Goofy will catch a topiary wave while Mickey and Minnie chill at the “beach” for the 15th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival from March 19 to June 1. Last years popular 60-day event has expanded to a full 75 days with its first-ever March launch. As guests enter the park near Spaceship Earth,…
Former Disney World ambassador Lowell Doringo (left) and VIP guide Aaron (right) pose with three ladies who used to work in the Cinderella Castle Suite years before it was transformed, (from left) Jean Holland, Suzan Johnson and Charlene Bloom. Long-time Walt Disney World Cast Members Charlene Bloom, Jean Holland and Suzan Johnson recently felt like…
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…
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…
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…
I spent most of today at the Magic Kingdom watching them record parts of the Christmas Day TV Parade. It was a foggy and drizzly day but the shows went on. Today was mostly recording the stage show portions of the ABC special. I missed seeing Patti Labelle performing in the morning. I arrived as…
