http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog Orlando area attractions and theme park information and news Fri, 25 May 2012 00:51:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2012/02/06/super-bowl-mvp-eli-manning-visits-disney-worlds-magic-kingdom-photosvideo/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2012/02/06/super-bowl-mvp-eli-manning-visits-disney-worlds-magic-kingdom-photosvideo/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:03:17 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=11650 After leading his team to a come-from-behind 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI, what did New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning do next? He went to Disney World of course. 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While Mickey has talked to guests before during tests at Disneyland in May 2010 and [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/11/01/a-few-lucky-guests-at-the-magic-kingdom-may-get-to-meet-mickey-mouse-in-an-all-new-way/feed/ 4 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/04/09/the-show-episode-19/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/04/09/the-show-episode-19/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:34:48 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=8752 April 8, 2011 – Join hosts Greg Hutson and Jessica Steele Allen as they bring you the latest Orlando theme park and attraction news and more on this week’s episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQGpECXV28 This week’s show covers these topics and more: • New interactive hitchhiking ghosts at the Haunted Mansion • New Pirate coming to Magic Kingdom [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/04/09/the-show-episode-19/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/30/mickey-and-minnie-show-us-around-backstage-at-the-new-town-square-theater/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/30/mickey-and-minnie-show-us-around-backstage-at-the-new-town-square-theater/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:33:09 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=8627 Photos by Josh Siegel, Video by Jeff Lange The Town Square Theater opened today as the new place to meet Mickey Mouse at the Magic Kingdom. We not only got inside to meet the “big cheese”, but Mickey and Minnie gave us a personal tour of their new backstage area. Here’s a video of the [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/30/mickey-and-minnie-show-us-around-backstage-at-the-new-town-square-theater/feed/ 3 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/11/photo-finds-many-things-in-the-works-at-the-magic-kingdom/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/03/11/photo-finds-many-things-in-the-works-at-the-magic-kingdom/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:11:13 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=8479 I spend a couple of hours at the Magic Kingdom today and noticed a lot of things are changing, some sooner than others. Let’s take a look. There’s a new sign up in front of Exposition Hall. I guess I should start calling it Town Square Theater. 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That place will soon be the “backstage rehearsal-room” of the Town Square Theater. And to help ease the long wait times Disney’s “boss” usually garners, an interactive queue and Fastpass will be [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/22/guests-will-be-able-to-get-a-fastpass-to-meet-mickey-mouse-backstage-at-town-square-theater/feed/ 4 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/08/super-bowl-mvp-aaron-rodgers-makes-good-on-his-promise-to-go-to-disney-world-photosvideo/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/08/super-bowl-mvp-aaron-rodgers-makes-good-on-his-promise-to-go-to-disney-world-photosvideo/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:39:19 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=8209 Super Bowl XLV’s Most Valuable Player, Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, made good on the promise he made just minutes after his win. He arrived at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Monday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2011, and rode through the park with Mickey Mouse. This article could have been titled “The Big Cheese Gives [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/08/super-bowl-mvp-aaron-rodgers-makes-good-on-his-promise-to-go-to-disney-world-photosvideo/feed/ 5 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/12/10/toontown-at-magic-kingdom-closing-for-good-in-february/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/12/10/toontown-at-magic-kingdom-closing-for-good-in-february/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:16:23 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=7849 Even though Toontown got an extra year beyond its rumored closing last January, it’s finally closing for good in February to make room for the Fantasyland expansion. The last day to visit Toontown and its many attractions will be Feb. 11, 2011. Once completed, The Barnstormer at Goofy’s Wiseacre Farm is expected to remain, but [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/12/10/toontown-at-magic-kingdom-closing-for-good-in-february/feed/ 1 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/08/27/missamercia2011/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/08/27/missamercia2011/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:32:21 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=7130 All 53 contestants for the title of Miss America 2011 visited the Magic Kingdom today. Representing 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the ladies restarted the Miss America tradition of walking together down Main Street toward Cinderella Castle. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Cinderella and Belle met the 53 [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/08/27/missamercia2011/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/07/11/stars-in-the-parks-miami-heat-guard-talks-lebron-james-chris-bosh-and-disney-world/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/07/11/stars-in-the-parks-miami-heat-guard-talks-lebron-james-chris-bosh-and-disney-world/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:55:02 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=6884 After the Miami Heat gained two megastar free-agents (LeBron James and Chris Bosh), guard Dwyane Wade celebrated with a vacation to Disney World where he stopped by ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to play a fun 3-on-3 game with Mickey Mouse and AAU girls basketball players from South Florida and Louisiana. The youth teams [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/07/11/stars-in-the-parks-miami-heat-guard-talks-lebron-james-chris-bosh-and-disney-world/feed/ 4 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/05/05/video-new-disney-meet-and-greet-experience-allows-mickey-to-talk-with-guests/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/05/05/video-new-disney-meet-and-greet-experience-allows-mickey-to-talk-with-guests/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 12:20:46 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=6026 A few years ago some new technology was added to the characters in the Dream Along with Mickey stage show at the Magic Kingdom that allowed the characters mouths to move and eyes to blink. Well it looks like Disney has improved on that technology by enhancing a Mickey meet and greet by allowing him [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/05/05/video-new-disney-meet-and-greet-experience-allows-mickey-to-talk-with-guests/feed/ 4 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/04/16/dancing-art-and-pyro-highlight-the-opening-of-d-street-at-downtown-disney/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/04/16/dancing-art-and-pyro-highlight-the-opening-of-d-street-at-downtown-disney/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:44:22 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=5786 It was a grand opening befitting Disney’s new D Street store at Downtown Disney mixing music, art and pyro. Disney describes D Street as where urban-inspired product “intersects” with a Disney creative edge. The store’s main focus is on the collectable Mickey Mouse Vinylmation figures. First up, speed painter Rock Demarco created his version of [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/04/16/dancing-art-and-pyro-highlight-the-opening-of-d-street-at-downtown-disney/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/17/video-mickeys-christmas-carol-animated-windows-displays-at-the-magic-kingdom/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/17/video-mickeys-christmas-carol-animated-windows-displays-at-the-magic-kingdom/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:23 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=4460 For the 2009 Christmas season, Disney has installed into the Magic Kingdom’s Emporium windows along Main Street U.S.A. the long out-of-view animated window displays based on the holiday favorite, “Mickey’s Christmas Carol.” Six scenes tell the classic story of Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. These scenes were originally on [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/11/17/video-mickeys-christmas-carol-animated-windows-displays-at-the-magic-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/06/video-mickey-mouse-shows-off-his-hip-hop-dancing-skills/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/06/video-mickey-mouse-shows-off-his-hip-hop-dancing-skills/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:37:42 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=3740 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/06/video-mickey-mouse-shows-off-his-hip-hop-dancing-skills/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/01/38-years-of-magic-happy-birthday-to-the-magic-kingdom-and-walt-disney-world/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/01/38-years-of-magic-happy-birthday-to-the-magic-kingdom-and-walt-disney-world/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:15:23 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=3687 On Oct. 1, 1971, exactly 38 years ago, Walt Disney World first opened to the public. The resort at the time featured just one theme park, the Magic Kingdom, and two hotels, the Polynesian Village Resort and the Contemporary Resort. Today, the ongoing celebration at Walt Disney World is called “What Will You Celebrate?” and [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/01/38-years-of-magic-happy-birthday-to-the-magic-kingdom-and-walt-disney-world/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/08/16/stars-in-the-parks-dan-rather-at-epcot/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/08/16/stars-in-the-parks-dan-rather-at-epcot/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:17:05 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=2938 Journalist and TV anchor Dan Rather visited with Mickey Mouse today, Aug. 16, 2009 at Epcot. Rather was on vacation at the Walt Disney World theme park. 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From more than 100 countries and ranging in age from 18 to 82, the immigrants took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a morning ceremony jointly hosted by Disney Parks and Resorts and United States Citizenship [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/07/03/video-and-photos-1000-immigrants-celebrate-us-citizenship-at-the-magic-kingdom/feed/ 1 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/21/the-voice-of-mickey-mouse-for-30-years-wayne-allwine-passes-away/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/21/the-voice-of-mickey-mouse-for-30-years-wayne-allwine-passes-away/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 11:56:08 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=2163 From orlandosentinel.com: Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died. The Walt Disney Co. says Allwine died Monday of complications from diabetes, with Russi Taylor, his wife of 20 years and the voice of Minnie Mouse, by his side. He was 62. “Wayne dedicated his entire professional life [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/21/the-voice-of-mickey-mouse-for-30-years-wayne-allwine-passes-away/feed/ 0