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June 22, 2012
Update: WAITLIST for Epcot 30th World Key Tickets Available!
UPDATE: After 30 minutes – it’s now on “waitlist” sale status again. It will probably vanish again soon.
We don’t know if this is a mistake, increase in capacity, or people canceling – but World Key ($185) tickets for D23′s Epcot 30th event are now back on sale after their record fast sell-out.
http://d23.disney.go.com/events/2012/03/19/d23s-epcot-30th-anniversary-celebration/
Disney World getting into the Last Minute and Deal-a-Day Business?
It looks like Disney is going to make an effort to appeal to bargain hunters with the new website they’re launching:http://www.disneyfamilydeals.com/Of particular interest to us is the vacation bit:
Find fantastic offers on Disney toys, vacations, clothing, collectibles, music, videos, and more!Plus:Discover other fun, family-friendly products, services, and activities in your city or online — with special, limited-time discounts.
June 21, 2012
D23 Epcot 30th Event Sells Out of Top Tier Tickets in 3 minutes
The title of this post says it all. The World Key level tickets ($185) sold out in 3 minutes once registration opened for the D23 event celebrating Epcot’s 30th anniversary on September 30th.
Tickets are still presently available for general admission to the event with D23 membership at the World Passport ticket level for $65. Link for purchase.
June 20, 2012
Permits Show Hogwarts Express to Link Islands of Adventure to Universal Studios Orlando
Universal Orlando finally, though inadvertently, revealed they’re going to link their two Central Florida theme parks with a new transit attraction. Their filings with the water management district show locations within both Islands of Adventure and Universal Orlando which are part of a largeroverallproject to construct what is rumored to be a simulation of the famed Hogwarts Express.
The filings are for the dewatering of retention ponds amid the track of the Dragon Challenge coasters at Islan...
June 7, 2012
Radiator Springs Racers Factoids and Photos
Disney really went all out with the high quality photos for Radiator Springs Racers. Go make yourself a nice desktop background with one of these beauties – but first, some ride factoids:
Radiator Springs Racers: A leisurely, scenic tour of Ornament Valley turns into an all-out race for the Piston Cup as guests race side-by-side through the mountain range, around Willy’s Butte and past the plunging waterfall, Radiator Falls – all familiar sights to fans of the movie.
The ride vehicles come in e...
June 6, 2012
Cars Land Flying Tires and Junkyard Jamboree Ride Details
Ok, at this point we’re trying to consolidate news items together to save everyone on the mailing from feeling spammed when they wake up in the morning (you can sign up over to the right if you’re not already on it!)
Luigi’s Flying Tires: At Luigi’s Casa Della Tires, “Cars” characters Luigi and Guido play host to a “Festival of the Flying Tires.” When the music starts, tires float and dance in the grand tradition of a celebration that first started in Luigi’s hometown of Carsoli, Italy.
Guests...
Every Single Thing on the New Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure
The information, they just keep throwing it at us! Be very thankful we’re sparing you the fluffy “it’s a boulevard of dreams” nonsense that Disney tried to include with this actual information. We obviously can’t hold it all back so we’ll clip the interesting bits and pass them on to you. The information, it flows like a flood of electronic babble.. Here’s the complete list of detailed descriptions of every single thing on Buena Vista Street:
Buena Vista Street Landmarks
The new entry turnstile...
Quick Look at the Cozy Cone Motel
So.. this is a weird little thing they’re doing out at Disney California Adventure…
The idea of going with traffic cones was of course from the film so it wasn’t a huge stretch.. but oh yes.. they went all crazy with it. Disney’s release states:
The Cozy Cone Motel in Cars Land is inspired by the quirky “wigwam” motels along Route 66 with each of the five teepees offering tasty cone-themed treats including chili “cone” queso.
Oh, but that is not all. Take a look at the photos. They actually labe...
Intense Dumbo Queue Scrutiny Via Magnification
The title says it all – we’re going to look at the publicity photos released today for the new Dumbo the Flying Elephant interactive queue that came out today in high-resolution. Click make super-size for your viewing pleasure.
What have we got there? Well, plainly visible lighting fixtures and black curtains in the style we like to call “Test Track Chic.” You see, in the mid-90′s Imagineering came up with the idea that instead of really spending lot of budget on things you could simply paint...
June 1, 2012
New Fantasyland Photo Update
Just a quick photo update of what’s going the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World with the construction in New Fantasyland. These photos are from late last week. Sorry about just tossing them up in a gallery with no commentary, but we wanted to get them up now instead of never. If you have questions about anything feel free to post them in the comments.
