There has been some progress at Pixar Place, with the main walled off area finally being removed. So we now have a small store selling Toy Story Mania themed merchandise and the Hey-Howdy-Hey Take Away counter-service/outdoor vending location. Also note that the store isn’t yet fully stocked, but is expected to be by the fall.
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Universal are bringing a little bit of Whoville to one of its resort hotels. The Portofino Bay hotel has a real treat for Dr Seuss fans with a bit of money burning a hole in their pocket. The hotel at Universal Orlando has created six Dr. Seuss-themed suites, with rates beginning at $529 per night.
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The company that are behind the Orlando Wheel project, Great Wheel Corporation, who have built Great Wheels and Observation Platforms in Singapore, Beijing and Dubai have announced that the have purchased 20 acres of land costing $38m, near International Drive at the Seaworld/Convention Center end of the strip. The Orlando Wheel that is rumored to [...]

Disney have released a humorous little movie showing Buzz Lightyear floating weightless in space. As you may remember Buzz was sent into space in conjunction with WDW and Nasa.
To commemorate the opening of Toy Story Mania!, a new attraction at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California, Disney Parks sent Buzz [...]

The Candlelight Processional is an opportunity to listen to an excellent choir matched with a fifty piece choir and a guest narrator telling the story of Christmas. Details of the 2008 event held at Epcot’s America Gardens Theatre are detailed below.
Narrators for the Candlelight Processional 2008
Nov 28-30 John O’Hurley
Dec 1-3 TBD
Dec 4-6 Brian Stokes Mitchell
Dec [...]

Pixar Place is now up and running, so inevitably the rumor mill for new attractions/shopping outlets and eateries are starting to get talked about.
The guys over at wdwnewstoday.com have come up with some rumors (and lets be clear that they have stated these are rumors at this stage). That said, it makes for some interesting [...]

Disney World Orlando will soon be welcoming thousands of bowlers to Disney’s Wide World of Sports after announcing that they will be building a huge bowling alley at the sports complex. A bowling stadium of 160,000 square feet with at least 100 lanes, stadium-style seating, a restaurant and other facilities is planned to host the [...]

We were promised that a joint venture between Disney World and Google would bring us the richest 3D experience of the Orlando theme parks ever. Not only can you see the parks in 3D, but you can see photos and information about the attractions from the Google Earth application.
So, this is pretty easy to setup. [...]

We posted the other day around the tie up between Disney and NASA, in particular Buzz Lightyear going into space as part of NASA’s Toy’s in Space education series. This also all coincided nicely with the opening of Toy Story Midway Mania.
Disney have posted some cute photos of Woody watching Buzz on his launch from [...]