If you are in Central Florida this morning and want to see an Olympian head over to the Magic Kingdom.  Michale Phelps will be in a parade on Main Street at 10:30 showing off his newly won gold medals. 

Every few years I hear the rumors that Star Tours is going to go through a significant rehab.  The rumors have started again. The Orlando Weekly posted some updates on their website saying that it is confirmed that Star Tours is indeed being updated.  I would love to see this ride updated.  There are so many things they could do with it but until I see the green walls go up I am still keeping this one in the rumor category.   

Did you know that you can have Hannah Montana call your home?  That’s right she will give you a wake up call so that you can get yourself out of bed and start the day off right.  I don’t know how life could get any more exciting.

If you want your call you can get it here.

Star Wars weekends is going strong at the Disney Hollywood Studios.  Just in time for the event Disney released PVC figures of the muppets characters dressed as Star Wars Characters.  I have not seen them yet but I wish they were 6″ action figures and not PVC figures.

I don’t Dragon Boat Race.  I don’t know anyone who Dragon Boat races.  I don’t even know where you would look to find a Dragon Boat to race.  I feel a little left out because Florida is apparently a Dragon Boat Racing hotspot.  So much so that Disney is having Dragon Boat Racing in October.  Who knew?

There are plenty of movies that take place in Ireland.  If you are looking for a good movie to watch for St. Patrick’s Day I suggest Darby O’Gill and the Little People.  It has everything Irish in it.  Leprechauns- got ‘em.  Drunk Irishman- got ‘em.  Banshees- got ‘em.  Sean Connery singing- oh yeah it has it.  You couldn’t ask for more.  If you haven’t seen it check it out.  If you have seen it watch it again.  Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort has had a crane next to with some construction going on for some time now.  Thing was Disney wasn’t saying to much about it.  They still aren’t saying a whole lot but all of the local papers are reporting that the construction is going to be a 15 story tower with a walkway that will connect the new tower to the original hotel.  The new tower will be time shares.  No word on what they are going to cost but I am going to go out on a limb and guess that they are going to be on the expensive side. 

There are rumors buzzing that Disney is going to announce that they are going to build a 5th gate. It is being called Disney’s Night Kingdom (I am guessing that name is going to change) and it is going to be a theme park open at night. Now I am not so sure about this rumor. I have heard it before. Actually, I have heard it a lot. The last time I heard something it was about the reported villain theme park Disney was going to build. According to the article Disney is going to formally announce the new park sometime this year. Time will tell but I am not holding my breath.

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 The Disney Hollywood Studios announced a new attraction today.  They have partnered with American Idol and will open up one of the old theatres to people who think they can sing.  Contestants sing in front of a casting director and the good ones will move on and get to sing on the stage in front of other people visiting the park.  I don’t watch the show and don’t get caught up in what is going on with the contestants but I am sure there will be no shortage of people trying to get on stage to sing.  I think this is one new attraction that I will skip. 

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The Disneyland Dream Suite was unveiled.  I kind of miss the Disney Gallery but what can you do? 

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