Town of Celebration, Fl Celebrates 15 Years With Founders Day, Taste of Celebration

It was “The Town That Disney Built” drawing the talents of the worlds best architects and urban planners, and then 350 lucky families who became the first residents and modern day pioneers of new urbanism. Now with more than 9,000 Celebration residents it’s time, once again, for the community to celebrate its special history during Founders Day Weekend 2011, November 11 – 13

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Town of Celebration, Fl Celebrates 15 Years With Founders Day, Taste of Celebration

Behind the scenes of Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid at Magic Kingdom

Disney has released a new video hosted by Imagineer Chris Beatty who gives us a sneak peek at the making of Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid. The video includes some never-before-seen sketches, artist renderings, attraction maps and more, and shares some details on Prince Eric’s castle and the attraction’s creative queue

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Behind the scenes of Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid at Magic Kingdom

Matterhorn Movie

If you’ve been reading The Disney Blog for a while, then you might remember that one of the attractions I feel a close attraction to is The Matterhorn in Disneyland. It was the first attraction my grandfather Vic Greene was show producer on while at Imagineering. My mom remembers him in the dining room with others from work trying to figure out how the queue switch backs worked (there’s an optical illusion).

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Matterhorn Movie

Magic Kingdom Update – Part II

Tonight I’m continuing my walk through Magic Kingdom and a bit of Downtown Disney. Part One covered much of the Fantasyland Expansion, problems with Splash Mountain, Skyway Station Removal, and more.

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Magic Kingdom Update – Part II

Magic Kingdom Update – Part I

Since moving here in 2005, I can’t remember a busier time for construction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

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Magic Kingdom Update – Part I

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue – my review

Bob Iger, George Lucas, and Anthony Daniels enjoy a first ride on Star Tours after the dedication ceremony When Star Wars Episode One was under production 14 years ago, word leaked out from George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic that they were working on a segment, based on the pod-racing segment, that they wanted to use to update Star Tours at Disneyland. At the time I remember thinking that, it was nice to know that someone remembered how Star Tours was designed to be easily updated with new destinations all the time. Alas, nothing happened at the attraction, but there was a new hope in the air.

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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue – my review

Disneyland Paris Accident – Big Thunder Mountain Faux Rock Fall Injures 5

Around 2:50 pm today, pieces of decorative faux rock at Disneyland Paris’ Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction fell and struck guests riding the attraction. Five guests were hurt

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Disneyland Paris Accident – Big Thunder Mountain Faux Rock Fall Injures 5

Scoring the new Little Mermaid Attraction

Disney has provided this video highlighting the process of creating and recording a soundtrack for the next attraction to arrive at California Adventure – The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure. The same attraction will open as part of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland Expansion with a different name – Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid.

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Scoring the new Little Mermaid Attraction

Clip from Pixar’s Toy Story short – Hawaiian Vacation

Disney has also released a special preview clip from the upcoming Hawaiian Vacation short from Pixar and featuring the toys from Toy Story.

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Clip from Pixar’s Toy Story short – Hawaiian Vacation

Hidden Mickey finds way to MLB Spring Training at ESPN WWOS

I’m looking forward to catching at least one Spring Training game while the MLB’s Atlanta Braves practice at the ESPN WWOS Complex.

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Hidden Mickey finds way to MLB Spring Training at ESPN WWOS

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