We love surprises at Disney Parks and our latest involves Emmy Award-winning talk show host and supermodel Tyra Banks.
Earlier this week, Tyra surprised three young girls by announcing on “The Tyra Show” that she was sending them and their moms to Walt Disney World. Then, Tyra made a surprise appearance during their park visit on Friday night and joined the group for a Royal Tea Party with Disney’s newest princess, Tiana.
Tyra’s visit to Walt Disney World will be featured Wednesday, Nov. 25 on “The Tyra Show.” It’ll air nationwide at 4 p.m. on the CW Network and then be repeated on Dec. 11.
This week, we featured several exclusives as well as some behind-the-scenes posts on the Disney Parks Blog. We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the edible carousel at Disney’s Beach Club Resort at Walt Disney World and offered first video of the most sophisticated Audio-Animatronics technology yet. If you didn’t see it, here’s the video:
We also showed how Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park gets a “dipped in sugar” look during the holiday season and offered a look at some of the amazing cakes offered at Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings. Here’s a list of some of our most popular posts:
Something unique happens this time of year at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge – a ceremony performed in the lobby called the Blessing of the Four Directions.
As you may know, November is Native American Heritage Month and every year visiting interpreters James Hansen (Black Wolf) and Anita Hansen (Quick Silver) perform a short ceremony, symbolically driving out negative energy and purifying the resort for the year ahead.
The Hansens also tell stories and answer questions for guests about Native American culture. If you haven’t seen it, here’s video:
Something new is hitting the streets – the streets of the Downtown Disney District, that is. There’s a new urban-like shopping space opening in December, and I wanted to give you the details here on the Disney Parks Blog.
The edible carousel at Disney’s Beach Club Resort at Walt Disney World includes ponies made of chocolate and fondant, hand-painted chocolate “Fab Five” Disney characters surrounded by snowflakes on the side of gingerbread and giant candy cane poles.
We get questions all the time about what sort of wedding cake options we offer at Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings. Disney-themed wedding cakes can come in a variety of styles, from classic to whimsical. These cakes fit many tastes, but one thing is guaranteed, they taste as good as they look!
In case you missed it, several celebrities competed in the pro-am portion of the PGA Tour’s Children’s Miracle Network Classic pro golf tournament at Walt Disney World Resort the other day. Johnny Damon, star player for the reigning World Series Champion New York Yankees played along with A.J. Pierzynski (Chicago White Sox), Aaron Rowand (San Francisco Giants), Scott Phillips (drummer for the band Creed) and Anthony Bowie (former Orlando Magic player) on Disney’s famed Magnolia and Palm golf courses.
Check out this video that gives you a front row seat to “Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee!” at the Disneyland Resort. The colorful, jazz-filled show gets the party started in New Orleans Square and continues on the Mark Twain Riverboat. This good time runs through January 3.
We now know the names of the 100 high school students who’ll be participating in this year’s Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey at Walt Disney World.
Ah, how satisfying it is to be able to be alone with your thoughts, no matter where or when. Consider that within ten yards of Goofy’s nose, dozens- no, hundreds of Park Guests are excitedly photographing family and friends in front of Cinderella Castle. But I just love imagining what Goofy could be contemplating amidst the excitement of it all. A dog bone, perhaps?
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