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With today being the last day of Mickey’s Toontown Fair, I wanted to look back at the beginning of this area of the park. Mickey’s Toontown Fair originated as “Mickey’s Birthdayland“, for the 60th birthday of Mickey Mouse in 1988 (below, left). The Walt Disney World Railroad (renamed Mickey’s Birthdayland Express) had a catchy song, and a “Happy Birthday Mickey” sign on the front of the train (below, right).

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February 11th, 2011 | Tags: 1989 Magic Kingdom, Duckburg/Mickey's Birthdayland, Mickey's Birthdayland, Mickey's Hollywood Theater, Mickey's Starland, Mickey's Toontown, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We stopped by Epcot (below, left) yesterday to see if the 2011 Flower and Garden Festival preparations were underway, and they are! The beautiful flower quilt was planted in the last couple of days (below, right). This years festival will feature seventy five Disney character topiaries, the most ever including many newcomers from Disney/Pixar!

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February 10th, 2011 | Tags: Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 2011, Exposition Hall, HGTV, Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Toontown Fair, Mouse Gear, New Fantasyland, Spaceship Earth, Tomorrowland Speedway | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We went to the Magic Kingdom today to see Super Bowl MVP (From the Green Bay Packers) Aaron Rodgers as he paid a visit to Walt Disney World! Rodgers was honored in a motorcade (below, left) and was seated next to Mickey Mouse (below, right).

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February 7th, 2011 | Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers, Haunted Mansion, Haunted Mansion Interactive Queue, Magic Kingdom, Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We stopped by Disney’s Pop Century Resort yesterday to get some photos of the construction going on at the future Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. There is a lot of upward construction now, though all the numbers signifying the Pop Century Legendary Years (the portion of the resort never built) are still in place (below left and right).

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February 4th, 2011 | Tags: All Star Movies, All Star Music, All Star Sports, Disney's Art of Animation Construction, Disney's Pop Century Resort, Fantasyland, Goofy's Barnstormer, Grand Floridian 1900 Park Fare, Grand Floridian Resort, Magic Kingdom, Mickey's Toontown Fair, The Magic, The Memories and You! | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We had a fantastic day at the Magic Kingdom yesterday! The Chilean miners (below, left and right) were given a key to the Magic Kingdom in a parade and short ceremony, and they were even able to greet guests who gave them nothing short of a heroes welcome.

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February 1st, 2011 | Tags: Chilean Miners and Rescuers Magic Kingdom, Chilean Miners at Walt Disney World, Dapper Dans, Magic Kingdom, New Fantasyland, New Fantasyland latest construction, New Fantasyland View from Dumbo, New Fantasyland Wall Concept Art, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, SHAG Artist signing, SHAG JoSH AGle Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We continue our Disney Dream coverage with some photos and video from Castaway Cay (below, left), as well as Mickey’s Pirates in the Caribbean show and Buccaneer Blast fireworks. We actually didn’t spend much time on Castaway Cay, choosing to spend time on board the Disney Dream (below, right) to take more photos and video before venturing out onto the island.

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January 28th, 2011 | Tags: Bahamas, Big Al Weiss Shrimp Distributors, Buccaneer Blast Fireworks, Cabanas, Captain Hook, Captain Jack Sparrow, Castaway Cay, Cookie's BBQ, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Dream, Disney Dream Coverage, Mickey's Pirates in The Caribbean, Pelican's Plunge | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off