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Tonight's Now Snowing event in Celebration includes a performance by Justin Bieber

The town of Celebration’s Now Snowing celebration features simulated snow falling on Market Street on the hour from 6 to 9 every night in December. The event also includes horse-drawn carriage rides, strolling Charles Dickens carolers, photos with Santa, ice skating and more. But tonight’s event includes a special Radio Disney concert featuring a performance…

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Captain EO confirmed to return to Disneyland in California

The official Disney Parks blog has finally confirmed the long-rumored return of “Captain EO” to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. beginning in February 2010, but only for a “limited engagement.” The 17-minute, fan-favorite 3D film stars the late Michael Jackson in a sci-fi battle and will temporarily replace “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience” in Disneyland. Unfortunately,…

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Out of the Loop: Disney Christmas in Paris and Hong Kong

By Andy Guinigundo There is perhaps no place more magical during the holidays than a Disney park. That is true stateside and internationally. Let’s take a peak a two international holiday celebrations Disney style. Paris, France – “A Fairytale Christmas Celebration” at Disneyland Paris commenced on Nov. 8 and will continue into the New Year…

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What would you ask The Grinch? The mean one will answer your questions today on Facebook

The Grinch will take over Universal Orlando’s new official Facebook page to answer guests’ questions live this afternoon. The star of Dr. Seuss’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” will interact with fans and give them a humorous glimpse into the entertainment they can expect at Grinchmas – a live stage show at Universal’s Islands of…

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Video, Photos: Behind the scenes of balloon handling for Macy's Holiday Parade at Universal Studios

Since 2002, Universal Studios has partnered with Macy’s to bring elements of the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to Orlando during the holiday season. In addition to shipping down memorable floats featured in the annual New York parade, Macy’s brings several of the giganic balloons that have made the parade so popular over the decades….

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New hand art vendor opens in Downtown Disney Marketplace

A new vendor has opened up in the Downtown Disney Marketplace. Located near Disney’s Pin Traders, Hand Art Memories lets customers place their handprint on paper, then an artist transforms the handprint into a picture. For example, your fingers may turn into a pirate’s beard or a princess dress, but they don’t offer official Disney…

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New photos and videos from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter construction

It’s time again for our monthly update on the construction progress of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure. Here’s a quick video tour of what’s new since our last update, followed by some photos: Wizarding World of Harry Potter construction update 12/14/09Watch this video on YouTube As you can…

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New tilt-shift video: Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade taping

Disney has gone miniature-crazy as they release their third tilt-shift video shrinking Walt Disney World through a clever photography technique. This time, their cameras were set up at the Magic Kingdom, during the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade tapings, capturing the entire parade as well as performances by the Jonas Brothers, Kris Allen, Celine Dion,…

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Disney's queueless wait system testing continues at Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Photo by TouringPlans Last week, we told you about Disney testing a queueless meet-and-greet system in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom in which parents would wait in line while their children played in a playground until it was time for everyone to meet a character. Now it appears that testing continues this week but on…