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According to our friends at TouringPlans.com…. Beginning Sunday, January 15, 2012, and running through Friday, January 20, 2012, Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park at the Walt Disney World resort will be testing out a new opening procedure. Disney internally refers to this process as “rope drop without a rope.” Here’s the finer points of the [...]

Inspired by the world of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the all-new nighttime family celebration will feature a live band, unique entertainment, fun-filled games, and plenty of dancing. Beginning summer 2012, Disney California Adventure park guests will fall into the rabbit hole and land in a wild and whimsical world at Mad T Party. Inspired by [...]

From our friends at WDWMagic… The new Annual Passholder benefits for 2012 are now available.  The most notable changes since last year are: 2012 Passholder benefits expire on May 31 2012 – they  had previously been active for a year. Biergarten removed from discount Hollywood and Vine added to discount Pollo Campero added to discount (20%) [...]

Disney announced an extensive refurbishment of the popular Test Track attraction. The new Test Track will be an “immersive experience in the design process of the vehicles they see on the road today and will see in the future.” The new Test Track attraction will allow park guests to become car designers. Guests will create [...]

  On Monday, Jan. 9, the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland park will close so Disneyland can ready the iconic mountain for a new fleet of bobsleds. Featuring a new, sleek design, the vehicles will have three seats in each bobsled with two bobsleds linked together for a total of six guests. So get your last-minute bobsledding done this weekend [...]

Starting next Monday, January 9, guests strolling down Main Street, U.S.A., will be humming along to some new – and familiar – tunes. For the first time in 20 years, Disney is once again adding new music to the iconic entrance music of Disneyland park. Though there have been many updates over the years, the last refresh of [...]

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 [...]