This weekend is the big biannual block party bash that Disney’s official fan club, D23, throws for its fans. With all the fans and media gathered in one place, the event has become a place for Disney to announce is plans for the future. The… Read More »Handicapping potential Walt Disney World announcements at D23 Expo
Update 9/20: As a show of support for local businesses affected By Hurricane Irma, Visit Orlando extends Magical Dining Month through October 12. That means local diners, and travelers, have an extra 11 days to enjoy some of the best dining options available in Central… Read More »Orlando Magical Dining Month Extended
Just when it seemed dead, ABC and the team at FremantleMedia (who are the production company behind the show) are rebooting American Idol. Fifteen years ago this week, American Idol hit TV screens for the first time, forever changing the landscape of reality competition programming.… Read More »ABC’s American Idol launches twin audition tours in Portland, OR and Orlando, FL
While the long gone Cherry Plaza hotel on Lake Eola in Orlando was the site where Walt Disney made the initial 1965 announcement that Disney had bought up a bunch of property south of the town, the actual plans for Disney World weren’t released until… Read More »Disney World history uncovered in Orlando
Thanks in large part to the story tellers at the Walt Disney Company, we’ve all grown up with certain versions of princess fairy-tales in our heads. Let’s just say that Disney has a loose relationship with the original stories. But what if those princesses had… Read More »Disenchanted puts hilarious spin on Disney Princesses
Last month we wrote about the upcoming Field to Feast dinner culinary event featuring Walt Disney World chefs happening March 25th. The even supports a good cause with 100% of the proceeds going to the Kids Cafe Program at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central… Read More »Chance to join Disney chefs at Orlando’s Field to Feast Dinner
We first wrote about an aerial tram network of gondolas as a possible solution for Walt Disney World’s transportation woes back in January 2013. Despite some comments, our suggestion was 100% serious (okay, maybe about 87% serious). But now some internet sleuths think they’ve found… Read More »Disney files permits for possible aerial tramway of gondolas
It’s a giant five story building that looms over one end of Disney Springs almost the size of a sports arena. DisneyQuest is an interactive experience that hearkens back to a time in the 1990s when The Walt Disney Company was focused on expansion through… Read More »DisneyQuest will close July 3rd to make way for NBA Experience