I have a special treat for you today an amazing behind-the-scenes look at how the Walt Disney World Resort decorates for the holidays! This originally aired on HGTV. Merry Christmas
I hope you are enjoying or have enjoyed the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade! It is a tradition we share in our household every year.
The 27th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade airs Christmas Day on ABC.
The show is scheduled to air at the following times:
* Eastern Time Zone: Noon – 2 p.m.
* Central Time Zone: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
* Mountain Time Zone: 10 a.m. – noon
* Pacific Time Zone: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
* Los Angeles (KABC): 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
If you haven’t seen the 2010 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade- ‘Tilt-Shift’ Video here is a link to check it out!
Merry Christmas!
Ohana means family. If you are a regular visitor to the website or to our Facebook Page then you are apart of our Ohana. We want to wish a very Merry Christmas to you on this special day.
Merry Christmas from Chip and Company
This article comes to us from WDW Prince. Paul was able to get some insider exclusive information he wanted to pass onto us.
Roland Fargo Crump is a true Disney legend. In fact, he is a certified legend with his own window on Main Street in Disneyland. One of the original Disney Imagineers to work closely with Walt Disney, Rolly was directly involved with the design of attractions such as It’s A Small World, Haunted Mansion and Enchanted Tiki Room. His career with Disney spans over 40 years.
I am pleased to help spread the word about Rolly Crump’s latest project. Mr Crump recently let me know about the launch of his new audio tour of Disneyland just released this week. The cost is $5 for a downloadable mp3 file or cd. To be able to take a tour of Disneyland’s attractions with the insight, stories and shared secrets that only Rolly Crump knows-that is priceless.
Check out the audio sample to get a taste.
To purchase this mp3 head on over to WDW Prince where they have a link to download this Disney Exclusive.
Enter MarthaStewart.com‘s Make Your Own Magical Memories Sweepstakes for your chance to win a trip to your choice of Disneyland or Disney World, a prize worth about $5,660.
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Shining in the musical spotlight long before the popularity of glee clubs, several Central Florida student choirs have made a tradition of illuminating the holidays with their gift of song
For nearly 40 years, hundreds of local chorale groups have provided the vocal brilliance for the Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World Resort and in return, many of them have made this Disney experience part of their own personal holiday tradition.
At many schools, students begin rehearsing as early as August to prepare for their auditions in September. Once selected, students adhere to a rigorous rehearsal schedule which continues through November when more than 100 students are pitch-perfect and ready to perform.
Hundreds of musical groups look forward to the opportunity to sing in Candlelight Processional and regard the event as a prestigious honor. Aspiring singers are presented with a unique opportunity to perform under the formal direction of a skilled conductor, along with a live orchestra and celebrity narrator. In addition, the students perform on a professional stage before a global audience. According to the students’ teachers, they also have the chance to sing with several other choir groups from around the United States and appreciate learning to sing in two other languages – Spanish and German.
This article come to us from Jason Garcia at the Orlando Sentinel.
The Walt Disney Co.‘s theme-park division is eliminating almost a quarter of the jobs within its global business-development group, the unit charged within identifying future growth opportunities for Disney’s $11 billion-a-year parks business.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will cut 14 jobs — including 11 in Orlando — from the roughly 65-person global development team.
Disney said the move is designed to eliminate some of the overlap created nearly two years ago when it merged business development with real-estate development as part of broader corporate restructuring. More than half of the jobs will be culled from the real-estate group, whose Disney World projects include Golden Oak, a luxury-home subdivision being built near the Magic Kingdom, and Flamingo Crossings, a long-stalled retail-and-lodging district aimed at budget travelers.
“This will enable us to better align our approach to business development across the segment, eliminate duplication of efforts, and streamline our decision-making,” Disney World spokeswoman Andrea Finger said Thursday.
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Crew members aboard the new ship Disney Dream send best wishes for a happy holiday season! The newest ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet is crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her way to Port Canaveral, Florida, where she’ll sail her maiden voyage on January 26, 2011.
Charles Ridgway, author of Spinning Disney’s World, shared his memories of working with Walt Disney as one of the guests aboard Podcast Cruise 2.0 with Disney Cruise Line.
Ridgway, along with Imagineer Bob Gurr, design developer of attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and singer Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in the Little Mermaid movie, regaled more than 600 DISboard guests and DIS Unplugged Podcast crew during the four-day cruise to the Bahamas in December.
Ridgway and Gurr each told their stories about working with Walt Disney then they were paired together for questions and answers from the audience afterward. David Parfitt, the senior correspondent for DIS and DIS Unplugged, considers the event “ incredible … one of the highlights of the cruise.” A book signing aboard the ship was also a hit, says Parfitt.
Ridgway, a Disney press agent for 40 years, headed up public relations for the company’s parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. He shared his memories and the creative ways he marketed Disney in Spinning Disney’s World, published by The Intrepid Traveler ($24.95). Since his retirement, he travels the globe as a travel writer and photographer.
DIS and DIS Unplugged are an online magazine and Internet Radio Show devoted to travel to the central Florida theme parks.
To order Spinning Disney’s World by Charles Ridgway, visit:
http://intrepidtraveler.com/store/disney-books.html
A New Year will mean new memories for the Chilean miners whose saga transfixed the world, as they are treated to a hero’s welcome and family vacations of a lifetime at Walt Disney World Resort next month.
During their complimentary six-night Disney vacation, Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2011, the miners, their rescuers and immediate families will meet Disney characters, visit all four Walt Disney World theme parks and serve as honorary Grand Marshals of the Main Street, U.S.A. parade in Magic Kingdom.
Trapped 2,300 feet inside the earth for 69 days in a collapsed Chilean mine, the men were pulled from the darkness in a miracle rescue. In one of the year’s most touching stories, their unbending faith and endurance sustained them throughout the ordeal.
“The amazing story of these miners captured the attention of the world for demonstrating the true power and resilience of the human spirit,” said Disney President and CEO Bob Iger. “We are proud to welcome these courageous men and their families to the Walt Disney World Resort.”
The group will arrive to a welcome dinner with characters, dancing and Chilean cuisine prepared by Disney chefs. During their vacation, they also will be treated to a $500 gift card per family, a group photo in front of Cinderella Castle and personal photo albums of their visit.
From director Steven Spielberg comes “War Horse,” an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.
Coming to theaters December 28, 2011
