More Walt Disney World Resort Stories

Disney Parks Blog Weekly Recap Aug. 26, 2012

Thomas Smith

by , Editorial Content Director, Disney Experiences

This week, we continued our exclusive series of New Fantasyland stories with a special treat. Walt Disney Imagineering showed us how Enchanted Tales with Belle at Magic Kingdom Park will transport you into the world of “Beauty and The Beast.” Take a peek inside.

Check the Disney Parks Blog this upcoming week for a special “All in the Details” New Fantasyland post that I think you’ll really enjoy.

Join Us for a Live Chat With Imagineer Melissa Jeselnick on August 27 about the Reimagined Test Track at Walt Disney World Resort Join Us for a Live Chat With Imagineer Melissa Jeselnick on August 27 about the Reimagined Test Track at Walt Disney World Resort

And did you hear? Our next live chat will be with one of the key Imagineers working on the reimagined Test Track at Epcot – Melissa Jeselnick. Melissa will be chatting about how you’ll be able to design your own custom concept vehicle when the attraction is reopened in late fall and how you’ll be able to put it through its paces on the hills and switchbacks of the Test Track circuit.

Visit the blog tomorrow at 1:15 p.m. to ask your questions and see something you’ve never seen before from the attraction.

Here are some of the other stories we worked on this week:

Disney Parks After Dark: Surprises in the Night Sky at Cars Land in Disney California Adventure Park – See how the neon signs on Route 66 at Cars Land glow by taking a look at Disney Parks After Dark.

How a Horse Becomes a Disneyland Horse: Owen Makes His Main Street, U.S.A., Debut at Disneyland Park – There’s a new cast member on Main Street, U.S.A. Watch Owen the horse “graduate” by pulling guests for his first time in the Main Street streetcar!

Vintage Walt Disney World: Hollywood Scoops Opens – I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. Find out the history of Hollywood Scoops in this Vintage Walt Disney World post.

Baby Elephant Jabali Celebrates First Birthday at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort – Jabali, one of six elephants born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, celebrates his first birthday!

Eight Ways to Enjoy Disney California Adventure Park: Child’s Play – Slow down and enjoy Disney California Adventure from a child’s point of view.

SNEAK PEEK: Jack’s Gingerbread House Arrives at the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland Park – Take a sneak peek at this year’s wild and wacky gingerbread house design, now in its 12th year in the Haunted Mansion.