‘The Avengers’ monorail debuts at Walt Disney World – Video/Photos
The newly wrapped monorail for promotion of Marvel’s upcoming film, The Avengers, debuted today at Walt Disney World. The new black design features many of the heroes from the movie.
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Preview of Shanghai Disneyland’s castle – future park now hiring
The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported today that Shanghai Disney Resort is hiring its first 100 cast members. The roles range from 3D Designer to Waterworks Plumbing Piping Engineer, and are roles for helping to develop the new resort, which opens in 2015.
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‘Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show’, Episode 68 for March 22, 2012
Join hosts Banks Lee and Audrey Brown for this week’s Orlando-area theme park and attraction news. On this week’s Show:
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Photo Finds: Up close look at Storybook Circus and Kennedy Space Center tour – March 19, 2012
By Kevin Yee The first section of the new Fantasyland opened more than a week ago, and the Internet has been abuzz since. We take a closer look at some of the finer details.
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Fantasyland Photo Update: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train goes vertical, Casey Jr. coming soon and more
While part of Storybook Circus’ soft opened earlier this week, construction is in full swing on the second half of Storybook Circus as well as other parts of the new Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom. Above is a view of the Casey Jr. water play area and the smaller tent in Storbook Circus.
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A look inside Storybook Circus as first part of New Fantasyland opens – Photos – Video
This morning Walt Disney World opened the first phase of the New Fantasyland expansion in a soft opening of part of Storybook Circus at the Magic Kingdom park. The attractions that opened this morning for the first time include Barnstormer featuring The Great Goofini, one spinner of the dueling Dumbos and the Fantasyland Train Station.
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Behind the scenes of One More Disney Day opening ceremony
The Torres family was chosen as the first family to help open the Magic Kingdom theme park and start One More Disney Day, the 24-hour Leap Day celebration in 2012. They shot this video that offers a look behind the scenes of this historic event.
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First look inside the Be Our Guest restaurant in the new Fantasyland
The Disney Parks Blog has released a new video offering a first inside the Beauty and the Beast restaurant that’s currently under construction in the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. The Be Our Guest restaurant will feature multiple dining rooms and will transform from counter service during the day to table service at night.
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Aerial construction update of Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland expansion – March 2012
We took to the skies today to bring you some theme park construction updates. In this update we’re taking a look at the Fantasyland expansion at the Magic Kingdom. The photo above gives you an overview of the huge area under construction. Scroll down for more photos and video.
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More photos from One More Disney Day at the Magic Kingdom
Here’s a few more photos showing what the 24-hour Leap Day was like at the Magic Kingdom. The morning started with heavy fog, as seen in this view from 4:45 a.m. Feb 29, 2012.