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By: Will Linton |
| In Magic Kingdom news, Pirates of the Caribbean, as you may already know, has been closed to put in the famous movie characters such as Barbossa and Captain Jack Sparrow! It will be temporarily reopen on April 8th, 2006. It will then close again on May 1st to finish putting in the Disney Touch! The ride is expected to be permanently open on July 7th.
You can find out more by downloading the official Disney podcast, Plugged In... In EPCOT news, The Seas With Nemo and Friends, Is a so called visually stunning attraction. It is supposed to be fun for all ages. The Journey begins where the movie, Finding Nemo, left off. I don't want to give away to much so keep a fin out for this in Fall 2006. Also in the living seas, the very popular Turtle Talk, is being tested with Dory (One of the characters from Finding Nemo.) Dory talks to the audience and puts a smile on peoples faces. In MGM news, the name is now becoming Disney Studios! They are quietly changing the name of MGM. They are doing it so slowly and carefully, Disney Studios will be an almost unnoticed change! In other news, our beloved Star Wars Weekend at Disney Studios is not going away as some rumors said last year. For those of you who don't know what Star Wars Weekend is, It is a series of weekends where Disney Studios has events and games for kids all based on Star Wars. People dress up in Star Wars costumes and enjoy a Star Wars parade!! It's a whole galaxy of fun!!! In Animal Kingdom News, Tarzan Rocks is being destroyed to make way for The Finding Nemo Musical! This is the first time Disney has made a musical production out of a non-musical movie. It includes innovative lighting, sound, special effects and puppets made by Michael Curry, who designed the amazingly detailed character puppets in the Broadway "The Lion King."!!! Construction has already begin. Keep an eye out for this underwater spectacular show! Also, Donna, a 21-year-old African elephant at Rafiki's Planet Watch, watches over her newly born calf named Nadirah! Donna and Nadirah have been bonding and have now been introduced to the rest of the herd. Nadirah, which is an African name for precious and rare is of course Precious and Rare! After only a short time she weighed a nice and healthy 233 pounds. Guests at Animal Kingdom are able to see Nadirah's on cameras at Rafiki's Planet Watch! In Downtown Disney news, Pleasure Island shops and the west end stage are being destroyed to make way for "T-Rex, Prehistoric Family Adventure" which will be a prehistoric restaurant very much like Rainforest Cafe but with better animatronics and a dinosaur theme!!! That's all I can tell you... |
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