The Year of a Million Dreams

Over the years, you're going to find one common theme in our blog posts - DISNEY. I'm a huge fan of the Disney parks, and quite frankly, I can't get enough! It's always a big occasion when the Walt Disney Company announces their yearly theme, and this year the theme is "The Year of a Million Dreams", starting October, 2006 at Disneyland Resort in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

From an overnight stay inside Cinderella Castle to a Golden FASTPASS, dreams big and small will come true for a million people. The parks will feature a great lineup of new attractions and entertainment at the two resorts, plus new technologies that will allow guests to customize their Disney park experience.

To make the theme even more fitting, Disney cast members will award a million dreams - both large and small - to guests selected at random throughout the promotion. Some of the awards thought impossible before include amazing overnight experiences for winning guests at both resorts: a royal bedchamber inside Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort and a Mickey Mouse Penthouse at Disneyland Resort. Cinderella's royal bedchamber is now under construction at the Magic Kingdom, and each night, a different lucky guest will get to stay in the amazing "room with a view", staying the night IN the Magic Kingdom! Each room is expected to be ready by January 2007. The lavishly decorated bedroom will be located in a space originally planned as an in-park apartment for the use of the Disney family.

At the Disneyland Resort, one lucky guest each night will stay at the all-new Mickey Mouse Penthouse at Disneyland Hotel, offering extraordinary views overlooking both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks.

Other Disney dreams, both large and small, will also be awarded during the year-long "Year of a Million Dreams" giveaway promotion:

-- Traveling to each Disney resort around the world to serve as grand marshal in a Disney parade.
-- A variety of unique Disney vacation experiences.
-- Admission to special parties and other extraordinary experiences in the Disneyland and Walt Disney World parks.
-- Private meetings with favorite Disney characters.
-- Or, a Golden FASTPASS ticket with unique access entitlements to some of Disney's most popular attractions.

There will also be a host of new attractions and entertainment during the "Year of a Million Dreams" celebration:

Disneyland Resort in California

-- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage -- Inspired by Disney -- Pixar's "Finding Nemo," this all-new E-ticket adventure will take guests on a real (and unbelievable) underwater excursion.(Summer 2007)
-- Rockin' Space Mountain -- Space Mountain is getting a new twist. Thanks to new lighting and technology, Disney's classic attraction will become a new experience in which rockets will rock it through the greatest concert in the universe. An all- new soundtrack will fit the exciting twists and turns of Disney's rocketclassic. (Spring 2007)

Walt Disney World Resort in Florida

-- "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" at Epcot -- Nemo is lost -- again -- and guests aboard "clam-mobiles" join his friends to search one of the world's largest saltwater aquariums for the playful clownfish in a stunning display of new entertainment technology inspired by Disney-Pixar's "Finding Nemo." (Late 2006)
-- "Finding Nemo-The Musical" at Disney's Animal Kingdom -- Also inspired by Disney-Pixar's "Finding Nemo," the Great Barrier Reef comes to colorful life in an all-new musical filled with spectacular scenery, elaborate puppetry and music by a Tony- Award-winning composer. (Late 2006)
-- The Laugh Floor Comedy Club at Magic Kingdom -- Guests find the power of laughter in an engaging and interactive new adventure inspired by Disney-Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." as they match wits with the one-eyed hero Mike Wazowski and his friends. (Early 2007)

There is so much more to this promotion, including giving guests the ability to customize their visit to the Disney parks, to pursue a "Dream Track" of their choice, using online planning tools and in-park technology to help them become the hero or princess they've always dreamed of.

For more information regarding this promotion, visit www.mydisneyparks.com. Also, there is a comprehensive summary regarding the promotion at http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/Million-Dreams.htm

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