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In celebration of Disney’s new stop-motion animated movie “Frankenweenie,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton and opening October 5 in 3D, Walt Disney World Resort is hosting a variety of engaging experiences inspired by the new movie, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Alice in Wonderland.” The fun takes place at Downtown Disney West Side Sept. 28 – [...]

Cirque du Soleil celebrated the 6,000th performance of La Nouba at Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort. La Nouba features high wire and flying trapeze, acro-gymnastic performances and other displays of coordination and strength, set to live music and brilliant choreography. With an international cast of 67 artists, Cirque du Soleil welcomes more than [...]

Took a drive over to Downtown Disney Marketplace this weekend and finally ventured into the newly relocated Little MissMatched store – it has moved from the West Side over to the Marketplace. The revamped space seems a lot more open, brighter and it is appears to be more appropriate to the clientele to be situated [...]

We had an amazing time wandering around the classic cars during the Cars Masters Weekend, last week and have finally found time to process some of the great shots we took during the day. We will leave the pictures to do the talking… Mater, part of the Pixar Weekend festivities. Finn McMissile Lightning McQueen – [...]

Classic cars will meet their match as star racecar Lightning McQueen, pal Mater and master British spy Finn McMissile from Disney-Pixar’s upcoming animated motion picture “Cars 2″ race into town during Car Masters Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort May 13-15, 2011. Car lovers will delight in a weekend devoted to all things cars, with activities [...]

RIDEMAKERZ has been in place at Downtown Disney West Side for a little bit now, but I have only recently ventured into the store. To my amazement and great joy, they had Cars branded characters for sale. They offer a variety of the main characters for sale with a base price of $35.00; adding remote-control [...]