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WDWNT is Your D23 Expo Central – August 8, 9, 10, & 11, 2013

August 7, 2013

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Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

Since the first D23 Expo back in 2009, we here at WDWNT have strived to bring you the absolute best coverage of this amazing, multi-day event. Well, this weekend will be no different. With multiple reporters in attendance as credentialed media, we look to bring the excitement of the D23 Expo to you faster and … Read more

Mary Poppins Penguin Fountain To Grace The Villas at the Grand Floridian

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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When guests enter the Grand Atrium Lobby of the Villas at the Grand Floridian, not only will they find two 45-foot-long gold chandeliers, but they will also find this charming fountain: Made of bronze, guests will find seven penguins from Mary Poppins in playful poses in this lobby feature Here is an artist crafting the … Read more

Dirk Wallen’s 8/2/13 Downtown Disney/Disney Springs Photo Report

August 5, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Downtown Disney to check out the progress on Disney Springs and has a few photos to share with us from his trip: Still not much to see from the main entrance of Pleasure Island From the other side, we can see that Comedy Warehouse has been leveled All gone Work … Read more

New Disneyland Official Album Arrives August 20th!

July 30, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Finally announced, a new Disneyland Resort official album is on the way to shopping locations around property on August 20th. Here is the track listing with the 13 new additions to the album in bold italics: Disc 1 All Aboard! Married Life (Main Street U.S.A. Loop) The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Indiana Jones and the … Read more

New Walt Disney World Official Album Arrives August 20th!

July 30, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Finally announced, a new Walt Disney World Resort official album is on the way to shopping locations around property on August 20th. Here is the track listing with the 9 new additions to the album in bold italics: Disc 1 All Aboard! Flitterin’ (New Main Street U.S.A. Loop) The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Swisskapolka Yo … Read more

Dirk Wallen’s 7/27-29/13 WDW Photo Report

July 30, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Downtown Disney over the last three days and has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: More touch-point entrances are being installed at Epcot The exit has been moved to accommodate this work Work continues … Read more

Festival of the Lion King Moves and AVATAR Land Construction Begin 2014

March 4, 2019July 29, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

Disney today officially confirmed that Festival of the Lion King at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park will be moving to that new theater in Africa we recently posted about and stated that the new theater will open sometime in 2014. This announcement confirms that AVATAR Land construction that was supposed to break ground in 2013 … Read more

Joe Hogarty’s 7/25/13 Disney Springs Construction Photo Report

July 25, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty headed to Downtown Disney to check out the latest progress on the Disney Springs project and found quite a bit going on, so let’s take a look: Heading into what is now still Pleasure Island We expect concept art to go on these walls soon, but for now it is just … Read more

World of Color: Winter Dreams Show for the Holiday Season Officially Announced

July 25, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Beginning November 15th, 2013 at Disney California Adventure is an entirely new version of World of Color called Winter Dreams. The show will feature characters from Bambi, Frozen, Fantasia and Toy Story among many others. Here is the video announcement from Imagineer Steve Davison: The show will be hosted by Olaf the snowman, from the … Read more

New Star Wars Attractions, AVATAR Land, and Disney Springs To Be Previewed at D23 Expo 2013

July 24, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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This week’s Disney Insider had an interesting tidbit about the parks and resorts area the the 2013 D23 Expo: We’re also going to be doing sneak peeks at upcoming projects – including Disney Springs, the reimagining of Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort. There will be teasers for new attractions based on Avatar and … Read more

Downtown Disney Plans Parking Changes To Accommodate Disney Springs Construction

July 24, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Walls are up all around what is currently Pleasure Island and work is expected to begin in some sections of the Downtown Disney Marketplace next month, but Disney Springs construction is about to get a lot messier and Disney is ready for it. With several of the parking areas in Downtown Disney set to close … Read more

VIDEO: A Look Back at Long-Lost Friends Week at the Magic Kingdom

July 23, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Last week as part of Limited Time Magic, the Magic Kingdom hosted Long Lost Friends Week, bringing back characters from Robin Hood, Chicken Little, Song of the South, and The Princess and the Frog to the park.In case you missed it, we have some video of all of the characters to share with you:

A Look at the the MyMagic+ Touch-To-Pay System at Table Service Restaurants

July 22, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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Since MyMagic+ and MagicBands were announced (and even when they were just rumored), many of us have wondered exactly how they would work in every aspect of a Walt Disney World vacation. Over the last few months, we have seen the system operate with FastPass+ for attractions, order ahead dining at counter service locations, and … Read more

Tom Corless’ 7/12-14/13 WDW Photo Report

July 18, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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I spent a majority of last weekend visiting the Magic Kingdom and I took a number of newsworthy photos to share, so let’s take a look at what’s new around the park: The Villas at the Grand Floridian are looking great Moving to the Magic Kingdom, the MyMagic+ service center is sitting dormant in Town … Read more

Joe Hogarty’s 7/15/13 Magic Kingdom Photo Report

August 22, 2013July 16, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty visited the Magic Kingdom on Monday to see the start of Long Lost Friends Week as part of Limited Time Magic and he took a number of newsworthy photos to share, so let’s take a look: It’s Long Lost Friends Week again as part of Limited Time Magic! Chicken Little and … Read more

Dirk Wallen’s 7/10-12/13 WDW Photo Report

March 4, 2019July 15, 2013

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Tom Corless

Tom has been regularly visiting the Walt Disney World® Resort from the time he was 4 months old. While he has made countless visits in the last 28 years, he did not become a truly active member in the Disney fan community until the summer of 2007, when he decided to launch the WDW News Today website and podcast. Tom has since become an Orlando-local and is a published author on Walt Disney World. Contact Tom at tom@wdwnt.com.

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WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot last week and has a number of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: Work continues on the Villas at the Grand Floridian as we approach the opening in October Things are still a bit of a mess right … Read more

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