Posted on Saturday, 6th February 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Samantha Brown, host of “Samantha Brown’s Great Weekends” on the Travel Channel, is a favorite of DIS Unplugged listeners and readers.  This is in part because she is a self-proclaimed Disney fan, and has filmed numerous episodes at the Disney parks and resorts.  Samantha is celebrating her Tenth Anniversary on the Travel Channel with four [...]

Tags: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Cast Members, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Expedition Everest, Grand Floridian, Joe Rohde, Magic Kingdom, Samantha Brown, Travel Channel, Turtle Talk with Crush, World Showcase
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Posted on Monday, 28th September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

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Dan Cockerell, 40, Vice President of EPCOT, has worked with the Disney Company for over 18 years.  He started right out of college parking cars in the EPCOT parking lot, worked his way up to a front-line food and beverage manager at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and, as of February 2009, [...]

Tags: Celebrating Family and Friends in the Kitchen, Chef Jens Dahlman, Dan Cockerell, Epcot, event, food and wine festival, Party for the Senses, World Showcase
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Posted on Saturday, 29th March 2008 by Kevin Klose

We went to Epcot the other day for lunch and to see the Flower and Garden Festival.
First…let me say that Epcot looks gorgeous. The nautical flags around the Future World lakes are beautiful. We didnt spend the time to decipher what they say, but I’ll coerce Bob into telling me.
The theme of this years show [...]

Tags: Chefs de France, Epcot, Flower and Garden Festival, Future World, Morocco, Soarin', World Showcase, Year of a Million Dreams
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