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Travelex Insurance Launches an Exclusive Plan for DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members

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Chip
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Travelex Insurance Launches an Exclusive Plan for DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members

Travelex provides a valuable service to DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members with a tailored travel insurance plan for vacation ownership. The protection plan provides DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members with comprehensive coverage for common travel concerns such as medical emergencies, trip cancellation or interruption and baggage loss or delay.  This customized plan also covers accidental damage caused to their resort property, recreational equipment delays and roadside assistance service.

“Travelex Insurance provides our Members with peace of mind when planning their vacations to Disney destinations and beyond,” said DISNEY VACATION CLUB President Jim Lewis. “Families can focus instead on making memories and spending quality time together.”

“We are delighted with our relationship with DISNEY VACATION CLUB and with providing its members with a travel insurance plan that safeguards their vacation experience,” said Mike Ambrose, President, Travelex Insurance Services. “Travelex values its ability to give travelers worry-free memories of a lifetime.”

The annual plan, available to DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members through the Member website, is offered at a rate of $79.00 and covers an entire year of DISNEY VACATION CLUB vacations utilizing Member points.

About Travelex Insurance Services:

Travelex Insurance Services, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the leading travel insurance businesses in the United States. The company was founded in 1996 when the Travelex Group purchased the travel insurance distribution services of the Mutual of Omaha Companies. Travelex delivers a wide range of travel protection plans through travel agencies and

Travelex Insurance Launches an Exclusive Plan for DISNEY VACATION CLUB Members

Enter Good Morning America’s Pirates Premiere Sweepstakes!

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Chip
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Enter Good Morning America's Pirates Premiere Sweepstakes!

Calling all “Pirates of the Caribbean” fans!

Like “Good Morning America” on Facebook, follow the instructions to enter for your chance to win one of FIVE grand prize packages for two to attend the World Premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” at Disneyland Park in California!

You could be a part of the most-anticipated premiere of the year — complete with a star-studded Red Carpet event — by entering the Good Morning America Pirates Premiere Sweepstakes!

Each winner will receive roundtrip air fare for two to California, provided by Southwest Airlines Vacations, including 2-nights’ hotel accommodations and rental car, 2 tickets to the World Premiere of “Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” at Disneyland on 5/7/11, and 2 one-day tickets to the Disneyland Park in California for each winner and their guest.

Enter the Good Morning America Pirates Premiere Sweepstakes!

Don’t wait to enter! The sweepstakes ends Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

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Enter Good Morning America's Pirates Premiere Sweepstakes!

The Chip And Company Disney Week In Review For April 25

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends
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The Chip And Company Disney Week In Review For April 25

Welcome to the Disney Week In Review from your friends at Chip and Company. We all hope you got to enjoy time with your families and friends over the Easter and Passover holidays. There was a lot of news this week and, as usual, our brilliant writers were more than willing to offer their views on a huge range of subjects so let’s get started.

Now it’s time to give you a sampling of the works of some of our incredible writers. They put in a lot of hard work and to properly appreciate you have to visit the Chip and Company site on a regular basis. These folks are really talented!!

As I mentioned, this is just a small sampling of the articles our writers present on a daily basis. I can almost guarantee you will find something to make your vacation to the Disney Parks more fun and easier. Give it a try!! As always, enjoy your visit to Walt Disney World!!

Ken

The Chip And Company Disney Week In Review For April 25

‘Star Tours – The Adventures Continue’ Brings Star Wars Thrills in 3-D to Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park

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Chip
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‘Star Tours – The Adventures Continue’ Brings Star Wars Thrills in 3-D to Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park

The power of the Force and the magic of Disney have combined to create “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue,” a new 3-D attraction set to open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park on May 20, 2011. The attraction also will open at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif., on June 3, 2011.

Based on the Star Wars films, Star Tours will take Walt Disney World Resort guests to multiple Star Wars destinations where they will interact with characters from throughout the Saga. And it will all be in 3-D.

With eye-popping 3-D digital filming, a dramatic musical score and motion simulator-based technology, guests will be immersed in the Star Wars galaxy like never before on a theme park attraction. Walt Disney Imagineering worked with Lucasfilm, Ltd. and Industrial Light & Magic – the groundbreaking visual effects division of Lucasfilm – to bring the out-of-this-world attraction to life.

Star Tours, which had thrilled Disney Parks guests since the 1980s, was “powered down” at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2010 so Imagineers could begin work on the new attraction.

And in a new twist, guests may be able to enjoy the attraction multiple times without ever experiencing the same adventure. More than 50 story combinations are possible for guests to experience aboard Star Tours.

Just as the Star Wars films immerse movie-goers in storylines that keep them on the edge of their seats, Star Tours will feature multiple stories and scenarios that will hurtle park guests throughout the Star Wars galaxy. And all of the storyline’s twists and turns will be random, affording guests the chance to ride the attraction multiple times.

Whether it’s a battle with Darth Vader and his legion of stormtroopers or a plea from Princess Leia to help her save the Rebellion, guests will find themselves in the middle of the action – literally – in the 3-D, multi-sensory attraction.

Entering the attraction queue area, Star Tours guests walk into a bustling spaceport. The famed Star Wars droid duo, C-3PO and R2-D2, greet them as the Starspeeder 1000 is prepped for service. Anthony Daniels, the voice of C-3PO and the only actor to appear in every theatrical chapter of the Star Wars Saga, reprises his role as the golden protocol droid. Daniels worked with Walt Disney Imagineering to record new dialogue for the attraction. Guests also are introduced to AC-38, a hotshot droid pilot known simply as “Ace,” and Aly San San (voiced by actress Allison Janney), the “spokesbot” for the spaceport.

After winding through the spaceport, guests board the Starspeeder 1000 spacecraft and prepare for Star Tours Flight #1401. Through a series of mishaps, however, C-3PO finds himself in the pilot’s seat instead of Ace, and it’s up to him and R2-D2 to navigate their passengers through the galaxy. However, the tyrannical Empire is out to stop the Starspeeder at all costs. C-3PO and R2-D2 take the controls and try to outwit and outrun the Imperial forces and a galactic bounty hunter hired to pursue the spaceship and its passengers.

Utilizing the 50+ random story combinations, the Starspeeder then embarks on a wild trip through the galaxy, visiting several planets made famous in the Star Wars films. Among the locations that might provide haven from the Empire’s pursuit are the icy planet of Hoth, the lush jungles of Kashyyyk and the underwater Gungan world of Naboo. And along the way guests may encounter Star Wars characters that offer to help (or hinder) their journey, including Yoda, Admiral Ackbar, Darth Vader and Boba Fett. “Skytroopers,” a legion of stormtroopers created just for the Star Tours attraction story, might even join in the chase.

In fact, with multiple ways to experience each flight, guests will never know where the Force will take them.

At Walt Disney World Resort, Star Tours opens May 20, 2011, the same day the annual Star Wars Weekends event begins at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. Star Tours and Star Wars Weekends event activities are included in regular admission to Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park.

For more information and to purchase theme park tickets or book vacation packages, guests may visit disneyworld.com/startours or disneyworld.com/starwarsweekends.

STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

‘Star Tours – The Adventures Continue’ Brings Star Wars Thrills in 3-D to Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park

Disney Parks Extends Special Offers for Military Families

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Chip
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Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Extends Discounts for Military FamiliesDisney Parks has a long-standing history of honoring military personnel and their families and is pleased to announce that the special theme park tickets and room offers for active military and spouses, retired military, National Guard and Reservists are now extended to September of 2012. This announcement coincides with The Walt Disney Company’s participation in “Joining Forces,” an initiative created by the Obama Administration designed to bring attention to the unique needs of America’s military families.

First Lady Michele Obama and Dr. Jill Biden joined the hosts of “The View” to discuss their involvement with “Joining Forces.” They encouraged all Americans to show their gratitude to service members and their families and discussed how companies like Disney and others from across the country are coming together to help military personnel. For more information, go to www.joiningforces.gov to learn how you can get involved.

Disney is proud to support the brave men and women who serve our country in a variety of ways. At both Disneyland park in California and Magic Kingdom Park in Florida, military personnel and veterans from all branches of the military are honored daily at a special Flag Retreat Ceremony where they are asked to step forward to be recognized as the colors are retired each afternoon. Disney Cruise Line also supports military families with special offers available on select Disney Cruise Line itineraries.

In addition to Disney Parks, other areas of The Walt Disney Company are working with “Joining Forces” to support this great new initiative. Disney plans to donate 25,000 Disney/Hyperion books to the USO for the United Through Reading military program, which gives deployed troops the opportunity to read their kids a virtual bedtime story when they can’t be there in person. Disney will send more than 200 “Operation Disney” care packages filled with DVDs, books, and games to USO centers worldwide which will also include 4,000 Disney Digital Book online memberships.

Additional information on the Walt Disney World ticket and room offers will be available at www.disneyworld.com/military and additional information on the Disneyland Resort ticket and room offers will be available at www.disneyland.com/military.

Disney Parks Extends Special Offers for Military Families by Thomas Smith: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

Disney Parks Extends Special Offers for Military Families

Disney Parks Extends Special Offers for Military Families

Behind the Scenes: Easter at Disney Floral & Gifts

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Chip
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Yellow Easter BasketI thought you’d enjoy seeing what makes Easter so special here at Walt Disney World Resort.

Where else but Walt Disney World can a Mickey Mouse-themed Easter basket be filled with so much magic that it creates a shadow of a mouse?

Each gift is hand-made, with personalization for someone special. Hmm, whose white glove is in this photo?

Easter Basket Stitching

There’s also a one of a kind message on a one of a kind card …

Easter Basket Card

And that card message also includes a special story to warm the heart.

Easter Basket Card

Then, we deliver your gift to your resort to provide you with an opportunity to give the gift of a memory.

Easter Basket Card

For us at Disney Floral & Gifts, Easter isn’t just a holiday…it’s an opportunity to make you feel special. And we enjoy “delivering” the magic.

From our home to yours, we hope you have a memorable celebration this weekend.

Behind the Scenes: Easter at Disney Floral & Gifts by Jean Volante: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

Behind the Scenes: Easter at Disney Floral & Gifts

Behind the Scenes: Easter at Disney Floral & Gifts

HGTV Design Star Judge Vern Yip Scheduled as Final Speaker at 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

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Chip
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HGTV Design Star Judge Vern Yip Scheduled as Final Speaker at 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

Award-winning architectural and interior designer Vern Yip will be the featured presenter during the final weekend of the 18th annual Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival presented by HGTV. Host of Deserving Design and judge for HGTV Design Star, Yip will take the HGTV Designers Stage May 13-15 to share “Top Design Trends Made Affordable and Accessible.”

HGTV Designers Stage is in the Festival Center (located next to Mission: Space in Future World at Epcot), which showcases HGTV and HGTV.com celebrities on weekends and other experts — including “Master Gardeners” from University of Florida, Walt Disney World Horticulturists and a mix of national and regional TV/radio personalities, authors and educators — seven days a week.

Here are topics and speakers scheduled for HGTV Designers’ Stage and Greenhouse Stage in May:

HGTV Designers’ Stage
Presentations daily at noon and 3 p.m.
(HGTV/HGTV.com celebrity distinctions are noted in parentheses)

May 1: “The Design Process: Curb Appeal Projects from Concept to Construction” — John Gidding (Curb Appeal: The Block)

May 2-5: “The Small-Budget Gardener” — Maureen Gilmer

May 6-8: “Beautiful on a Budget: High Style, Low Cost Secrets to Bringing Indoor Styling Outside” — Frank Fontana (Design on a Dime)

May 9-12: “Slow Gardening” — Felder Rushing

May 13-15: “Top Design Trends Made Affordable and Accessible” — Vern Yip (HGTV Design Star)

 

Greenhouse Stage
Presentations daily at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
(Visit the Festival Center for topics on days not noted)

May 1: “Inspiring Patio Designs” — Allison Brooks

May 6-8: “Mastery & Mind in Living Flowers” — Ricardo Bansho Carrasco

May 12-15: “A to Z on Herbs” — Tracy Fischer

The presentations are included with Epcot admission, but seating is limited and on a first-come basis. Speakers, presentations and guests are subject to change without notice. For more Epcot International Flower & Garden information, visit disneyworld.com/flower.

HGTV Design Star Judge Vern Yip Scheduled as Final Speaker at 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

Monkees’ Davy Jones, Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone Featured on Final Weekends of 2011 Flower Power Concert Series

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Chip
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Monkees' Davy Jones, Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone Featured on Final Weekends of 2011 Flower Power Concert Series

They both came to America from Manchester, England, and both landed at the top of the pop music charts in the mid-1960s. “They” are Davy Jones and Peter Noone, who will bring the hit-making sounds of The Monkees and Herman’s Hermits, respectively, to Epcot in May as the final two acts of the 2011 Flower Power Concert Series:

  • Davy Jones, who’ll take the America Gardens Theatre stage May 6-8, traveled from the television screen — along with other The Monkees cast members — to the top of the charts in 1966 aboard “Last Train to Clarksville.” They scored two more No. 1’s over the following 14 months, “I’m a Believer” and “Daydream Believer.”
  • Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, who’ll bring down the curtain on this year’s series (May 13-15), scored 11 Top 10 tunes over a 25-month period from early 1965 to early 1967. Included were two No. 1’s in 1965, “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” and “I’m Henry VIII, I Am.”

May begins with the final day of Paul Revere & The Raiders’ weekend at Epcot.

Performances are at America Gardens Theatre at 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. each Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the 18th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. Here’s the May lineup (subject to change without notice):

May 1: Paul Revere & The Raiders
May 6-8: Davy Jones
May 13-15: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone

Flower Power performances are included with Epcot admission. For additional information about the festival, visit disneyworld.com/flower.

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Last Day to Enter! Club Penguin Earth Day Giveaway

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Chip
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Last Day to Enter! Club Penguin Earth Day Giveaway

Happy Earth Day Everyone! I hope you are on your way to a great Easter Weekend as well! I know I am 🙂

In celebration of Earth Day Disney’s Club Penguin was nice enough to hook us up with a sweet giveaway for those Club Penguin Fans out there.

Earlier this week we post this article Club Penguin and its players celebrate Earth Day.

Here is an excerpt:

Fans of Club Penguin can learn how to protect their planet and show support for all its citizens this Earth Day just by playing in the snow-covered virtual world.

As part of its ongoing commitment to creating safe places around the world and protecting the earth, Disney Online Studios, which produces Club Penguin, is donating an additional $100,000 of its annual multi-million dollar giving budget to conserve wetlands and protect endangered species. For its annual Earth Day party, Club Penguin will also launch a series of new activities designed to educate and empower its players to help protect the earth and the living creatures that call it home.

From April 20 through 27, 2011 members can use the virtual coins they earn playing games on Club Penguin to purchase Earth Day-themed costumes for their penguin avatars. Players will also be able to visit areas of the virtual world that have been redesigned to look like the natural habitat of some endangered species, and learn more about those species and what threatens their survival.

Click the link above for more and for the very cool video.

Ok now onto the Giveaway details. One lucky person will win plush penguin toy, a Club Penguin Bag and a six-month membership card!

  • To enter all you have to do is comment on this article. Tell us things you do to celebrate Earth Day. You can enter here on Chip and Company or on our Facebook Page.
  • As an additional entry you can Tag yourself on this photo on Facebook.

Comment/Enter as often as you like. I will pick one lucky Club Penguin fan Saturday Afternoon April 23rd and notify them via Facebook that they won! You will have 24 hours to email your address or I will pick another person.

Good Luck and as always if you have any questions let me know.

Giveaway valid in the US only.

 

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Touring Plans Starts the Latest Free Dining Rumor.

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends
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Touring Plans Starts the Latest Free Dining Rumor.

The latest free dining rumor comes courtesy of Touring Plans own Len Testa. Today on Twitter, an innoucuous little tweet announced:

“Disney reviews its quarterly numbers May 10. Word is a tasty discount will be out before then. ^len”

We don’t’ know what dates it will cover (although if we were betting, we would say late August until sometime in November, the same offer the U.K. received a month ago) or when it will be announced, but Touring Plans has been right on target for the last two major discounts, announcing very specific information that only someone with inside information would know, so we trust them.   A lot.

We’ll be scouring the web and annoying our cast member friends for the next couple of weeks looking for credible information. Until then, keep your eyes open and when that discount comes out, call Disney or your travel agent and make sure you get it!

Good luck and happy hunting.

Chris writes here and at Everything Walt Disney World. She’s also a travel agent with Pixie Vacations and a member of the Mouse Chat Podcast.  Email her at [email protected] for information on how you can get a free $25 or $50 Disney gift card in addition to current discounts when you book a new vacation.

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Topiary Mater has been added to the array of characters revving up for a dash to the finish with Pixar’s 25th Anniversary Weekend…

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Chip
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Topiary Mater has been added to the array of characters revving up for a dash to the finish with Pixar's 25th Anniversary Weekend...

Topiary Mater has been added to the array of characters revving up for a dash to the finish with Pixar’s 25th Anniversary Weekend May 13-15, 2011, celebrating “Cars 2” during the 18th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival presented by HGTV.

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Disney World Quick Tips – Prioritize Your ADR’s

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends
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Disney World Quick Tips - Prioritize Your ADR's

Most Disney visitors plan on dining at some table service restaurants while they are on vacation. I thought most everyone was aware of the Advance Dining Reservation (ADR) system and used it as designed. In reading some of the many Disney forums on the web it is a bit disconcerting to see that there are still a lot of folks out there (particularly first time visitors) who believe that you can just walk up to one of the Walt Disney World restaurants and get a table. ARRRGH!!

Please make your ADR’s or you will be eating at counter service locations (not that bad) throughout your visit. Just making your reservations will work if you are planning on eating at the normal table service restaurants but if you are planning on hitting the really “popular” or “in” places there are some strategies you should employ. By “popular” or “in” restaurants I mean places like Le Cellier, Cinderella’s Royal Table, Ohana, Chef Mickey’s etc. etc. Here are a few tactics you might employ as ADR day approaches and arrives:

  • Have A Plan – Know where you want to dine, what day you want, and an approximate time and write them down!!!
  • Credit Card At The Ready – There are some venues that require either pre payment (Dinner Shows) or a deposit of some type (Fantasmic! Dining Package) so whether you use the on line system or call 407-WDW-DINE have your card available. Policies are thoroughly explained as you make each and every reservation so be patient.
  • Prioritize Your ADR’s – This is key whether you use the on line system or call. Always make the most difficult reservations first. You can make your ADR’s in any date order so if you want to have breakfast in Cinderella Castle that should always be your first reservation.
  • Use 180+10 Wisely – One of the major benefits of staying on site is that you can make reservations for the first 10 days of your vacation at the 180 day from check in mark. If you are planning on making ADR’s at some of the wildly popular venues you may want to consider scheduling them later in your vacation. Doing that will somewhat reduce the competition from those folks who check in 4 or 5 days earlier than you and are scheduling their ADR’s for the first few days of your vacation before you get a chance to start. It sounds a bit strange but it works.
  • Be Flexible On Times – Don’t depend on eating lunch at 12:00 or dinner at 5:00. Lots of other folks are trying to do exactly that so be a bit flexible in your times so you won’t be disappointed.

There is no sure fire way to get the exact ADR’s at the exact time you want but if you utilize these suggestions you will likely have some success. I know these things work because that’s what I do. As always, enjoy your visit to Walt Disney World!!

Ken

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