WDWNT Reporter Banks Lee visited three Walt Disney World theme parks on Wednesday (take a WILD guess which one he did not go to) and took plenty of photos to share with us in a lengthy photo report:
The gingerbread house is up and open at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Our good friend Robert Ashburn of FloridaThrills.Net visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the first day of Star Wars Weekends 2010 and has plenty of photos to share with us:
Read More about Robert Ashburn’s 5/21/10 Hollywood Studios Photo Report
WDWNT Reporter Matt Paul visited the Walt Disney World Resort yesterday and has a plethora of newsworthy photos to share with us:
Getting ready for Star Wars Weekends at the Studios
Our good friend Robert Ashburn of FloridaThrills.net has provided us with yet another photo update from the Walt Disney World Resort, so let’s take a look at what’s new and exciting:
It’s going to be a busy day….
Brandon Struve made an early morning excursion to see Muppetvision 3-D opening from it’s three week refurbishment, so here are some photos from his trip:
Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster is closed for refurbishment 5/15-5/20
Read More about Brandon Struve’s 5/15/10 Hollywood Studios Photo Report
WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve took a special trip to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Mother’s Day to see the debut of Lotso from Toy Story 3 in Block Party Bash and in his own meet and greet experience, so let’s look at “Lots-O'” photos from today:
Read More about Brandon Struve’s 5/9/10 Hollywood Studios Photo Report
Our good friend Robert Ashburn of FloridaThrills.net sent us some newsworthy photos from his latest trip to Walt Disney World:
Let’s head on over to the Magic Kingdom
Read More about Robert Ashburn’s 4/30-5/1/10 WDW Photo Report
Disney stated at the D23 Expo in September that 2010 would be the year of the Muppets. Not only are the Muppets the stars of the Disney Parks “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” campaign in 2010, but their presence in the parks might be a bit greater. Along with the refurbishment of Muppetvision 3-D at Disney’s Hollywood Studios scheduled for next year, the Muppets will be proceeding down Main Street U.S.A. in a daily pre-parade. Starting January, The Muppets “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” themed pre-parade will come down the Magic Kingdom parade route, preceding the 3:00 PM Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade. The Muppets guests will be seeing in the park will not be the giant Muppet characters that appeared at Hollywood Studios a few years ago, but ACTUAL Muppet characters.
Other changes to the Magic Kingdom parade in early 2010 may include the permanent removal of the show stops that were added to the parade during the name change from the Disney Dreams Come True Parade in January 2009.
As usual, anything not announced yet by Disney should be taken as a rumor, but these reports are from reputable sources inside the company. Be sure to stay tuned to WDW News Today as we get more information on this breaking story.
Matt Paul also spent a few days at the Walt Disney World Resort recently and is sharing some newsworthy photos he collected over the weekend:
We’ll start Thursday Night at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Read More about Matt Paul’s 11/19 – 11/23/09 WDW Photo Report
Disney has released a youtube version of the short clip that was shown of Star Tours II (in 3-D) at the D23 Expo. The video is also available in high definition by clicking the appropriate button below:
Since I have received a number of questions by email about this updated attraction, I decided it would be best to list what we know about Star Tours II thus far:
-Star Tours will close October 2010 and Star Tours II will open late summer/early fall 2011
-Star Tours II will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D (A change also being made at Muppetvision 3-D at both DHS and DCA in 2010, this was announced at the Expo as well)
-While we are not sure how it will work, pod racing (as seen in Episode I) will not be the only outcome of the attraction. It was revealed that there will be multiple films/destinations for Star Tours travelers
