For years, Disney fans have been able to earn valuable rewards for their Disney vacations with the Disney Visa Credit Card from Chase. This week, Disney and Chase announced a new upgrade to the popular credit card that both new and current card holders are sure to be excited about. The Disney’s Premier Visa Card will give card holders the chance to earn rewards faster, use their rewards for airfare for the first time, and have access to special cardmember-only benefits.
With the Premier card, card holders will be able to …

The sentence was vague and fleeting, like the glow from a light that shines for a moment, and then vanishes. That it lacked an attribution as to source made it even more indefinite. It was exactly what it purported to be, a rumor, yet even the mere possibility sent my heart racing.
It was buried in the December 21, 2011 “WDW News and Rumors” rundown from a popular Disney community website and it read:
“There’s a possibility that SpectroMagic could return in October 2012.”
Craving something more definitive, I searched for corroboration. If …

Four new shirt designs are arriving at Disney Parks this spring, and feature outlines of iconic Disney characters Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck. The outlines of the characters are filled in with words that describe their personality, such as “clever,” “awesome,” and “The Boss” for Mickey Mouse among others.
These shirt designs are very unique, and once released, they will be available at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts. What do you think of the new designs?
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In April, Disneyland Paris will be celebrating their 20th anniversary and have several big changes coming to the park in time for this incredible milestone.
Not only does the park plan to hire an additional 4,500 employees by April in their largest recruitment drive to date, they also have new attractions, shows and improvements in the works for the April anniversary.
One of the main attractions coming to Disneyland Paris is the Dreams night time spectacular, a show that promises to combine eye-catching lights and lasers with an immersive storytelling experience for …

Happy New Year! Disney ushered in 2012 last night with a special announcement of what park guests can look forward to this February. To celebrate Leap Day 2012, Disney will hold “One More Disney Day” and keep the parks open for 24 hours straight.
From 6:00 AM on February 29, 2012 to 6:00 AM March 1, 2012, Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park and Disneyland Park will be open for park guests to celebrate their extra Disney day. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs says about the new announcement:
“We’re …

There are several new items coming to Disney Parks this year, which will allow visitors to ring in the New Year in style. One of the items is the clock-inspired Disney Eat Hat, designed by Mark Seppala, who says that Alice in Wonderland partially inspired him to create this new ear hat.
Additionally, the clock theme carries over into the Disney Pins, with a new pin featuring Tinkerbell. Two additional Disney Pins will also be released at Disneyland and Walt Disney World to help commemorate the New Year.
New 2012 Disney New …

The Oriental Land Company, Ltd., which owns and operates the Tokyo Disneyland Resort, announced this week that the popular attraction “Toy Story Mania!” will soon be making its way to Japan. Currently operating in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, the attraction is based on Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story franchise. The 3D attraction, which will be the first of its kind at the resort, will be located in the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
“Toy Story Mania!” will be a part of Toyville Trolley Park, a new area of Tokyo DisneySea themed to an …

Great Britain’s biggest fan of Mickey Mouse, 51 year-old Tony Quinlan of Gershwin Boulevard, Witham, has turned his home into a Disney paradise this holiday season.
Nearly all of the Christmas decorations are Disney-inspired, and Gershwin’s wife, Anne, says:
He just loves Mickey Mouse. He loves all things Disney. He’s just a kid that’s not grown up. He used to say when we had children that he did it for them, but now they’ve grown up, although we have granddaughters now. Of course he uses it as an excuse.
Anne also …

Sources say that Shanghai Disneyland is expected to receive between 10.5 and 15 million visitors annually when the park opens. Construction on the new park began in April 2011, and is expected to finish in 2016.
Said Alastair M. Morrison, director with the International Academy of Tourism,
Shanghai Disneyland will be three times of the one in Hong Kong. The massive population in the Yangtze River Delta will strongly support it to be a top choice for a one-day tour.
Shanghai Disneyland will be the first Disney park on the Chinese …

This past weekend, a little bit of Disney Parks magic came to New York City, as Disney held a very special new character experience event in Times Square. Throughout the weekend, Times Square visitors were able to interact with some of their favorite Disney characters virtually, through the use of special state-of-the-art augmented reality technology.
Participants in the event stood on a specific spot near the Times Square Disney Store, and looked up to see themselves on the Disney Store’s 2000 square foot digital sign. Thanks to Disney magic, however, the …