With so many exciting activities at the theme parks, many people don't realize that you can spend some time interacting with nature at Walt Disney World as well. Conservation and education were always important to Walt, and the company continues to find ways to offer some simpler pleasure to it's guests. Check out my 5 favorite ways to get back to nature in Disney.

A breeze from Polynesia gently welcomes you as you walk through the doors to the Great Ceremonial House. At Disney's Polynesian Resort you can immerse yourself in a trip to the islands as you shop, dine, and relax for a romantic tropical date night at Walt Disney World.

Disney Interactive recently announced the upcoming "Epic Mickey 2" game in a newsletter. The problem with that? The announcement of the sequel was an accident.

Despite the announcement being pulled by the company since its leak, gaming fans were able to glean a bit of info about the upcoming game. "Epic Mickey 2" looks like it will allow two players to play at one time via a split-screen; one player will take on the role of Mickey while the other will play as Oswold the Lucky Rabbit.

Once again the good folks over at the Disney Food Blog have publish an eBook to help you enhance your Walt Disney World Vacation with a fantastic dining guide. This time however it comes with a fun adventurous twist! The DFB Dining Adventures " Start Point: Magic Kingdom Area offers up "customized plans created to help you jump-start your vacation planning with fun and efficient predetermined dining strategies."

A wind chill advisory in the central Florida area caused several outdoor activities in and around Walt Disney World to be canceled on Tuesday as the forecast called for the temperature to feel like it was in the high teens.

Among the activities affected by the cold weather included evening campfires, which were canceled at the Contemporary, Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Yacht Club and Beach Club. Also canceled for Tuesday as well as Wednesday, January 4 are the Pirate speciality cruises. The Spirit of Aloha dinner shows were also a victim of the cold weather.

Gone are the days when you would have to keep track of endless slips of paper so that you could claim the photos taken by Disney's photographers. Disney has created a system where a photographer can snap a picture of you and scan a barcode on your Photopass and voila! In addition to getting pictures printed in the parks you can access them online and order prints and various other items like mugs and scrapbooks.

In honor of 2012 being a leap year, Disney will mark the occasion with a historical first - keeping the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Disneyland Park in California open for a full 24 hours.

Look for both parks to open at 6 a.m. on February 29, 2012 and close at 6 a.m. March 1, 2012.

Disney Fantasy, the newest Disney Cruise Ship currently under construction in a Germany shipyard, sustained water damage earlier this month. Now, Meyer Werft has boosted its security for the yard.

A mysterious water valve leak aboard the Fantasy caused water damage on the ship sometime in early December. While early reports out of Germany had the damage estimated at over $1 million, Disney has called that figure an exaggeration. According to Disney spokeswoman Rebecca Peddle, "There was some water damage that resulted in them having to replace some carpeting. It was not significant."

Animal Kingdom Lodge is my usual home when my family heads down to Walt Disney World and you can frequently find me kicked back in a lounge chair with a cocktail in my hand watching the kids frolic in the pool. Where exactly does my frosty treat come from? The Uzima Springs Pool Bar.

Disney has a spy spoof flick in the works and it looks like Seth Rogen is set to join it as a producer and possible star.

"The B Team" was first pitched to Disney some three years ago, and the House of Mouse began working on the comedy shortly thereafter. Rogen, who is known for his work in the Golden Globe-nominated "50/50," also has some executive producing credit on his resume for the films "Superbad" and "The Green Hornet."

Joining Rogen on the producing team are Charles Segars and Ilan Breil.