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Where in the World #288

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! Everybody, stop! We missed a birthday! So all together and with great feeling: Happy Belated Birthday, Sara Holloway! I’m glad at … Continue reading "Where in the World #288"
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Disney Wishing Well Coins Make Wishes Come True for Central Florida Foster Kids

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., June 24, 2013 – For decades, Cinderella’s Wishing Well at Magic Kingdom has been the launching pad for millions of wishes. Today, it was the place where one of those wishes came true. Gathering up the small coins and pennies tossed by hopeful guests, Walt Disney World Resort donated $15,000 to … Continue reading "Disney Wishing Well Coins Make Wishes Come True for Central Florida Foster Kids"
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Main Street Train Station Bulletin Board

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Jack Spence is on a leave of absence until 2014. This is a reprint of a blog he wrote several years ago. This blog originally ran in 2008 and was accurate at the time of publication. There is an “Arrival and Departure” bulletin board on the ground floor of the Main Street Train Station. The … Continue reading "Main Street Train Station Bulletin Board"
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Where in the World #285

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! I’m writing this on the first official day of Summer! Who wants to join me in my convertible and head for … Continue reading "Where in the World #285"
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Starbucks Opens in Magic Kingdom

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The Main Street Bakery has reopened in the Magic Kingdom and now features Starbucks coffee! Starbucks offers their wide array of coffee beverages as well as their breakfast sandwiches and pastries. Disney's contributions to the baked goods include cookies, cupcakes and brownies.
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Jim’s Attic: Missing Merlin

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The beloved live action show where Merlin selects a young guest from the audience to attempt to pull the sword from an anvil to become the new temporary ruler of Fantasyland (until the next show in a half hour) premiered at Disneyland in the Summer of 1983 after the opening of the New Fantasyland so this year marks Merlin's 30th anniversary as a park character. At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, the show opened in 1993 (though other sources claim 1994) and delighted guests until its final performance on August 15, 2006.
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Disney Pic of the Week – Construction

Posted on by Lisa Berton
If you build it, Disney fans will show up in droves. While much of the new Fantasyland expansion has opened up, work continues on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, scheduled to open next year. Let’s hear it for the boy(s) and girls who bring to life our favorite characters and stories and provide us with … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – Construction"
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Where in the World #283

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! As you read this, Players, I am home from my Disney vacation. (lip trembling). Someone Disney bear me. Although, Claire Gregory, … Continue reading "Where in the World #283"
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Dumbo’s New Fantasyland View

Posted on by Lisa Berton
Taking flight on the original Dumbo attraction in it’s new location in Fantasyland gives a completely different perspective, of course. Personally, I think there was more to see before the big move. Eventually I’ll have a go at the second Dumbo attraction and see for myself which elephants got a better deal. Disney Pic of … Continue reading "Dumbo’s New Fantasyland View"
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Where in the World #282

Posted on by Erin Blackwell
To all who come to this photo trivia game, Welcome! Along the way, the photos can make us relive memories and see details Walt’s Imagineers put into everything we love in Walt Disney World! Lisa Nelson, you’re in Walt Disney World too? I thought that was you! But you didn’t wave back; you probably didn’t … Continue reading "Where in the World #282"
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