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March is the start of meteorological Spring, and, indeed, by this time in February, it really is already springtime for Central Florida and the Walt Disney World Resort.
Probably our last 2024 Walt Disney World Resort update featuring an introduction to the new Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows.
While there are many anniversaries to celebrate this year, next year will mark the 50th birthday of the well-loved Disney live-action musical, Mary Poppins.I have just returned from a trip to ...
Characters from The Rescuers appeared at the Disney theme parks for a few years after the film debuted. The Rescuers is not considered a classic, innovative film.It is a modest production that ...
At the Swan, guests walked down lily-pond carpets to rooms whose doors are painted to look like striped beach cabanas. For the Walt Disney Company, he was responsible for the Swan and Dolphin ...
Some Disney fans don’t even know there is a restaurant almost hidden at the back of the Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. Perhaps people don’t immediately think of Mama Melrose’s ...
The Disneyland '59 celebration. I wish I could have talked with Walt in person since every interview seems to reveal he was engaging, humorous, charming and passionate.
For many young people, being hired to work as an animator at Disney Feature Animation is a dream come true, but for recently graduated Timothy Burton of Burbank, Calif., it was a living nightmare.
Disney premieres its grand reveal of “Disney Treasure.” Video courtesy Disney. Today, Disney Cruise Line premiered its virtual grand reveal of Disney Treasure, which is scheduled to become the ...
We are just over a week into the final month of The Walt Disney Company’s fiscal year, so it is not particularly surprising that it is a quiet news week for Walt Disney World Resort.
6. Walt and Lillian raised two daughters in the wake of what was known as “The Crime of the Century”. This was in reference to the abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month old ...