Mar 30, 2013

WDWCelebrations plans to commemorate “Flora, Fauna & Fantasy” in April 2013 and a Celebration of the Historic 25th Anniversary of Disney’s Hollywood Studios in May 2014 Mark your calendars for our latest Commemorative and Signature Events set to bring like-minded Disney fans back to the Walt Disney World Resort® to celebrate the magic of the past, present and future together again! The WDWCelebrations Team is excited to announce two new events at the Walt Disney World® Resort for 2013 and 2014. Following up on five years of successful events including their most recent offering, Celebration 30, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Epcot®, the not-for-profit organization has developed two unique events for Disney fans to celebrate...

Feb 25, 2013

Over the last five-and-a-half years, WDW News Today has grown from a single site into an entire network of Disney-inspired websites and podcasts. Over that time, we have had plenty of successes and a few failures. Over the last year or so, we have discussed the concept of bringing together all of the websites and podcasts run by WDWNT under one roof, and integrating them all into one website. I am proud to say that our technical team has made that dream a reality with the new WDWNewsToday.com. The first obvious change in our operations will be the closure of Disneyland News Today, WDWNTunes, and WDWNT: The Magazine. All of the services offered by these sites will continue, but they will do so on WDW News Today.com. For the past few weeks, WDWNT visitors have been able...

When issue 19 of the magazine was released, the Letter from the Editor included a note that the magazine staff was taking a short break, and would use the downtime to consider improvements to the magazine. During that time, the magazine team considered many different options. Now the break is over, and I’m thrilled to announce that we are significantly changing the way we publish our content. Instead of releasing a monthly PDF version of the magazine, we are going to fully integrate our content into the main wdwnewstoday.com website. Our magazine articles will be published as featured content of the site. The plan is to publish a couple of articles each weekend. The articles will be highlighted as magazine articles to stand apart from the regular news posts on...

The holiday season is once again upon us and as usual, it’s a time where we should think about those who are less fortunate than we are and try to make a difference in their lives. Over 60 years ago, Walt Disney became one of the original sponsors of the Toys for Tots foundation, which ensures that every underprivileged child receives a toy during the holiday season. Walt and his animators personally designed the original Toys for Tots train logo that is still used today and the first poster created for Toys for Tots. In this spirit, WDW News Today, the WDWNT Network, and our many friends and partners are putting on a 30-hour live broadcast to raise money for Toys for Tots. That’s right, in honor of Epcot’s 30th anniversary, we are expanding from 24...

With the third season of the highly popular “See Ya’ Real Late” with Tom Corless coming to a close tonight, WDWNT is about to pull out all the stops for a season finale the likes of which you have never seen before! Not only will tonight’s show feature the epic conclusion to last week’s cliffhanger ending, but we have an all-star guest line-up including: Authors of “Epcot: The First 30 Years (An Unofficial Retrospective)“, Kevin Yee and Jeff Lange Tom Bricker of the Disney Tourist Blog The team from the WDW Kingdomcast podcast and Paul Barrie of “A Window to the Magic” And just so you don’t feel lost tonight, the first 14 episodes of season 3 are now available for download on our site or on iTunes (I’d...

When WDW News Today turned 1 year old, John Corigliano wanted to celebrate with a video recapping the year that was in both Walt Disney World and in our site and podcast. This became an annual tradition for three years, with us eventually canceling the project for 2011 because of a lack of time and resources. We are very happy to share that we did not let our 5 year anniversary go by the same way. Instead of just looking back at the year that was, we decided to do a video recapping the last 5 years when John returned to WDWNT in January. John not only did this, but he also produced a short music video in honor of our big celebration. We hope you enjoy this intimate look back at the last 5...

Every year this Network grows older, we reflect upon the accomplishments, impact, and incredible growth of WDWNT. It has now been 5 years since WDW News Today launched on July 8th, 2007. What was founded on the website you see before you and built on the back of daily news and information about Walt Disney World is now a vibrant collection of websites, podcasts, electronic publications, online radio stations, & more. The last year in particular has been a memorable one, from the ongoing project of moving our expansive video library to Youtube, to “See Ya’ Real Late” with Tom Corless making it’s successful debut on iTunes. We even set new records in traffic for our websites and podcasts this year, as well as brought you the best live...

While it may not be happening at Walt Disney World, WDWNT will be heading out to California to cover all the festivities at the Disneyland Resort over the next week. From the grand opening of Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, to the premiere of new entertainment such as the Voices of Liberty, Streetmosphere, and more, the WDWNT Network will bring you closer to the excitement than anyone else. We’ve even set up a special live coverage site at www.DisneylandNewsToday.com/DCALive to make it easier and faster to connect with everything going on. The page brings together the in-depth coverage that will be found on Disneyland News Today’s website, the up-to-the-minute tweeting from @DLNT, and even live video streaming which we will be offering from a few select...

The Avengers may be burning up the box office, but there is another Summer blockbuster on the way: A little overdramatic? Sure, but if you’re looking for a few days of fun this Summer, the New York City area can offer it… It was 5 years ago here in New York that it all began for WDW News Today. What began as a small blog dedicated to covering any and all news at the Walt Disney World Resort is now a network of popular websites and podcasts that are viewed by thousands of Disney fans each and every day. Before we move the entire operation to Orlando later this year, we plan to go out in style and celebrate the improbable 5th anniversary of the WDWNT Network right where it got started. Over 4 days, we are planning excursions to some local amusement parks,...

IT’S BACK! The extremely popular and revolutionary late night talk show for Disney fans is returning for a third season tonight! Combining guest interviews and WDWNT’s unique brand of comedy in a LIVE 60 minute program, “See Ya’ Real Late” is ready to begin another “reign of terror” on WDWNTunes.com. Tonight, Tom welcomes guests Jeff Heimbuch of Communicore Weekly and The 626 on MiceAge.com and Brandon Struve, host of the Super Obscure Show (S.O.S.) on WDWNTunes. The fun begins LIVE at 11PM ET, only on...