Florida Guide - Disney General - Page 6
A Guide to Character Meals
If you have children while you are at Walt Disney World you must try fit in a character meal. We had not experienced these until a few years ago and now we ensure we book one of them on each visit. It is a fantastic way to meet the characters, the...
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Disney Boardwalk and Downtown Disney
The Disney Boardwalk is a little known and little publicised place to visit and is an ideal way to while away a few hours in the evening. You can park free of charge in the car park adjacent to the Boardwalk - but do ensure that the driver has...
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Disney’s Year of a Million Dreams
Starting on 1st October 2006 Walt Disney World will be celebrating a “Year of a Million Dreams”. The aim of this celebration named “Where Dreams Come True” is to surprise guests with unique experiences. Cast members are empowered to deliver these sur...
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Disney Fun facts – Part 4
Here are some not so well known facts and figures about Walt Disney World. The "Liberty Oak," the focal point of the Liberty Square area in the Magic Kingdom, is the proud parent of more than 500 young trees. They all started out as acorns har...
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Disney Fun facts – Part 3
Here are some more of the less well known facts and figures about Walt Disney World. The DNA Tower at the entrance to Epcot Wonders of Life pavilion is 5.5 billion times actual size - perfect for a human 6 million miles tall!! The fount...
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Disney Fun facts – Part 2
Here are some more of the less well known facts and figures about Walt Disney World. So what do you do if there's no snow in Florida? Each Christmas season Walt Disney World Resort is decked with more than 11 miles of garland, 3,000 wreaths an...
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Disney Fun facts – Part 1
Here are some not so well known facts and figures about Walt Disney World. The “talking, walking” Palm tree at the entrance to Animal Kingdom actually rolls, he is hysterical and makes funny comments to people going in and out of the park. If ...
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Walt Disney World – A blooming success
One of the reasons Walt Disney World always looks so good is the immaculately tended plants, shrubs, tree’s and flowers. Being a keen gardener myself I was interested to find out a bit more about the logistics of planning and maintaining such a vast ...
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Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
This is an annual event (no pun intended) that has taken place at Epcot for the last 13 years. Having visited each time we are in Orlando, this year was no exception. As Epcot is already one of our favourite parks it just adds to the pleasure ...
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Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
One of our favourite Water Parks in Orlando is Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon which is situated in the Downtown Disney area of Walt Disney World. The Park usually opens at 9am. but our advice would be to get there earlier as queues do form before ope...
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Boats at Walt Disney World
When guests think of Walt Disney World, almost certainly one of the attractions they are unlikely to immediately consider is the many boats that operate on the lagoons, lakes, canals and World Showcase. One of the benefits of a vacation at Wal...
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It's snowing at Celebration!
If you are staying in the Orlando area between Thanksgiving (end of November) and Christmas why not get into the spirit of Christmas with a visit to Celebration. Celebration is a small village like community just off the Highway 192, quite clo...
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Did you know................
The following are just a few little known facts about Walt Diney World and the way it works. Did you know………………….. All garden and plant displays within WDW are done in pots, even the trees!! This means that if, when a shrub or plant gro...
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Disney's Boardwalk - Orlando
Disney’s BoardWalk has a fantastic ambiance and is an excellent place just to spend a gentle afternoon or evening, away from the hustle and bustle of the theme parks, or spend a lively night on the dance floor and in the bars. It is possible to spend...
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Hidden Mickeys – Disney Resort Areas - “N To Z”
Can you find the following “Hidden Mickeys”? A “Hidden Mickey” can be found anywhere on Walt Disney World property, in the theme parks, the resort hotels and golf courses. Here is a list of the Hidden Mickeys that we know of in the Disney Reso...
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Hidden Mickeys – Disney Resort Areas - “A To M”
A “Hidden Mickey” can be found anywhere on Walt Disney World property, in the theme parks, the resort hotels and golf courses. Here is a list of the Hidden Mickeys that we know of in the Disney Resort Areas but I am certain that there are many more j...
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Perkins Restaurant Chain - Don’t Drive past this one!!
Though we have always chosen the restaurants (diners) that looked popular when visiting Orlando, I guess it would only be honest to admit that budget has often been a huge part of that choice too. Perkins has always been one of those places that w...
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Three of my personal "favs" from a Disney Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris This safari trek covers around 100 lush acres of Savannah, small rivers, and rocky roads, and of course, all is fully inhabited with free roaming animals. You‘ll board a trackless safari vehicle...
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A Day at Blizzard Beach
Blizzard Beach is one of the one of Orlando’s water parks, and has an amazing collection of water slides suitable for children and adults of all ages. Disney legend says that there was a freak storm one winter and the area was blanketed with snow and...
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Disney Wilderness Preserve
If you think you’ve been everywhere and done everything in central Florida, then think again! Most Florida visitors have never even heard of Disney Wilderness Preserve, let alone been there. But don’t be disappointed as a theme park this isn’t! Viewed 703 times since 1 September 2008.
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