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So, what are our final thoughts on the D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World? Some events were more fun, interesting, entertaining, and educational than we expected – specifically the archival presentations and dinner at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Other events were very disappointing – private Illuminations viewing area with dessert buffet and private continue reading Our Final Thoughts on the D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World … The second evening of the D23 Magic & Merriment Event at Walt Disney World took place in the Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park. Our Arrival… Somehow we got it into our heads that the seating for the Holiday Shorts and Shows at the Premier Theater inside Disney’s Hollywood Studios was to start at 6:00 – continue reading D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 Evening Two at Walt Disney World – Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Holiday Shorts, Dinner, and Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights … Day Two of the D23 Magic & Merriment events at Walt Disney World began at Magic Kingdom… at 7:45 in the morning. Did you know that there aren’t even Parking Cast Members in the parking lots that early? And, did you know that if it’s foggy, it can be really hard to find your way continue reading Breakfast at Columbia Harbor House & Holiday Scavenger Hunt at Magic Kingdom, Day Two of D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World … Being able to attend a dessert buffet and watch the Epcot fireworks from a World Showcase Pavilion (ended up being Italy), was one of the selling points when nora suggested to nick that we attend the D23 Magic & Merriment event. We’ve both seen many blog posts about dessert buffets at each of the theme continue reading D23 Magic & Meriment 2012 Evening One at Walt Dsiney World – Holiday Dessert Buffet & Fireworks, Italy Pavilion, Epcot … During the first day of the D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World, we were given access to the Hospitality Suite at American Adventure. There was a private elevator, actually a bit of a misnomer because it’s the same elevator used to transport handicapped guests upstairs but there is a second set of continue reading Hospitality Suite inside American Adventure on Day One of D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World … Let the Magic & Merriment Begin… Our hosts for the D23 Magic & Merriment at Walt Disney World were Laura Sanchez (Special Events D23) and Jeffery Epstein (Marketing D23) Jeffrey & Laura The archival presentations at D23 Magic & Merriment were much better than the D23 Epcot 30th Anniversary presentations at continue reading D23 Magic & Merriment 2012 at Walt Disney World – Archival Presentations on Day One … Yes, Epcot uses topiary for many events beyond the annual Flower and Garden Show – even at Christmas. At the main entrance to Epcot during the holiday celebration in 2012, you are greeted by Goofy and Donald in front of many evergreens adorned with white lights.
Bambi, Thumper and Flower are within continue reading 2012 Christmas Topiary and main Christmas Tree at Epcot … We took this tour two years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit (here). As we did with the Yuletide Fantasy Tour (here), we’re going to stick with new stuff. Two of our guides were also our guides in 2010… Mark & Jeff. So, as it turned out, we had Mark, Jeff, and Monica as continue reading Disney’s Holiday D-Lights Tour Review – 2012 … We had lovely weather last Monday for the very first Holiday Tour of the 2012 Christmas/Holiday Season at Walt Disney World. Although we weren’t terribly keen on repeating this tour after our excursion in 2010 (here), we decided to give it another try. We were tickled when we saw Monica (she was one of our continue reading Yuletide Fantasy Tour 2012 – Our Review … Taking a tour early this morning – Yuletide Fantasy! The holidays start in earnest … We took this tour two years ago (here); we had some criticisms and we’ll focus on changes when we blog about this year’s Yuletide Fantasy tour. |
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