comic con firsts

Animation greats Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter and directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will take part in their first ever Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center July 23-24. The filmmakers will be on hand to help Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures...

voices of liberty on the 4th

Our Independence Day family tradition these past few years has been to head over to The American Adventure in World Showcase at Epcot and take in all the patriotic happenings around the pavilion. Usually that includes the Fife and Drum corps and a few songs from the...

naturalization ceremony 2009

I am a second generation American. Grandson to Italians who can trace their communion with the Bishop of Rome back more than 600 years and whose paternal ancestry can be traced back in time on Erin to the times of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the beginnings on the...

naturalization ceremony

This morning was a great start to the Independence Day holidays. At Cinderella Castle forecourt this morning was a Naturalization Ceremony for 1,000 of America’s newest citizens. Over the next two days, 6,000 new Americans will take the Oath of Allegiance and...

3 parks

Guests celebrating the Fourth of July at Walt Disney World Resort will have a choice of fireworks shows as Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios present special pyrotechnics and Epcot adds a patriotic “tag” to its famous “IllumiNations:...