Now that it’s daylight around here you might want to check out the live internet camera at Walt Disney World. It’s situated on the Swan & Dolphin complex and looks toward Epcot over the Yacht Club resort. If it’s clear enough you should be able to see the giant geodesic ‘Spaceship Earth’ sphere in the… Read More »Walt Disney World Live Cam
It’s almost 8:30 AM and we’re still here (here being about 2 miles from SeaWorld and 5 miles from Disney World ). We’ve dodged one tornado generating cloud system already and another is on the way. But so far the winds and rain haven’t been too bad (I saw much worse in some of the… Read More »Morning Update, Hurricane Wilma
Delicious details of the upcoming sequel to Disney’s hit film Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl are released in this tour of a Hollywood sound stage. After walking up some creaky stairs, the 21st century is left behind, yielding to the mustiness of a 17th century pirate ship. Covered in barnacles, the… Read More »Visit to the set of Pirates of the Carribean II: Dead Man’s Chest
I guess it’s appropriate that on the day when Hurricane Wilma is playing Big Bad Wolf with the state of Florida that The Disney Blog gets mentioned in a New York Times story on ‘Brand Blogs‘. It’s a great honor to be written up in the nation’s daily and I’d like to welcome all the… Read More »Blog Mentioned in the New York Times
Update: The second I post this, of course, Universal reverses itself and will now close both themeparks on Monday. No word yet from SeaWorld. According to the Orlando Sentinel Hurricane Blog, a great resource for info on Hurricane Wilma btw, neither Universal Studios or Seaworld intend to close tomorrow. This might change if the storm… Read More »Seaworld and Universal: Monday Schedule Updates
Booth at Epcot is strapped down, originally uploaded by indigoskye. I was at Epcot today and took a few photos of their preparation for Hurricane Wilma. The storm is predicted to hit Florida far south of Orlando, but the Disney World area is still forcast to have Tropical Storm force winds. So safety was a… Read More »Epcot straps down for Hurricane Wilma
Breaking news: Disney will close all theme and water parks tomorrow due to the storm. Here’s the full text of the announcement: Due to the potential of tropical storm force winds associated with Hurricane Wilma, all four Walt Disney World Theme Parks, Typhoon Lagoon, Downtown Disney and Disney’s Wide World of Sports will not open… Read More »Breaking: Disney announces all park closed tomorrow
The Orlando Sentinel reports on the final demise of one of Central Florida’s most unique attractions. The Xanadu: Home of the Future has been torn down in order to make way for a condominium complex. Could there be any more ironic fate? (see photo from tourist who spotted the demolition) True, Xanadu had been sitting… Read More »Xanadu: Horrible Awful News