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Disney Parks guests can get the most out of February 29 when Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California celebrate Leap Year by keeping a theme park on each coast open for 24 hours of nonstop memory-making fun. For the first time ever, both the Magic Kingdom Park and Disneyland Park [...]

Friday night was a wonderful evening to see the Candlelight Processinal at Epcot. It is an established holiday tradition for the guests visiting the Walt Disney World Resort and a highlight of the season at Epcot. Friday evening’s celebrity narrator was none other than Isabella Rossellini; the star of fashion, film, stage and television as [...]

Candelight Processional – An inspirational retelling of the Christmas story accompanied by a mass choir and 50-piece live orchestra punctuates the reason for the season during this time-honored Epcot tradition. Each evening Nov. 25-Dec. 30, 2011, a celebrity narrator (from a lineup that includes Steven Curtis Chapman, Marlee Matlin and Neil Patrick Harris) takes to the [...]

Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party – On 19 special nights, holiday revelers can delight during this cheery, family-friendly event. Party-goers embrace the joys of the season – sipping cocoa, catching a “snowflake” and enjoying merry shows, fireworks, carolers and special character meet and greets. This after-hours party on select nights between Nov. 8 and Dec. 18, [...]

Steve Jobs passing is a loss for more than the team at Apple, it is a tremendous loss for the Disney family as well. From the moment he purchased a lagging unit from Lucasfilm, Ltd. and turning Pixar into a powerhouse that delivered the first feature-length animation created entirely on computers. Over time that $10 [...]

We went to the Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party this past Friday evening. It was our first time at the event and I have to say I enjoyed it…mostly. The party starts officially at 7:00 pm until park closing. It is a hard-ticketed event, which means it is an additional cost onto a day’s [...]