Disney News

You’ll Be the Designer at Re-Imagined Test Track

This April, one of Epcot’s® most popular attractions, Test Track®, will close for refurbishment. When it reopens in Fall of 2012, it will present guests with a whole new experience!

The re-imagining of the attraction will change the queue area into a new “Chevrolet Design Center” allowing guests to become automotive designers. After creating their own custom concept vehicle, guests buckle in to one of the 6-person Test Track® “SimCars” and try out their customized vehicle on the Test Track® circuit. After experiencing the hills, switchbacks and straight-aways of the circuit, guests will receive scores in the post-show area grading the performance of their concept vehicles.

Exact closure dates have not been announced. As of now, the Future World attraction is scheduled to be closed April – September 2012.

By |2017-06-27T10:23:32-05:00January 30th, 2012|Categories: Disney News|0 Comments

Behind-the-Curtain of the Disney Fantasy’s New Show “Wishes”

Disney Cruise Line’s® newest ship, Disney Fantasy™, will provide guests with a host of entertainment options on their 7-night sailings. One of those options will be “Wishes,” a new original stage show which will be seen exclusively aboard the Disney Fantasy™.

“Wishes” is a musical journey about three best friends who discover the secret to being a grown-up is staying connected to their inner child. Of course, the story will be told through several favorite Disney songs – including “Hakuna Matata,” ”Kiss the Girl,” and “When You Wish Upon a Star.”

Hear more about the show from the Directors,
Choreographer and Walt Disney Imagineers:

httpvh://youtu.be/GEFv-vbEQHY

“Wishes” is presented during each sailing on the Disney Fantasy™ inside the 1,340-seat Walt Disney Theatre. Refer to your Personal Navigator for dates and times.

By |2012-01-29T12:17:30-05:00January 29th, 2012|Categories: Disney Cruise Line News, Disney News|0 Comments

Star Wars Weekends Return to Walt Disney World in May 2012

Star Wars™ Weekends will return the Walt Disney World® Resort May 18 – June 10, 2012. Taking place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios™, the event celebrates the popular Star Wars™ films and the animated TV series Star Wars™: The Clone Wars.

In addition to the Star Wars™ experiences Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ host year round – Stars Tours The Adventure Continue and the Jedi Training Academy – several additional activities are available for guest during the event:

  • Meet-and-Greet opportunities with many Star Wars™ characters
  • Autograph sessions with Star Wars™ actors and creative talent
  • Star Wars™ parades and motorcades
  • Hyperspace Hoopla – a party that ends the day with music, comedy and dancing
  • One-of-a-kind Star Wars™ memorabilia

The event runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10, 2012 and requires regular theme park admission. We will bring you additional information about Star Wars™ Weekend as it is released.

Star Wars Weekends Return to Walt Disney World in May 2012

Star Wars™ Weekends will return the Walt Disney World® Resort May 18 – June 10, 2012. Taking place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios™, the event celebrates the popular Star Wars™ films and the animated TV series Star Wars™: The Clone Wars.

In addition to the Star Wars™ experiences Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ host year round – Stars Tours The Adventure Continue and the Jedi Training Academy – several additional activities are available for guest during the event:

  • Meet-and-Greet opportunities with many Star Wars™ characters
  • Autograph sessions with Star Wars™ actors and creative talent
  • Star Wars™ parades and motorcades
  • Hyperspace Hoopla – a party that ends the day with music, comedy and dancing
  • One-of-a-kind Star Wars™ memorabilia

The event runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10, 2012 and requires regular theme park admission. We will bring you additional information about Star Wars™ Weekend as it is released.

By |2017-06-27T10:23:32-05:00January 28th, 2012|Categories: Disney News|0 Comments

Mad T Party Brings an Unique Event to Disney California Adventure Park

Mad T Party Concept ArtA fun new show will be taking over the stage at the Hollywood Pictures Backlot in the Disney California Adventure® Park. ElecTRONica will have its last show this spring to make room for the Mad T Party.

The Mad T Party, based on Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” will feature many familiar characters with a few surprises! The new nighttime family celebration will have a live band, games, dancing, and some very unique entertainment.

The psychedelic event will start Summer 2012. We will bring you more details as they become available.

*Images are Walt Disney Imagineering Concept Art, actual construction and show design may vary

Mad T Party Brings an Unique Event to Disney California Adventure Park

Mad T Party Concept ArtA fun new show will be taking over the stage at the Hollywood Pictures Backlot in the Disney California Adventure® Park. ElecTRONica will have its last show this spring to make room for the Mad T Party.

The Mad T Party, based on Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” will feature many familiar characters with a few surprises! The new nighttime family celebration will have a live band, games, dancing, and some very unique entertainment.

The psychedelic event will start Summer 2012. We will bring you more details as they become available.

*Images are Walt Disney Imagineering Concept Art, actual construction and show design may vary

By |2017-06-27T10:23:33-05:00January 27th, 2012|Categories: Disney News|0 Comments

Disney Fantasy Departs Shipyard Harbor

The Disney Fantasy™ has departed the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany where it was constructed. It will now convey down the River Ems into the North Sea. Disney Fantasy™ will undergo Sea Trials through February 16th when it is expected to cross the Atlantic toward its homeport in Port Canaveral, Florida.

With a maiden voyage scheduled for March 31, 2012, the Disney Fantasy™ will sail seven-night cruises alternating between an Eastern and Western Caribbean itinerary with a stop at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island.

Check out this time-lapse video of the construction of the Disney Fantasy

httpvh://youtu.be/DNsiORVzXzY

2012 Brings Changes for the Disney Dining Plan

Many of our clients appreciate the convenience and savings of adding one of Disney’s dining plans onto their Magic Your Way® Package. In 2012, several changes have been made to the plans at the Walt Disney World® Resort.

  • All 3 plans (plus Quick Service Dining, plus Dining, and plus Deluxe Dining) now all come with a Resort-Refillable Drink Mug for each person on your reservation. This Resort mug  allows you to receive unlimited refills of select drinks at any quick-service restaurant at your Disney Resort hotel during your stay.
  • Several new restaurant locations have been added as table service participants in the Disney Dining Plan. New locations include:
    • Bistro de Paris – Epcot®
    • Fultons Crab House – Downtown Disney®
    • Wolfgang Puck®: The Dining Room (upstairs) – Downtown Disney®
    • Paradiso 37 – Downtown Disney®
    • Rainforest Cafe – Downtown Disney® and Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
    • T-REX Cafe™ – Downtown Disney®
    • House of Blues® – Downtown Disney®
    • Bongos Cuban Cafe™ – Downtown Disney®
    • Portobello – Downtown Disney®
By |2017-06-27T10:23:33-05:00January 25th, 2012|Categories: Disney News, Walt Disney World News|0 Comments

2012 Brings Changes for the Disney Dining Plan

Many of our clients appreciate the convenience and savings of adding one of Disney’s dining plans onto their Magic Your Way® Package. In 2012, several changes have been made to the plans at the Walt Disney World® Resort.

  • All 3 plans (plus Quick Service Dining, plus Dining, and plus Deluxe Dining) now all come with a Resort-Refillable Drink Mug for each person on your reservation. This Resort mug  allows you to receive unlimited refills of select drinks at any quick-service restaurant at your Disney Resort hotel during your stay.
  • Several new restaurant locations have been added as table service participants in the Disney Dining Plan. New locations include:
    • Bistro de Paris – Epcot®
    • Fultons Crab House – Downtown Disney®
    • Wolfgang Puck®: The Dining Room (upstairs) – Downtown Disney®
    • Paradiso 37 – Downtown Disney®
    • Rainforest Cafe – Downtown Disney® and Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
    • T-REX Cafe™ – Downtown Disney®
    • House of Blues® – Downtown Disney®
    • Bongos Cuban Cafe™ – Downtown Disney®
    • Portobello – Downtown Disney®
By |2017-06-27T10:23:33-05:00January 25th, 2012|Categories: Disney News|0 Comments

Disney Cruises 2013 with New Ports and Itineraries

Disney Cruises 2013

Disney Cruise Line® will sail from and make visits to new ports in 2013! Exciting new itineraries include an European cruise with visits to Venice Italy and the Greek Isles. The Port of Miami will also serve as a second home port in Florida offering Caribbean sailings.

Bookings for the new 2013 sailings begin Jan. 26, 2012. Here is a sneak peek at some of the highlights of the new schedule:

Mediterranean via Barcelona – Disney Cruises 2013

Disney Cruises 2013The Disney Magic® returns to Europe on June 1, 2013, with an updated Mediterranean itineraries. Guest will have a choice of a four-night option and special 12-night sailings in addition to seven-night itineraries treating guests to the best of Europe.

The new 12-night sailings visit destinations such as Venice, Italy, and Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast on one itinerary and Ephesus, Turkey and the Greek Isles including Athens, on another. Each itinerary will offer a sailing departing in June and another departing in July.

All itineraries depart from Barcelona, Spain. Rates start at $796 per person for four-night cruises, $1,015 per person for seven-night cruises and $2,244 for 12-night cruises for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

     4-night Mediterranean Getaway

  • Ports: Barcelona; Nice (Villefranche), France; Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jul. 9, Aug. 6

     7-night Mediterranean Cruise

  • Ports: Barcelona; Nice (Villefranche), France; Florence (La Spezia), Italy; Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Naples, Italy
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jun. 1, 8, Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31

     12-night Mediterranean with Greece

  • Ports: Barcelona; Nice (Villefranche), France; Florence (La Spezia), Italy; Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey; Mykonos, Greece; Valetta, Malta
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jun. 15, Jul. 13

     12-night Mediterranean with Venice

  • Ports: Barcelona; Nice (Villefranche), France; Florence (La Spezia), Italy; Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Naples, Italy; Venice, Italy (overnight); Dubrovnik, Croatia; Valetta, Malta
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jun. 27, Jul. 25

Bahamas and Western Caribbean from Miami – Disney Cruises 2013

The Disney Wonder® will call Miami home from Jan. 5, 2013, to May 2, 2013. Starting off with one seven- and one six-night Caribbean sailing,  the schedule will transition to four- and five-night cruises to the Bahamas and Western Caribbean.  These four- and five-night cruises have a variety of itineraries. Ports of call may include Cozumel, Mexico; Grand Cayman; Key West; Nassau, Bahamas, and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay.

Rates for four- and five-night cruises departing from Miami start at $440 per person for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

     5-night Caribbean

  • Ports: Miami, Cozumel, Castaway Cay
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jan. 5, 19, Feb. 2, 16, Mar. 2, 16, 30, Apr. 13, 27

     5-night Caribbean

  • Ports: Miami, Grand Cayman, Cozumel
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jan. 14, 28, Feb. 11, 25, Mar. 11, 25, Apr. 8, 22

     4-night Bahamas

  • Ports: Miami, Key West, Nassau, Castaway Cay
  • 2013 Departure dates: Jan. 10, 24, Feb. 7, 21, Mar. 7, 21, Apr. 4, 18, May 2

     7-Night Eastern Caribbean Holiday Cruise

  • Ports: Miami, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Castaway Cay
  • 2012 Departure date: Dec. 23

     6-Night Western Caribbean New Year Cruise

  • Ports: Miami, Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel
  • 2012 Departure date: Dec. 30

Western Caribbean from Galveston – Disney Cruises 2013

The Disney Magic®, which begins sailing from Texas later in 2012, will continue to sail to the Western Caribbean from the Port of Galveston through May 2013.

Rates start at $750 per person for six-night cruises and $920 per person for eight-night cruises departing from Galveston for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

     6-night Caribbean

  • Ports: Galveston, Grand Cayman, Cozumel
  • 2012 Departure dates: Dec. 15 and 29
  • 2013 Departure datesJan. 12, 26, Feb. 9, 23, Mar. 9, 23, Apr. 6, 20, May 4

     8-night Caribbean

  • Ports: Galveston, Key West, Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, Cozumel
  • 2012 Departure dates: Dec. 21
  • 2013 Departure datesJan. 4, 18, Feb. 1, 15, Mar. 1, 15, 29, Apr. 12, 26, May 10

Alaska from Vancouver – Disney Cruises 2013

Disney Cruises 2013The Disney Wonder® will sail seven-night cruises from Vancouver to Tracy Arm, Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan, Alaska beginning May 27, 2013 .

These sailings include family-friendly Port Adventures that are exclusive-to-Disney and allow guests to best experience Alaska’s natural beauty and rich history. Rates for seven-night Alaska cruises departing from Vancouver start at $1,015 per person for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

     7-night Alaska:

  • Ports: Vancouver, Tracy Arm (scenic cruising through fjord), Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan
  • 2013 Departure dates: May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2

Repositioning Cruises

The Disney Wonder® will offer three repositioning sailings in 2012-2013.

     14-Night Panama Canal Repositioning Cruise – Los Angeles to Miami

  • Ports: Los Angeles, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Panama Canal, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Miami
  • 2012 Departure date: Dec. 9

     14-Night Panama Canal Repositioning Cruise – Miami to Los Angeles

  • Ports: Miami, Cartagena Columbia, Panama Canal, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Los Angeles
  • 2013 Departure date: May 6

    7-Night Pacific Coast Cruise Cruise – Los Angeles to Vancouver

  • Ports: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Victoria Cananda, Vancouver Canada
  • 2013 Departure date: May 20

The Disney Magic® will offer a repositioning sailing from the Port of Galveston to Barcelona, Spain.

     14-Night Trans-Atlantic Repositioning Cruise

  • Ports: Galveston, Castaway Cay, Funchal Madeira, Gibraltar, Barcelona Spain
  • 2013 Departure date: May 18

Caribbean and Bahamas from Port Canaveral – Disney Cruises 2013

No major changes will be made for the itineraries of the Disney Dream™ and Disney Fantasy™ in 2013.

The Disney Fantasy™ will sail out of Port Canaveral on seven-night Caribbean itineraries – alternating eastern (St. Maarten and St. Thomas) and western (Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, Cozumel). Disney Cruise Line® will add a stop to San Juan, Puerto Rico to the Eastern Caribbean sailings, Jan. – Apr. 2013. All Disney Fantasy™ itineraries include a stop at Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay. Rates for seven-night Caribbean cruises on the Disney Fantasy™ start at $1,085 per person for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

The Disney Dream™ will sail three-, four- and five-night cruises from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay. Rates for three- and four-night Bahamian cruises on the Disney Dream™ start at $450 per person for a standard inside stateroom, based on double occupancy.

Request a quote from your Magic Maker® and find out how a small deposit can hold your space on one of Disney Cruise Line’s® new and exciting itineraries! Where will your Disney Cruises 2013 take you?

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