Posts from — March 2010

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OVERVIEW: DISNEY’S POP CENTURY RESORT

We’ve stayed at Disney’s Pop Century Resort half a dozen times, most recently earlier this year.

This stay confirms that for those who can’t afford a deluxe resort, Disney’s Pop Century Resort is the second best place to stay.

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OVERVIEW: THE COLOR COMPANION TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

The crew behind the Unofficial Guide—authors, among other things, of TouringPlans.com and The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2011, have released a new work, and it’s terrific!

The new book’s full title is The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World, and Bob Sehlinger and Len Testa share author credits.

However, as has been the case in the rest of the Unofficial Guide series about Disney World and Orlando (the magna carta known in the community as TUG, with kids, without kids, beyond Disney—soon they’ll need an Unofficial Guide to the Unofficial Guides), a whole crew of data collectors, hotel inspectors, photographers and such were involved in its creation.

Yes, photographers. That’s the new thing about The Color Companion to Walt Disney World: more than 560 often excellent photographs.

The photographs really make this a new thing. They help illuminate some of the choices a visitor faces, show the future reward of current planning work, and also serve as great mementos of the trip itself.

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Reporting by the Orlando Sentinel (find it here) indicates that Universal Orlando will announce the opening date for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter on March 25th.

At the same time, Universal will announce more details about the new ride, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.

OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD AIR TRAVEL 101

(This page is one of a series explicating Walt Disney World lingo, abbreviations, and FAQ for first time family visitors to Walt Disney World.)

This page is one of several designed to give tips and insights to those traveling by air to Walt Disney World for whom air travel is a new or rare thing.

I will try to cover in it all the key things they may not know about such travel.

This series purposely excludes tips and hints for getting the best deals  on air travel.  Those are on a different page—Air Travel 201.

Air Travel 101 for Walt Disney World will include the following pages (links will be made live as they are published):

1. Flights and Tickets
2. Seats and Ground Transport
3. Bags and Packing
4. From the Day Before You Leave Until the Day You Return

E. THE 24 HOURS BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE

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UPDATE ON DEALS AND DISCOUNTS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Hey–for the latest on Disney World deals, promotions, and discounts, see this page.

Some updates:

• Disney’s “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program is full, and is not accepting new registrants
• The other deals, promotions and discounts Walt Disney World has running (see this) are still listed as needing to be reserved by March 27.

LINKS TO DISNEY WORLD DEALS AND DISCOUNTS

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OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD AIR TRAVEL 101

(This page is one of a series explicating Walt Disney World lingo, abbreviations, and FAQ for first time family visitors to Walt Disney World.)

This page is one of several designed to give tips and insights to those traveling by air to Walt Disney World for whom air travel is a new or rare thing.

I will try to cover in it all the key things they may not know about such travel.

This series purposely excludes tips and hints for getting the best deals on air travel.  Those are on a different page—Air Travel 201.

Air Travel 101 for Walt Disney World includes the following pages:

1. Flights and Tickets
2. Seats and Ground Transport
3. Bags and Packing
4. From the Day Before You Leave Until the Day You Return

D. PACKING AND OTHER LAST MONTH PREPARATIONS

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