Disney World Quick Tips – Enhance Your Disney Memories, Theme Your Photos

Lots of folks shoot hundreds of pictures on each visit to Walt Disney World. I’m even worse because I rarely take less than 1500 – 2000 shots every time. Rather than just taking pictures for the sake of taking them try to have a theme for each trip and carry

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Cast Members Perform Benefit Concerts for Performing Arts Center

Hoping to hit a high note for charity’s sake, the Encore! Cast Choir and Orchestra – a volunteer ensemble of nearly 300 talented Walt Disney World Resort cast members – performed a series of six concerts in July and August benefiting the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The

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Top Five Reasons I’m a Disney World Nerd.

Are you like me? Do you sometimes find yourself hiding the fact that you’re a Disney nerd? Do you have to remind yourself that wearing more than one article of Disney clothing at a time is a bad idea?  Are you tired of having to defend Disney World‘s extreme awesomeness? 

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Disney VoluntEARS Help Coalition for the Homeless Keep Cool During Hot Summer Months

When more than 80 air conditioning units at the Coalition for the Homeless recently needed service this summer, Disney VoluntEARS were quick to lend a helping hand to ensure the Coalition kept cool for those who work and stay there. Coalition for the Homeless is more than a shelter; it

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Ask a Disney Question: Shipping Packages Home

Today we have a question from Tonia, who has a question about sending packages home: Dear Chip & Co., Can I first say that I love your site! I have been studying and planning for about a year and today we finally check in! Anyway, my question is about sending

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Disney Cast Members Nominated for National Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Five cast members from Walt Disney World Resort are nominees for honors at this fall’s Great Minds in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) conference. The event aims to promote STEM careers in underserved communities. Committees made up of representatives from industry, government, military and academic institutions recently held a

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Disney Gives $1.2 Million to Benefit Central Florida’s Children

Arriving at the Hope CommUnity Center with a Disney grant for $41,000, Walt Disney World cast members awarded the organization its top grant this morning as it marked the end of a 40-day celebration to surprise, recognize and reward organizations that improve the lives of local children. Since April 13, Walt Disney World has

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Ashley Eckstein, Voice of Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Ahsoka Tano on WDW Tiki Room 5/13/11

Actress Ashley Eckstein, Voice of Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Ahsoka Tano Guests on WDW Tiki Room 5/13/11   The Sorcerer Radio Network, a global leader in fan-based Disney internet radio and programming, is proud to welcome Star Wars: The Clone Warsstar, Ashley Eckstein as a guest on WDW Tiki Room Friday May

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Disneyland employee falls in park, dies of natural causes

A Disney cast member collapsed last Wednesday in Disneyland amusement park, and later died. Philip Doyle, 58, worked in the food services department.  Doyle was making a delivery after 1 pm near the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and his co-workers got concerned when he didn’t return quickly.   He was

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Beginners Guide to Pin Trading

You see them everywhere at Disney: all kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, designs, and patterns. They commemorate events, parks, hotels, rides and attractions, characters and holidays. They come in sets and individually, and can range from inexpensive little fun ones to very expensive collectors’ sets. They are, of course, Disney

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Ashley Eckstein Answers Your Clone Wars Questions!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 3 has run its course and was one of the most controversial and entertaining seasons of the series to date! That said, while we faithful fans of the Force await season 4, the ever popular Ashley Eckstein graces the internet with a “Q&A” about her thoughts

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