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What Would You Do With One More Disney Day? Take a full 24 hours to create as many memories as you can — because on Leap Day, 2012, Disney Parks are celebrating like never before! For the first time ever, both Disneyland Park and Magic Kingdom Park will be open for 24 hours of wonder, imagination and magic starting [...]

Four Disney Wonder cruises from Los Angeles to Mexico next December have been scrapped in favor of a new itinerary. The cruise line isn’t saying where this itinerary will be heading. Rebecca Peddie, manager of public affairs for Disney Cruise Line, says 2012 sailings planned for Dec. 9, 16, 23 and 30 that would have stopped at Cabo [...]

Tables in Wonderland The Wave . . . of American Flavor’s Discovery Dinner At Disney’s Contemporary Resort Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:30 p.m. Reception; 7:00 p.m. Dinner Meet at The Wave… of American Flavor’s Main Podium Dress Code – Casual Evening Attire $92 per person, includes tax and gratuity The Wave…of American Flavors Discovery Dinners [...]

Disneyland’s nightly holiday fireworks show “Believe in Holiday Magic” has been temporarily put on hold. Disneyland canceled the display, Tuesday for the fifth time in the last week, according to the Orange County Register. The show was first canceled on December 22 because of weather conditions and a technical issue. The same night a Disney [...]

The Animal Care team at Conservation Station has some new animals to brag about with the arrival of three kunekune pigs, a rare breed that has just made its debut at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Found in New Zealand but believed to have originated in China, kunekune pigs also are known as Maori pigs after the [...]

From our friends at Touring Plans… The headline says it all really; the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Magic Kingdom is on a break from January 20 through February 10, 2012.  The parade will resume on February 11.  This outage also occurs during the period when Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will not be showing (January 9-February 12). The Touring Plans Crowd Calendar will [...]

From our friends at WDWMagic… Disney has expanded once again on its complimentary WiFi internet access, now offering the service in many public areas as well as the guest rooms.The service has still  not expanded beyond the deluxe and convention resorts, but the inclusion of the public areas is creating an impressive network. COMMON FOR [...]

From our friends at DVC News – By now word has spread far and wide that Disney Vacation Club villa units are being added to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, but a few other noteworthy developments came out of the 2011 Condominium Association Meeting. Among the most newsworthy announcements at the annual meeting are: On-line reservations will [...]

A new resort development announced today will expand Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, distinguished as the flagship hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort, and continue the growth of Disney Vacation Club, Disney’s innovative vacation-ownership program. Disney Vacation Club plans to build an estimated 147 villas as part of a previously announced expansion of [...]

Today Disney announced the exciting addition of “Wishes,” Disney Cruise Line’s newest original show, presented exclusively on the Disney Fantasy. I want to give you a first look at some of the concept art for this spectacular production. “Wishes” takes guests on a musical journey with three best friends visiting Disneyland Resort to celebrate their [...]