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PHOTOS: Main Street Bakery Serving Starbucks Holds Limited Soft-Opening

June 16, 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.

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Earlier today, the Main Street Bakery held a limited soft-opening as they prepare to open with Starbucks items to serve guests on Tuesday. We were lucky enough to be a part of that test today and I managed to take some photos of the largely remodeled Main Street Bakery at the Magic Kingdom for you … Read more

The Lone Ranger Movie Preview Now Being Offered at Hollywood Studios

June 14, 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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Starting this week at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the former ABC Sound Studio that was home to Sounds Dangerous was converted into a theater featuring a preview of Disney’s upcoming film, The Lone Ranger. The preview opens at 10am daily and is open to all guests Just for attending, guests get a free Lone Ranger button The … Read more

A Week’s Worth of Special Fireworks to Mark July 4th, 2013 at WDW

June 13, 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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Disney Parks guests can get their red, white and blue on for an entire week during a special tribute to the stars and stripes with Independence Week July 1-7, 2013 — all part of Limited Time Magic at Walt Disney World Resort. It’s a seven-day patriotic extravaganza as Disney Parks honor America with a Fourth of July … Read more

Dirk Wallen’s 6/10/13 Magic Kingdom Photo Report

June 12, 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 on Monday and has plenty of newsworthy photos to share with us, so lets take a look: Work is still in the early stages for the third bus loop at the Magic Kingdom A look at the Villas at the Grand Floridian from across the lagoon An … Read more

VIDEO: Summer Edition of the Main Street Trolley Show Debuts

June 11, 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.

In the last year, we have seen the debut of an autumn and spring edition of the popular Main Street Trolley show at the Magic Kingdom. Well, just last week a new summer edition of the show was unveiled and we have video of it to share with you: So, what do you think of … Read more

Dirk Wallen’s 6/1/13 WDW Photo Report

March 4, 2019June 6, 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 Animal Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: Still no permanent sign installed at the Explorers Outpost Surprisingly, there is still work happening down at the Tree of Life nets Small walls still up Looks like … Read more

Hands-On Preview of Disney Infinity Coming to Car Masters Weekend, June 15th-16th

June 6, 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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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Car Masters Weekend, now in its third year, is the perfect way to celebrate Father’s Day as Downtown Disney West Side hosts a classic car show with a modern twist June 15-16, 2013. Featuring all things “Cars,” the event also showcases meet and greets with Disney•Pixar “Cars” and “Cars 2″ … Read more

PHOTOS: Inside Model Rooms of “The Villas at the Grand Floridian”

June 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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Earlier today, I was lucky enough to get a tour of the model villas for “The Villas at the Grand Floridian” which will be opening in October. Here are photos I took of the deluxe studio and one-bedroom villa model rooms: The hallway Artwork in the hallway First we will look at the studio I’m … Read more

PHOTOS & VIDEO: Epcot Character Spot Re-Opens After Several Months

June 4, 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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Back in the fall of 2012, Epcot Character Spot closed for a lengthy refurbishment, but we were never given a date when it would reopen. At one point, the re-opening was set for March, but March came and went and the original location remained closed. Finally, the original Epcot Character Spot location re-opened this week … Read more

PHOTOS: New Monsters University Meet & Greet Opens at Hollywood Studios

June 3, 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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A few days ago, the former Monsters Inc. meet and greet at Disney’s Hollywood Studios reopened as a Monsters University meet and greet: Some sections of the meet and greet were just slightly altered The new props added have a lot of great details Make sure you read all of them All of the fraternities … Read more

REVIEW: Wilderness Explorers Game Opens at Animal Kingdom

March 4, 2019June 2, 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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Several months ago, Walt Disney World announced that they would debut an experience at Animal Kingdom based on the Wilderness Explorers from the Disney-PIXAR film UP. While we looked for signs of the attraction being installed over the last few months, we were not able to find anything around the park. While there was no … Read more

VIDEO: Mickey and the Magical Map Debuts at Disneyland Park (Full Show)

May 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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After many years, the Fantasyland Theater returned at Disneyland over the weekend with the debut of Mickey and the Magical Map, an all-new stage spectacular. We have full video of the show for you to enjoy: So, what do you think of Mickey and the Magical Map?

Dirk Wallen’s 5/25/13 WDW Photo Report

May 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.

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WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Saturday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip: Work continues on turning FountainView into a Starbucks location The Epcot Character Spot is expected to return to its original location next week, but it looks like the entrance is moving … Read more

VIDEO: Every Raid (and the Special Finale) from “A Pirate’s Adventure – Treasures of the Seven Seas”

May 28, 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.

A few weeks ago, we showed you video of two of the raids in the still yet-to-officially-open “A Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas” attraction at the Magic Kingdom. Since then, the attraction has been operating quite frequently and we have managed to see all of the raids, including the special finale available to … Read more

VIDEO: Special Entertainment During the Monstrous Summer All-Nighter at the Magic Kingdom

May 27, 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.

On Friday, the Magic Kingdom celebrated the start of the Monstrous Summer with the All-Nighter, another 24 hour day. Unlike 2012, this edition had many more special entertainment offerings mostly revolving around the upcoming Monsters University film. Mike and Sulley were the grand marshals in a special pre-parade at the Magic Kingdom, including a marching … Read more

The Villas at the Grand Floridian Go On Sale This Week!

May 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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For those of you wondering when you might be able to buy into the Disney Vacation Club Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, it will be May 23rd for DVC members and June 19th for non-members: This video also provides our first-look inside a model villa. So, what do you think of the Villas at … Read more

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