Now that we’ve both been down to Disney World for our respective birthdays I thought I would revisit a post Nicole had made about hers and do a little comparison with my own experience at the Magic Kingdom. Given how much fun we’d had for her trip I felt obliged to go for mine own, rationalizing to myself that we’d both get a chance to see what the park looks like for Halloween and to check out the Chase Food & Wine festival that Nicole helpfully pointed out would coincide …

During our last visit to the Magic Kingdom we were able to catch one of the street performances by Dapper Dans barbershop quartet. Found on Mainstreet U.S.A. the quartet does short five to ten minute shows, and if one of the staff is to believed are used to help alleviate traffic in the park so specific areas don’t become inundated with visitors, which given the number of people that can be there some days could easily be accomplished. This is the short cut and runs approximately 2 1/2 minutes.

When we visited the Magic Kingdom back in April a lot of this area was still behind scaffolding and very much under construction. Storybook Circus for example had already relocated the Dumbo ride and repurposed Goofy’s Barnstormer, but were still working on opening large parts of the Circus, while the Enchanted Forest attractions were still well under constructed. Luckily the week before our arrival the third and final phase was completed with the opening of Pete’s Silly Sideshow and the Big Top Souvenirs shop on October 4th, and the following …

After we went down in April for Nicole’s birthday we agreed to come back in October for mine to see Disney World done up for Halloween. And because we were coming back specifically for this, it only made sense for us to get tickets for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party (being held until November 2nd) and do a little trick-or-treating ourselves – a map for which can be found at the following link detailing the eleven locations scattered around the park that candy is available at. Embracing a pirate-theme we came …

If you’re able to make it to the Magic Kingdom for their Not-so-Scary Halloween Party (being held until November 2nd) those playing the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom interactive card game are in for a treat. Stop by the Firehouse during the Halloween hours and instead of your regular booster of five cards you will get a Chip and Dale Halloween promo. The animation sequence is short but cute Halloween inspired effect that looks like it packs a powerful punch.

For my 2012 birthday we decided to go back to Disney World and take advantage of both the Not-so-Scary Halloween being held at the park for the month of October, and the International Wine & Food Festival that’s currently over at Epcot’s World Showcase, but in true Disney fashion while we were visiting the Magic Kingdom on my actual birthday the new Fantasyland expansion opened with a dress rehearsal.

Despite the sign to the contrary – the Journey of the Little Mermaid having been shut down due to “rough seas” – …

Opened in October 1, 1971 the Magic Kingdom is the first of the four theme parks to be built so far at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. While the park started off with a modest two hotels and twenty-three attractions, it has grown to be the most visited theme park in the world with approximately seventeen million visitors in 2011. Similar in design to the Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California the Magic Kingdom further built upon Walt Disney’s vision of the fully immersive visitor experience, making use …

Having heard about the beta testing that Disney started earlier this year in February, I have been looking forward to the chance to check it out. And have to say, it was a lot of fun.
Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom is an interactive CCG that takes you around the lands of the Magic Kingdom – with the exception of Tomorrowland – as Merlin’s apprentice, battling an array of Disney villains working for Hades. In each of the lands you’re accompanied by various Disney characters that work with you to thwart …

Having been on a bit of a “classic” Disney tour of the Magic Kingdom when we were there for Nicole’s birthday we of course had to stop at It’s a Small World and enjoy an animatronic boat ride tour of the world. Originally created by Disney World Inc. as part of the 1964 New York World’s Fair’s UNICEF pavilion, the exhibit featured a 120-foot perpetually spinning mobile at the entrance as well as the Magic Skyway, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and the Carousel of Progress. The pavilion was used …

Developed toward the end of Walt Disney’s life, the property purchased near Orlando, Florida now home to the Walt Disney World Resort, was originally intended to be a small cutting edge community showcasing, testing, and demonstrating new ideas and technologies geared toward urban living in an effort to stimulate American corporations to further innovation of this field. The architectural model originally drawn up for Walt Disney can be found still on display at the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover in the north show building that also houses Stitch’s Great Escape.
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