The Disney Traveler

Tampa Bay Online announced a sweepstakes on Wednesday that will award one winner with the ultimate Disney dream vacation – a 4-day, 3-night trip to Walt Disney World including the chance to ring in 2008 from the suite in Cinderella’s Castle in the heart of the Magic Kingdom. 
You have to enter on or before December 23rd.  The winner will be announced on December 24th, and you have to take your trip between December 29th and 31st of this year.  Follow the link to enter the contest to be the first family ever to ring in the new year from Cinderella’s …read more

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Courteney Cox and David Arquette enjoyed the holiday celebrations at Disneyland on December 18th.  They even took time to pose in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle.
 
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Back in November, the hot Disneyland topic was Disney’s plans to close the It’s a Small World attraction to deepen the channels that the boats travel through.  While Disney denied it, the general consensus is because as Disney guests have gotten progressively heavier over the past several decades, the attraction boats were sinking.  Unfortunately, the boats got stock on the bottom of the channel, and the ride had to shut down numerous times to remove passengers from boats that were simply to heavy to float freely.

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Each year, the Atlanta Braves spend time at Walt Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex for their spring training.  The ticket prices and schedule for the Atlanta Braves 2008 spring training have been released. 
If you need a break from the parks during your Walt Disney World vacation or simply love baseball, catching an Atlanta Braves spring training game is a lot of fun.  The crowd is always very involved during the games, and children even get a chance to run the bases!  Not only that, but there are often chances to get autographs from the players.

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Many parents would love to have some time to themselves for a romantic dinner or evening out dancing, but that can be hard to do when you’re on vacation.  Disney had that in mind when the created the Kids Nite Out program at Walt Disney World.  Parents can drop their children off at a Children’s Activity Center available at many Walt Disney World resorts or arrange for in-room childcare then enjoy some quiet time to themselves.

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Most people purchase tickets to Disneyland’s theme parks on Disney property or online before their visits then wait up to 14 days for those tickets to arrive in the mail.  For Disneyland visitors who want to save some money and time, purchasing Disney eTickets online is a great option.

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I haven’t been to Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island in quite awhile, so on Wednesday, my family and I decided to have dinner at Planet Hollywood located inbetween Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island.  We parked near McDonald’s in Downtown Disney and had to walk over to Pleasure Island.  Just beyond McDonald’s on the way to Pleasure Island we saw huge construction walls erected with workers busily building behind them.  A huge banner hung on one of the construction walls to let visitors know this would be the location for a new T-Rex restaurant.

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The latest rumor I’m hearing says that Walt Disney World is adding a new Little Mermaid ride to the Magic Kingdom.  It will be located where the old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride used to be (next to the current location of Ariel’s Grotto where Ariel does autograph signings) in Fantasyland. 

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The Haunted Mansion has been closed for some time at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, but it reopened just in time for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party to kickoff on October 4th. 
I got to ride on The Haunted Mansion on Sunday, and I have to admit that I really liked the changes.  Of course, I don’t want to give anything away, but major changes were made in the opening hallway scene, along the staircase where spiders used to lurk on gigantic spider webs and in the attic. 

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The movie inside the America pavillion in Epcot entitled American Adventure is open again after a much-needed overhaul.  I finally had a chance to see the revised movie last weekend, and the changes were minimal.

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