Holidays Archives

New Year's Eve 2009 Line-Up

February 3, 2024December 28, 2008

Here is the current line-up for New Year’s Eve entertainment at the Walt Disney World Resort: LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A kaleidoscope of colors and elaborate light displays will decorate the skies on the final night of 2008 at Walt Disney World Resort. Dazzling fireworks showers, live entertainment and extended park hours throughout the … Read more

Matt Paul's 12/27 Mini-Report

February 3, 2024December 28, 2008

Matt Paul was at Epcot yesterday for a very special reason and captured a few shots to share with us all along the way:

The large sign outside the Epcot 25th exhibit is now gone, but the timeline remains

The Other Parade From Yesterday

February 3, 2024December 26, 2008

It seems that the WDWNT Christmas Podcast Parade was not the only parade taking place yesterday :), there was of course the 25th annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade on ABC. Disey has put a number of clips from the parade and the holiday season on Youtube, so I thought I would share them … Read more

Robert Ashburn's 12/21 Magic Kingdom Update

February 3, 2024December 23, 2008

Robert Ashburn of Figment’s Media.Net and FTN has provided us with some his trip to the Magic Kingdom on Sunday. Let’s take a look at some newsworthy items using this new gallery option: Space in Tomorrowland being prepared for Stitch’s Supersonic Dance Celebration that will debut in the Spring The old Skyway building is also … Read more

Brian Martsolf's December 2008 WDW Update

February 3, 2024December 21, 2008

Our good friend Brian Martsolf (of Big Brian’s Disney Page) has provided us with some photos taken during Mousefest 2008, so lets take a look:

The Viking play ship outside the Norway pavilion at Epcot is now completely gone

This is about the only remnant

Chris Lastrapes 12/19/08 WDW Update

February 3, 2024December 19, 2008

Chris Lastrapes from Disneyland News Today is now visiting the Walt Disney World Resort and has provided us with some photos from his trip, so let’s take a look:

Tickets were available for the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party on that evening, but are sold out for tonight’s final party.

The Magic Kingdom in it’s Holiday finest

The Magic Kingdom tree, which has actually only been in place for a few days now

The mystery food vendor that is replacing the old Frontierland Fry Cart continues to rise over the walls

25 Years of Parades on the 25th

February 3, 2024December 18, 2008

Walt Disney World is celebrating 25 years of the Christmas Day Parade this year and has released a small article about the milestone and this year’s edition: In a way, you could say that it really all started back in 1950, when Walt Disney was welcomed into homes around the country on Christmas Day, appearing … Read more

Back to the Future with Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

February 3, 2024December 16, 2008

Even though I typically save the “Back to the Future” name for our segment on the WDW News Today Podcast, I thought it was a fitting title for a post relating to an interesting item I found yesterday. While cleaning through some papers, I found some pamphlets from the 1993 edition of the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas … Read more

Matt Paul's 12/14 Magic Kingdom Report

February 3, 2024December 15, 2008

Matt Paul was at the Magic Kingdom on Sunday to attend the Very Merry Christmas Party, and shares with us some very interesting photos:

A huge vending location of some kind is rising up behind the construction walls in the location of the former fry wagon

You can see fixtures for signage and an awning in this picture

construction materials behind the building on the hill

WDWNT Weekend Update

February 2, 2024December 14, 2008

A few interesting developments from the last few days to note in this mixed-bag report: -Matt Paul is reporting that the Mickey Mouse float in the Disney Dreams Come True Parade at the Magic Kingdom has been removed from the parade to be converted to the opening float for the latest version of the parade that will … Read more

Matt Paul’s 12/5-12/6/08 WDW Photo Update

February 3, 2024December 7, 2008

Our very own Matt Paul attended this weekend’s Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade tapings, and reports back to us with these photos:

This Friday and Saturday were days for Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade taping

Dream Along With Mickey performed on a slightly modified stage for the later performances

These red curtains were put in just for the parade taping.

Jose Castillo's 11/29/08 WDW Photo Update

February 3, 2024November 30, 2008

Here is the final part of Jose Castillo’s photo update from his latest trip to the Walt Disney World Resort. On his last day, Jose visited two of the WDW parks with plenty to report:

Beginning at Disney’s Animal Kingdom for the day

The tree outside the park

Some more decorations

The Tree of Life

Jose Castillo's 11/28/08 Epcot Update

February 3, 2024November 29, 2008

Here are pictures from the second day of Jose Castillo’s trip to the Walt Disney World Resort. On Friday, Jose visited Epcot:

Another day dawns aboard Spaceship Earth…

With rather long lines

Jose got his funny photo posted somewhere in the middle of the ocean

Over at the exit of Test Track, we’ll take another look at the updated Fuel for Thought

Jose Castillo's 11/27/08 WDW Update

February 3, 2024November 29, 2008

Here is our first photo report provided by WDWNT’s Head Technician Jose Castillo. Here is what he saw during his first day trek through the world:

The gingerbread display at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

A cool monorail tree inside the Fantasia shop

Some work being done on top of the BVG store

The tree outside the Contemporary

11/24-25/08 WDW Update by Matt Paul

February 3, 2024November 25, 2008

Matt Paul has provided us with more pictures from his latest trip to the Walt Disney World Resort. Let’s see what happening at the world:

Guest Relations at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is decked out for the season

Since I always get yelled at by High School Musical fans for a lack of coverage…

we will fill our annual quota in two pictures

Christmas Comes to Epcot

February 3, 2024November 17, 2008

WDWNT Photographer Steve Wieczorek has provided us with a picture of the Christmas Tree at Epcot which is now up and ready for the Holidays Around the World: