A new interactive role playing game began public testing at the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World today. It’s called Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. Let’s take a look at how it works. Guests will start out at the fire station, near city hall. Look for a sign indicating they’re looking for sorcerers. Once [...]

This morning’s Disney Family Fiesta 5K race may have been the largest Disney fun run ever, with 8,100 people registered. Here’s a look at how the race went:  The weather was different this year with rolling heavy fog at Epcot. On stage are some of the hosts of the weekend. They always have good banter. [...]

Disney and General Motors have renewed a multi-year agreement and will be reimagining the Test Track attraction at Epcot. After a refurbishment, this fall guests will design custom Chevrolet vehicles and test out their design on the test track. As part of the redesign, the focus of the attraction will be on Chevy and on [...]

Walt Disney World is offering a special deal for those who live in the sunshine state. From now until May 21, 2012, Florida residents can purchase a “Wild for 3-Day Pass” for $99, valid for entry into one Walt Disney World theme park per day. For even more memory-making, Florida Residents can upgrade to a [...]

More than 56,000 people are scheduled to participate in the Walt Disney World Marathon this weekend, Jan. 5 to 8, including reality TV stars and wounded military soldiers. Reality TV personalities that have signed up to race the half marathon on Saturday include: Ethan Zohn (Survivor / Amazing Race), Jenna Morasca (Survivor / Amazing Race) [...]

Mickey’s Forest is Disney’s largest Hidden Mickey. You can, however, find it pretty easily if you do a search for “Hidden Mickey” in Google Maps. This is my first-person story of how it was made. This 1992 article in the Walt Disney World cast member newspaper, “Eyes and Ears”, invited volunteers to help plant …

Today, a few elephants were hooked up to the new Dumbo ride Disney is adding to the Storybook Circus area of the Fantasyland expansion, and our roving reporters spotted some men in hard hats testing them out. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVVPEb7CaAg In the first half of 2012, Great Goofini’s Barnstormer coaster, Fantasyland Train Station and the first half [...]

Guests will be able to enjoy new experiences at Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line and Disneyland in 2012. Here is a list of what will open this new year. Sections of the new Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom will open early in 2012. In February the first phase of the Fantasyland expansion will be [...]

New Year’s Eve at Epcot is always a blast! This year there were four DJ parties, two fireworks shows and one enormous park-wide party! Let’s start with a highlights video: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OCFszo57SE It’s a very busy day, and the space near the monorail station becomes the “Journey Grass” parking lot. Additional grassy areas are also used [...]

Starting at 6 a.m. on Leap Day, Feb. 29, both the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and Disneyland park in California will stay open for 24 hours to celebrate “One More Disney Day”. Disney will also be giving away a vacation package each day until then. The available attractions, dining and entertainment is still [...]

It’s time to count down the top 10 most viewed videos that we posted in 2011. It’s a mix of Star Wars, Mickey Mouse, Justin Bieber and more. We have videos with many more views than these, but they were posted before 2011. Also keep in mind that videos we posted earlier in the year [...]

Here’s a quick photo update to show what New Year’s Eve preparations were in progress on Dec. 30, 2011. The Magic Kingdom celebrates New Year’s two nights in a row. Above is the stage in China at Epcot, prepared for the party. The party stage is where the acrobats normally perform, so they move …

The newest Disney ship, which will set sail in March of 2012, will include a Muppet interactive game. The Disney Fantasy will invite guests to take part in an interactive adventure around the ship with “The Case of the Stolen Show” game. The adventure begins with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal and a cast [...]

The Epcot front entrance garden is always changing to match the season or featured event at the park. This photo shows the garden at its peak during the Flower and Garden Festival. But do you remember when when there was still danger of frost and this garden planting had some cold weather flowers? Note also [...]

Construction began recently on a Four Seasons luxury resort which will be located inside Walt Disney World. The 444-room resort will create about 2,000 construction jobs and hundreds of resort positions when open. With an opening anticipated in 2014, Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort will feature several dining venues including a [...]

Last week we saw the current state of the Fantasyland Expansion from the ground. Today, we take flight and see the expansion project from Dumbo’s point of view. Here’s what Dumbo is keeping an eye on – Storybook Circus, Dumbo’s upcoming new home. You can see the golden topper and some of the base of a [...]

The Katsura Grill opened this week at the Japan pavilion, after a refurbishment that began in August. This used to be called Yakitori House. The new theme is the strolling gardens at the Katsura Imperial Villa outside Kyoto, Japan. In these photos the bright white rock looks like a dusting of snow. These exterior benches are [...]

Site work has begun on an expansion of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. The expansion is rumored to be a Disney Vacation Club location, similar to how Vacation Club has been added on to Disney’s Beach Club, Wilderness Lodge and Contemporary Resorts. Disney’s Grand Californian Resort has also added Vacation Club units. What follows [...]

The tall center of one of the two new Dumbo spinning rides is now visible over the construction wall of Storybook Circus, in the Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland expansion. Beautiful elements of the Dumbo story can be seen. The stork is delivering Dumbo, and Mrs. Jumbo looks proudly upon Dumbo’s flight. Note also some paint tests [...]

An annual tradition is the broadcast of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. The show is taped in advance at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park, and it’s always great fun to spot production in progress in various locations across the resort.