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Be Our Guest restaurant – Video of Inside the Ballroom

The Beauty and the Beast themed Be Our Guest restaurant promises to add a whole new dimension of immersive story telling as guests get the chance to be right in the memorable ballroom scene where Belle and the Beast danced together from the classic Disney animated film. Here’s a sneak peek inside the Be Our Guest ballroom with a look at the Chandeliers that will occupy much of the overhead space in the room.

The three chandeliers hang in the main dining room, the largest measuring twelve feet in length and eleven feet across with 80 lights and 100 large crystals. The two smaller chandeliers on each side measure 9.5 feet in length and eight feet across with 50 lights each. The trio of chandeliers are inspired by ones seen in the dining room in Beast’s Castle.

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Interview with Imagineer behind Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure with Phineas and Ferb

Hey? Where’s Perry? Starting this June the answer is EPCOT World Showcase. I had a few minutes to ask Imagineer Jonathan Ackley to provide guests an introduction to Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure featuring the cast of Phineas & Ferb from The Disney Channel. The… Read More »Interview with Imagineer behind Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure with Phineas and Ferb

What’s Next for Disney Parks

Update: Clarified which attraction opening dates were announced for later this year. This morning I attended the annual What’s New, What’s Next presentation for Disney Parks. Among the presenters were Meg Crofton, president of Disney Parks and Resorts, Chris Beatty, lead Imagineer on the New… Read More »What’s Next for Disney Parks

Imagineering Shares Minotaur Detail from Be Our Guest Restaurant

Those Imagineers are such teases. We know there will be a lot of amazing details in the new Beauty and the Beast themed restaurant “Be Our Guest.” This monster, apparently a mythological beast known as a minotaur, will be a part of the decor in… Read More »Imagineering Shares Minotaur Detail from Be Our Guest Restaurant

Shanghai Disney Resort Begins Recruitment for Technical and Creative Positions

Brush up your resumes, Shanghai Disney Resort has kicked off a recruitment campaign in Shanghai to hire skilled local talent to support the development of this world-class family vacation destination. This initial recruitment drive, the first of many recruitment initiatives, will focus on technical and… Read More »Shanghai Disney Resort Begins Recruitment for Technical and Creative Positions

Disney Dreams at Disneyland Paris – Full Video

Disneyland Paris is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary with a huge year-long celebration and capping each night with a Castle show that tops all others. Disney Dreams uses fireworks, digital projections on the castle, World of Color-esque fountains, and Fantasmic style water screens to tell a… Read More »Disney Dreams at Disneyland Paris – Full Video

Joe Rhode Interview on Avatar and Animal Kingdom

The Official Disney Park Blog interviewed Imagineer Joe Rohde on the occasion of his receiving the Buzz Price Thea Award recognizing a career of distinguished achievements. Those include: The Adventurers’ Club, leading the creation of Animal Kingdom, Expedition Everest, stepping in to help with Aulani,… Read More »Joe Rhode Interview on Avatar and Animal Kingdom

Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy – All Three Encounters


Disney Fantasy as seen from the Dream

While on the preview cruise of the Disney Fantasy, we were blessed to have three up close encounters with the Disney Dream, the Fantasy’s older sister by about a year. As it turns out we had a friend on the Dream who sent me some great photos of the Fantasy and I managed to get some great video looking in the other direction.

On the final encounter, I was lucky enough to be up on deck 13 with just a few imagineers inlcuding Joe Lanzisero who played a large part in the creation of the Dream and the Fantasy. Here he is with his famously curly hair blown straight by the wind and his creation the Disney Dream in the water behind him.

This video was taken around the same time as the photo of Joe.

More pics and video below the jump:

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