New Image Released of the Marvel-Themed Area Coming to Walt Disney Studios Park!

Today, Disneyland Paris released a new image illustrating the recently announced, highly-anticipated Marvel-themed area coming to the Walt Disney Studios Park! As part of €2 Billion, multi-year expansion plan, this immersive area will kick-start the transformation of Walt Disney Studios Park. Allowing guests to encounter their favourite heroes in new and

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Disneyland Officially Scraps Plans for New Resort Hotel

Disneyland has officially pulled the plug on plans to build its fourth on-site hotel near Downtown Disney. Walt Disney Company officials announced today that plans for the 4-diamond, 700-room mega hotel will not go forth. This is due to an ongoing disagreement between Disneyland and the City of Anaheim. Plans

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Subcontractor at Walt Disney World Area Hotel is accused of not paying employees

A subcontractor at the Royal Plaza Hotel, a Walt Disney World area hotel has been accused of not paying some of his employees. A manager has also reported that she is now being threatened by disgruntled workers. The employees said that they have spent three weeks gutting the Royal Plaza

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Breaking News: Extra Magic Hour for Disneyland Resort Hotel Guests

Beginning with arrivals on Sept. 30, 2012, Guests staying at a Disneyland® Resort Hotel can take advantage of Extra Magic Hour* — early entry to either Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure® Park — every day of their stay (with valid Theme Park ticket and active hotel-room key card). Extra

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Disney World Quick Tips – Planning your Disney World Budget

There are very few people who visit Walt Disney World without having to carefully plan and budget their available funds. I use a very measured and logical (at least to me) approach for budgeting each of our visits. First – I always try to start early enough so I can

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Disney World Planning Tips – More Snacks, Less Money!

My husband and I are DVC members so our family travels to Disney World at least once a year.  We try to save money whenever and wherever we can without cutting back on the full Disney experience.  Snacks and drinks in Disney World can be quite expensive and kids get

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Disney and Four Seasons Finalize Deal Construction begins on $360 Million Hotel

As if we weren’t already busy enough obsessing over the Fantasyland expansion…now news has come out that the $360 million luxury resort will begin construction in December. The process started in 2008, when Disney approached the Four Seasons about putting a resort on Disney property. Why would Disney do this?

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Landmark Disneyland Hotel Earns AAA Four Diamond Award

For the first time in 25 years, AAA has awarded the Disneyland Hotel its coveted Four Diamond award. The designation is presented to only four percent of the 31,000 hotels AAA reviews nationally, according to the Auto Club, which reviews establishments without giving any prior notification. Did you know Disney’s

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Seven Deadly Disney World Sins.

Are you guilty of committing the seven deadly Disney sins?   We all do it and we’re so . . . ashamed.  Feel free to learn from our mistakes. 1. Greed:  Thou shall not make more than one  advanced dining reservation per meal.  Double booking is very, very bad!  Disney has

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Making Your Vacation Rental Safe for Kids.

If you have small children, your own home is probably childproofed, but your hotel room or vacation rental probably isn’t.  Add that the natural  tendency to unconciously lower one’s guard on vacation combined with excited children in unfamiliar surroundings and the potential for accidents is higher than it should be.  You don’t have to panic though,

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