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NEW THIS WEEK WALT DISNEY WORLD VACATION PACKAGE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY 2011 Package: Valid January 1 - February 17, 2011, May 1 - June 2, 2011 or August 1 - November 18, 2011. Book before November 1, 2010. Book at least a 5-night + ticket package and your whole party gets FREE dining during your entire stay. Stay at moderates and receive a Counter Service Dining Plan; stay at a Disney Deluxe resort and receive the Disney Dining Plan. -------------------------------- DISNEY'S PHOTOPASS CD DEAL A PhotoPass card allows you to view and share online the photos taken by Disney's PhotoPass Photographers in the parks. The CD includes all photos from your Disney's PhotoPass cards in .jpg format, with high resolution for printing. Save $50 with this deal! Pay only $99.95 instead of $149.95! Or save $80 on Disney's Ultimate Package! --------------------------------------- WALT DISNEY WORLD KIDS STAY, PLAY AND EAT FREE CREDIT CARD OFFER 4-night/5-day package (room, tickets and Quick-Service Dining) + kids 3-9 stay, play and eat for FREE! Must charge your vacation to a particular credit card and use this discount code. -------------------------------- DOWNTOWN DISNEY RESORT HOTEL ROOM AND DINING DEAL Save 20% and kids eat FREE - including Character Breakfast! - any time in 2010 if you book by May 5, 2010. -------------------------------- SEAWORLD TICKET PROMOTION Get a child's ticket for only $5 with this promotion! -------------------------------- ORLANDO HOTEL AND SUITES Stay at this Official Walt Disney World Good Neighbor Hotel for $35 a night any time in May! One of the closest hotels in Kissimmee to Walt Disney World and all the other Orlando and Kissimmee attractions - located just 3 short miles to the Main Gate. Beth writes: "It opened in 1973, but despite its age it’s in great shape. The standard rooms have two reasonably comfy double beds, a small frig and tiny microwave, and a single-sink wash area. The small bathrooms have a tub/shower combo, and the HVAC works well. No elevators, though, and there are two floors so be prepared for stairs. Resort amenities include an arcade, restaurant, small bar, two heated pools w/ hot tub, a food court of sorts (better than nothing) and a convenience store area. Plenty of parking even when most of the 614 rooms are filled. They do provide complimentary Disney transportation, with three departures and three returns available during our weekend. Also includes FREE breakfast for children 10 and under and it's pet friendly." -------------------------------- DISNEY WORLD/FLORIDA BY TRAIN Kids travel for only $19! -------------------------------- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESORTS 2 FOR 1 SUMMER SPECIAL
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE "WORLD" WALT DISNEY WORLD Woman Injured When Disney Ferry, Boat Collide Mediterranean cruise onboard the Disney Magic - Editor in Chief Carolyn Spencer Brown is sharing her adventures ashore and onboard via a daily live video blog Renewing Disney pass means giving up memento Disney says it's creating sequel to 'Monsters Inc.' and working on new Muppets movie Walt Disney World Monthly Calendar -------------------------------- OUTSIDE WALT DISNEY WORLD Universal CityWalk Calendar And Venue Entertainment - May 2010 Islands of Adventure: Fresh photo of Wizarding World of Harry Potter entry Make mom feel special with these Mother's Day specials SeaWorld, other marine-wildlife parks need more federal oversight, critics tell Congress New airport, new flights open travel between Orlando and Panhandle - fares from Orlando as low as $49 one way A Mother’s Day brunch in Vero Beach at Gloria Estefan's resort Road-trip tips: Beating boredom on the road Universal's Blue Man Group teaches kids how to connect CoCo Key Water Resort ready to make a splash between I-Drive and I-4 Airline wants to charge for carry-ons? No problem. - packing tips eliminate carry-on luggage Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens reveal Mother’s Day plans -------------------------------- DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
-------------------------------- DISNEYLAND PARIS -------------------------------- DISNEYLAND TOKYO Tokyo Disneyland Park will welcome the return of Captain EO after a hiatus of about 14 years What's new at Tokyo Disneyland -------------------------------- DISNEYLAND HONG KONG What's new at Disneyland Hong Kong -------------------------------- LAS VEGAS -------------------------------- BRANSON, MO -------------------------------- BEAU RIVAGE RESORT & CASINO BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI Beau Rivage Entertainment Schedule -------------------------------- HAWAII Hawaii: 20 Big Island meals for less than $20 - Faced with pricey restaurants, what's a budget-conscious visitor to do? Local food experts dish on the best deals for 'ono kine.' -------------------------------- NOTE: News sources remove their articles rather quickly. If you receive a "File Not Found" error message, search the source's archives for the story. Certain news organizations require a free registration to view their articles online.
Tinker Bell Brings New Magic to Disney's ‘Main Street Electrical Parade’ for ‘Summer Nightastic!’ Beginning June 6 When the "Main Street Electrical Parade" returns to Magic Kingdom for a limited engagement this summer, the cherished Disney nighttime spectacle will have a new glow. Tinker Bell will sprinkle her pixie dust to illuminate the classic parade. The parade’s highly recognizable musical theme will be brightened by new technology. The parade, which normally is featured at Disneyland Resort in California, was last at Walt Disney World Resort from 1999 into 2001. But as it returns to Magic Kingdom to headline "Summer Nightastic!" June 6 through Aug. 14, 2010, "Main Street Electrical Parade" will be showcasing lots of features never before seen - or heard - in Florida. Tinker Bell leads the procession on an all-new float, and her trail of pixie dust enchants all the parade floats with new beauty along the way. The popular pixie waves from the basket of a balloon floating gracefully above a magical garden shimmering with fairy light. In addition, enhanced versions of two classic favorites will return to the lineup after a 13-year hiatus - the shimmering diamond mine of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the Pleasure Island haunts of Pinocchio. WHAT: The parade twinkles with approximately half a million lights. Of those, nearly 10,000 are new "pixie dust" lights spread over the 23 parade floats. The new LED lights use one-quarter of the power of incandescent lights. The Tinker Bell float alone has more than 25,000 points of light and 75 percent are powered by an LED source. WHEN: Nightly beginning Sunday, June 6, and continuing through Saturday, Aug. 14, in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. LIGHTS ON DEMAND: A new control system makes it possible, for the first time, for each light to be programmed individually. One example is the new Tinker Bell float, which has 160 dimmers, by far the most of any parade float, to control the lighting. Programming for this parade took approximately two months. AN EVEN BETTER HOEDOWN: The unforgettable musical theme of the "Main Street Electrical Parade," which has inspired several generations of Disneyland Resort guests to clap along, was adapted from a synthesizer piece known as "Baroque Hoedown," written in 1967 by Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jaques Perrey. Disney themes are superimposed over the original piece. For "Summer Nightastic!," the distinctive "electro-sytho-magnetic" "Baroque Hoedown" has new audio technology that gives it a richer, fuller sound. MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE FUN FACTS * More than 80 performers appear in each presentation of Disney’s "Main Street Electrical Parade." * There are 11,000 lights on the dancers’ costumes alone. Thanks to the energy-efficient LED lights, some of the dancers’ costumes now carry only one battery pack instead of two. * All the floats are battery-powered. More than 500 batteries supply power for lighting, propulsion, audio and special effects. * Approximately five miles of wire is used throughout the floats. * The tallest float in the parade is the Cinderella clock tower, at 18.5 feet tall. * The Fireworks Finale float, the longest in the parade, has seven cars that span 118 feet. MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE HISTORY * "Summer Nightastic!" 2010 will mark the return of the original Disneyland "Main Street Electrical Parade" to Walt Disney World Resort. Previously the parade had a limited engagement in Florida from 1999 through 2001. * The original "Main Street Electrical Parade" premiered at Disneyland on June 17, 1972. * The parade was presented at Disneyland nearly every summer until it was "retired" in 1996. * A version of the "Main Street Electrical Parade" was created for Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in 1977. * The Magic Kingdom version was presented until 1991 when it was replaced by "SpectroMagic" ("Main Street Electrical Parade" was refurbished for the opening of Disneyland Resort Paris). * The original Disneyland "Main Street Electrical Parade" was brought out of retirement and extensively refurbished for a limited engagement at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom from 1999 into 2001. * Following the conclusion of the parade’s limited engagement at Walt Disney World Resort, it premiered at Disney’s California Adventure in July 2001 as "Disney’s Electrical Parade." * The parade has been performed more than 5,000 times at Disneyland Resort. * The original "Main Street Electrical Parade" floats were "flatter" and less three-dimensional than the current floats. While new floats have been added through the years, some have been retired: "it’s a small world" float, Briny Deep float, and special anniversary floats for Disneyland’s 25th Anniversary (1980) and Mickey Mouse’s 60th Birthday (1988). * One of the original floats, the Title Drum Unit near the beginning of the parade, was created using an actual bass drum, one of the world’s largest in 1972. This drum had been used in Disneyland parades in the 1960s, when Mickey Mouse used to beat it using large drumsticks. * A third version of the parade has been presented at Tokyo Disney Resort (premiering 1985). MORE ABOUT ‘SUMMER NIGHTASTIC!’ From June 6 through Aug. 14, 2010, Walt Disney World guests will be able to see Disney's "Main Street Electrical Parade," experience new special effects at The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror, thrill to the new "Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Spectacular," and groove to a dance party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and to the "Sounds Like Summer" concert series at Epcot. (Source: Press release, 04/27/10)
Are You Suffering Withdrawal From WDW? You know ... that empty feeling you get when you arrive back home from your vacation at WDW and realize it may be a while before you experience that Disney magic again? We have had that feeling ourselves many times. Yet, we always seem to feel better when we read about the experiences of others who share their trip reports with us. It's almost like being there again. We invite you, our readers, to send us some feedback about your experiences during your latest vacation at WDW. Reports on Disney weddings, honeymoons, cruises, and resort vacations on and off Disney property are all welcome. Send your email to: johngross@affordabledisney.com . Thanks!
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