20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Registration Opens With New Elements Ahead!

By Lou Mongello
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 No Comments »

2013 Disney Marathon to feature new commemorative medal, new post-race party and enhanced entertainment; Race expected to be a sellout Runners competing in the 20th anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon – registration opens today - will experience several unique features, including a special 20th anniversary medal, new entertainment elements and a new post-race party. To mark two decades of [...]

WDW Radio Kids & Teens Day: My Ridley Experience

By Admin
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 3 Comments »

by Makena W. I had the pleasure of meeting Ridley Pearson last Tuesday in Clinton, NJ. I’m told that the bookshop where he was signing was one of the first to put Ridley’s books on the shelves. It is very small and compact, so not many kids could fit inside the building. That means that [...]

DISNEY LEGENDS DICK VAN DYKE AND ALAN MENKEN HIGHLIGHT D23’S DESTINATION D: 75 YEARS OF DISNEY ANIMATED FEATURES

By Admin
Friday, April 6th, 2012 No Comments »

The Official Disney Fan Club Commemorates the Diamond Anniversary with Rare Screenings, Entertaining Presentations and Memorable Musical Performances Aug. 11 & 12 at the Disneyland® Resort   BURBANK, Calif. – April 5, 2012 – D23: The Official Disney Fan Club is celebrating the once-in-a-lifetime diamond anniversary of one of the most universally beloved and singularly [...]

Wanna Be Imagineers: A Kingdom Keeper Twist!

By Christy Viszoki
Friday, April 6th, 2012 4 Comments »

This month, we are celebrating the release of Ridley Pearson’s Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game and anticipating his LIVE CHAT with Lou Mongello on Monday April 23 (7:30 PM at www.wdwradiolive.com) In honor of this celebration, we thought it would be fun to “Imagineer” the Kingdom Keepers into the parks!  And so, while there is [...]

Disney Dreamers & Doers Celebrates 18 Shining Stars

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Thursday, April 5th, 2012 No Comments »

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., April 5, 2012 – With a prize patrol and special awards in tow, Mickey Mouse visited local schools this week to recognize 18 students in the five-county area as Disney Dreamers & Doers Shining Stars. Disney Dreamers & Doers recognizes students throughout Central Florida who serve as role models at school, at [...]

WDW Radio Disney Book Club: Kingdom Keepers 5 Reading Calendar!

By Christy Viszoki
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 3 Comments »

Calling all Kingdom Keepers fans!!!  We’ve established a reading calendar to help us pace ourselves in preparation for the LIVE chat with Ridley Pearson and Lou Mongello on Monday April 23.  On each benchmark date, we will publish some questions both here and on our Facebook page for you to consider and comment upon.   We [...]

WDW NewsCast – April 4, 2012 – PhotoPass+, the Avengers Monorail and a question for you

By Lou Mongello
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 19 Comments »

WDW NewsCast – April 4, 2012 – PhotoPass+, the Avengers Monorail and a question for you Topics this week include: – PhotoPass+ – Avengers Monorail (The “Avengerail”) QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Do you like the Avengerail and the idea of monorail wraps? Is it any different than if DIsney was to wrap the resort buses? [...]

Kingdom Keepers V Blog Event Day 2: Which Cover Would YOU Want to be On?

By Christy Viszoki
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 3 Comments »

As part of our countdown to the LIVE book club chat with Kingdom Keepers’ author Ridley Pearson and Lou Mongello (Monday April 23 at 7:30 PM at www.wdwradiolive.com), we will be hosting daily blogs about all things Kingdom Keepers!  Our event started yesterday with a blog by teen writer Makena and will continue for the [...]