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Oct- 2014 -24 October
It’s Time To Say Goodbye To A Hollywood Studios Icon
As confirmed by www.mynews13.com It's time to say a sad goodbye to a Hollywood Studios icon: The Sorcerer's Hat will be removed sometime in early 2015. Today Walt Disney World spokesman Bryan Malenius confirmed that Hollywood Studios would be removing the iconic 122-foot-tall Sorcerer's Hat early next year. It is unclear at this time if anything would take its place, or if the plan is to restore t
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9 October
Save up to 30% on Rooms at Select Disney Resort Hotels!
Walt Disney World has just announced two discount vacation offers that everyone can enjoy. The first offer is called the “Stay, Play, and Dine” special and you can save up to $600 on a 5-night/6-day vacation. This is a big discount on rooms, tickets and dining. “Stay Play, and Dine” is available from December 14-20 and also January 5- March 7. There is a Minimum 3 night sta
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6 October
Disney Testing FastPass+ ONLY Access To Ride This Week
Toy Story Midway Mania is only excepting FastPass+ only riders now through Friday. (What does this mean for our other favorite attractions? ). Disney is testing out Fastpass+ only rides on Toy Story Mania. This test appears to be this week only, October 6th – 9th. It is rumored that Disney will be giving out some Fastpass tickets if you were not able to register in advance. This sudden chang
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6 October
Disney Releases Two New Discounts
Walt Disney World has released two brand new offers for Disney Visa card holders only. (The offer will likely be extended to the general public soon). The first offer is called the “Stay, Play, and Dine” special and you can save big on an overall discount on rooms, tickets and dining. “Stay Play, and Dine” is available from December 14-20 and also January 5- March 7. There
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1 October
“Frozen Holiday Premium Package” Announced!
The Disney Parks Blog is reporting some huge news for Frozen fans visiting Walt Disney World this winter. For the first time in forever, guests can experience “Frozen” fun during the holiday season at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, thanks to the new Frozen Holiday Premium Package. Offered November 7 – 19, November 21 – December 9 and December 11 – January 4, 2015, this package includes reserved seati
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Sep- 2014 -12 September
‘Frozen’ Attraction Coming to Epcot’s Norway Pavilion
From Disney Parks Blog When Walt Disney promised that Disneyland would never be completed, so long as there is imagination left in the world, he made a promise to our guests that we take seriously at all our locations around the world. This year, one particular product of imagination — Disney Animation’s blockbuster hit “Frozen” — captured the hearts and minds of people around the world and gave u
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9 September
Apple Pay coming to Disney World by Christmas 2014
Announced today at the Apple iPhone6 conference, a new payment system called Apple Pay that will be available for use at Disney World and the Disney Retail Stores before Christmas 2014. Apple Pay will be become a payment option at some of the countries largest retailers including Macy’s, Walgreens, Staples, Subway, McDonald’s, Whole Foods. The Apple Pay system is a new way to handle payments via y
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4 September
NEWS: Disney Announces ‘Frozen Fever’ Short Adventure Film
Disney will be bringing back your favorite Frozen characters including Anna, Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff for a short adventure film called Frozen Fever. With Frozen's Oscar-winning success and over $1.3 billion box office sales worldwide, this one-off short film is much anticipated. Airing next Spring, the feature includes a new original song by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez who wrote the sm
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Aug- 2014 -28 August
Big changes coming to EPCOT lineup
The Disney Parks Blog has announced major changes to the entertainment line up for EPCOT. The Disney fan pages are fully abuzz with users opinions ranging from “its about time they changed Epcot” all the way to “Walt is turning over in his grave”. Here are the acts announced to retire near the end of September: Mo’ Rockin’ (Morocco) Off Kilter (Canada) The Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps (Amer
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27 August
Disney Applies for 3 Drone-Related Patents for its’ Theme Parks
As seen in Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, Disney has applied for 3 drone- (or unmanned aerial vehicle) related patents for use in their theme parks. The first use is for an ariel display system of choreographed drones to form displays of “flixels” (a newly coined Imagineer word) for floating pixels to simulate fireworks. The second is to fly and position projection screens which ar
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