Time to Celebrate!!!

WASH. RESIDENT FIRST IN THE NATION TO REDEEM HIS FREE DISNEY PAR

It’s finally here!!! The Year of a Million Dreams has just ended after over 2 years and now Disney Parks wants to know “What Will You Celebrate?” in 2009. Here’s some of what we have to look forward to (even though WDWNT has reported most of this already): New immersive fun in theme parks         Disney Parks’ initiative … Read more

Coming Attractions

Even though we are a few days removed from it, here are some interesting pictures taken from the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade of some new attractions on the way to WDW: Concept art of the “Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party”, debuting in February 2009 The stage inside the Superstar Television … Read more

Robert Ashburn’s 12/21 Magic Kingdom Update

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

Matt Paul’s 12/14 Magic Kingdom Report

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

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WDWNT Weekend Update

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

Plan on Celebrating Without Space

I just received the 2009 Disney Parks Vacation Planning DVD in the mail yesterday and here are some notes on what I found inside: -The package and DVD is littered with balloons, it looks like a seasonal overlay of the 2008 DVD, very similar: -The WDW brochure inside has also been updated for the celebration: -More interestingly, this brochure features … Read more

Shaking Up the Celebration

Even though we are just about three weeks away from the beginning of the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign at the Walt Disney World Resort, we have already had a major change in plans. Now don’t panic just yet, it’s actually quite a positive one. Instead of taking the same exact concept that Disneyland park … Read more

“Commercial” Appeal

Just thought we would take a moment to look at some recent commercials the Walt Disney World Resort has put together for a variety of topics:    Holidays at WDW    A more recent “What Will You Celebrate?” commercial    3-D Theaters on the Disney Cruise Line

Yet Another “What Will You Celebrate?” Website

While there are still 3 months remaining in the long running Year of a Million Dreams at the Disney Parks, the marketing campaign for “What Will You Celebrate?” is already in full swing. If you head over to the official Walt Disney World website, you can plainly see that the mouse-ear balloons have already taken over the … Read more

“What Will You Celebrate?” Now Official

Here is a press release from earlier today on all the details for next year’s new “Disney Parks” celebration:   NEW YORK (Sept. 18, 2008) – Everyone who visits a Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort theme park on their birthday in 2009 can get in free, as Disney Parks embraces a newly identified … Read more

DCA Preview Center Opening Pushed Back

According to MiceAge, the opening of the DCA Preview Center has been pushed back 1 month. There are a couple of factors as to why the date was pushed back. Firstly, Jay Rasulo should be announcing Magical Celebrations, the follow-up promotion to the Year of a Million Dreams on September 18th in New York. Secondly, … Read more

Monday in the Parks DLR Update

Let’s take a look through some of the latest happenings through-out the Disneyland Resort, brought up in both pictures & words in this week’s Monday in the Parks on MiceAge: A couple updates for you on the Miley Cyrus Sweet 16 event that is being held on October 5th. Turns out that regular Disneyland guests … Read more

Getting Ready for Magical Celebrations

In case you didn’t hear our last report on Magical Celebrations a few weeks ago, It is set to be the event that replaces the Year of a Million Dreams Celebration at the Walt Disney World Resort in January 2009. However, don’t expect free giveaways and new entertainment to be the focus of the next year-long marketing campaign. … Read more