‘A Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas’ is coming to the Magic Kingdom this spring. This new interactive game will be played at various locations in the Adventureland section of the park. Jennifer Fickley-Baker broke the news on the Disney Parks Blog this morning: … guests will use a pirate map and magic talisman [...]

The latest Limited Time Magic promotion has been announced and it’s one many fans have been looking forward to. From Jan. 21 through 27, fans will get to meet some Disney characters they don’t often see – It’s Long Lost Friends week. The characters announced so far are Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Robin Hood, Friar [...]

The Winter 2012/2013 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available to order in print and digital. This is a special Commemorative New Fantasyland issue. You’ll find dozens of photos, stories, columns and more about the newest area of Disney’s Magic Kingdom. This is a keepsake you won’t want to miss. The other big story [...]

By Kevin Yee Although they’ve been around since early November, we haven’t had a chance to visit the revised castle projection show until recently. The new show, Celebrate the Magic, continues many themes from the previous show but no longer features guests snapped by PhotoPass. There is a holiday tag at the end with themed [...]

Walt Disney World is starting their Limited Time Magic promotion with a week of New Year’s parties in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom. Starting Dec. 30, 2012, kids of all ages can celebrate 2013 as they “Bling in the New Year”. The Limited Time Magic promotion will offer 52 weeks of special experiences, big and [...]

When the 29th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade airs on ABC on Dec. 25, 2012, hosts Nick Cannon and Mario Lopez will lead a two-hour telecast featuring top musical acts. Grammy Award-winning trio Lady Antebellum will headline the seasonal celebration. Joining the trio during the coast-to-coast party will be international superstars Backstreet Boys, soulful [...]

The largest expansion in Magic Kingdom’s history, New Fantasyland, is officially open. After five years of development and construction, the expansion adds a new dark ride, restaurant, tavern and unique meet and greet experiences. Early this morning was a two-part opening celebration. It started off with Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, who was [...]

Magic Kingdom guests can now journey ‘Under the Sea’ with the Little Mermaid herself, complete with characters and songs from the Academy Award-winning Disney animated motion picture “The Little Mermaid” in “Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid” in New Fantasyland. Set in and around Ariel’s underwater world and located inside New Fantasyland, [...]

Guests can now dine one of three magical rooms inside the Be Our Guest Restaurant in New Fantasyland that bring the “Beauty and the Beast” story to life at the Magic Kingdom. From trying the delicious “grey stuff” to dining in the mysterious “West Wing”, guests will feel as if they just entered the Beast’s [...]

Guests can now meet and greet with Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” in a state-of-the-art meet and greet featuring a retelling of the famous “tale as old as time” with Belle herself. Enchanted Tales with Belle is an all-new attraction at New Fantasyland at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Here, Magic Kingdom guests are immersed into [...]

After much online discussion and various reported sightings, a fire-breathing dragon finally appeared for all to see over New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. We were there to catch him with our camera. Take a look: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxU_ho8Ai50 His appearance was during a private party for media, travel agents and others on the night of Dec. [...]

By Kevin Yee This week we look at the renovated Test Track, now open daily. It’s a reboot of the attraction that changes the entire story and theme, and adds a lot of color to the experience, though the ride vehicles and dynamics are unchanged. We also show the Rapunzel tower newly added to Fantasyland [...]

The Magic Kingdom has debuted a new form of entertainment to celebrate the official opening of New Fantasyland. In Storybook Circus, guests are now greeted by the Storybook Circus Giggle Gang. A circus isn’t complete without clowns and the masters of clowning are now performing daily throughout the streets. The clown crew includes boss clown [...]

By Kenny “The Pirate” White, Photo by Banks Lee There’s one thing that Disney knows and does better than any other entity – Princesses. Princesses rule the Magic Kingdoms of Disney theme parks around the world. People are known to wait an hour or longer to meet with their favorite princess. Walt Disney World currently [...]

By Ashley Nichols There has been much fanfare and excitement around Walt Disney World’s New Fantasyland expansion, which most notably features the Beauty and the Beast inspired restaurant, Be Our Guest. To the dismay of many, when information on the Be Our Guest restaurant was released in 2012, it did not in any way mention [...]

The new Cinderella castle projection show, “Celebrate the Magic” debuted last night at Magic Kingdom. The new show, while similar to “The Magic, The Memories and You!”, has all-new music, storytelling and special effects. “Celebrate the Magic” incorporates guests favorites from the past projection show, while featuring some newer Disney films as well, such as: [...]

According to new concept art, when Princess Fairytale Hall opens early next year, the Disney Princesses will be getting a new look. Cinderella recently debuted a new dress and hair style at the Limited Time Magic announcement in New York City and it looks like the other princesses will follow. The Disney Parks Blog recently [...]

The first two Starbucks locations in Walt Disney World’s theme parks will open next summer, one at Magic Kingdom and one at Epcot. These two locations will be the first at Disney World parks following the one at Disney California Adventure, which opened this summer. At the Magic Kingdom, on Main Street USA, the Main [...]

By Kevin Yee Last week the Magic Kingdom quietly upgraded two attractions: mermaids were added to Pirates of the Caribbean in the form of a skeleton on the beach and some projections in the water, and the Country Bear Jamboree reopened after a refurbishment that saw new costumes, new “skin” on the animatronics, and a [...]

Disney’s Country Bears have some new duds, spruced up fur and a little bit less to talk and sing about. The Country Bear Jamboree show in Frontierland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has reopened after refurbishment. Although the casual guests most likely won’t notice a difference, Disney Imagineers have added new benches, curtains and [...]