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A new and spectacular ride will be making its debut 10/31/2014 at Fun Spot America Orlando.  “We have spent a great deal of time researching our options for a new thrill ride and listening to our guests on what type of new ride that they would want us to have here at the Fun Spot America Orlando location” said John Arie Jr.   Built by Zamperla, the Air Raid will take flyers on a unique and one of a kind experience that lets riders experience the sensation of flying in an acrobatic airplane. The Air Raid sends riders round and round and upside down at up to 4g forces.  About Fun Spot America Theme Parks Fun Spot America is Orlando’s only family owned theme park in Central Florida and home to Orlando’s ONLY wooden roller coaster. With two locations, Fun Spot America Orlando and Fun Spot America Kissimmee, it includes US patented multi-level go-karts, roller coasters, family and thrill rides, HUGE arcades and much more! For more information visit: ww...

Walt Disney World Resort guests can indulge in a fresh take on an American tradition by enjoying their Thanksgiving feast Nov. 27, 2014 with a bounty of Disney tastes. With more than 30 different dining choices at Disney theme parks and resorts, families and friends can come together for a variety of Thanksgiving lunch and dinner offerings. Special holiday menus include roasted turkey breast with all the trimmings plus traditional Norwegian meatballs and pan-seared salmon at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, poppy seed lavash, house-made naan, and apple-cranberry achar at Sanaa, roasted heirloom beets with candied walnuts and mulled apple cider at Artist Point, and other unique dishes to enjoy with the holiday classics. At Epcot, guests can dine on Thanksgiving menus during lunch and dinner seatings at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, Biergarten Restaurant, Coral Reef Restaurant, Le Cellier Steakhouse, and Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room, as well as quick service at Sunshine...

With attraction photos, you can capture some amazing Disney moments. And now, Disney PhotoPass Service is making it even easier for you to collect those memories. Beginning today, if you’re wearing an active MagicBand on select Walt Disney World Resort attractions, your photos will be automatically associated to your My Disney Experience account. You don’t have to do anything. In fact, if you’ve worn your MagicBand on one of the participating attractions in the last 45 days, you should be able to find that photo in your account now. Don’t have a MagicBand? Don’t worry. Disney is making it easier for you, too. Today they turned on new touch points at Magic Kingdom Park (Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain). So after you ride, simply find your photo on the preview wall and touch your park ticket or Memory Maker card to the touch point to associate your photo. Disney expects to have photo touch points installed at Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Stud...

Nightly beginning Nov. 5 in the Magic Kingdom, Anna and Elsa from “Frozen” will appear in a new show on the Forecourt Stage in front of Cinderella Castle in the heart of the park, as Queen Elsa uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace for the holidays. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf also will join the festive procession “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” along with a flurry of skaters, skiers and ice cutters from the Kingdom of Arendelle. The parade is offered during the special-ticket Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, select nights November 7 – December 19, and each afternoon for park guests Dec. 20-31.

Fresh from today's Disney Parks Blog - It was just announced that Chef Masaharu Morimoto, who many of you know from his appearances on Iron Chef America, is opening a one-of-a-kind dining experience in the heart of Disney Springs at the Walt Disney World Resort. Morimoto Asia will be the Japanese master chef’s first-ever pan-Asian restaurant featuring flavors from across the continent. This Disney Springs dining destination will include unique exhibition kitchens showcasing traditions like Peking duck carving, and dim sum. “I’m very excited to bring this new concept to Disney, something I’ve always dreamed of,” said Chef Morimoto. “It’s a wonderful chance to share some of my favorite foods from across the Asian continent.” The two-story restaurant is scheduled to open in the Summer 2015 at The Landing (formerly Pleasure Island) in Disney Springs. Morimoto Asia will feature waterside seating, terraces, a grand hall and a cocktail lounge. Also today, ...

Disney has some exciting news to share about the next evolution of Glow With the Show. Introduced in 2012 at Disneyland Resort, this ear hat technology allowed guests to become a part of a show by lighting up in time with or in the same color scheme as a nighttime show or fireworks display. Last year, it was added to nighttime spectaculars at Walt Disney World Resort such as Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Wishes nighttime spectacular at Magic Kingdom Park. This fall, Disney is adding some new merchandise items that contain this interactive technology under a new name called “Made With Magic.” Made With Magic items will excite, delight, light up and interact with select Disney experiences at Disney Parks. They will continue to offer the original ear hat first introduced a few years ago. New items will include a new Minnie Mouse-inspired headband, a Mickey Mouse glove and a magical wand that reminds us of Sorcerer Mickey. The Sorcerer Mickey wand will have ...

The “Move It! Shake It! Dance & Play It!” Street Party is ready to make its debut at Magic Kingdom Park! This new version of the park’s popular Disney character street party brings with it new music and characters and new ways for you to become part of the show. The fun starts as a parade of giant gift boxes make their way down Main Street, U.S.A. toward the Central Plaza in front of Cinderella Castle. Everyone’s invited to follow the procession and dance along to the original song, “Party Up!” Once party hosts Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy pop up, it’s time to join in and dance with our party peeps and favorite Disney pals like Stitch and Phineas and Ferb. If you are lucky, the incredibly talented Akiem Willis (pictured above) will be part of your experience! You’ll “Move It!” You’ll “Shake It!” And when it comes time to “Play It,” you’ll even get to vote for the next song on the party playlist! This street party promises to be so much fun, you’re going to wan...

From 5Ks to a marathon, and even kids runs, held at both the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Disney has created unique race weekends that every member of the family can enjoy.  As the series continues to expand (there are eight race weekends and counting), run Disney remains focused on providing additional creative ways to bring new runners into Disney parks and to the sport itself. Former Olympians to first time runners can experience the legendary Disney entertainment and guest service, while ultimately celebrating their accomplishments with a Disney vacation, and this is what makes the run Disney business so magical. And this magic has translated to popularity and growth…  Since 1994, run Disney has become one of the largest race organizers in the United States, both in terms of number of events (9) and number of runners (163,900-plus in 2013).  Between 2012 and 2013, the total number of participants at runDisney eve...

run Disney announced on-sale dates for each of its eight popular race weekends between May 2015 and May 2016. The 2015-16 run Disney race season opens with the Expedition Everest Challenge Weekend on May 1-2, 2015 at Walt Disney World Resort and runs through the Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend presented by PANDORA Jewelry on May 5-8, 2016 at Disneyland Resort. Registration for those races begins Dec. 16, 2014 when the Expedition Everest Challenge Weekend goes on sale (full list of race weekend on-sale dates below). In recent years, runners nationwide and internationally have clamored to sign up for run Disney events at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, often times filling up race fields within days, sometimes even hours. Nearly every run Disney race weekend experienced growth in the number of race registrations in 2013 compared to the previous year and virtually every 2014 race weekend sold out in record time. Most notably, the 2014 Disneyland Half Marathon We...

Marc Burget from Jacksonville, Fla. (56:53) out ran more than 15,000 runners and many of Disney’s scariest villains to win The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10-Miler race at Walt Disney World Resort on Saturday night. Lynn Baione from Jensen Beach, Fla. captured the women’s title, finishing with a time of 1:04:19 Saturday night. The legions of brave runners navigated their way along a course from Disney’s Hollywood Studios to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and then back again to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Along the way, runners trotted past the Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show, along the New York Street on the backlot, past Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat at the top of Hollywood Boulevard, and then on to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction. Finishers received a specially-designed The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10-Miler medal featuring The Hollywood Tower Hotel that not only glows in the dark, but has an elevator on it that moves up and down. Runners celebr...

The frosty, fantastical world of “Frozen” adds a special twinkle to Walt Disney World Resort this holiday season. Starting in early November and through the merriest weeks that follow, Queen Elsa and Princess Anna add their special royal touch as the Florida Vacation Kingdom delights guests with yuletide traditions and holiday cheer. Fans of the most popular animated motion picture of all time will have a sleigh-full of “Frozen” entertainment choices. And the wintry wonder and magic of the season extends to the high seas with special entertainment offerings aboard the ships of Disney Cruise Line. Here’s a look around at the holiday cheer awaiting Disney guests: Magic Kingdom Queen Elsa from “Frozen” Transforms Cinderella Castle Nightly Beginning Nov. 5 : New this year, Queen Elsa from “Frozen” will use her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace for the holidays — thanks to a special effects spectacle bathing the castle in 200,...

Just two days before the first "Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party" the Magic Kingdom will premiere "A Frozen Holiday Wish" on November 5, 2014. Replacing "Cinderella's Holiday Wish" Queen Elsa from the hit Disney film "Frozen" will use her magical powers to help transform Cinderella Castle into a gorgeous and glistening ice palace for the Christmas holiday season.  Featuring well over 200,000 LED lights, the show will run nightly throughout the holidays.