The Travelears

Late Wednesday night, Walt Disney Imagineering topped the new Carthay Circle Theatre at Disney California Adventure park with its crowning feature – a cupola modeled after the one which sat atop the historic theatre which was the site of the 1937 world premiere of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The Disney Parks Blog video team was on hand [...]

Love sharing your knowledge of Mickey’s California crib? Raced around every attraction at Walt Disney World Resort? If so, your dreams have come true! Disney Parks today announced the fifth annual Walt Disney World Moms Panel search. For the first time in the panel’s history, the call for new park-savvy panelists to lead the online [...]

In a presentation at the D23 Expo detailing the upcoming Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure park, Imagineers Ray Spencer, Lisa Girolami and Coulter Winn unveiled a very special piece of this new area. A new statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse will be featured on Buena Vista Street when it opens in 2012. Walt Disney Imagineering unveiled a [...]

If you’re a fan of character meals at Walt Disney World…there is some great news from Disney Dining.  Tusker House at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park will be offering a character  lunch beginning December 4, 2011.   Currently Tusker House offers only a character breakfast, but beginning December 4th you can enjoy character dining for breakfast or lunch or [...]

  Today, we’re thrilled to share plans for a new role-playing adventure coming to Walt Disney World called Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. This is going to be fun – and it’s all happening inside the park. Merlin the magician will recruit guests to become apprentice sorcerers and then help them with maps and clues that show [...]

ElecTRONica is taking a break to “re-digitize,” beginning Tuesday September 6th. ElecTRONica features performances predominantly in the laser-decorated Hollywood Pictures Backlot after dark where guests enjoy dance parties. Visitors can also buy cocktails, go to Flynn’s Arcade to play 1980s video games and see a 3-D clip of the movie. Disney spokeswoman Michele Himmelberg said [...]

The final building block for the newest Disney Cruise Line ship, the Disney Fantasy, was placed today at the Meyer Werft shipyard signaling completion of a major milestone in the ship’s overall construction.  The final block placed was a 265-ton portion of the ship’s bow, complete with the signature Disney Cruise Line golden filigree. The [...]

With a birth weight of 311 pounds, the most recent elephant born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom has been fittingly named Jabali, or “strong as a rock” in Swahili. According to zoological managers, the masculine name is well-suited for a baby elephant that could grow to an adult weight of more than 10,000 pounds. Jabali was [...]

It’s hard to believe that it’s been seven years since Adventures by Disney first launched with the grand idea of creating family-friendly adventures to exotic destinations around the world. Starting with just a few trips, we set out to put the “fun” back into your family vacation and boy did we succeed. Today, we offer 22 breathtaking [...]

According to our friends at TouringPlans.com…   Walt Disney World is offering room discounts to guests who are unable to return home presently due to travel delays related to Hurricane Irene. Please contact your resort’s front desk for more information.