Posted on Monday, 3rd October 2011 by Dave Parfitt

In this video, released by Disney, we get a glimpse of the hustle and bustle as Roy Disney oversees construction of Florida’s Magic Kingdom prior to 1971.  Watch a timelapse of Cinderella’s Castle built around its steel skeleton.  The Liberty Tree is brought in and finds a home in Liberty Square.  Monorail cars and steam engines are [...]

Tags: construction, Magic Kingdom, Magic Kingdom construction, Roy Disney
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Posted on Tuesday, 13th September 2011 by Nancy Johnson

I thought that those of you that don’t get to the Disneyland Resort very often would like a glimpse of the vista that will await you as you enter Disney California Adventure. Taken on September 11, 2011, this photo gives a glimpse of the new entry turnstiles – a replica of the Pan Pacific Auditorium in the Fairfax area of [...]

Tags: Carthay Circle Theater, construction, Disney California Adventure, Disneyland, Disneyland construction update, Glendale-Hyperion Bridge
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th August 2011 by Scott Smith

In this week’s show, Kathy gives us an update on the construction at the Magic Kingdom, Kevin reviews Catal, a restaurant at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District, and Corey and Julie talk about their recent Adventures by Disney Backstage Magic Trip. All that plus news and roundtable rapidfire. The DIS Unplugged podcast is a weekly roundtable [...]

Tags: Adventures by Disney, Backstage Magic, Catal, construction, DIS Unplugged, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom
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Posted on Friday, 13th May 2011 by Scott Smith

In this week’s show, Pete, Walter and Scott review the Animal Kingdom Lodge, Kathy provides an update on the construction at Magic Kingdom, plus news, housekeeping and roundtable rapidfire. In this week’s Disneyland show, Tony reviews the Minnie and Friends character breakfast, Wayne gives us some history of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, Nancy [...]

Tags: Animal Kingdom Lodge, construction, disney world, Magic Kingdom, Podcast
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Posted on Tuesday, 1st March 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Blue Sky.  That’s how high you should think, dream, and live in Disney Imagineering terms.  In fact, that’s how high of a vision the folks who have been redesigning Disney California Adventure have. Now that the new year has begun, the Blue Sky Cellar in California Adventure has reopened with all new exhibits on what [...]

Tags: Ariel's Undersea Adventure, Blue sky Cellar, Buena Vista Street, California Adventure, Cars Land, construction, Disneyland, Disneyland construction update, Flo's Diner, Flying Saucers, Goofy's Sky School, Luigi's Flying Tires, Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, The Little Mermaid
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Posted on Friday, 25th February 2011 by Nancy Johnson

    9/17/11 PHOTO UPDATE!! We’ve added nearly 800 photos of Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa. CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT PHOTO GALLERY Aulani Resort and Spa Information I’m very excited.  Last July, I talked about the design and development of Disney Vacation Club’s newest destination resort , Aulani, in the Ko Olina resort [...]

Tags: Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas, Aulani, construction, Disney Vacation Club, Hawaii, Ko Olina, Oahu, saratoga springs resort, Villas at Disney's Grand Californian
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Posted on Thursday, 24th February 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Wally, Wally Wally, get your construction here!  Oh – my bad.  Schoolhouse Rock is playing on my mental jukebox now…. As you guys all know by now, the construction walls in Disney California Adventure are here til 2012 and aren’t going away anytime soon!  I say – “Don’t Whine,”  “Don’t Complain,” and “Have fun with [...]

Tags: and Practical Cafe, Atwater Art Supply, Big Top Toys, Buena Vista Street, California Adventure, Carthay Circle Theater, Clarabelle's Ice Cream Shop, construction, Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, Disneyland construction update, Elias & Company Department Store, Fiddler, Fifer, Julius Katz and Sons, Kingswell Camera Shop, Los Feliz Five and Dime, Mortimer's Market, Oswald's Filling Station, Trolley Treats, Walls
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