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A Friday Visit With Jim Korkis: The Epcot Fountain

by Dave

Welcome back to Fridays with Jim Korkis! Jim, the dean of Disney historians and author of Jim’s Gems in The easy Guide, writes about Walt Disney World history every Friday on yourfirstvisit.net.

THE EPCOT FOUNTAIN

By Jim Korkis

The Fountain of Nations? The Fountain of World Friendship? The CommuniCore (Community Core not Communication Core) Fountain? Innoventions Fountain?

Over the years, the fountain in the middle of Epcot has been called many different names including these titles both on websites and on official Disney Company press releases.

Whatever guests and cast members call the fountain, it is often used as a central meeting place landmark, and as a photo location with SpaceShip Earth majestically looming in the background.

The iconic fountain has been a part of Epcot since opening day in October 1982. In fact, as a symbolic gesture of international cooperation and understanding, representatives from 22 countries each poured a gallon of water from their homelands into the fountain during the dedication ceremony of the park.

Today, every fifteen minutes, the fountain showcases water ballets where over two hundred shooters propel water up to one hundred and fifty feet in the air.

There are seven different musical selections that rotate:

Instrumental from the “Air Battle” sequence from “Surprise in the Skies” a former daytime lagoon show at Epcot
“Day One” by John Tesh
Main title selection from the Disney live-action feature film “Iron Will”
“Mickey’s Finale” selection from a proposed Epcot show tentatively titled “Around the World with Mickey Mouse”
Selection from Disney’s animated feature “The Rescuers Down Under”
Selection from the Disney live-action feature film “The Rocketeer,” and
“Standing in Motion” by Yanni

It took three months of computer programming to design the seven different water ballets. At night, over a thousand colored lights highlight the streams of water. It is the largest fountain on Disney property.

The fountain holds approximately one hundred and fifty thousand gallons of water with computer controlled pumps sending almost thirty thousand gallons of water per minute cascading down its tiered walls.

The fountain uses almost thirty-five miles of electrical wire. Chloride is too corrosive for this fountain, so Disney uses bromine to keep it clean and to ensure that no algae develops. The coins that are retrieved from this fountain, like others on property, are donated by the Disney Company to local charities.

Running underneath the entire fountain is an underground work area that houses the pumps and computer systems, as well as a workshop for cast members who maintain the Epcot fountains. There is also a space with special lifts that are used beneath the stage area for performers and equipment.

The underground work area was built, and then the fountain placed on top, with no planning on how to get new equipment down into the area. Over the years, the fountain has been damaged, like when a temporary stage for performing elephants was put on top of it when Epcot showcased a daily circus.

In the 1980’s the fountain team at Walt Disney World included a young civil engineer whose thesis was on the behavior of turbulence-free water. That young engineer, Mark Fuller, worked on the Epcot fountain, and later founded WET Design. This company became the premiere fountain company in the world.

Mark Fuller is also responsible for other Disney fountains including the leapfrog fountain at the Imagination pavilion. His greatest creation to date may be at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Thanks, Jim! Come back next Friday for more from Jim Korkis.

In the meantime, check out his books, including The Vault of Walt, Who’s Afraid of the Song of the South?, and The Book of Mouse, and his contributions to The easy Guide to Your First Walt Disney World Visit, all published by Theme Park Press.

Next Week (May 16 Through May 24, 2015) at Walt Disney World

by Dave

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: MAY 16 TO MAY 24, 2015

The material below details operating hours, Extra Magic Hours, parades, and fireworks.

The same stuff is in the image, but organized by park, not by topic. For more on May 2015 at Walt Disney World, click here.

Note that typos happen, and schedules change! If something seems odd, or if you want to double check, use the calendar links near the bottom to get the latest official Disney World scoop.

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

The Magic Kingdom will be open 9a-12MN 5/16 and 5/17, 9a-11p 5/18 through 21, 6a Friday to 6a Saturday (24 hours) 5/22, 9a-1a 5/23, and 9a-12MN 5/24

Epcot will be open from 9a-9p 5/16 through 5/21, 9a-11p 5/22, and 9a-9p 5/23 and 5/24

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open 8a-10p 5/16 and 5/17, 9a-10p 5/18, 9a-8.30p 5/19, 8a-10p 5/20, 9a-8.30p 5/21, and 8a-10p 5/22 through 5/24

Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be open 9a-8p 5/16 and 5/17, 9a-6p 5/18, 9a-7p 5/19, 9a-6p 5/20 and 5/21, 9a-8p 5/22 and 5/23, and 8a-8p 5/24

EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

Saturday 5/16 Morning: none Evening: Magic Kingdom

Sunday 5/17 Morning: Animal Kingdom Evening: none

Monday 5/18 Morning: none Evening: Hollywood Studios

Tuesday 5/19 Morning: Epcot Evening: none

Wednesday 5/20 Morning: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios Evening: none

Thursday 5/21 Morning: Magic Kingdom Evening: none

Friday 5/22 Morning: none Evening: Epcot

Saturday 5/23 Morning: none Evening: Magic Kingdom

Sunday 5/24 Morning: Animal Kingdom Evening: none

PARADES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

The Magic Kingdom:

Afternoon Festival of Fantasy Parade: 3p 5/16 through 5/21; noon and 3p 5/22; 3p 5/23 and 5/24
Evening Main Street Electrical Parade: 9 and 11p 5/16 through 5/21; 11p and 1a 5/22; 9 and 11p 5/23 and 5/24

FIREWORKS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16-5/24/2015

Wishes at the Magic Kingdom: 10p 5/16 through 5/21; 9p 5/22; 10p 5/23 and 5/24

Illuminations at Epcot: 9p every night

Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: 9 and 10.30p 5/16 through 5/18; 9p 5/19; 9 and 10.30p 5/20; 9p 5/21; 9 and 10.30p 5/22 through 5/24

SHOW SCHEDULES FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

See Steve Soares’ site here. Click the park names at its top for show schedules.

LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

See this for forecasts.

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May 14, 2015 No Comments

December 2015 at Walt Disney World

by Dave

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OVERVIEW: DECEMBER 2015 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews December 2015 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, and operating hours; adds a few other notes; and ends with week by week summaries.

Early December, with lower crowds, lower prices, and wonderful Christmas decorations and events, has the best weeks of the year to visit.

Later December with Christmas and New Year’s weeks has the highest crowds and prices of the year.

Park closings to additional guests are common in this period, as are 8a openings and daily morning Extra Magic Hours.

December also has a special party, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, a special evening event–with its own ticket–that has become a family tradition for many.

DECEMBER 2015 CROWDS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Early December is one of the less crowded periods at Walt Disney World.

Later December–beginning the 19th in 2015–is the most crowded time of the year at Walt Disney World.

On a crowd scale of 1-11, the week beginning 11/28 has a crowd rating of 3/low, the week beginning 12/5 4/low-plus, the week beginning 12/12 3/low, and the weeks beginning 12/19 and 12/26 11/highest.

However, because of the crowd effects of the Christmas Party, even the first three weeks you can face higher much waits if you go to the parks on the wrong days. See this for how to avoid these crowds.

See this for more on 2015 crowds at Disney World.

DECEMBER 2015 PRICES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

December 2015 prices begin 10% higher than the lowest of the year at the values, 8% higher at the moderates, and 10% higher at the deluxes.

On 12/11, they increase to 45% higher than the lowest of the year at the values, 30% higher at the moderates and 16% higher at the deluxes.

On 12/18 prices go to 80% higher than the lowest of the year at the values, 50% higher at the moderates, and 33% higher at the deluxes.

Value and moderate prices stay at this level the rest of the month; prices at the deluxes go up one more time on 12/25 to 55% higher than the lowest of the year, and stay at this level the rest of the month.

See this for more on 2015 resort hotel prices at Walt Disney World.

DECEMBER 2015 DEALS AND DISCOUNTS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Deals are available for December 2015. Details are here.

DECEMBER 2015 WEATHER AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Average temperatures trend down over December, and weather becomes quite variable. Days can be perfect, or quite cool.

Click the image, or go to Weather and When to Go to Disney World, for more on temperatures.

DECEMBER 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS

December brings delightful Christmas festivities to Disney World:

At the Magic Kingdom, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party—a special event that requires its own ticket—runs on many nights through the first two-thirds of the month. Later in the month, its signature events—a special Christmas parade, and special Christmas fireworks—are available to all guests. Christmas decor is in place by the night of the first party–in 2015, November 7
At Epcot, the evening fireworks show Illuminations has special Christmas additions. In addition, most nights Christmas carols are sung by massed choirs in the Candlelight Processional. Many of the countries in Epcot’s World Showcase have special Christmas events as part of Epcot’s Holidays Around the World program. Epcot’s special events usually begin the Friday after Thanksgiving
At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Christmas celebration is the Osborne holiday lights in the Streets of America area. The evening opening ceremony is typically 6p.

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2015/2016 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

New Year’s Eve festivities and fireworks will happen on December 31, 2015 at Disney World’s Epcot, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios theme parks, and also at the Magic Kingdom on December 30.

The Animal Kingdom has no special New Year’s Eve fireworks, but will–for the first time– be offering a “New Year’s Eve Street Parti” in Africa’s Harambe Market from 3:30p to 8:30p.

Hours may be extended, but here’s what’s currently scheduled:

Epcot is scheduled to be open until 1a on New Year’s Eve; Disney’s Hollywood Studios until midnight for the general public, and 2a for Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests; and the Magic Kingdom until 2a
The Magic Kingdom will have Wishes at 6.30p, and special New Year’s Eve fireworks at 11.50p
Epcot will have its Illuminations fireworks show at 6p and 11.40p, plus DJs in various pavilions.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios will have fireworks at midnight
Note that alcohol is not available at the Magic Kingdom, but is available at Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The Magic Kingdom will have the same fireworks at the same times on 12/30. This date will likely be a little less crowded than 12/31.

DECEMBER 2015 OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Park operating hours vary by the day, and sometimes change without notice. It is rare for hours to be shorter than Disney has publicized, but Disney may lengthen them in response to unanticipated crowds.

The best way to keep up with operating hours is to check Disney’s official calendars, usually available six months in advance.

These calendars can be found by clicking the following links:

WEEK BY WEEK COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 2015 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD BY ARRIVAL DATE

The week rankings that follow below are from 2015 weeks to visit, ranked in order, and are designed for first-time visitors who do not know whether or not they will return.

Click the image for a calendar view of 2015 weeks (when open, keep clicking to enlarge.)

11/28/2015 Low prices at values and deluxes, moderate prices in moderates. Low crowds. Crowd ranking=3. Week ranking=1. Recommended week. Use the Basic December Itinerary, but swap Wednesday and Thursday
12/5/2015 Pop Warner Week. Low prices at values and deluxes, moderate prices in moderates. Low-plus crowds. Crowd ranking=4. Week ranking=2. Recommended week. Use the Basic December Itinerary, but swap Wednesday and Thursday
12/12/2015 High prices at values and moderates, moderate-plus prices in deluxes. Low crowds. Crowd ranking=3. Week ranking=3. Recommended week. Use the Basic December Itinerary, but swap Wednesday and Thursday
12/19/2015 Christmas week. Highest prices at values and moderates, higher prices in deluxes. Highest crowds. Crowd ranking=11. Week ranking=45. Use the FastPass+ Higher Crowd Itinerary, but swap Tuesday and Wednesday in both the itinerary and its To-Do List
12/26/2015 Christmas week. Highest prices at values, moderates, and deluxes. Highest crowds. Crowd ranking=11. Week ranking=47. Use the FastPass+ Higher Crowd Itinerary, but swap Tuesday and Wednesday in both the itinerary and its To-Do List

$2.5 Billion in Disney Hotel Revenue, But Still No Coffee Makers in All-Star Movies

by Dave

Disney’s late summer and fall Free Dining and late summer room discount deals came out about two weeks ago.

The universal experience, so far as I can tell, is that even though more rooms opened for booking into the deal May 9, many fewer standard rooms were available for these offers—especially free dining at the moderates–than we’ve seen in the recent past.

Moreover, 2015’s free dining deal saw a new requirement: families had to add Park Hopper or Water Park and More add-ons to their (always previously required) base tickets to even get free dining.

For those who had not planned to buy these add-ons, that’ll cost a family of four more than $270 extra, and will, for those ten or older, blow a night of savings on the free regular dining plan or almost two nights on the free quick-service plan. Results are even worse for kids 3 to 9.

So what’s up? Well, what’s up is that Disney doesn’t need to discount so much anymore. See the chart:

Hotel revenues the last four quarters were more than $2.5 billion, including the first-ever two straight $650 million+ quarters. And despite major net capacity adds since the recession (Kidani Village, Bay Lake Tower, Grand Floridian Villas, Art of Animation), occupancy is running at levels not seen for years.

You will see some people who have not done the math—or don’t know what Sarbanes-Oxley means—saying that Disney is fudging this occupancy. But every quarter’s SEC filings include this at the end:

…and they also include something like this data:

You can understand almost everything about trends in the competitive position of Disney’s hotels from this data, with a little work.

The only thing that’s tricky is that not all quarters are the same length (most, but not all, are 91 days) so to get fair trend comparisons you should convert into “per night” figures instead of “per quarter” stuff (you also have do some arithmetic to tease Q4 out of the FY’s 10-K).

It’s then a pretty straightforward analytic task to turn this into relevant trend data, using where needed four quarter trailing moving averages to accommodate the major seasonality in prices and occupancy that Disney faces.

So here’s the results. (All are for Disney’s total domestic resorts—you can’t separate California and Florida. But there’s so few rooms in the three California hotels that it doesn’t much matter.)

Available rooms. Disney reports available rooms per quarter in thousands (again, subject to the penalties of Sarbanes-Oxley, so no fudging). Converted to available rooms per night, here’s the facts over the past years:

You see the kick up from the phased opening at Art of Animation in the second half of 2012, and then a slight trend down from various refurbs/conversions—especially at the Polynesian and Caribbean Beach.

But the down-trend is just not that big a deal. Available rooms peaked in Q3 2013 (roughly, April-June) at 29,154 per night, and in the last reported quarter (Q2 for fiscal 2015, roughly January-March) stood at 28,527.

That’s a difference of just 627 rooms per night, or about 2% compared to peak availability.

Rooms booked per night. Of more interest is rooms booked per night, which dropped to less than 21,000 rooms per night in Q2 2010 but in both the last two quarters exceeded 25,000 per night.

(Renting another 4,000 rooms per night is worth more than a million dollars of revenue a day to Disney.)

The upward trend is apparent, but so is the seasonality of these results. Showing a four-quarter trailing moving average cleans out seasonality to show pure trend:

Dividing rooms booked per quarter by rooms available per quarter is where the “occupancy” figures come from. And multiplying rooms booked per quarter by average per-room guest spend gives you revenues.

Per room guest spend.

Above is the per room guest spend by quarter…

…and as a moving average, so you can see the trend without seasonality. (This particular moving average is not an arithmetic average of the 4 reported numbers, but rather weights them by the number of rooms booked each quarter.)

The overall per room guest spend is going up as a combination of increased prices, reduced total discounts, better revenue management (Disney has focused a lot on this lately) and increased guest willingness to spend on extras.

Total room revenue. Multiplying per room spend by rooms booked gives you hotel revenue.

Here’s the results–note it bottoming towards $400 million in the depths of the recession, and heading for $700 million the last two quarters…

…and as a four quarter moving average:

So the reason the Free Dining is so hard to get, and is more expensive than it used to be, is the same as why some hotels are rarely offered as part of the deal anyway, or why there are still no coffee-makers in value resort standard rooms (I really needed one at my stay in All-Star Movies last week): Disney does not need to offer them to get the kind of results it is looking for.

And the future of Free Dining? Well, as long as results are this strong, I don’t see anything more in the future than it being as hard, or even harder, to get as it was this time.

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May 10, 2015 4 Comments

A Friday Visit With Jim Korkis: The First Disney World Water Park

by Dave

THE ORIGINAL WALT DISNEY WORLD WATER PARK

By Jim Korkis

“River Country! Big River Country.
It’s a hoot. It’s a holler! It’s a water jamboree!
River Country. Big River Country.
If you’re hot around the collar it’s the cool place to be!”

That is the opening verse of a 1977 song written about a forgotten Walt Disney World popular attraction.

Walt Disney World defined the concept of a themed water park with the opening of Disney’s River Country on June 20, 1976 as part of the Fort Wilderness Resort on the shore of Bay Lake.

Originally, this water park was going to be called “Pop’s Willow Grove” and was meant to be reminiscent of “an old fishing hole” from the time period of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, with items like rope swings enhancing that story.

River Country was about one-fourth the size of the later-built Typhoon Lagoon, since the Disney Company had no idea whether such a then radical idea would be successful.

Attractions included a 330,000 gallon clear water pool called Upstream Plunge, Slippery Slide Falls, two sixteen foot rock slides with faux rock work (scattered with pebbles from streambeds in Georgia and the Carolinas) done by Imagineer Fred Joerger (who did rock work on everything from the Jungle Cruise’s Schweitzer Falls to Big Thunder Mountain), and the Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole, dedicated by President Gerald Ford’s daughter, Susan.

The Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole had Whoop-n-Holler Hollow, two long winding chutes that ended with a splashing entry into the water.

Water from nearby Bay Lake was pumped through the inside of River Country’s artificial mountain to the top of the flumes and raft ride at the rate of 8,500 gallons a minute and then eventually through the miracle of gravity spilled back into the lake.

There was a natural soft sand beach underfoot the massive pool rather than a concrete bottom, which was a unique innovation at the time.

Even with the filtration system, the water from the lake was not completely purified and that caused some red flags for Disney Legal.

Its huge popularity resulted in many sold out days, since the Walt Disney World water park had limited capacity. It became apparent that a larger water park facility was needed but it took just over a decade for it to become a reality.

Typhoon Lagoon opened on June 1, 1989 just across the street from the newly built Pleasure Island, and was home to the world’s largest outdoor surf pool (not just a wave pool). It was part of the 1989 expansion of Walt Disney World that also saw the opening down the street of the Disney MGM Studios theme park. Typhoon Lagoon proved so popular that in 1995 a third water park, Blizzard Beach, was opened to accommodate the demand.

These new options led to a drop in attendance at the more difficult to access River Country. In 1998, the water park tried to compete with the “All-American Water Party” promotion where every day was celebrated as the Fourth of July with games, Disney characters in country costumes, live country music and good old fashioned barbeque.

In September 2001, River Country quietly closed at the end of the summer season and never re-opened. In 2002, Walt Disney World spokesman Bill Warren told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that River Country could be reopened if ‘there’s enough guest demand”.

Even today, over a decade later, the decaying ruins of the innovative water park remain but are hidden behind walls and are off-limits to current Disney guests.

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Thanks, Jim! There’s a walkway between the Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness that I’ve hiked many a time–it’s a very peaceful spot. Somewhere it must cut through the old River Country space–but I’ve never noticed where.

Come back next Friday for more from Jim Korkis. In the meantime, check out his books, including The Vault of Walt, Who’s Afraid of the Song of the South?, and The Book of Mouse, and his contributions to The easy Guide to Your First Walt Disney World Visit, all published by Theme Park Press.

Next Week (May 9 Through May 17, 2015) at Walt Disney World

by Dave

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: MAY 9 TO MAY 17, 2015

The material below details operating hours, Extra Magic Hours, parades, and fireworks.

The same stuff is in the image, but organized by park, not by topic. For more on May 2015 at Walt Disney World, click here.

Note that typos happen, and schedules change! If something seems odd, or if you want to double check, use the calendar links near the bottom to get the latest official Disney World scoop.

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

The Magic Kingdom will be open 8a-12MN 5/9, 9a-11p 5/10 through 5/14, and 9a-12MN 5/15 through 5/17

Epcot will be open from 9a-9p every day

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open 9a-10p 5/9, 9a-8.30p 5/10, 9a-10p 5/11, 9a-8.30p 5/12 through 5/14, and 8a-10p 5/15 through 5/17

Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be open 9a-7p 5/9 and 5/10, 9a-6p 5/11 through 5/14, 9a-7p 5/15, and 9a-8p 5 16 and 5/17

EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

Saturday 5/9 Morning: Hollywood Studios Evening: Magic Kingdom

Sunday 5/10 Morning: Animal Kingdom Evening: none

Monday 5/11 Morning: none Evening: Hollywood Studios

Tuesday 5/12 Morning: Epcot Evening: none

Wednesday 5/13 Morning: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios Evening: none

Thursday 5/14 Morning: Magic Kingdom Evening: none

Friday 5/15 Morning: none Evening: Epcot

Saturday 5/16 Morning: none Evening: Magic Kingdom

Sunday 5/17 Morning: Animal Kingdom Evening: none

PARADES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

The Magic Kingdom:

Afternoon Festival of Fantasy Parade: 3p every day
Evening Main Street Electrical Parade: 9 and 11p every day

FIREWORKS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9-5/17/2015

Wishes at the Magic Kingdom: 10p every night

Illuminations at Epcot: 9p every night

Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: 9 and 10.30p 5/9; 9p 5/10; 9 and 10.30p 5/11; 9p 5/12 through 5/14; 9 and 10.30p 5/15 through 5/17

SHOW SCHEDULES FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

See Steve Soares’ site here. Click the park names at its top for show schedules.

LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

See this for forecasts.

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THE EPCOT FOUNTAIN

MORE DISNEY WORLD HISTORY POSTS FROM JIM KORKIS

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: MAY 16 TO MAY 24, 2015

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

FIREWORKS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16-5/24/2015

SHOW SCHEDULES FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/16/-5/24/2015

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OVERVIEW: DECEMBER 2015 AT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 CROWDS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 PRICES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 DEALS AND DISCOUNTS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 WEATHER AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2015/2016 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

DECEMBER 2015 OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

WEEK BY WEEK COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 2015 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD BY ARRIVAL DATE

MORE ON WHEN TO GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

THE ORIGINAL WALT DISNEY WORLD WATER PARK

MORE DISNEY WORLD HISTORY POSTS FROM JIM KORKIS

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: MAY 9 TO MAY 17, 2015

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

EXTRA MAGIC HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

FIREWORKS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9-5/17/2015

SHOW SCHEDULES FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECAST FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/9/-5/17/2015

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