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Effective June 30, 2015, leave those selfie sticks at home as they will not be welcome at Walt Disney World. Disney will be adding the selfie stick to the list of prohibited items not allowed into its theme parks. The ban will extend the policy that is currently in place of not allowing the selfie sticks on rides. All four of the Walt Disney World theme parks will be part of the new policy, as well as the water parks and DisneyQuest at Downtown Disney. If you try to enter security with your selfie stick you will have two choices; take it back to your car and return without it or Guest Relations will be more than happy to store it for you so you may retrieve it at the end of the day. They will issue you a claim ticket so you don't lose this worthless piece of junk. Other Disney Parks will adopt this policy on July 1, 2015.

Guests can rock their patriotic Disney Side at Walt Disney World Resort on July 3 and 4 to celebrate Independence Day. With themed souvenirs, characters adorned in festive attire and breathtaking fireworks bursting in air, it is a magical two-day celebration to honor America’s birthday. Patriotic firework displays light up the sky the evenings of July 3 and 4: A 14-minute fireworks spectacular rockets into the air above Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom both nights at 10 p.m. with “Disney’s Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky.” At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the “Coolest Summer Ever” Dance Party leads up to a “Rockin’ Fourth of July Celebration” fireworks show, a pyrotechnic, rock ‘n roll trip across America, where the DJ kicks things off at 5:45 p.m. and keeps the party going until fireworks time at 10:15 p.m. Epcot’s awe-inspiring nighttime spectacular “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth” features a special finale with a bit of red, white and blue f...

Epcot guests will be able to visit the kingdom of Arendelle when the highly anticipated attraction “Frozen Ever After” opens in the Norway Pavilion in 2016. The family adventure welcoming guests to the magical world of “Frozen” will feature the popular story of the royal sisters, hit songs and new technology for an icy trek that is sure to warm hearts. Once onboard their boat, guests will visit Arendelle for the Winter in Summer Celebration. Queen Elsa embraces her magical powers and creates a winter-in-summer day for the entire kingdom. Guests also will visit Elsa’s Ice Palace and the ice-blue world of the North Mountain, along with other locations before returning to the Bay of Arendelle. Of course, favorite “Frozen” characters including the Snowgies from the animated short “Frozen Fever” will be part of this new attraction, along with spectacular sights inspired by the film. To hold court with the royal sisters Anna and Elsa, guests will be invited to visit the char...

Well, another Star Wars Weekends has come and gone at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Five weekends of some of the best adventures in the galaxy! Disney made quite a few changes in this years event. While some found them to be inconvenient, the majority of the guests that I spoke with were very happy with the way things ran this year. All I can say is, if you found yourself inconvenienced it's because you weren't properly prepared. Any event that has the title Star Wars in it is bound to be busy. It's best to expect the unexpected. Stay on your toes, follow the rules, be flexible and you'll be just fine. Find yourself being inconsiderate to others, cast members included, and you won't be forgotten. And not in a good way. Unfortunately there are a few that attended that thought that they were above the rules. Sadly for them, things didn't really go their way. Social media is very powerful. It's extremely difficult to hide behind your keyboard, yo...