A SPECIAL TOUCHDOWN AT DISNEY WORLD: Former NFL and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Kurt Warner (right), his wife, Brenda (left), and Mickey Mouse pose June 13th, 2011 with Kenny Bender (center), age 6, and Landon Smith (far right), 4, at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando. Representing the Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation,...
A veritable world of culinary adventures is on the menu September 30th through November 13th, 2011, during the 16th annual Epcot International Food and Wine Festival presented by Vanity Fair Napkins. The journey along the promenade around Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon includes more than two dozen marketplaces where everyone from neophytes to epicures and...
The cost of a 1-Day 1-Park Ticket to a Walt Disney World theme park is going up today. The price increase takes admission from $82 to $85. Hey….that’s my Dole Whip Money! Multi-day passes aren’t getting any cheaper either. Ticket prices for Disneyland in California will meet the same fate rising from $76 to...
DISNEY CHANNEL DUO: Characters Phineas (right) and Ferb (left) from the hit Disney Channel series “Phineas and Ferb” now greet guests of all ages in a new interactive meet-and-play experience at Disney’s Holllywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The characters appear near Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano in the theme park. (Gene Duncan, photographer)
BELLE OF THE BALL: Tony Dovolani, one of the professional dancers starring on the ABC-TV series “Dancing with the Stars,” joins Belle, the princess from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” February 23rd, 2011 for a dance at the France pavilion in the Epcot theme park. The Albanian-born dancer will be back on the reality...
A SHOW OF ‘FORCE’: Taking on the stern and determined look of a Jedi Knight, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas poses Aug. 14, 2010 with Jedi Mickey Mouse, Princess Leia Minnie, Darth Goofy — and the lovable Disney droid, R2-MK — at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. The legendary filmmaker attended “The Last Tour...
Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park has announced it is developing a new, immersive experience that will take small groups of guests on personalized, guided treks through some of the savannah areas of the popular Kilimanjaro Safaris Expedition attraction. During these excursions, guests will be able to spend more time observing wildlife on the savannah...
Segways! You see managers zipping to and fro inside of the Disney parks on these things daily. There are even paid tours you can take through Epcot and Fort Wilderness on a Segway. The paid tours will run you just shy of $100. However…did you know that you can test drive a Segway free...
Hello World! Meet Mikey! Mikey is an interesting cat. Not only can you find him slinging food and beverages at the Hard Rock Cafe at Universal Orlando…you might also seem him prowling the grounds of Walt Disney World, video camera in hand. Mikey runs Magic City Mayhem. Get it…Magic City…Orlando…Orlando Magic…Magic Kingdom…Mayhem…Dude is crazy!...
As you’ve probably guessed by now…I love Epcot! It is my favorite park at the Walt Disney World Resort. I am also somewhat of a purist and dearly miss Disney’s extinct attractions. I have fond memories of visiting Epcot as a child and even in my earlier years, preferred it over the Magic Kingdom....
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