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    Cinderella Suite Tour - My Review

    Not sure where exactly to post this but my wife and I got to go on the Cinderella Suite tour on Monday and must say it was fantastic. I wrote a bit up about it at http://joelandkristine.com/index.php/2008/12/16/tour-of-the-cinderella-dream-suite-at-the-magic-kingdom/ and have about 70 photos i...
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    Lucky The Dinosaur in New York

    Looks like Lucky is alive and kickin in New York! http://tinyurl.com/6gdttr
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    Disney Dining Plan now for APs

    I just got an e-mail from Disney that APs now can get the DDP. Not sure if this has been posted yet or not. I also just checked and did a fake booking and sure enough the option is there.
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    Issues with AP discounted room rate

    Make sure you bring your reservation if you booked using AP discounted rates. I got to AKL this morning and they wanted to charge me like $350 (regular price for a standard room) when I had booked it at $185. thankfully I had the reservation email on my Treo otherwise they said they would...
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    Live Trip Report for Epcot's 25th (9/30-10/2)

    We drove down from Jacksonville after going to the FSU vs Alabama game (go Noles!) to enjoy the Celebration 25 at Epcot.... I hope to post as many photos as I can for those who couldn't make it :) maybe some video as well if my battery holds out. Checking into Old Key West... We were...
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    Live Trip Report for September 16

    Little blurry but they look like they are setting up shelves in the construction at the contemporary Construction on the new 'something' next to the contemporary... Magic Kingdom all dressed up for Halloween. Love the new awning with working fans on a hot day.... HM refurb was...
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    Live trip report for Aug 19

    Well the wife and I are going to run by Epcot for the day and maybe MGM later on. So i'm going to do another live trip report while we are here. We started out our day at the DTD entrance. I noticed these new signs for parking. The wand is all gone except a little stub that is maybe 20...
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    Pleasure Island opens new cigar bar

    Sosa Cigars has opened an upscale cigar bar in Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island area, providing a lounge for wine, beer, cocktails, specialty coffees, other beverages -- and tobacco products that are banned in other Downtown Disney establishments. The new lounge, called Fuego by Sosa Cigars...
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    WDW Blackout Blues

    Well it's that time again... no more WDW till August :( But on the upside the weather is way to stinking hot and crowds too large which is why i love the Forida Resident Seasonal Pass... its just annyoing cause were heading down to the area next weekend to visit my father-in-law for Fathers Day.
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    3 new children's rides open at SeaWorld Orlando

    Take that, Fantasyland, Seuss Landing, KidZone and DinoLand U.S.A.: SeaWorld Orlando has added three more kiddie rides to Shamu's Happy Harbor, and delivered a message to crosstown rivals. It's on. "This puts us with probably the best children's-themed area in town," declared SeaWorld...
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    Disney workers agree to contract extension

    Walt Disney World and the unions representing 21,000 of its employees agreed late Monday to a labor contract extension, following last week's rejection by the union members of a proposed three-year contract. On Friday the members of the six-union Service Trades Council voted 2,870-2,583 to...
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    South Korea may get Universal park, resort

    Universal Parks & Resorts has taken a step toward establishing a theme park in South Korea. The entertainment company has granted Uskor & Associates Ltd., a Korean company, exclusive rights to develop and operate a Universal Studios theme-park resort in Korea. The two companies announced the...
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    Disney opens online store for its own media players

    Walt Disney Co., the second-largest U.S. media company, has started an online store to sell music and videos for its own, proprietary media players, similar to Apple Inc.'s iPod. The Mix Central site will offer podcasts, video clips and films from the company's television and movie studios and...
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    Disney, council reach labor pact

    Good news for some CM's A tentative labor agreement announced Wednesday night between Walt Disney World Resort and its largest labor group -- promising some workers pay raises of 4 percent or more -- is being opposed by one union. The three-year contract with the Service Trades Council...
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    Heavy smoke from I-10 to the turnpike

    just a heads up to anyone traveling to wdw on I-10 or I-75... there is heavy smoke from the fire south of jacksonville and a new one south of gainesville. both have very limited visibility and make it hard to breath. just drove through it going home from wdw.
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    Live trip report - May 6-7

    Hey all.. Time for another live trip report Checking into the caribbean resort for the night... The wife and I are trying to stay in a different resort each trip. I know its a bad picture but it seems there are new paint jobs for Disney Cruise busses. It looks a lot more like the ships...
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    Universal Studios park to rise in Dubai resort

    I'd be surprised if this works out... i just don't see the population in that area supporting parks like that... A Universal Studios theme park will be a cornerstone attraction in the huge Dubailand vacation resort rapidly rising in the United Arab Emirates. The park, to be called Universal...
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    WDW expands links to Lynx

    So maybe now it will be easier to be carless at WDW Walt Disney World matched money from a federal grant program Friday to help Lynx expand its public bus service, mainly for Disney employees who work some late shifts. Disney's $220,000 gift, matching a federal grant, will allow Lynx to extend...
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    Buena Vista units will take Disney name

    Walt Disney Co. will change the name of its Buena Vista entertainment divisions to Disney within weeks, people involved in the plans said. Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger is seeking to simplify the company's marketing and reduce costs by narrowing most brand names to Disney, ABC and...
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    Disney's report details deaths and injuries to the state

    Two men who succumbed after being on Walt Disney World attractions this winter both died of natural causes, according to the Orange/Osceola Medical Examiner's Office. Disney reported the deaths of Oscar Wicker Jr., 51, of Pulaski, Miss., and John Parietti, 67, of New York, plus two serious...
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