If it’s your first time traveling to Disney World, things can get pretty confusing on deciding what ticket is right for you. This is a brief guide that will give you a leg up on what to look for when purchasing your Disney World tickets.
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Candlelight Processional
Dinner package details for this year’s Candlelight Processional are now available here. This year’s packages include access to a special viewing area for IllumiNations. If you want to watch the Candlelight Processional, we recommend pre-booking one of the dinner packages, as very few seats usually remain available at each show once the guests with packages have been seated.
The height of Summer in Orlando is REALLY hot and air conditioning can only take you so far. Hitting Fantasyland with one and half hour queues for Peter Pan is a demoralizing and frustrating experience. There aren’t many things sadder to see at WDW than parents bustling children away from a ride or attraction because the queue is “too long”. But it doesn’t have to be a bad experience, relax, join the queue and learn to embrace it. Queueing at Walt Disney World is great, the attention to detail and entirety of the story that is put into every ride, most often begins with the queue. However, if you do want to avoid the queue there are two main tactics, timing and the FASTPASS system.
During the summer of 2009, Disney brought together several of their stars to develop an initiative that stresses the environmental issues that are going on in the world. This initiative is called Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green.
Robert Iger, the President of Disney, first launched D23 on March 10, 2009 in California. It is the first official community for Disney fans, a fantastic opportunity for the enthusiastic fans of Disney to come together, talk about their favorite things and learn even more about the exciting adventures that Disney is going on. The first D23 Expo will take place on September 10 through the 13th of 2009. The Expo will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. With almost every section of the Disney Company being represented, it will indeed be the single largest gathering of all things Disney.
With the testing of a new ‘premium’ FastPass currently underway at Disneyland Paris, and Hong King Disney also trialing a similar concept, we ask the question, “will such a thing make the transition to the US parks, and if so, how would it be received by the Disney faithful?”
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Character Meet & Greets
There are a few upcoming changes to character meet and greets throughout the “World” -
Donald Duck is to get his very own permanent meet and greet area in Epcot’s Mexico Pavilion.
Marie from the Aristocats is to make regular appearances at Epcot’s France Pavilion.
Buzz Lightyear is to get his own permanent meet and greet area in Tomorrowland, next to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
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Temporary Dining
The Diamond Horseshoe will be open for dinner from August 16 through October 3, 2009. Opening times are 5-9pm.
Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle Station will open for dinner on Sundays during August and September, 2009. Serving all-you-care-to-eat buffet from 5:30-9pm.
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Princess Tiana
The newest theme park character scheduled to soon make her debut in the Disney theme parks, Princess Tiana (back, center), made her very first public appearance Aug. 6, 2009 at the 2009 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention in Tampa, Fla. Princess Tiana is featured in the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film, “The Princess and the Frog.”
“The Princess and the Frog” film will premiere in theaters nationwide Dec. 11, 2009.
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Ticket Price increase & new AP deal
Ticket prices were increased on Sunday, see the new prices here.
Disney are offering all Annual Passholders the chance to get 15 months for the price of 12 when they renew their pass within 30 days of expiration.