Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge officially opens at the Walt Disney World Resort inside Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29th, 2019. We were allowed into "Star Wars Land" for a 4 hour preview this past weekend. Click on "Read More" for our entire review of the land, food, and entertainment offerings you'll find when you visit this galaxy, not so far away, in Orlando, FL.
The Main Street Elecrical Parade returned to The Magic Kingdom in 2010 for a "limited engagement" as part of the Summer Nightastic promotion. The updated show included new LED lighting, new audio technology and 3 new floats (Tinkerbell's, Snow White's, and Pinocchio's). Due to the extreme popularity of the updated parade the "summer-long" return of this performance was extended far beyond its original expectation. Sadly every parade runs its course and this one has run the same course over, and over, and over again.
Disneyland is currently winding down on its Diamond Celebration and the current nighttime parade (Paint the Night) will end its nightly performances on September 5th, 2016. It's rumored that Paint the Night will continue performances at Disneyland for special events, so this might indicate that we will not expect to see Paint the Night shift over to The Magic Kingdom unless they would be willing to reproduce the floats in Florida. There is no official word on what, if anything, will be replacing the evening parade in the Magic Kingdom but we will update this post as more information becomes available. June 17th, 2016 is going to be a historic day for the Walt Disney World Resort! Guests will be able to experience many new attractions and it all kicks off with a brand new stage show in front of Cinderella's Castle called Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire! Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire replaces the long running stage show Dream Along with Mickey. This brand new show will invite new characters to the main stage including Tiana, Neveen, Rapunzel, Flynn and some friends from the Snuggly Duckling. Olaf, Anna and Elsa even join in on the fun! Check your attractions guide for performance times and plan accordingly. Also on June 17th the highly controversial attraction Frozen Ever After opens in EPCOT's Norway Pavilion. This attraction replaces the beloved boat ride Maelstrom. Many Disney fans are left scratching their heads wondering why Disney is including an imaginary land based on an actual country in EPCOT's World Showcase? Don't get me wrong, I love the inclusion of Disney characters in the lands they are inspired from... Such as Aladdin in Morocco, Belle in France, but this one even has me wondering how Disney is going to pull it off and make it feel natural instead of forced into the space. Taking flight June 17th is the brand new hang gliding experience Soarin' Around the World! The newly refurbished attraction features high definition digital screens, a third theater, carpeted entrance ways.... Oh yeah, and brand new (knock the flip flops off of the guy above you) video featuring breathtaking man made and natural landmarks. I just rode Fly Over America at Minnesota's Mall of America. The high definition screens really make a difference. The old projection screens would leave me motion sick sometimes, but with the upgraded viewing experience I didn't feel motion sick once! I can only assume that the Florida version of this attraction will have a similar look and feel. Over at Disney's Hollywood Studios a new fireworks experience will debut on June 17th! Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular will hyper jump your midichlorians as this new show surrounds you! This brand new combination of State-of-the-art projection effects, dynamic lighting, lasers and pyrotechnics will light up the skies above Disney's Hollywood Studios like never before! Check your My Disney Experience app or the parks guide for show times and best viewing locations. Last but not least it is worth mentioning that over Memorial Day weekend the long awaited 3rd track was opened at Toy Story Midway Mania! This will hopefully reduce the stand buy time and allow more FastPass+ reservations. Construction continues at Hollywood Studios on Toys Story Land and Star Wars Land with and estimated opening date stretching out to 2018. Don't let the construction stop you from going to Hollywood Studios though... there's still plenty to see and do!
Disney Parks has finally announced the grand opening of Soarin' Around the World at Disney's EPCOT theme park. This attraction is located on the lower level in the Land pavilion of Future World. In addition to upgrading the existing screens to HD a third theater was added to assist with the long wait times this attraction can attain. Get ready to take off on June 17th, 2016! FasPass+ selections open up TODAY! In the meantime here is a preview: It has been over 1 year since Luigi's Flying Tires closed February 17th, 2015 at Disney's California Adventure Park leaving only 2 attractions open in Cars Land. I'm excited to announce that the long awaited re-opening of Luigi's Casa Della Tires is finally here! March 7th, 2016 Luigi will re-open his shop after visiting his family back home in Carsoli, Italy! But Luigi didn't return to Radiator Springs alone... He brought back 20 of his cousins (apparently he has a really big family) with him to celebrate race day! Are you ready to experience Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters on your next visit!? UPDATE!!!! THIS HAS BEEN DELAYED AND WILL NOT DEBUT APRIL 22ND!!!! It has taken 3 years of Imagineering for Disney's Animal Kingdom to open its first nighttime offering called 'Rivers of Light'. Recently Disney announced that it will debut this one of a kind multi-element show on April 22nd, 2016. Rivers of Light will take place on Discovery River in the newly expanded area of Asia. The video below will give you a great idea about what to expect, but I'm sure it does not give it justice. Remember that this show will also include the recently upgraded Tree of Life. Imagineers have been working overnights round the clock to change every single leaf on the tree. The new leaves will illuminate with the show and prove to be a centerpiece of the park in the evening hours as well. ♪ ♫ ♬ Hooray for Hollywood....♪ ♫ ♬ something, something, something ♪ ♫ ♬ Hollywood... Ok, so I might not know the words to the song, but I DO know a lot about our next resort: All-Star Movies! Quiet on the set... Ready when you are C.B. ...Lights, Camera, Action!
We continue our Februrary series by featuring the one, the only... ALL-STAR MUSIC RESORT (applause) (applause) (applause). There's a lot of music to cover... GET IT? Cover? Like a cover band... lol.... Let the good times roll!
First up in our February Series is Disney's All-Star Sports Resort! We are excited to kick off our series with this resort because it is the property we have stayed at the most!
There's a lot to cover... On your marks, get set... GO! For the month of February we are going to focus on the All-Star Resorts. We love staying on property! We have stayed at every value resort and have some great tips for staying on property within your budget. Check back throughout the month as we feature a new All Star Resort each week. 'Read More' to find out a little more about this group of resorts: |
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