Mickey and Minnie Mouse have moved to a new meet and greet location at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Discovery Island. It’s called Adventurers Outpost. The new location, which opened May 15, 2013 in the former Beastly Bazaar gift shop, is the new official meet and greet for Mickey and Minnie, relocating them from their Camp [...]

Disney World’s next Limited Time Magic event starts on Monday, Earth Day, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and runs through April 28. There will be parties, special merchandise and some returning characters. Disney Character Dance Party Some rarely seen Disney Characters will be making cameo appearances in Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade. Look for Lilo and Stitch, [...]

Get ready to celebrate Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s 15th anniversary on Earth Day, April 22, 2013. The event will include a special opening ceremony, Earth Day “Party for the Planet” festivities, and special foods, beverages and merchandise.  Check out the tentative line-up of the days festivities below: Special opening ceremony at the Tree of Life at [...]

WDWCelebrations, a non-profit unofficial Disney fan organization, is hosting two new events, following up on their five year success of events. “Flora, Fauna & Fantasy” will take place this April 20 through 22, 2013 followed by a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Disney’s Hollywood Studios in May 2014.  “Flora, Fauna & Fantasy” will showcase [...]

Beginning later this spring, Mickey and Minnie will be meeting and greeting guests in their all new exploration headquarters at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Dubbed the “Adventurers Outpost”, the famous Disney couple will be featured in the former Beastly Bazaar store on Discovery Island. Adventurers Outpost is a new indoor retreat for Mickey and Minnie. Shawn [...]

Disney has announced a new interactive adventure game entitled Wilderness Explorers, coming this spring to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The game is based around the Disney•Pixar film Up and will have guests complete missions to earn badges just like Russell did in the film. When this new game opens, guests will be able to become Wilderness [...]

Walt Disney World is bring the Christmas cheer early this year as their annual holiday events will start earlier than ever on Nov. 9, 2012. At the Magic Kingdom, there is an extra night of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party with 20 nights, at Epcot, singer/actress Olivia Newton John makes her debut as a celebrity [...]

Central Florida’s many theme parks will light the night skies July 4, 2012 with special pyrotechnic shows, including a patriotic display at Magic Kingdom, a rock’n’roll spectacular at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Red, Brick and Boom at Legoland Florida and more. Check out this year’s Fourth of July line up: At the Magic Kingdom, “Disney’s Celebrate [...]

Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park is partying into the evening hours with specialty drinks and foods, demonstrations, folk art, entertainment and more throughout the month of June, 2012. The “Sundowner Celebration” offerings can be found near the Tree of Life as well as in the Africa and Asia areas of the park. The majority of [...]

It’s that time again, time for another time lapse video. This month’s video is of Disney’s Animal Kingdom and features clips from various spots around the park. Rides featured include Expedition Everest, Dinosaur and Kilmanjaro Safaris. This video also features the iconic Tree of Life and the popular Festival of the Lion King show. Take [...]

Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers, a Facebook game based off Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, is launching soon according to the Disney Parks Blog. It will include iconic Animal Kingdom “Tree Of Life” and other various spots around the park. During game play, players will have a chance to create and take care of their own [...]

Two months ago we debuted a first for “Orlando Attractions Magazine”, a time lapse video. The video, a Jaws ride tribute, was well received by viewers and we will be doing a monthly video series of time lapse videos. First up is Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Rides featured in the video include Splash Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway, Jungle Cruise [...]

Say your last goodbye to Little Red. Today the Disney Parks Blog announced some changes are coming to the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Starting this spring, Disney Imagineers will begin the removal of some of the end show elements, including the Audio-Animatronic elephant known as Little Red, to make room for more [...]

Three stars recently took some time off to visit Walt Disney World for the holidays: Actress and activist Maria Bello, above, who stars as Detective Jane Timoney on the NBC crime drama Prime Suspect, posed with Duffy the Disney Bear on Nov. 25, 2011 in front of the holiday tree at Epcot. Bello also is [...]

Walt Disney World will soon be adorned in holiday décor. Each theme park and resort will have a holiday glow. Here is a list of what to expect from Disney’s holiday events. Magic Kingdom Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party The “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” will star Santa Claus, gingerbread men, marching soldiers, and [...]

Disney has announced they have entered into a long term partnership with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring characters and settings from the hit movie Avatar to Disney’s theme parks. It will all begin at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in the next few years. James Cameron, his partner Jon Landau and their [...]

Universal Orlando’s has released a free mobile app for Apple and Android phones, joining SeaWorld, which also released a free app earlier this year and Disney World, which offers a paid app for Verizon customers. Busch Gardens officials say their mobile app is in the works. Both the SeaWorld and Universal apps offer some of [...]

Column by Kevin Yee There are lots and lots of bathrooms at Walt Disney World. So many in fact, that it’s not hard to locate the nearest one. You can always ask a nearby Cast Member for help; usually the closest lavatory is mere steps away. But it can be difficult to find one that [...]

Grammy Award-winning singer Christina Aguilera poses with her son Max, April 11, 2011, in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. In the early 1990s, Aguilera starred on The New Mickey Mouse Club, a musical variety series taped at Walt Disney World. On April 26, Aguilera will debut as one of four musician coaches on the new NBC vocal [...]

Last Thursday during an investor conference, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs talked about long-term plans for the theme parks. Among the good news presented about interactive queues and expansion plans was some future technology news that has some theme park fans worried. Here are some excerpts from Staggs’ speech, “We know that [...]