Disney News

A 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

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®

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

The 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

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 dates: Jan. 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 dates: Jan. 4, 18, Feb. 1, 15, Mar. 1, 15, 29, Apr. 12, 26, May 10

Alaska from Vancouver – Disney Cruises 2013

The 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

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?

Disneyland® Park is celebrating the year of the dragon during their Happy Lunar New Year Celebration! Taking place Jan. 20-29, guests will experience special cultural performances, unique food offerings, fun activities, and character meet-and-greet opportunities in front of “it’s a small world.” Observed within the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures, Lunar New Year is an opportunity for families and friends to gather and wish each other good fortune and good health for the coming year.

Some highlights of the celebration include:

• Daily cultural performances include a Chinese Dragon dance troupe, lion dancers, ribbon wand dancers, Korean drummers, Vietnamese musicians and dancers, and martial artists.
• Mulan’s Chinese New Year Procession
• Character meet-and-greets with Mulan, Mushu, and Chip ‘n’ Dale dressed in festive Asian-inspired attire.
• Special food offerings including edamame, chocolate churros, eggrolls, and almond cookies.

The celebration takes place daily from 10 am to 5 pm Jan. 20-29* in front of “it’s a small world”® (weather permitting). Admission to the Disneyland® Park is required.

*On Jan. 24 and 26, offerings are limited to Character meet and greets only