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POSTED Sun, 01/20/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Walt Disney World Limited Time Magic: Week 4

Disney's Limited Time Magic campaign continues into it's fourth week with a fun blast from the past. It's long-lost friends week from January 21st to 27th, 2013 at the Walt Disney World Resort. Returning to the Magic Kingdom to meet and greet your family for a limited time only, are some rare characters ready to strike a pose.

POSTED Sun, 01/13/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Walt Disney World Limited Time Magic: Week 3

The Christmas decorations may be down, but at Epcot Disney is celebrating the beautiful joy of a Winter Wonderland. As part of this year's Limited Time Magic campaign Epcot's Canada Pavilion is being transformed to celebrate the frosty, blustery season of fun.

POSTED Tue, 11/27/2012 - 13:30 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Take Home Your Own Gold Disney Christmas Tree - For Around $4 Million

In the market for a Christmas tree that's unique and inspired by Disney? The Ginza Tanaka jewelry store in downtown Tokyo may have just the thing - a Disney Gold Christmas Tree.

POSTED Sun, 10/28/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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News Tidbits: RFID Locks and Ralph Meet and Greet

Here are a couple of news tidbits from the happiest place on earth:

First up, the guest room locks at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort are getting a new technological makeover. Currently, news out of WDW has it the resort has started converting door locks to the new RFID locking method. RFID locks will enable guests to enter their rooms with just a touch - no card insertion needed. Right now, it looks like it will take about a month before the new lock work is completed.

POSTED Sat, 10/20/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Disney Being Sued by Stan Lee Media

Recently, Stan Lee Media has filed a suit against the Walt Disney Co. seeking "billions of dollars of profit" while claiming they own the rights to Marvel characters such as Iron Man and Spider Man.

Stan Lee, creator of many of the popular Marvel characters, no longer is associated with Stan Lee Media. That company says Lee gave it the rights to the characters back in 1998, but then assigned the same rights to Marvel about a month later.

In this latest suit, Stan Lee Media states:

POSTED Fri, 10/19/2012 - 01:30 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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'Limited Time Magic' Planned for Disney Parks in 2013

Got plans to visit Walt Disney World in 2013? You may want to take note of this: Disney recently announced (with a huge ice castle in New York City's Time Square) they will be adding something called "Limited Time Magic" to their parks next year. Disney describes this new bit of magic as "unexpected experiences with an extra sprinkle of Pixie Dust . . . that'll appear, then disappear when the next debuts."

Here are just a few of the things Disney has in store for next year:

POSTED Fri, 08/31/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Fairy Periwinkle To Join Tinker Bell at Meet and Greet

Tinker Bell will soon have a new friend helping her meet guests at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Periwinkle, a frost fairy Tinker Bell meets in the Disney Fairies movie, "Secret of the Wings," will be joining Tinker Bell to greet guests at Disney parks in Florida and California.

POSTED Thu, 08/16/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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New Phineas & Ferb Experience Coming to Downtown Disney

Calling all Phineas and Ferb fans: Downtown Disney will be the site of a new, all-ages experience featuring the braniac duo starting next month. "Phineas & Ferb & YOU: A Brand New Reality" is set to start September 1 in DD.

This new experience will let guests step in and interact virtually with Phineas, Ferb, Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Agent P. To do so, guests will step onto a platform and then be able to see themselves ineracting with the characters on a screen. There will be twenty different interactions, including "The Platypus Walk" and experiencing Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Freeze-inator.

POSTED Tue, 07/10/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Disney Characters Take the Stage in North Korea

A concert held in North Korea for that country's new leader, Kim Jong Un, featured a few well-loved Western characters. Mickey, Minnie, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger took to the stage during a recent concert in Pyongyang while clips from Disney films played in the background.

POSTED Sat, 06/23/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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New Character Meet and Greet in Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney World has designated a new space for meeting characters within the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland. Guests can now catch up with their favorite personalities from the Hundred Acre Wood next to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Pooh and his friends used to greet guests near the Splash Mountain exit, but now make their greeting home near Pooh's attraction. In addition, Woody and Jessie of "Toy Story" fame will now be meeting up with guests at the Splash Mountain exit location (they were previously at the upper Splash Mountain gate).

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POSTED Sun, 04/28/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Walt Disney World Limited Time Magic: Week 13 May the Fourth Be With You

This morning Disney announced a very special celebration will be going on over at Disney's Hollywood Studios next weekend. A fabulous, fun, Limited Time Magic event is in store for the annual, fan-proclaimed, worldwide "Star Wars Day," May 4, 2013.

POSTED Thu, 04/25/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Must Have Souvenirs from Walt Disney World

We've all experienced that moment at Walt Disney World when you walk into a store on property and your eyes light up because you've found "it" - the perfect souvenir. For some it's an ear hat or a photo frame or a coffee mug. If you have kids you know all too well that for them, the perfect souvenir is everything in the store.

POSTED Sun, 04/21/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Walt Disney World Limited Time Magic: Week 17

There's a party going on and you're all invited! April April 22 to April 28, 2013 Walt Disney World Resort is celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom Park by throwing a "Party for the Planet." Come join the festivities centered around this Earth Week event and meet some of your favorite Disney Characters, purchase collectable merchandise, then try out some sweet treats!

POSTED Thu, 04/18/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Meals With Character – The Crystal Palace and The Garden Grill

Some people might think "Oh, character meals are just for kids!" but we think otherwise. While there may be a few character meals geared more toward kids (think: Hollywood and Vine at breakfast and lunch), the majority of character meals at Walt Disney World are just perfect for "kids" of all ages!

POSTED Mon, 04/08/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Guest Author
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Downtown Disney Hotels - What You Need To Know

If you've been to the Downtown Disney area you've seen the hotels. Maybe you've stayed at one or all of them. Or maybe you're wondering if it's worth it to say "off property." While we can't tell you where to stay, we can tell you that the Downtown Disney area hotels have enough magical amenities that they're worth considering for your next trip.

POSTED Mon, 02/18/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Mouse Vault: A Vinylmation Resource App

If you've been to the Disney Parks in the past several years, you've probably seen displays of Mickey-shaped plastic figurines decorated to look like other other characters, rides, or seemingly random colorful designs. Those little plastic Mickeys are called Vinylmations. They can be bought or traded at Disney parks and Disney stores in several countries.

POSTED Tue, 01/29/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid in the New Fantasyland

Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid, is the great new dark attraction located in the Enchanted Forest of the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland. The ride opened this past December to great fanfare and has been delighting Walt Disney World guests who experience it.

POSTED Thu, 01/03/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Four Fantastic In Park Breakfasts at Walt Disney World

When talking about Disney Dining there's often a big focus on what's for dinner, sometimes we tend to forget that there are other meals in the day. At heart, I'm a breakfast girl, and some of you out there may be as well, after all "they" say it's our most important meal. I love all sorts of breakfast foods, and with late nights at the park my family tends to sleep in and often we don't even get out of the room before 10:00am.

POSTED Mon, 11/26/2012 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Cyber Monday Deals at DisneyStore.com

The Disney Store does everything it can to help make your holiday shopping Merry and Bright! Celebrating Cyber Monday is no different and there's Pixie Dust sprinkled on every order today so that you can save even more money buying the ones you love the things they want.

POSTED Wed, 11/07/2012 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Tips for Magic Kingdom Parade Watching

What time is the 3 o'clock parade is a popular question cast members at the Magic Kingdom are asked over and over again. In fact, they've even made a t-shirt with the question on it. But, if you want to be a little savvier than that, here are a few tips for Magic Kingdom parade viewing.