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Readers rides small world soft opening

Reader Bill send in this report (with pictures) from his trip along the newly refurbished ‘it’s a small world’ attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. He was able to ride it on the first day it opened to the public. It’s a Small World opened up today @ 3:00pm.  We rode it around 10:30pm-ish.… Read More »Readers rides small world soft opening

Themepark Attendance Up

Forbes reports the yearly tally of attendance at major Themeparks worldwide. The numbers are up with the hurricanes having hardly any affect at all on the final tally for Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Second Place is once again claimed by Disneyland.

Disney World in Pictures

Scott visited Epcot this last weekend and the result is this fabulous collection of photos. Have a look. Cory Doctorow, author of Down and Out at the Magic Kingdom, has also been visiting Orlando recently. His photos are up on Flickr. And LaughingPlace.com has pictures up of the Holidays at California Adventure.

China’s Splendor Auctioned Off

A short drive from the gates of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom lay the gates of another era, another culture, the gates to Splendid China. Alas, the wonderously detailed attraction was never able to pull in enough tourist dollars to make a go at it in the competitve Orlando arena, and was forced to close… Read More »China’s Splendor Auctioned Off

Disney Animation Dream

I do pray that Light will shine down and remove the Darkness that consumed Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom. This nightmare has all but destroyed the dream for everyone concerned. Though it’s mighty hard to play “The Glad Game” at The Studio these days, I remain an optimist like Pollyanna — and believe that “truth will… Read More »Disney Animation Dream

Stitch’s Kingdom

Stitch, the alien creature from Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch, is swiftly becoming the next big franchise character from Disney. He has a huge fan base. Check out this amazing lego spaceship. It has a great video game – Stitch: Experiment 626. Next up for the fluffy guy is his own attraction at Disney… Read More »Stitch’s Kingdom

West coaster at WDW

Today we hit Magic Kingdom there are moments when it can feel like Anahiem and others where my brain gets a little confused. Space Mountain isn’t in the right place in tomorrowland and there’s entirely too much open space. In fact the Walt Disney World Resort is huge, it is impossible to imagine just how… Read More »West coaster at WDW