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Despite the Concordia Sinking, Cruising Keeps On Keeping On

January 19, 2012 at 9:39 AM | by | Comments (0)

We realize the world is a little hesitant about taking a cruise anytime soon, but if you trust Mickey Mouse to, then there's a new ship for you. The Disney Cruise Line is finishing up the final touches on its newest vessel—the Disney Fantasy—and after seeing some of the pictures, we’re kind of ready to strap on the mouse ears and head to the Caribbean.

The latest addition to the fleet isn’t quite ready for passengers and parties just yet, as things are still getting finalized over at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. However, Disney is pretty proud of their latest piece of floating entertainment, so they’re showing off sneak peek photos following the ship’s float out.

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Mickey Mouse Drives a Ferrari (and Some Lamborghinis, Too)

November 22, 2011 at 9:36 AM | by | Comments (0)

For those looking for something a little more intense and riveting than Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, there’s a new option at Walt Disney World to fulfill the need for speed.

The "Exotic Driving Experience" is set to debut at the Walt Disney World Speedway in January 2012, and it looks to connect tourists with the machines of their dreams. Leave the minivan back at home, because it’s all about exotic super cars here. In total there are six different automobiles from which to choose, including options from Audi, Porsche, and a few different beasts from Ferrari and Lamborghini.

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'Avatar' Set To Debut At Walt Disney World But Not 'Til Like 2016

Where: FL
September 27, 2011 at 8:06 AM | by | Comments (0)

Harry Potter better watch out, as there’s another movie coming to the middle of Florida before too long. Walt Disney World and James Cameron are teaming up to bring the world of Avatar to the theme park resort.

Details are kind of limited right now, as the initial announcement was more of just the Disney-folks and the Avatar-people getting together to shake hands and exchange signatures. We do know that the new attractions and rides are coming to a new section of the Animal Kingdom theme park, and that the blue people will be invading the park towards the end of 2015 or the beginning of 2016.

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Disney's Newest Project? Multi-Million Dollar Homes at the Magic Kingdom

September 14, 2011 at 9:30 AM | by | Comments (0)

If your dream has always been to grow old with Mickey Mouse and his pals down in Florida, you may just be in luck. Regardless, you better start saving towards that retirement dream ASAP, as it doesn’t come cheap to move in next door to the Magic Kingdom.

Disney’s latest money maker isn’t a theme park and it’s way more than just shilling some new timeshares, as now they’re offering actual housing options just minutes away from the magic. We realize this could be heaven on earth for some, but at the same time understand that it could be hell for others. We’re just giving you the facts, and you can decide for yourself. However, those in the market for a new home might want to take a look at Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort.

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Disney's 'D23 Expo' Dishes the Dirt on New Rides, Attractions, and More

August 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM | by | Comments (0)

You might not be hardcore Disney enough to have attended this year’s D23 Expo, but we’re sure that you are probably interested about what it means for the theme parks. The ultimate disney fan event—their words, not ours—took place last weekend, and it produced some pretty decent news on the update front.

Down in Florida at Walt Disney World, upgrades are still on schedule for the Magic Kingdom. Over in Fantasyland, theme park officials are working on a new Beauty and the Beast section that will focus on meeting and greeting some of your favorite characters from the film. If you’ve outgrown character autographs—we understand—just make your way over to Ariel's Undersea Adventure, an attraction copying the blueprints from a similar ride out in California.

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Disney Asks for a Few Dollars More

June 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM | by | Comments (0)

It looks like an annual Disney tradition has taken place just in time for the summer vacation season, as the theme parks in California and Florida have raised their ticket prices. There wasn’t too much warning either—which is usually the case—as the house of mouse sent out a little reminder on their Disney Parks blog that things would be heading north effective Sunday, June 12.

For those looking forward to hitting up Walt Disney World anytime soon, tickets for one day of fun at one of the parks is now $85 per adult—it was $82 before the pricing update. Kids—which are only those between age three and nine—get a slight discount at $79 per day. Of course there are all kinds of multi-day park tickets which do provide some sort of discount in one way or another, but unfortunately those were increased as well. Expect a four day ticket—with the ability to hop between the four main parks—to now set you back $298.

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Mickey Mouse Isn't Letting an Earthquake and Tsunami End His Fun in Asia

April 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM | by | Comments (0)

April is a big month for Disney when it comes to its theme parks in Asia. It seems like we’ve been talking about the House of Mouse opening up a new park in China for some time now, but it looks like tomorrow is the day when the bulldozers, shovels, and cranes finally arrive in Shanghai. The official groundbreaking is set for April 8—assuming all goes according to plan.

It takes quite some time for all those iconic Disney rides and attractions to be built from the ground up, so don’t expect to visit anytime soon. As of now, they’re thinking that it’s going to take about five years or so. The city of Shanghai has created a special tourist zone just for the park, and they’ve set aside just shy of 2,000 acres for hotels, parking lots, and a lake. They’ll also be adding a stop to their subway system too, so accessing Mickey will be pretty simple.

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June 3 is the Most Important Day at Disneyland This Year

March 3, 2011 at 3:49 PM | by | Comments (0)

We’ve mentioned all the bulldozers at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure on and off for quite some time, and it looks like Mickey is still busy in his construction worker outfit as the warmer weather approaches.

The two parks are already getting ready for the influx of locals and tourists, and this year visitors are going to have quite the summer. Projects to revamp the park across from Disneyland have been ongoing, but this summer another big milestone arrives. The front entrance of the park will be changing—so get ready to enter in some kind of weird maze way—but once you’re inside get ready for a whole new ride.

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Disney's California Adventure Loses Its Letters in Preparation for an Influx of New Fun Stuff

January 7, 2011 at 11:55 AM | by | Comments (0)

If you always wanted to take a tacky tourist photo—we have one, we’ll admit it—in front of the oversize letters that spell out “California” at Disney’s California Adventure it’s unfortunately too late. As part of the park’s major rehaul—they’re finally making it worth the price of admission—the letters are in the process of being sent backstage this week.

We’re a little sad as we always thought the letters were kind of fun, especially when the Disney folks dressed them up as candy canes for Christmas and as candy corns for Halloween.

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Disney Parks Go Gaga for Gowalla

November 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM | by | Comments (0)

We talk a lot about the new travel deals that location-based social network Foursquare cooks up, but there are other players in that same game. For instance, Gowalla is their biggest competitor, and although the scales still tip very heavily in Foursquare's favor (explanation: we prefer 4sq because there's more international users = more tips, the design is better and we have no friends who use Gowalla), Gowalla is worth checking out for fun things like the Disney Parks partnership they just launched.

Disney teamed up with Gowalla to offer stamps for most attractions and pins for "trips" completed at their parks, specifically at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida (sorry, Disneyland Paris and others). Gowalla users who check in at locations within the Disney parks will uncover these rewards, which just add to your other pins and stamps like virtual girl scout badges.

[Image: Gowalla, AboutFoursquare.com]

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Mickey Sends His Passport in for More Pages in Advance of Shanghai Disneyland's Arrival

Where: Shanghai, China
November 11, 2010 at 9:05 AM | by | Comments (0)

Way back in the not so distant past of 2009, we found out that Shanghai was on Mickey’s radar for his latest theme park. Fast forward about a year, and now it seems that Chinese officials have given the green light for Disney to bring its bulldozers into the country to prepare the foundation for the world’s newest Disneyland.

Sure there’s already a park in Hong Kong, but it seems that the biggest prize for Disney has always been to set up a place filled with rides, attractions, and gift shops somewhere within mainland China. After all, things in Hong Kong haven’t been crazy successful, so maybe they’re thinking it will be different away from the water.

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Mickey Mouse Flies WestJet This Month

Where: Canada
November 3, 2010 at 9:14 AM | by | Comments (0)

If you’re looking to head down to visit Mickey and friends this month, you might want to think about hitching a ride with WestJet.

The airline that goes everywhere and anywhere within Canada is also pretty good about getting people to Orlando and Southern California, and they are planning something pretty special for those heading to Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

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