For the first time, Disney will be introducing 'Rebel
Rendezvous,' a ticketed merchandise event at this year's Star Wars Weekends.
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Registration is now open at the official Disney Merchandise
site, where you can find more details and sign up.
From the Disney press release:
The Alliance
leaders are summoning the most loyal Rebels in the galaxy to gather at the
Rebel Rendezvous on Thursday, May 15, 2014 between 10AM and 5PM at Disney’s
Hollywood Studios®.
Join the Rebel
Alliance at this covert meeting place to gather supplies and other limited
edition acquisitions in preparation for the upcoming Star Wars™ Weekends
engagement. Look alert! The Rendezvous Point is located on the Outer Rim near
the known whereabouts of Bounty Hunters and an Imperial presence!
Packages for the
Rebel Rendezvous are $250 per person and include the following:
Exclusive access to
Darth’s Mall one day before it opens to the public.
Limited edition
recruitment pack (includes a custom messenger bag, cadet hat, tumbler, lanyard,
pin & medal set). Items are only available to Rebel Rendezvous attendees on
May 15, 2014.
Preferential
opportunity to purchase select 2014 Star Wars™ Weekends merchandise, including,
but not limited to:
Customized Rebel
Rendezvous merchandise, including D-Tech on Demand cell phone cases and
Aurebesh nametags*
Special bundle pack
that includes a unique Disney Gift Card design with Rebel carrying case*
Limited edition
merchandise created for Star Wars™ Weekends 2014
Star Wars™ Weekends
2014 event logo apparel and souvenir items
New Vinylmation™
releases, including opportunities to acquire full sets
Ashley Eckstein
meet & greet and product signing, featuring the new collection of Her
Universe apparel
Rebel activities,
including special meet & greet and signing opportunities with characters
and Disney artists
The Magic Kingdom's daytime parade is back with the brand
new 'Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade.'
Click here to see the full performance, fromWDWMagic
The completely new parade features many of your favorite
Disney characters on nine new floats:
The Princess Garden – This pageantry of princesses
celebrates Disney royalty. Cinderella, Tiana and Belle accompanied by their
respective princes, ride in a garden of topiaries with woodland creatures,
birds and more. Cinderella’s dress playfully twirls like a turntable, while
Swan Court couples lead the 50-foot-long majestic float, capped off with a
special appearance by Anna and Elsa from Disney’s hit animated feature,
“Frozen.”
Tangled – A massive long ship on the high seas showcases
Flynn Rider and Rapunzel in search of adventure and another Best. Day. Ever!
Rapunzel’s iconic tresses weave throughout this 36-foot-long float decked out
with swaying pendulums carrying dastardly thugs.
Little Mermaid – Ariel and her friends sit atop a
colorfully kinetic seashell music box that boasts an enchanting musical
jubilee. There’s no shortage of whimsy on this Under the Sea float with conga
dancing fish kicking up their fins and bubbles galore. Shimmering fabrics and
intricately designed costumes for the Lion Fish, Coral Fish, Seashell and Sea
Horse performers are runway-inspired.
Peter Pan – Straight from Never Land come Peter Pan
and Wendy soaring high aboard the famous Jolly Roger pirate ship complete with smoke
effects and special surprises. A rainbow arch shines over Skull Rock and Tinker
Bell nestled among giant flowers, while Captain Hook takes center stage on a
swinging anchor. “Newsies-inspired” Lost Boys kick up their heels to
high-energy choreography.
Brave – Celtic couples and a vessel shaped like an
enormous bagpipe announce the arrival of Merida perched high on her majestic
crown. Scottish dancers step to melodies of the Great Highlands in celebration
of the popular Disney*Pixar film, “Brave.”
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Finale and Mickey’s Airship – The parade culminates
with a 90-foot-long magical caravan of characters featuring Pinocchio, Dumbo,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Mad Hatter, Pluto and more in a splashy
carnival of color. There’s Pegasus horses, dancing hippos and sassy Bubble
Girls with cotton-candy-like hair celebrating Storybook Circus in New Fantasyland.
Sporting zany new costumes Mickey and Minnie Mouse sit sky high in Mickey’s
Airship — a giant hot air balloon that rounds out Disney Festival of Fantasy
Parade.
“The parade celebrates and pays homage to what the Magic
Kingdom is all about,” said Randy Wojcik, senior show director Walt Disney
Parks and Resorts, Creative Entertainment. “It has the most beautiful floats,
enchanting characters, vibrant costumes that come to life; and the choreography
is just glorious. Yet, it is also very kinetic, relevant and powerful on a
scale never seen before at Walt Disney World.”
The parade has an original soundtrack inspired by favorite
Disney films, composed by Mark Hammond, known for his work on World of Color at
Disney California Adventure and the Flights of Fantasy parade at Hong Kong
Disneyland. The parade has its own voice with a theme song customized for each
float followed by a medley of songs woven throughout the cavalcade.
The 15 minute parade performs daily at the Magic Kingdom at
3:00 PM.
The winter side course of Winter Summerland Mini Golf is
back open after refurbishment. The winter course closed in January 2014 without
a reopening date, but work is now complete and the course is back open daily
along with the summer course.
Hot on the heals of the newly expanded indoor seating area
at Casey's Corner comes a new expanded outdoor seating area. The seating area
is approximately double in size, greatly expanding the capacity of the Magic
Kingdom quick service restaurant.
The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic
returns for its 5th year.
Culinary artistry, fine wine and celebrity chef
meet-and-greets will once again highlight the Walt Disney World Swan and
Dolphin Food & Wine Classic. The event, back for its fifth year, will be
held on Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1 2014, at the Epcot Resort
Area hotel.
The outdoor festival will include food and beverage
seminars, food and wine tastings and live music. Seminars will be led by the
hotel’s chefs and certified beverage experts, while the hotel’s award-winning
restaurants will showcase signature culinary selections to pair with tastings
from more than 30 wineries.
Celebrity Chef Todd English will be in attendance to meet
and greet with guests. English is a renowned restaurateur who has gained
national acclaim through his line of restaurants and cookbooks, and other
food-related enterprises. Todd English’s bluezoo is located in the hotel and
features fresh seafood in a vibrant atmosphere.
With 17 restaurants and lounges, and a distinguished
culinary and beverage team, the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel
continually earns national recognition for its food and beverage program. The
hotel features more than 70 certified wine sommeliers and 1,400 wine
selections.
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The 'Illuminations Sparkling Dessert Party begins on
3/12/2014, and is available on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:45 PM
to 9:20 PM. Reservations can be made on 407 WDW-DINE.
Disney has now made MagicBands available to all Annual
Passholders, giving them the ability to take part in advance reservation
FastPass+ with a MagicBand or RFID pass.
To get your MagicBand, link your pass in 'My Disney
Experience' and you will see an option to customize MagicBands. Choose a color
and name to be printed on the band, and it will be shipped in late March,
arriving in 7 to 10 days.
The MagicBand package will include the MagicBand, a discount
card, and an Annual Passholder exclusive MagicSlider to customize the band. The
discount card is either gold or black, with only gold indicating that parking
is included. To validate parking, guests can either present a MagicBand, RFID
pass, or the gold discount card. To obtain discounts on merchandise or dining,
passholders will need to present either the discount card with photo ID, or the
actual Annual Pass and photo ID. Ultimately, the MagicBands or RFID media will
allow access to discounts and the discount card will not be required.
MagicBands are only being shipped to within the USA at this
time, and no local pickup of MagicBands is available at Walt Disney World for
passholders. For international guests with no USA delivery address, the only
option is to continue to use the RFID ticket.
The FastPass+ reservation window has been reduced to 30 days
for Annual Passholders not staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel.
Passholders can now make FastPass+ reservations up to 30
days in advance, and can hold up to 7 days of FastPass+ reservations across a 30
day rolling window. For a Passholder staying at a Walt Disney World Resort
hotel, the window remains at 60 days in advance of check-in, where FastPass+
reservations can be held for 7 days or the length of the hotel stay.
If you have already made FastPass+ reservations under the 60
day policy, those selections will still be honored unless you choose to cancel
them.
Passholders not staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel
will not be able to add charging privileges on their MagicBands.
More will be closing next
week to allow construction work for Disney Springs. Beginning 3/18/2014, parts
of lots E, F and G, which are all in the area outside of T-REX and Pollo
Campero in the Marketplace, will be closed. The affected areas are the top side
of the lots, closest to T-REX and the other buildings.
parking lots at Dowtown Disney
The overflow parking options at Team Disney and the Casting
Center remain in use as required, so if parking at Downtown Disney, be sure to
follow signs to these overflow areas
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