On the day after Christmas in 2008, we were at Disney’s Animal Kingdom enjoying some family time together and decided to attend a showing of The Festival Of The Lion King. The crowd was growing and there were a lot of disabled to seat, so… Read More »Unruly Crowd does The Wave at Festival Of The Lion King
As Disney Parks ask “What Will You Celebrate?” and invite guests to turn their personal milestones into magical family vacations in 2009, America’s military personnel will have one more reason to celebrate: Free multi-day admission to Disney’s U.S. theme parks.
With the “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute” offer, active and retired U.S. military personnel, including active and retired members of the United States Coast Guard and activated members of the National Guard or Reservists, can enjoy complimentary, multi-day admission into Disney’s U.S. theme parks, great rates at select Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort hotels, and additional special ticket offers for family members and friends.
“For so many of the men and women who serve in our U.S. military, time together with their families is cause enough for celebration,” said Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “We are grateful for their service and hope ‘Disney’s Armed Forces Salute’ will allow our troops to create wonderful, magical memories with their family and friends.”
Check below the cut for full details on the offer at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World
(Photo copyright The Walt Disney Company/Gene Duncan, photographer — Naval officers Lt. James Corbett (top, center) and Lt. Cmdr. Erin Duffy (bottom, center), of Maryland, take a whirl on Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel with daughters Maggie (left, age 5) and Aoife (center, age 8 months) and son Dessie (age 2).)
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Chris will be running the Walt Disney World Marathon for the third time this year. Actually, she’s crazier than that as she is actually running the Goofy Marathon and a Half, which is 39.3 miles, if my math is correct, over two days. She’s been… Read More »A Preview of The Disney Marathon
Big happenings at the Disney World Moms Panel today. The next crew of family travel experts have been given the keys to the question and answer site. They’ve already started answering questions too. Head on over and read the new bios. Then on the video… Read More »Disney World Moms Panel, The Next Generation
As I twittered, I hit the Magic Kingdom on Saturday to see what changes the new year had brought. As it turns out, not much. I guess it takes a big place like Walt Disney World a few weeks to fully switch over from one promotion to another. That makes sense.
I did see a few small signs of the 2009 “What Will You Celebrate?” promotion. For instance, a couple booths at the Ticket and Transportation Center had some decorations indicating this is where you go to get your Free Admission or Birthday Fun Card.
Additionally, in the parks any location that is listed as fastpass, but was not offering fastpass for the day had a special sign up and one open terminal for those who choose the fastpass+ option for their birthday gift.
Once in the park, things were nice. The park was busier than usual in the morning, but real crowds didn’t materialize until early afternoon. By then we were wrapping up our day. We had a nice ride on the ponies.
Then went over to ToonTown Fair to have another visit with the fairies in Pixie Hollow. We entered the queue 20 minutes before the fairies were scheduled to open up their land to guests and there were already a number of families in front of us. By the time we left, the queue had grown very long. It’s a very slow moving queue too, so those families were in for quite a wait.
[ lots more including a new Hidden Mickey on the otherside of the cut ]
Disney World has provided a short video to end the year on. As fireworks fill the sky at the Magic Kingdom, 2008 Walt Disney World Ambassadors Kerri MacPherson and TC Newman join Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in wishing everyone have many reasons to celebrate… Read More »Happy New Year!
I spent the last few days celebrating the holidays with family who traveled far and wide to visit us in Orlando. So, of course, a trip to Walt Disney World was required. Every park had extended hours. The walk-ways were busy, very busy, but I… Read More »Walt Disney World Update
In not too many months Disney’s Contemporary Resort will be getting quite a bit busier. The new Disney Vacation Club “Bay Lake Towers” will open and families from all around the globe will stream in to check out the new digs. So it’s a good… Read More »Contempo Cafe opens at Disney’s Contemporary Resort