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Fantasmic! Theater to Add 1000 Seats

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Dan Cockerell, vice president of Disney's Hollywood Studios, announced September 5 that seating for about 1,000 guests will be installed in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheatre, home of the 27-minute nighttime show Fantasmic! The expanded seating will replace the standing area and add to the 7,100 seats in the theater this fall. This will not increase … Continue reading "Fantasmic! Theater to Add 1000 Seats"
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Disneyland Half Marathon 2012 – Part 3, The Food

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Friday night we had dinner at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney. We don't eat here very often, and I don't really know why, because we always look at the menu and have a hard time choosing - there are so many things that look good! I had made a priority seating for 8:00, and we were quickly seated at an outdoor table on the ground floor right against the railing, so we had a great spot to people-watch those going by.
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2013 Itineraries Departing from Galveston, Texas

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In early 2013, Disney Cruise Line will offer a variety of new itineraries departing from Galveston, Texas, providing even more cruise options for guests. In addition to six-night Western Caribbean sailings, new choices include four-night Caribbean getaway cruises and eight-night itineraries that take guests to Walt Disney World Resort and Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay.
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New Phineas and Ferb interactive experience opens at Downtown Disney

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Phineas and Ferb, characters from the Disney Channel hit show, are turning up in yet another spot at Walt Disney World. Now, guests don't even have to go into the theme parks to meet up with the animated versions of the duo and their counterparts Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Agent P. Phineas and Ferb and YOU: A Brand New Reality is a virtual experience set up adjacent to Bongos Cuban Cafe on the West Side of Downtown Disney. Guests queue up in a themed area, and when their turns arrive, they step into a fenced area to interact with the characters on a large screen before having their photos taken.
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Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel to “Elect” a Candidate for a “Presidential” Vacation

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In honor of the 2012 presidential election, the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel will select a "candidate" to stay in one of its eight presidential suites on a vacation "fit for a leader of the free world." The vacation prize package includes: accommodation in a presidential suite for the winner and up to five guests for 3 days/2 nights; luxury transportation from the airport; a red carpet welcome at the hotel; a $250 dining certificate valid at any of the hotel's 17 restaurants and lounges (including Shula's Steak House, Todd English's bluezoo and Il Mulino New York Trattoria); complimentary Walt Disney World three-day Park Hopper passes. The total prize package is valued at $4,825. To enter, visit www.swandolphin.com/election and sign up anytime before the polls close on November 6.
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Wreck-It Ralph – Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The Production Gallery at the Magic of Disney Animation is now showcasing concept art from Wreck-it Ralph! The Story: For decades, Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) has been overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, Jr. (voice of Jack McBrayer), the good-guy star of their game who always gets to save the day. Tired of playing the role of a bad guy, Ralph takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a journey across the arcade through multiple generations of video games to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero. In theatres November 2012.
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Disneyland Half Marathon 2012 – Part 1

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Labor Day weekend - that means it's once again time for the Disneyland Half Marathon! We will be running it Sunday morning with 16,998 of our closest friends (and a number of Team AllEars teammates, as well). This will be the 7th Disneyland Half Marathon, and our 5th time running it. We really enjoy it. They have tweaked the parks part of the course again this year because Cars Land and Buena Vista Street our now open! So we'll get to run through Cars Land tomorrow. We've made a long weekend of it, and arrived on Friday night. We are using our DVC points to stay at the Villas at the Grand Californian (we love this resort). We're on the 5th floor, and this was what we saw when we arrived in our room Friday night! Grizzly Peak and a blue moon over the Tower of Terror. We can also see the Cadillac Range in Cars Land through the trees. It's a great location.
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