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Ears the News with Richard

Cirque du Soleil is offering a deal for Florida residents to see the La Nouba show at Downtown Disney. Form January 20 through to March 28 2015, Florida residents can purchase Category 3 seating for $49 +tax, Category 2 seating for $69 +tax and Category 1 seating for $89 +tax. The Magic Kingdom's Liberty Tree Tavern restaurant will be closing for an extended period in the latter half of 2015. The closure begins on July 6 and runs through to November 20 2015. The Walt Disney World Resort Monorail System will be operating revised routes on both the Resort and Express beams over the next few months. The following changes will be in operation February 3 - 5, February 9 - 12, February 23 - 26, March 2 - 5 2015, between the hours of 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Monorails on the Resort beam will stop at Magic Kingdom, Disney's Polynesian Village Resort and Disney's Grand Floridian Resort only. Monorails on the Express beam will stop at the Magic Kingdom, Transportat

Dining with Deb Disney Style

The owner of her own catering business for years, the self taught cook has catered for everything from the local Elks Lodges and High Schools to the Atlantic County Officials.  Her private themed parties of up to 150 guests were well known as well as cooking for many celebrities.  She has had the pleasure of knowing and meeting many wonderful chefs and cooks (and learned a few techniques from!) such as Chef Robert Irvine, Melissa D'Arabian, Sunny Anderson, Paula Deen, Pat and Gina Neely and Guy Fieri.  Deb has also been a field editor for Taste of Home Magazine for the last 8 years and she does as much cooking for her community as she can to help out.  Deb also helps manage many Facebook pages that have to do with the various Disney lounges including the most recent, Friends of Disney Dining and Libations. We are pleased to announce that she will be contributing to our blog exclusively as a featured weekly blogger starting on February 1, 2015

Meme Monday

Isn't any day that involves Mickey shaped waffles the best day ever?!

Ears the News with Richard

The Downtown Disney Water Taxi service that carries guests between the various districts of Downtown Disney will be making some changes. Effective January 18 2015, the internal taxi service will only run from the Marketplace to the West Side docks. It will not stop at the Pleasure Island dock. No word yet on whether this change will be permanent, or how long it will be in effect. Pirates of the Caribbean at the Magic Kingdom is expected to close for a six month refurbishment later this year. Disney has not yet announced or confirmed any closure. The refurbishment is likely to begin around the summer, and run through until the end of 2015, reopening in time for the busy holiday season. Rumors are that the total down time will be between 4-6 months. The 2015 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival will begin this year on September 25 and run through to November 16 2015. Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival concert series gets a new name and band line-up is announ

Set Sail With Us...Once Upon a Dream in 2015!

Exactly 5 months from today, we will be setting sail for our first ever annual Kingdom Konsultant and WDWMagic Family Cruise! Several Kingdom Konsultant agents and members of WDWMagic.com will be having a magical time together, celebrating friendship and our love of Disney onboard the Disney Dream! We excitedly invite you to join us on this inaugural voyage! We have a ton of plans to make this cruise even more magical! Along with the 4-night sailing on the Disney Dream, which departs on Monday, June 22, 2015, you're invited to join us for a weekend of pre-cruise fun at Walt Disney World! We have secured a discounted rate on the standard rooms at Port Orleans Riverside Resort , exclusively for members of our family cruise group. These discounted rooms may be purchased with tickets, or by themselves if you already have tickets or are Annual Passholders. You'll definitely want to make sure you have park admission so you can join us for our private IllumiNations Dessert Pa

Meme Monday

Isn't this so true?

Ears the News with Richard

A new range of MagicBands will go on sale later this month featuring a whole host of Disney characters. The following are all open edition, and will retail for $19.95 plus tax. ·          Ariel - available January 16 2015 Photo courtesy Disney Parks Blog ·          Cinderella Castle - available January 16 2015 ·          Belle - available January 23 2015 ·          Tinker Bell - available January 30 2015 ·          Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear - available January 30 2015 Two of the pools at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort will be closed over the next couple of weeks for refurbishments. High Rock Spring Pool is scheduled to be closed from February 2 to February 4.  The Paddock Pool is planned to be closed from January 13 to January 27. The large construction crane behind Cinderella’s Castle will make its bi-annual return on January 11 2015. It is scheduled to be there until February 21 to 2015. Although they don't go on sale until later

Meme Monday

How much longer until you're on your way to the place where "the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake"?

Ears the News with Richard

THINK by IBM at Innoventions West will close on January 1 2015 and Test the Limits Lab at Inventions East will close on January 6 2015. Both exhibits have reached the end of their sponsorship period, with no word yet on any replacements. The Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise is scheduled to be closed for refurbishment in the Spring. The closure will begin on April 13 through to May 8 2015. The pools at Disney's Art of Animation Resort are scheduled for brief closures next week to carry out essential maintenance work. Image courtesy Disney Parks Blog The main feature pool, The Big Blue Pool is planned to be closed from January 12 to 14. The Flippin' Fins Pool is scheduled to be closed from on January 15 and 16. The Cozy Cone Pool is not expected to be closed. Work is now underway at Disney's Hollywood Studios on the removal of the Sorcerer Mickey Hat icon. Overnight crews have installed construction walls surrounding the hat as the area becomes an acti

Meme Monday

When it comes to Disney snacks, do you prefer something hot or cold? What's your favorite?