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Toy Story 3: Pixar’s Most Successful Animated Feature!

June 21, 2010

Disney-Pixar’s latest film, Toy Story 3, opened in theaters on Friday and to say it was an immediate success is putting it mildly. It broke the record for the biggest single day gross for an animated film, raking in $41M, and is second to Shrek the Third for highest opening weekend for an animated movie [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Don Edgren, John Wise et al.

April 10, 2010

Continuing along Main Street, U.S.A., above the entrance to the Emporium at the intersection of what used to be West Center Street is a set of three windows dedicated to a group of Walt Disney Imagineering engineers who worked on the opening of Magic Kingdom. The windows read as follows: Super Structures, Inc. Engineers and [...]

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28th Annual Night of Joy Lineup Announced

April 8, 2010

Earlier this week, Walt Disney World announced the lineup for the 28th annual Night of Joy festival. Held September 10 and 11 from 7:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Night of Joy is a contemporary Christian music festival held at Magic Kingdom (after a two-year stint at Disney’s Hollywood Studios) during which guests can hear live [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Bob Booth, Neil Gallagher et al.

March 28, 2010

Adjacent to Joyce Carlson’s window above the Emporium on Main Street, U.S.A. are two windows dedicated to nine individuals who played key roles in the development of Disney theme parks. The windows read as follows: Little Gremlins Mechanical Toys Toy Makers & Associates We build ‘em, you run ‘em Bob Booth Roger Broggie, Jr. John [...]

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The Engineering Behind the Magic with Jason Lovelace

February 24, 2010

Last Friday, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend an engineering awards banquet for students who attend the university at which I work. I’m not at all involved with the engineering department, but when I saw that the guest speaker was a Walt Disney World Cast Member, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity! The speaker [...]

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An Analysis of Disney’s Quick Service Dining Plan

February 2, 2010

Last week, some friends of mine from Pennsylvania were on vacation at Walt Disney World, so I took Friday off from work and joined them as they wrapped up their time in Florida. Recently I’ve been staying off-site, but I was able to get a pretty decent room rate at All-Star Music as an annual [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Robert Jani and Charles Corson

January 26, 2010

The last set of Main Street, U.S.A. windows that we looked at were above the Emporium and honored Ron Logan, Lonnie Lindley and Ed Bullard. Moving along the west side of Main Street, the next set of windows is near the corner entrance to the Emporium. The two windows read: New Era Band & Choir [...]

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Magic Kingdom A-Z: The Yankee Trader

November 21, 2009

This post is part of a series that tours the Magic Kingdom from A to Z. For other posts in this series, click here. After visiting ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter and witnessing X-S Tech‘s demonstrations gone wrong, we’ve reached the penultimate stop on our A-Z tour of the Magic Kingdom. This week, we’ll journey to Liberty [...]

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Toy Story Mania! for iPhone – Special Features Unlocked

September 16, 2009

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a review about the new Toy Story Mania! iPhone app and mentioned that special features are available for users who play the game near the attractions in Disney’s Hollywood Studios or Disney’s California Adventure theme parks. Since I was visiting Hollywood Studios this weekend for Disney’s annual Night of [...]

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Recap: Night of Joy 2009

September 15, 2009

This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a Disney event I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. No, it wasn’t the first ever D23 Expo, though I wish I could have been there; instead, it was the 27th annual Night of Joy festival at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Friday and Saturday, September [...]

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