Dinner In A Movie?

Last post today! I promise.

This is a little random, but someone could probably do a blog that focused on nothing but all the different ways to get married in the World. Depending, of course, on how much money you have to blow, fantasy really can become reality. Which brings me to this little slice of heaven: a wedding dinner held inside the Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

I love all the little details, and the separate theming in each new "room" of the ride, and the way that the meal is split between them. Maybe I'll have to become a Disney-fan golddigger ... check out all the amazingness here.

New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Site

Speaking of getting geared up for new things ...

Universal recently launched a new website for the soon-to-open Wizarding World of Harry Potter. While I'm much more of a Disney person, it's hard not to get excited about this new "land". With a franchise like this, i.e. one that appeals to not only little boys AND little girls but also to their parents, Disney will really have to step up to compete. In fact, we've probably already seen a little bit of that with the recent influx of ad campaigns (Free $750 gift card! 40% off hotels! Volunteer and get in free!).

In any case, I was really impressed with the new Harry Potter land website. I wouldn't miss taking the "flying tour" - it gives you a great idea of what the park will be like when it finally opens this spring.

Fantasyland Expansion Walk-Through

Hello reader(s)! I'm not sure how many of you there are out there, but someone left a really nice comment asking me to update, and how can I ignore that? I've been insanely busy with school (I'm taking 18 credits this semester) and with life in general, so I doubt I'll be able to update much. Your daily dose of Disney magic might be more like your weekly ... biweekly ... dose. But I'll definitely try to be a little more on top of it.

So, lately ... no terribly huge announcements to report in the world of Florida theme parks. It seems like now all we have to do is wait, wait, wait until major new expansions open (the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the Fantasyland expansion in WDW, the remodeling at DCA). Part of what makes that wait easier, though, is losing yourself in imagining what all that wonderful new-ness will be like once it's finished.

Shawn over at the awesome blog DisneyShawn recently posted a kind of "guide" to the Fantasyland expansion, putting it all in perspective with storyline and concept drawings. I would highly suggest you check it out here.