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 | Disney Cruise Line Trip Report Part Two! | |
| DisneyDan
Sunday, March 11, 2012 1:01:49 PM |
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Hi all,
Welcome to part two of my Disney Cruise trip report!
On day 2 of our Disney Cruse we started off with a buffet breakfast at Topsiders. As I mentioned in my previous report, Topsiders is very busy and chaotic, and probably my least favourite place to dine. It is strange because we got the impression from various things, that some people didn't actually attend their rotation restaurants a lot of the time, which seems a complete waste of money to us. The cruise costs enough, and the other dining offering are far superior, so why eat there?
Anyway, after breakfast we decided to hunt characters. Easier said than done!
Here we hit our second major drawback of the cruise experience - the other one that would prevent us from immediately returning (the other was the no pictures in the shows, you may recall from part one). [ Read More... ] |
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 | Disney Cruise Line Trip Report Part One! | |
| DisneyDan
Friday, March 9, 2012 11:18:32 AM |
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Hi all,
Welcome to this first part of my Disney Cruise trip report! In this report we'll be going through the embarkation process and first days' events aboard the ship.
As you all know, Jon and I travel frequently to all the parks around the world, but until this trip had yet to experience a Disney Cruise.
I can't say for sure why we hadn't done one sooner, but life has many things that it brings our way, and we can't be everywhere at once, sadly!
To begin with, for your reference, we sailed on the Disney Magic, on the 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida.
We had two full days and a morning in Walt Disney World before hand, and a day and a half afterwards. Of course, we travel to WDW often so I won't bore you with all the details, except we had an amazing time as always, and got to see our favourite characters, shows and parades. [ Read More... ] |
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 | We're back! | |
| DisneyDan
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:40:39 AM |
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Hi all!
Sorry it has taken a few days to get this first proper update on the blog, but as you can imagine, after 10 days away, we had a lot to attend to upon our return.
Anyway, I can assure you that over the coming days I will of course be writing all my thoughts in an extended trip report, and updating various areas of the site with new information.
A few new pages have already started to appear; the eagle eyed among you may have spotted some already!
Until my first full report, that's all for now,
Dan. |
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.jpg) | Happy National Platypus Day!! | |
| DisneyDan
Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:50:57 PM |
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Hi all,
Today is National Platypus Day, and what better way to celebrate than with our favourite platypus, Perry!
Check out this picture of him at Disney LIVE! Phineas and Ferb's Best Live Tour Ever! Live from Melbourne, Florida this evening!!
Dan. |
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Hi all!
I just thought I would post an update live from our second port of call, Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands!
Here is a cute picture from the excellent Pirates in the Caribbean Night, last night aboard our ship, the Disney Magic.
More updates later in the week!
Dan. |
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 | And we're off! | |
| DisneyDan
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:43:11 AM |
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Hi all,
Just a note to say that we are now officially off on our Walt Disney World trip, and first trip ever aboard the Disney Cruise Line!
We won't be at our desks for 10 days, and will repsond to all messages upon our return.
We will try to make some small updates where possible - that depends on the availability of Internet access.
If we do make any updates, it is likely to be to Twitter or Facebook, as they are easier to access while mobile, so be sure to follow us on both of those if you don't already, for the latest updates from WDW and the Magic!
Dan and Jon. |
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Hi all,
Sorry it has been a few days since our last update, but we have been very busy preparing for WDW and the Disney Cruise in just a couple of days time! Very exciting!
Anyway, here's what we have from the last few days...
In California, Loren has been busy keeping us updated with all the latest happenings.
Be sure to check out his updates from the Blue Bayou Bash and Valentine's Day here, the launch of the brand new DCA show 'Minnie's Fly Girls' here (which features talking Minnie!), and some cool news about atmosphere characters to appear on the new Buena Vista Street when it opens (think Citizens of Hollywood and Main Street at WDW!).
Loren also reported that there is a chance of some rare characters at DL's Leap Day event. I have to admit that I have been so busy I haven't had chance to check properly, but as far as I know, nothing else has been announced yet for DL, and everything so far is just rumour.
On the other hand, over in Florida, WDW announced the schedule for their Leap Day event. As was expected, there is nothing special about the announced programme. Extra character entertainment includes the Main Street Electrical Parade, extended times for the the regular character meet 'n' greets and the Frontierland Hoedown in the middle if the night.
We have heard form a few different sources across the Internet that some other random characters may appear. So far nothing seems to be confirmed but a few different websites are reporting everything from Jack Sparrow, the Seven Dwarfs and Mickey and Minnie in their PJs. Of course there is no official word on any of this, and anything can change last minute. Nobody will know for sure until they are in the park sadly!
We'd love to hear from you if you are going to be there. Let us know what characters you got to meet. Just hit the Discuss button at the bottom of this article (if you're on the article page)!
Disneyland Paris held their annual meeting, and they had a sneak preview of the brand new outfits for the VIPs during the 20th anniversary. You can check out the video here, which also includes the Three Good Fairies, the Blue Fairy and Merlin all dancing along to the brand new Parade song!
Finally, this video was released for DLP's 20th anniversary, and is a "brief history" of the Resort's 20 magical years. It includes of course some very interesting character moments!
Ok, that's all for now,
Dan.
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 | Happy 62nd Anniversary Cinderella! | |
| DisneyDan
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:58:26 AM |
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Today is the 62nd anniversary of the original release of Walt Disney's masterpiece, Cinderella.
On this day in 1950, the world would be introduced to the immortal words of 'So This is Love', and the now much (maybe over) used 'Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo'.
So, in true Character Central style, celebrate with us, and enjoy the following cavalcade of Cinderella themed character pictures from our fun at the Disney Parks. [ Read More... ] |
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 | Happy Valentine's Day! | |
| DisneyDan
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:35:41 AM |
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Happy Valentine's Day everyone from Character Central!
Even if you don't "celebrate" Valentine's Day, you can join us in celebrating it's message of love and happiness.
As always we have a cavalcade of pictures to share, to celebrate the occasion!
So here's all your favourite Disney couples and romantics at their best! [ Read More... ] |
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