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Disney is here to make all your holiday wishes come true this season. ABC is set to air three musical specials across its various platforms between Thanksgiving and Christmas, featuring performances from Kelly Clarkson…

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Doc McStuffins is most definitely my favorite Disney Junior star by far.  I mean a young girl who has the power to talk to her toys and be a doctor is fantastic!  What a role model!  In Disney’s Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital, Doc learns that she gets her special abilities from her grandmother. Yea! Girl Power! Grandma uses her Toysponder Bracelet to transport Doc and the gang to McStuffinsville.  Lambie, Stuffy, Chilly, Rosie, and Hallie meet lots of new friends in a world full of toys for Doc to take care of.  The DVD has multiple episodes to keep you and your children entertained.  Welcome to McStuffinsville is a full length adventure.  The rest of the episodes are paired together.  Baby McStuffins/Selfless Snowman, Runaway Love/Tour De McStuffins, Bringing Home Baby, and Baby Names/Night Night Lala!  The colors are vibrant, the songs are catchy, and the stories are fun for everyone.  Disney’s Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital, now on DVD, is perfect for the little ones in your life.  Plus the DVD comes with a Toysponder Bracelet as well so you can bring some of Doc’s magic into your home.

We’re excited to share that Disney Parks & Resorts have once again been named among the top destinations around the world to stay and play in the 29th annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. These awards celebrate the best of the best in travel according to travelers.

Most theme park Halloween events go for the jugular with sneak-attack haunted mazes, nightmarish scare zones, and other scream-worthy shenanigans. Some even push PG-13 boundaries with graphic gore. The Disney parks, however, tone down the terror and keep the seasonal proceedings family-friendly.

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Disney Parks’ iconic pseudo-Polynesian animatronic attraction the Enchanted Tiki Room is getting new life – and a back-story – in a new comic book title from Marvel’s Disney Kingdoms line.

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At Walt Disney World Resort from Sept. 28, 2016 through Dec. 16, 2017, active and retired U.S. military personnel (including active or retired members of the National Guard, Reservists, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS), and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)) or their spouses can purchase:

• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper Option for $209 each, plus tax.
• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Water Park Fun and More Option for $209 each, plus tax.
• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper and Water Park Fun and More Options for $246 each, plus tax.
• Disney 5-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper Option for $224 each, plus tax.
• Disney 5-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Water Park Fun and More Option for $224 each, plus tax.
• Disney 5-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper and Water Park Fun and More Options for $261 each, plus tax.

Walt Disney World Resort tickets may be used Jan.1, 2017, through Dec. 19, 2017, except that the tickets may not be used April 9 – 23, 2017.

Active and retired U.S. military personnel can purchase Disney Military Promotional Tickets for themselves and up to five additional family members or friends. No more than six Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be purchased by any eligible member of the U.S. military (or spouse) pursuant to this offer. All tickets and options are non-transferable and must be used by Dec. 19, 2017.

At the Disneyland Resort – from Nov. 1, 2016 through Dec. 16, 2017, active and retired U.S. military personnel (including active or retired members of the National Guard, Reservists, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS), and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))) or their spouses can purchase:

• Disney Military Promotional 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets for $156 each.
• Disney Military Promotional 4-Day Park Hopper Tickets for $181 each.

Disneyland tickets may be used Jan. 1 – Dec. 19, 2017, except that the tickets may not be used April 9 – 23, 2017.

Active and retired U.S. military personnel can purchase Disney Military Promotional Tickets for themselves and up to five additional family members or friends. No more than six Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be purchased by any eligible member of the U.S. military (or spouse) pursuant to this offer. All tickets and options are non-transferable and must be used by Dec. 19, 2017.

Active and retired U.S. military personnel can also take advantage of specially priced rooms at select Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort hotels.* This offer is valid for stays most nights from Jan. 1 – Dec. 19, 2017, except for April 9 –23, 2017.

For information on Disney 4-Day/5-Day Military Promotional Tickets for admission to Walt Disney World Resort, or to make room reservations at Walt Disney World Resort, military personnel may call 407-939-5684 or participating U.S. military base ticket offices. For information regarding Disney 3-Day/4-Day Military Promotional Tickets for admission to the Disneyland Resort, or to make room reservations at the Disneyland Resort, military personnel may call 866-943-7872 or participating U.S. military base ticket offices. Information is also available at DisneyMilitaryOffers.com.

Here are some other details guests should know about:

• Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be purchased at participating U.S. military sales outlets ONLY by Eligible Service Members (defined below) or their spouses (but not both), for use by themselves and other family members and friends, as provided herein. These Tickets may not be otherwise transferred, distributed or resold.
• “Eligible Service Members” are active or retired members of the U.S. military, including the National Guard, Reservists and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS), and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• The actual prices charged at the individual U.S. military base ticket offices for Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be less than the prices set forth above.
• Participating military sales outlets must require that Eligible Service Members (or their spouses) present valid military identification to purchase Disney Military Promotional Tickets.
• Subject to certain exceptions, Disney 4-Day/5-Day Military Promotional Tickets for admission to the Walt Disney World Resort are not valid until activated by the Eligible Service Members (or their spouses) at Walt Disney World theme park ticket windows. Tickets and options expire and may not be used after December 19, 2017. Valid military identification will be required for purchase and use.
• Disney 3-Day/4-Day Military Promotional Tickets for admission to the Disneyland Resort expire and may not be used after December 19, 2017. Valid military identification will be required for purchase and use.
• No more than six (6) Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be purchased and (if applicable) activated by any Eligible Service Member or spouse (regardless of the place of purchase and whether purchased by that person or that person’s spouse). In addition, one of the six (6) Tickets purchased must be used by the Eligible Service Member or his/her spouse.
• Each Disney Military Promotional Ticket must be used by the same person on any and all days.

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Way back in the ’90s a little theme park called Universal Orlando was trying to plan a huge new land. The company signed a deal with a comic book company named Marvel, and Marvel Superhero Island was born.

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The Florida parks are one of the most popular honeymoon destinations in America, and there’s plenty more to do at Disney World beyond whirl around on Dumbo and tell Minnie Mouse you’re newly married (though that certainly is fun).

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Beginning Oct. 7, 2016, Guests visiting Disney Parks will be able to catch a preview of scenes from the new magical, mind-bending adventure “Doctor Strange,” at Disneyland® and Walt Disney World® Resorts.

At Disney California Adventure® Park, the preview of “Doctor Strange” will be presented in 3D with special in-theater effects at the Sunset Showcase Theater in Hollywood Land, while Guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios® will get to see this advance look at clips from the film as part of the One Man’s Dream attraction.

“Doctor Strange,” which opens in theaters in 3D on Nov. 4, 2016, follows the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange who, in his quest for healing after a horrific car accident, discovers powerful magic in a mysterious place known as Kamar-Taj – the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality.

If you played computer games in the 1990’s, then you probably remember Myst, the best-selling adventure puzzle game which took players around a magical island filled with mysterious secrets.

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