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Disney and Star Wars could things get any better than that?

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Once a year for 4 weeks Disney lets the Empire take over Hollywood Studios for its annual Star Wars Weekends. This year with Disney in full control there were some great changes in store… to start they extended the experience another weekend for a 5th weekend. It’s just simply an amazing time… For the past 8 years I have been visiting Orlando to celebrate Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios… you would think I was crazy how much I look forward to this trip all year long. What started out as trip for my obsession to the films has turned into a yearly reunion of great friends who share 2 of the same passions…. Disney and Star Wars… Unfortunately since I travel from NY I only have the fortune of going for 1 of the weekends so each year is a gamble as to who I will be able to get to meet. My buddy and I try to maximize our time as well as plan smart. We buy an annual pass 1 year and choose either of the last 2 weekends so that we have the choice of the 1st 2 weekends the following year, so this year we chose weekend 1.
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Star Wars Weekends for a non-Star Wars fan

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In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I am not a fan of Star Wars. Wait...what? Not a fan of Star Wars?!? Yes, it’s true. While I have seen each of the movies once, recognize most of the popular characters, and hum along to the theme music, my interest in the franchise is casual at best. Sort of like someone who only follows college basketball during March Madness, fills out a bracket for the office pool because everyone else is doing it, yet has no emotional investment in a team before the big event.
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Jim’s Attic: Humphrey the Bear at Wilderness Lodge

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Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort is the only Disney resort hotel to have an official mascot, the brown bear. Images and allusions can be found throughout the resort including bear tracks imbeded in the walkways. To make that potentially fearsome mascot more friendly for younger guests, some of the brown bear images are of the Disney animated character Humphrey the Bear, a lovable, overweight brown bear who lives in the fictional Brownstone National Park.
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‘Disney on Ice presents Frozen’ to debut in Orlando in September

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From the beginning, its creators and movie critics said Disney's animated film "Frozen" was made for a large-scale, live production. Though some speculated Broadway would be first, it looks like Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf will take to the ice before the stage. Disney on Ice has just announced a new production for 2014 based on the movie "Frozen." Feld Entertainment will launch its new show, "Disney on Ice presents Frozen" in Central Florida in September. Tickets go on sale to the public on June 3 through Ticketmaster, but pre-sale codes are available now. (Try "SPRING.")
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My Next Adventure – Italy! Want to Come???

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Thanks to everyone who participated in our Adventures by Disney Destination Poll last month. The winner of the survey is Viva Italia, which is an 8 night trip to Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Venice! Now that Adventures by Disney has officially released their 2015 itineraries and pricing we will be making an announcement very soon about an All Ears Adult Only Adventure to Italy next fall!
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios brings Symphony in the Stars fireworks to Star Wars Weekends

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The 2014 version of Symphony in the Stars begins with a short pre-show led by James Arnold Taylor, voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in “The Clone Wars” and the celebrity host of Star Wars Weekends. He pays tribute to many of the Star Wars fans in the park that day with a slide show of photographs of guests interacting with characters. (To be considered for your 15 seconds of fame, tag the Star Wars Weekends photos you post on social media with #swwfinale.)
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