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Year of A Million Dreams

August 21, 2018

For many, the Disney parks are where dreams come true! A happy place, if you will, for the young and young at heart. Where magical moments are bound to happen! In 2006 for Walt Disney World’s 35th anniversary, the Disney parks took “dreams come true” to a whole new level with their Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Guests who were lucky enough to experience this promotion while on their Disney vacation have fond memories from this occasion that will live on in their ...

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Pleasure Island

July 24, 2018

In the mid 1980’s, Disney welcomed a new CEO into the company. Michael Eisner jumped right into his new position and started strategizing ways to make Disney more money. He noticed that guests were leaving the Walt Disney World property and different points in the day for shopping and other experiences. How could they get the guests to stay on property and spend their money with Disney instead? Eisner’s efforts included lots of new resorts, a new theme park, and added nightlife ...

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Beastly Kingdom

June 29, 2018

One Disney park that has really gained some popularity over the last year and a half is Disney’s Animal Kingdom. With the excitement of the new land Pandora — World of AVATAR that boasted gorgeous theming and amazing attractions, it’s no wonder that this park is getting some extra love! Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the largest theme park on the Walt Disney World property at 580 acres. Construction of Disney’s fourth Orlando theme park began in 1990, only one year ...

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#SaveMaelstrom

May 18, 2018

Today change is defined as “to take or use another instead”. Although change happens every day, some people take change better than others. At Walt Disney World and the other Disney parks, change is expected to happen over time. When the parks were planned out, Walt Disney’s vision was that they would never stop growing and changing so that they would keep getting better. With most of the changes that Walt Disney World makes to their parks, there is usually positive ...