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Radiator Springs Racer Ride
Sounds awesome!
This is the kind of attraction I’m waiting to be built in Walt Disney World. The LA Times
wrote an article breaking down scene by scene what the attraction will look and feel like. Check it out.
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Disney Deals!
Two deals that I thought you should know about.
1-Undercover Tourist made their app Disney World Wait Times, Dining and Maps available for FREE on iTunes. Normally it cost $5. This is the mother of all Disney apps. Get it and get it now. This is every Disney app out there combined into one-but more efficient, accurate and easier to navigate.
I will review this app here at a future date, just get this app. You will thank me.
2- Ever wanted to try parasailing at Sammy Duvall’s Watersports Center at the Contemporary Resort? Too afraid. Maybe try going tandem. Right now you can get a 46% discount. A $232 value for $125. Thats for two people going together. Offer Expires Feb 23, 2011. Go to Groupon to buy now.
PS I am still working hard to get my new WDWPRINCE site up and running live. That’s why the posts are fewer. Stay tuned hopefully it will happen in the next two weeks.
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Swan Dolphin Resort Announces Food and Wine Classic
Swan Dolphin Resort will begin an annual tradition this year with their Food and Wine Classic as part of Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival. Dates are Friday Oct 8th and Saturday Oct 9th. There will be beverage tastings and tasting stations open on the causeway between the two resorts. A latin, jazz band, Pieces of a Dream will provide entertainment. Sounds like a great time!
“Whether you’re seeking to delve into the details of wine blending or just looking for a few good eats, you’re sure to find a culinary experience you’ll enjoy here in the heart of Walt Disney World®. Appropriately taking place at the home of extraordinary culinary talent, the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin is proud to showcase our passion for food and beverage by inviting you to partake in the first Annual Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic October 8 and 9, 2010. Conveniently taking place during the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival (Oct. 1 – Nov. 14) and located just a short walk from Epcot®, the event offers foodies the ideal opportunity to continue their culinary experience after enjoying the festivities at Epcot®.
Save the date and prepare your palate for a taste of diversity and culinary brilliance. Begin by delving into one of the six seminars offered by our very own food and beverage experts. Elevate your knowledge from wine appreciation to wine wisdom with a Bordeaux Blending seminar, or take part in a Sake Hour to learn about this enticing Japanese beverage. Other seminars available for your picking pleasure include Mixology, Beer, Bubbles, and Riesling.”
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Celebrate. WDWPRINCE Turns One.
To celebrate the one year anniversary of wdwprince, I am completely refreshing the site. You can never start too soon! I’m working hard behind the scenes to bring you a new layout and new features.
Stay tuned for exciting changes!
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iTinerary-Free Planning with Disney & iPhone
There are many books and apps out there that will help you plan your next Disney vacation…for a price. Do it for FREE through the Disney website. Then upload your itinerary to the iBooks app. Easy, efficient, cost-effective and easy to access.
Planning for your visit to the Disney Parks is essential if you want to maximize your experience. Did you know that Disney offers an excellent way to plan an itinerary?
Here is how-
1) You must create an account on the Disney website. It’s free and takes minutes.
2)Once you create your account, sign in and click on My Disney Vacation.
3)On the dropdown menu choose Itinerary. Here you can build an itinerary for each day of your vacation. You can add anything from which parks you’ll visit, favorite attractions at each park, resorts, activities, even dining and reservations and more! The list is comprehensive. Just check off the info and it’s added into your itinerary. You can even type in your reservation number for ADRs. No more hassle to find it. There is also a blank box for notes to add reminders or anything else you’d like to put there.
If that wasn’t great enough, I took the itinerary one step further toward convenience. I emailed each itinerary as a pdf to my email account and saved it to the iBooks app.
Here’s how-
1)Choose print on the upper right hand corner of the itinerary.
2)Click on PDF. Choose Mail PDF from the dropdown menu.
3)Mail the itinerary to your email account.
4)Open the email on your iPhone and click on the pdf.
5)Next, Click open in iBooks.
You now have an itinerary for each day easily visible and locatable on the shelf of your iBook app. One click on my iPhone is now all I need to locate every detail of my daily itinerary!
Try it. The itinerary is free through the Disney website. The iBook app is free in iTunes. This the most effective and convenient tool I’ve found. And the price is definately right.
PS WDWPRINCE coined the term iTinerary. There isn’t an actual app with this name.
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Carnival</a>. Head over there to see more great Disney-related posts and
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Prince Report
July 29 2010
Going off on a bit of a video tangent but this video of Walt on What’s My Line is fascinating. Stay tuned to the end where he mentions his family and progress of Disneyland…
Mrs. Disney at Walt’s TV Hall of Fame Awards…
Rare videos of Lillian Disney, Walt’s Daughter Diane and Granddaughter Jenny at Epcot 1982…
Review of Opening Day at Via Napoli Rolling In…
Complete Review of Port Orleans French Quarter Resort…
Courtesy of wdwmagic.com
Here is a look courtesy of JeffLangeDVD taken today at the facade of the new Italian eatery Via Napoli in Epcot…
And also the upcoming eatery Hacienda de San Angel at the Mexico Pavilion…
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Back to The World
It’s official. Wdwprince is going back to WDW.
The dates are Sept 20-24. Originally I was planning on going the last week in Sept like I’ve done for the last 2 years. I was intent on staying at my resort of choice for this trip, the Swan/Dolphin. When I went to book today, both resorts were sold out.
I’ve decided to go with the flow. I booked the trip a week earlier. The money I saved by shortening the trip, I put toward an annual pass. So even though I won’t be able to do both Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and Food and Wine Festival in one trip, like last year, I will be able to make as many short trips as I like with my annual pass.
So maybe I’ll go to Food and Wine and Mickey’s Christmas Party in November! I love creative thinking.
I’m already planning and will be asking for some suggestions as the date nears.
Update 7/28
I’ve come up with an itinerary for my trip. As of now it goes like this-
Monday Sept 20
- Pick up Annual Pass and MNSSHP tix at Magic Kingdom
- MK from noon-3pm Lunch at Columbia Harbor House.
- Rent a boat from Sammy Duvall and cruise Seven Seas Lagoon until 4:30
- Back to Dolphin Resort. Swim in pool. Late lunch at The Fountain or Cabana Bar.
- Epcot 7-9pm. Dinner at Tokyo Dining or Flying Fish. OR go to Hollywood Studios 7-10pm for Extra Magic Hours.
Tuesday Sept 21
- Breakfast at Fresh Mediterranean
- Animal Kingdom 9am-3pm then Dolphin pool OR Surfing at Typhoon Lagoon, stay until 3pm.
- Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show 5:15pm at Poly
- Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. Late dinner Pecos Bill.
Wednesday Sept 22
- Kouzzina for breakfast.
- Dolphins in Depth in Epcot stay until 2pm. Lunch at San Angel Inn.
- Dolphin Resort pool until 4:00
- MK 430-8pm. Dinner at Liberty Inn.
- Downtown Disney-Characters in Flight, shopping 9-11pm
Thursday Sept 23
- Breakfast at Fresh Mediterranean
- Open choice of park morning-afternoon
- Parasail at Contemporary 3:30pm
- Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. Dinner at Tony’s Town Square.
This is my itinerary as of now. I may add a tour or event. Since my trip is so short, I’m not sure I want to commit 3 hours or more to a tour even though I really want to try one. You may have noticed that my itinerary is MK heavy. That is not by chance. I’ve decided I need to be there at least once every day of my trip, lol. And yes I’m going twice to MNSSHP and I can’t wait. Although I’ve done Spirit of Aloha, that is also worth a repeat visit even though I could be trying something different. I like it that much. So that is how things stand for now. Any suggestions or comments are welcome.
See ya real soon!
PS Rumor Alert. As I sit here in Starbucks in the theater district of Times Square typing this post, I over heard a guy near me talking to another. One of the guys is the lead actor in the puppet musical Avenue Q. (No, they’re not muppets). The other was telling him that his next show would be with Disney. And it’s Freaky Friday. Has anyone else heard of Freaky Friday coming to Broadway? You heard it here first.
Murals of Maharajah Jungle Trek
Disney’s Animal Kingdom has awesome detail. In the murals of the Maharajah Jungle Trek, the story of the maharajahs who once ruled over the land is told.
According to Wikipedia,
Story
The trail is themed as if it had once been the hunting grounds for a wealthy maharajah who enclosed the forest to allow for easier hunting and then some time later died in a hunting accident. The themed storyline continues with subsequent maharajahs (including the original maharajah’s bachelor brother) transforming the area into a nature preserve where the villagers live in harmony with the animals therein. These maharajahs are memorialized on the walls of the tiger enclosure. The forest was, at one point, also run by imperial British visitors, as evidenced in the Western spelling on the sign at the entrance to the Jungle Trek, which reads “Royal Anandapoor Forest”. When their occupation of southern Asia ended, the British turned the forest over to the villagers of Anandapur, whom you encounter as you walk through the jungle. The trail’s storyline also includes an homage to the founder of the Kingdom of Anandapur, Anantah, in the form of a tomb and sarcophagus situated at the entrance to the Jungle Trek’s aviary.
Here is my video showcasing the murals. Enjoy.
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