Tagged with " The Magic Kingdom"

Matt Paul has provided us with some photos (which are the first to make use of our larger site width) and a video of the ongoing stage construction for “Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration” taken yesterday at the Magic Kingdom in Tomorrowland: This construction is taking place directly in front of the old Skyway building in Tomorrowland    This video is also available in HD HERE

-While it comes as no surprise that the Magic Kingdom closed it’s gates to all but Annual Passholders and Disney Resort guests at 12:00 PM today, another more interesting closure took place. It seems a pipe of some kind burst in the Frontierland area of the park earlier today, closing the entire area off to guests. A large vehicle was then actually brought into that section of the park to fix the problem. The only downtime we can confirm thus far was for Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain which guests could not reach at this point. Stay tuned for more details on this story as it becomes available, as well as pictures sometime tomorrow. -In a follow-up to yesterday’s DVC [...]

Here are a few news items that have come up over the weekend: -In case you haven’t heard yet, the window for making Advance Dining Reservations for Walt Disney World table service locations has been set back to 90 days. It appears the days of calling up for reservations 6 months in advance are over and you may now have to time your calls at precisely at 90 days out if you hope to get seating at your favorite restaurant during your trip. It seems that this is in preparation for the system switching to online sometime in the very near future. -Space Mountain is currently expected to close for refurbishment in April 2009. We do not know the length of the [...]

Robert Ashburn of Figment’s Media.Net and FTN has provided us with some his trip to the Magic Kingdom on Sunday. Let’s take a look at some newsworthy items using this new gallery option: Space in Tomorrowland being prepared for Stitch’s Supersonic Dance Celebration that will debut in the Spring The old Skyway building is also getting some much needed TLC during this time Haven’t seen these signs in a while, I guess this still is 1994 Tomorrowland Sign directing guests to the restrooms around the walls during this refurbishment The entire building is not under tarps A closer look Resort-wide sales continue through the holiday season The refurbishment of the second half of Tinker Bell’s Treasures reveals a new shop, [...]

Chris Lastrapes from Disneyland News Today is now visiting the Walt Disney World Resort and has provided us with some photos from his trip, so let’s take a look: Tickets were available for the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party on that evening, but are sold out for tonight’s final party. The Magic Kingdom in it’s Holiday finest The Magic Kingdom tree, which has actually only been in place for a few days now The mystery food vendor that is replacing the old Frontierland Fry Cart continues to rise over the walls