Interesting news from Jason Garcia at the Daily Disney. Walt Disney World is poised to sell hotel rooms on Priceline.com, after years of keeping its hotels off the popular site for bargain hunters. Disney hotel rooms will become a part of Priceline‘s inventory in mid-November, though the rooms will be
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Disney becoming more generous with political contributions
This article comes from Jason Garcia the Daily Disney.. Mickey Mouse appears to be quite fond of state Rep. Dean Cannon. Shortly after Cannon, a Winter Park Republican in line to be the next speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, opened his campaign for re-election last year, Walt Disney World
Disney World kids’ centers give parents guilt-free night out
This article comes to us from Kristin Ford at the Daily Disney. Recently, my kids got to experience a little bit of magic without me at Walt Disney World. My husband and I dropped them off at one of the six children’s activity centers, where kids ages 3 to 12
First Look Epcot’s La Hacienda de San Angel
Here is a first look of La Hacienda de San Angel from the Daily Disney. Here are some first-look photos of the 400-seat La Hacienda de San Angel, the new casual dining restaurant at Epcot’s Mexico pavilion, in the World Showcase, Tuesday. The restaurant is an expansion of the original
Disney World passholder event to introduce Duffy the Disney Bear
This article comes to us from Kristin Ford at the Daily Disney. Duffy the Disney Bear will become a regular for character meet-and-greets at Epcot in October. Known as the teddy bear who sailed around the world with Mickey Mouse, Duffy made regular appearances at Disney’s Teddy Bear & Doll
Disney says Fantasyland expansion plans are changing
Interesting news from Jason Garcia at the Daily Disney. Disney is redrawing the sweeping Fantasyland expansion plans it laid out last year, even as bulldozers clear land for the project inside the Magic Kingdom. With the revisions, begun under new Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, designers are
Disney Tickets Last Tour to Endor event will include special Star Wars touches
This article comes to us from Dewayne Bevil at The Daily Disney. Coming soon: The return of the Jedi to Disney’s Hollywood Studios – But it’s not Star Wars Weekends, Part Deux. On August 14, the theme park will be the site of Last Tour to Endor, a one-night-only, after-hours,
Disney World as your classroom? Disney Youth Education Series opens
This article comes to us from Kristin Ford at The Daily Disney. Students participating in Disney’s Animation Magic use a phenakistascope, an early animation tool, in the Disney Youth Education Series program at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. What child (or teacher) wouldn’t want to say they were going to school at
Disney World limits use of onboard bus computers
Interesting article from Jason Garcia at The Daily Disney. Walt Disney World has issued written orders and made software changes designed to ensure that navigational computers on the resort’s buses can’t be used while the vehicles are moving. The changes followed criticism from some of Disney’s roughly 1,200 bus drivers
Is Disney World quieter than usual this summer?
Matt Palm at Orlando Sentinel’s Daily Disney answers this popular question about Walt Disney World. I am surprised to hear this, which is probably a sign of the economy. I saw a news report saying that more people are traveling to local destinations instead of trekking to big destinations like
Win trip to Disneyland and apprenticeship with Imagineer
This article comes to us from the Daily Disney. Just in time for the debut of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in theaters Wednesday is a contest that awards one winner a one-day apprenticeship with a Disney Imagineer. In addition, the grand-prize winner of the Sorcerers Wanted Sweepstakes will receive a two-night
Without reservations, you might miss out on great dining at Disney World
This article comes to us from Kristin Ford at the Daily Disney. To dine at a table-service restaurant at Disney World on any holiday means planning ahead with a reservation. Sure, a few lucky folks may squeeze in when they walk up, but for the most part, you need to
Hawaii resort Aulani may be key to Disney growth
A great read from the Daily Disney at the Orlando Sentinel: Nineteen months after breaking ground, Disney today will begin selling time-share interests in Aulani, a high-rise resort in Hawaii that company executives hope will be a template for future growth in their $11 billion-a-year theme-park division. The 841-room hotel
What’s old is new again as ‘Captain EO’ returns to Epcot
This article comes to us from The Daily Disney at the Orlando Sentinel: Walt Disney World continues its wave of nostalgia with the rebirth of Captain EO — a 3-D sci-fi movie featuring Michael Jackson and a crew of fuzzy space explorers — at Epcot. The film, which ran at
