More than 18,000 athletes, an event record, registered to run the 26.2-mile race through all four Walt Disney World theme parks this past weekend. Held before the full marathon, the half marathon had more than 16,500 athletes, another record, registered to run the 13.1 mile race. Photo and video highlights below. Check out the premier…
A limited number of families visiting the Magic Kingdom next week will be selected to help test a new service called Disney Magic Connection. Disney Magic Connection is actually a special Nintendo DS the family keeps with them for the day at the park. Through the wireless connection they’ll be able to: • See interactive…
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Today is the official day that the former Disney-MGM Studios becomes Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I was there for the opening this morning and it was business as usual. There was no fanfare or special announcements other than a brief mention during the usual opening rope-drop show. The new park maps look largely the same except…
Yesterday was the last open day for Blizzard Beach before its annual refurbishment. Typhoon Lagoon is back open today. Blizzard Beach opens again on March 9. So my son and I went while we could. It was barely 70 degrees, so I just went to take pictures. My son braved the cold waters and had…
We now have a full ride video online of the newly enhanced Spaceship Earth. The attraction is not complete yet, but is currently in sneak preview stages, where Imagineers and other folks at Disney are getting guests’ reactions for future improvements. As always, you can download the video here: https://attractionsmagazine.com/video.php The first half of the ride…
My family and I went monorail hopping last night to see the Christmas decorations at the various Disney resorts. The Grand Floridian is usually the most impressive with its large tree and life-size gingerbread house. I wasn’t expecting to see much at The Contemporary. While they didn’t have a lot of decorations, their new gift…
Today Disney announced the construction of a health and wellness center that will provide disney employees and their dependents who participate in the company’s health plans, an on-site choice for primary medical care and related services. The $6 million, 15,000-square-foot facility, to be completed in 2009, will combine primary care physicians and other medical professionals…
Spaceship Earth at Epcot is expected to open sometime in December for sneak previews. When open, guests will be able to enjoy new lighting effects, new costumes, more detailed set decorations, a new narration by English actress Dame Judi Dench, and a new musical score conducted by Bruce Broughton with a 63-piece orchestra and 24-voice…
