Details on Refurbishment Closures for Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort later this year

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The announcement came the other day that Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa would undergo a lot of closures on shops, restaurants, and the main pool through the rest of 2012 for refurbishment. Some of the details weren’t all there and some questions were left proposed such as: Where would guests eat quick service food [...]

Restaurants, pool, shops to close at Disney’s Grand Floridian this year for refurbishment

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Just a few days ago, new pictures of the construction going on over at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa were shown, but this news now is even bigger. Along with the building of the DVC Villas, a number of refurbishments will be going on at the same time which will bring about the temporary [...]

New Times Revealed for the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue Starting October 1, 2012

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The famous Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground will be getting some new show times starting this fall. It appears that the shows are all moving up a bit in time so folks won’t be out and about as late anymore. Beginning October 1, 2012, new times will be: 4:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 8:30 [...]

Pics of Merchandise at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

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There are brand new items to grab a hold of for the grand opening of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort that opened its doors for guests for the first time on Thursday, May 31, 2012. Along with the obvious pens and magnets and key chains are some great shirts. Whether you like a polo shirt [...]

Non-refillable Mugs Souvenir Available at all Four Walt Disney World Parks

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By now, just about everyone knows about the refillable drink mugs that can be purchased at any resort while staying at Walt Disney World. But did you know you can also purchase a very similar mug – that will make a great souvenir – at each of the four parks: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood [...]

Picture tour of Disney’s Art of Animation Resort – Grounds, Rooms, Food Court, and More

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Along with a tour behind-the-walls of the construction for the Fantasyland Expansion at the Magic Kingdom; there was also a look behind-the-scenes of the brand new Art of Animation Resort scheduled to open on May 31, 2012. Well, the Finding Nemo wing of the resort will be opening on that date with the other three [...]

Wi-Fi now freely available for guests at all Walt Disney World Resorts

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Back in October of 2011, the Walt Disney World Resort started installing complimentary Wi-Fi in a number of their Deluxe and a few Moderate resorts. It was a bit of a test to see how things would work out and it appears they went smoothly as now the free Wi-Fi is available at all Walt [...]

New pics of construction on Disney’s Art of Animation Resort – Front signage going up

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The opening date of May 31, 2012 is quickly approaching for Disney’s Art of Animation Resort and guests can’t wait to be some of the first ones in the new digs. Construction is really coming along nicely out back behind Disney’s Pop Century Resort, and below are a number of pics from this past week. [...]