Ten years after the last Star Wars film was shown, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the biggest film franchise is back with its seventh installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Disney Cruise Line Fun Facts
Uniquely Disney
• The Disney ships are painted in Mickey Mouse-inspired colors – black hull, white superstructure, yellow trim and two giant red funnels, each with the Disney Cruise Line Mickey Mouse logo.
• Disney Cruise Line was the first cruise line to have yellow lifeboats, instead of the traditional regulation orange. Disney was granted special permission from the U.S. Coast Guard to paint the lifeboats yellow, to keep with the special color theming of the ship.
• The Disney Magic was built in two halves… one hundred miles apart! Part of the ship was constructed in Ancona, Italy then towed 100 miles to meet the stern in Marghera (just outside Venice) to be perfectly joined and welded together.
• Disney Cruise Line ships use the iconic first seven notes of the “When You Wish Upon a Star” song melody as their horn signals.
• Disney ships are the only cruise ships to have four captains – the ship’s captain, Captain Mickey, Captain Hook and Captain Jack Sparrow.
• Measuring 964 feet in length, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder are each longer than Main Street U.S.A at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. At 1,115 feet, the Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream are longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and longer than the height of New York City’s famous Chrysler Building.
• The anchor on the Disney Magic weighs 28,200 pounds – about the same as three full-grown elephants.
• On a special night aboard most Disney cruises, the “Pirates IN the Caribbean” deck party features a spectacular pyrotechnics performance – fireworks at sea like only Disney can do!
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Fun Facts about Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom
13 Not-so-Frightening Fun Facts for All
No need to be frightened out of your wits to enjoy true Halloween fun! Magic Kingdom celebrates the season with the family-friendly Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party on select nights Sept.15 – Nov. 1, 2015. With your special admission ticket, you can dress up in your favorite costume and count the ways to enjoy this seasonal favorite funfest. Visit MickeyHalloween.com for party dates and times.
2015 marks 21 fantastically fun years of Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Halloween Party
For the first time, the mischievous Sanderson Sisters from Disney’s “Hocus Pocus” return to the mortal world for one night during the Halloween season during the new “Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular” stage show on the Castle Forecourt Stage.
176 individually-themed, carved pumpkins adorn the balconies and windowsills of Main Street, U.S.A.
More than 23,100 feet or about 4-1/4 miles of cable is installed for special lighting and sound effects that are part of the party’s Halloween entertainment
A cast of 175, including performers, float drivers, costumers, cosmetologists, decorators and maintenance cast members, brings Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade to life
23 miles of parade route — that’s how far Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade will travel over the course of the season
13 Disney characters are exclusive to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party entertainment: Jack Skellington and Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” who greet guests near Pete’s Silly Side Show in Fantasyland, and during the Boo-to-You Halloween Parade, guests can see Big Al, Captain Barbosa, Dr. Facilier, Oogie Boogie, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed — the three hyenas from “The Lion King,” — plus three Hitch-Hiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion
The Happy HalloWishes fireworks spectacular is narrated by the Ghost Host from the Haunted Mansion and features many of your favorite Disney Villains who go trick or treating in the night sky
999 Grim Grinning Ghosts enhance a not-too-spooky Halloween experience at the Haunted Mansion
More than 245 tons of candy will be handed out to party guests during 23 Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Parties
40 different kinds of brand-name candies, including Skittles, M&Ms and Kit Kats, are included in three trick-or-treat candy mixes offered during the parties
Guests can visit 13 tasty treat locations including 2 treat trails with 3 times the candy (one in Frontierland and another that runs from Tomorrowland to the new Storybook Circus)
0 Tricks and countless treats make Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party a memorable evening for all!
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Video – B-Roll: Fall Decor Transforms Magic Kingdom Park
B-Roll includes: Installation of fall decorations at Magic Kingdom Park, including the 176 individually-themed, carved pumpkins that adorn the balconies and windowsills of Main Street, U.S.A. Cast Members dressing up the park with fall foliage, wreaths, town scarecrows, pumpkins and more.
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NEW RESTAURANT FOR CELEBRITY CHEF ART SMITH COMING TO DISNEY SPRINGS IN SUMMER 2016
Celebrity Chef Art Smith is bringing a taste of real Florida to a new restaurant opening in summer 2016 at Disney Springs atWalt Disney World® Resort.
Homecoming: Florida Kitchen and Southern Shine will showcase the cuisine of Chef Smith, who was born and reared in the town of Jasper, Fla., on the Florida-Georgia border. After 25 years of preparing award-winning meals for celebrities and heads of state and appearing on television, he is making Florida his home once again.
Desserts will be a specialty, with cakes, pies and delectable sweets made daily and shipped from a bakery in Hamilton County, including the restaurant’s signature Mockingbird Cake.
Inside, the “rustic-chic” restaurant will feature a glass-walled show kitchen and the Southern Shinebar that celebrates an era where characters might have created some homegrown spirits on their homesteads just beyond the springs. The bar will feature whimsical cocktails, punches and coolers, including some made with now-legal variations of moonshine.
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2016 San Diego Comic Con International Dates by Scott Donahue
The 2016 San Diego Comic Con will take place Thursday, July 21 through Sunday July 24, 2016. The Preview night will take place Wednesday July 20, 2016. Stay tuned for more information as we receive it.
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AHSOKA LIVES BY SAM ALLEN
When Disney announced that its was purchasing Lucasfilm in 2012, most of the attention was centered on the prospect of a new live action Star Wars trilogy, as to be expected.
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‘Incredibles 2’, ‘Cars 3’, and ‘Toy Story 4’ Updated Release Dates
Take a look at the updated release dates for Disney-Pixar’s films through 2019 in this graphic.
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Why Marvel Should Wait Until After ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ To Announce Phase Four
As you know, Walt Disney and Marvel went a little nuts yesterday, tossing a surprise Ant-Man sequel into the Phase 3 lineup, mixing around the Captain Marvel and Black Panther release dates…
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What are the Ticket Prices for US Theme Parks?
Earlier in the week, reports circulated about the Walt Disney Company potentially offering demand-based pricing for its theme parks in the United States.
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