite often by tourists if they should visit the Kennedy Space center on their Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando vacation.  My answer is always yes.
Let me say that I am a child of the Space Age.  I can remember the days when we would have a TV in the classroom to [...]

Tags: Cape Canaveral, Challenger, Discover KSC: Today and Tomorrow Tour, Kennedy Space Center, Then and Now tour, Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 by Pete Werner

March 10, 2010
In this weeks show the team discusses this years International Flower and Garden Festival at EPCOT, Kathy Werling tells us about this years “Princess Marathon at WDW, and DIS Unplugged Senior Correspondent Dave Parfitt has an exclusive interview with two-time Oscar® winner and Disney Legend Richard Sherman.
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Tags: disney podcast, disney princess marathon, disney world, Epcot Flower and Garden festival, richard sherman
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Posted on Tuesday, 9th March 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Well, we knew it would happen, but didn’t expect it to happen this quickly!  Disney’s Give a Day, Get a Disney Day program has officially closed.  It has only been 2 months.

Tags: Demi Lovato, disney, Give a Day Get a Disney Day, Joe Jonas, Muppets
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Posted on Sunday, 7th March 2010 by Dave Parfitt

At least the 13,000 princesses running Disney’s Princess Half Marathon were sweating, and if not, it was likely due to the chilly 43° temperature at the start.  Disney had nearly twice as many runners in their second annual celebration of women’s athletics.  “This event is all about princesses and spreading the message of health and [...]

Tags: Disney Endurance Series, Disney's Princess Half Marathon, Epcot, Half Marathon, Magic Kingdom, princess, running
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Posted on Thursday, 4th March 2010 by WebmasterLeah

Disney is finding that their volunteer program, “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” is much more popular than they had originally anticipated.  They said that the program would end once one million tickets had been given out.  In the hopes of encouraging a spirit of volunteerism, Disney is asking guests to pick a charitable [...]

Tags: disney, Give a Day Get a Disney Day, volunteering
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Posted on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 by Kathy Werling

Today was the opening of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival at Walt Disney World. To me this signals Spring in Orlando.

Tags: Celebrate the Great Outdoors, Epcot, Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, Minnie's Magnificent Butterfly Garden, Pixie Hollow, Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney World
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