The Travelears

We love it when our favorite spots expand, and there are some big changes coming for Main Street, U.S.A., in 2012. Here’s what you can look for: The Blue Ribbon Bakery is moving and getting a new name: Jolly Holiday Bakery Café, from the “Mary Poppins” song, “Oh, it’s a jolly holiday with Mary …” The [...]

Lots of Disney Parks Blog fans stopped by to say hello at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival this past weekend as I was on the “Spotlight Stage” in the Festival Welcome Center to talk about the Disney cookbooks, sharing stories about how the books come together. Along with cookbooks, I also shared “kitchen secrets” from some of Disney’s award-winning chefs. [...]

From our friends at Cruise Ship News… If you are waiting to book your Disney Cruise for 2013 on board either the Disney Dream or the Disney Fantasy then your wait is finally over, because bookings are now being taken for both Disney Ships. So what are you waiting for get booking because like all [...]

From the Disney Parks Blog… By now, you probably have heard the morning report that Disney’s 1994 animated classic “The Lion King” has arrived on Disney Blu-ray and DVD. I recently picked it up on Blu-ray and it looks incredible in my home theater! With this Diamond Edition release, I thought it was time to [...]

Today we have more brand-new Disney Fantasy features to tell you about that are simply splashtacular! AquaLab, a new addition to deck 12, is a fanciful wet play area filled with pop jets, geysers and bubblers – designed to drench the entire family. As the story goes, AquaLab was created by Donald Duck’s nephews, Huey, Dewey and [...]

From our friends at TouringPlans.com… A new policy effective October 26, 2011, will require a credit card guarantee for new reservations at Signature Dining and most Character Dining locations in the Walt Disney World Resort. Cancellations to reservations made less than one day in advance will incur a $10 charge per person listed on the reservation. [...]

From the Disney Parks Blog… Let the vacation planning begin! Earlier today, leaders from the Walt Disney World Resort and Walt Disney Imagineering announced the projected opening dates for Walt Disney World’s new Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, which will debut in phases beginning May 31, 2012. Located near Disney’s Pop Century Resort, the new resort will offer 1,120 [...]

From the Disney Parks Blog… There is a bedtime ritual that takes place each night with my son. After he brushes his teeth, he selects two storybooks for me to read. I love reading to him, which is probably a result of my mother reading stories to me as a child. Soon, we will have [...]

Where will you find Mickey Mouse this Halloween season? If you’re here at Walt Disney World Resort, you just might spot him at any one of our parks, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and character dining locations. But what if you’re not coming to the parks this fall? Each year, kids dress up for the holiday and many times [...]

With all of Steve Jobs’ achievements as the CEO of Apple (and they were many), some people forget his major involvement with Disney Pixar. In 1986, Jobs purchased the company that would later be called Pixar from Lucasfilm for $10 million. He invested $5 million into the company as capital. That means that on a [...]