Credit Card Guarantee for some Dining Reservations
 
Walt Disney World Resorts are starting a new policy effective October 26, 2011, that will require a credit card guarantee for new reservations at Signature Dining and most Character Dining locations.

Cancellations to reservations made less than one day in advance will incur a $10 charge per person listed on the reservation, with the exception of Victoria and Alberts where there will be a $25 charge per person.

A new phone number specifically to cancel dining reservations, 407-WDW-CNCL 407 939 265 
has been added for guest convenience.

The following locations will require the new credit card guarantee: 
 
1900 Park Fare Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
Artist Point California Grill
Cape May Café Chef Mickey’s
Cítricos The Crystal Palace
Flying Fish Café The Garden Grill
The Hollywood Brown Derby Hollywood & Vine
Jiko – The Cooking Place Le Cellier Steakhouse
Narcoossee’s Ohana
Tusker House Restaurant Victoria & Albert’s – $25 per person
Yachtsman Steakhouse  

 


 
The Jeweled Dragon Acrobats at Epcot

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In China it is customary for aspiring athletes and acrobats to begin training and preparation at a very early age. The dream is to audition and be selected to join a professional acrobat troupe.

The Jeweled Dragon Acrobats are such a troupe and they have just launched a year-long engagement at Epcot, arriving directly from China. Consisting of six men and two women, all between 18 and 21 years old, the talented performers have been together as a troupe for three years.

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These gifted acrobats perform five shows daily, five days a week in the China courtyard and showcase extraordinary feats of strength, agility and balance. I discovered this amazing troupe yesterday afternoon and am displaying a small gallery of snapshots to whet your appetite.

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Free In-Room WiFi at Select Disney World Resorts from October 14

Walt Disney World is finally getting with the times and providing free in room wireless internet at DVC and Deluxe resorts starting today, October 14, 2011.

This has been discussed for a long time and hopefully it will become available for all resorts in the very near future.

The hotels available at the moment are:

  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Disney’s Beach Club Resort
  • Disney’s BoardWalk Resort
  • Disney’s Contemporary Resort
  • Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
  • Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
  • Disney’s Old Key West Resort
  • Disney’s Polynesian Resort
  • Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
  • Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort
  • Disney’s Yacht Club 

 

 
Disney Fantasy Upper Decks a Splashing Delight for Kids and Comfort Retreat for Adults
 
An array of wet and wonderful new surprises help guests cool off as they enjoy soaking up the sun aboard the Disney Fantasy, Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship scheduled to set sail in March 2012.
 
AquaLab Debuts on the Disney Fantasy

On the Disney Fantasy, guests can splash and play in the AquaLab – a brand-new water play area on deck 12, near the entrance to the AquaDuck water coaster. Families can frolic among pop jets, geysers and bubblers in this fun and fanciful 1,800-square-foot space. As the story goes, AquaLab was created by Donald Duck’s nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and features a variety of water “experiments” designed to drench the whole family.

Children entering the AquaLab will see that the nephews are away for the time being, leaving the young cruise guests in charge of the AquaLab. Through hand-painted notes left by the nephews, kids are put in charge of the AquaDuck water coaster. By turning wheels and moving levers at three wacky aqua stations kids “control” the speed and temperature of AquaDuck.
 
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At a leaky wall, the water fun is all hands on deck as kids try to keep the water circulating by covering holes in squirting and spurting pipes with their hands. In another area, kids scramble to stop leaky pipes from filling Uncle Donald’s row boat with water. Water leaks and sprays from the Ducky Dinghy, suspended overhead, and as the boat fills a fish pops his head out of a bucket while everyone gets delightfully drenched.
More information can be found here
 
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Win a Trip to Rapunzel’s Royal Celebration on 2nd Oct at Kensington Palace in London

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Rapunzel is being welcomed into the Disney Princess royal court on the 2nd October at Kensington Palace in London, England, Disney Princess fans can feel a part of the special occasion by participating in an online video contest on Disney.com

Videos entered between now and Sept. 12, 2011 at Princess Moment are eligible for the ultimate Grand Prize:

A trip for four to London for Rapunzel's royal celebration

You can find out more about the competition here
 


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