Jose Castillo’s Disney Design-a-Tee Photo Report

Our on the spot reporter Jose Castillo was at the grand opening of the new Disney Design-a-Tee store in Downtown Disney Marketplace. Here are a selection of his photos from the event:

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The store getting set up for the grand opening.

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Disney Design A Tee Grand Opening on Friday, January 9

  Disney Design a Tee Presented by Hanes Only in the Downtown Disney® Marketplace Event: Disney Design a Tee Presented by Hanes Grand Opening Grand Opening Date: Friday, January 9 Grand Opening Time: 11:30am The first 100 guests at the Grand Opening of Disney Design A Tee presented by Hanes will receive: A Complimentary Lanyard, … Read more

“Take Flight” in 2009

WDWNT cast member Jose Eber has provided us with construction photos of the upcoming Characters in Flight balloon at Downtown Disney, which will take guest high above the ground for a small price beginning in the Spring: Signs showing what the area will look like upon completion. As you an see, the balloon will be decorated with … Read more

Disney Design-a-Tee Shop Photo Report

Robert Ashburn of Figment’s Media.Net and FTN has provided us with some photos of the updated Wonderful World of Memories store in the Downtown Disney Marketplace, including the new Disney Design-a-Tee shop:

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The exterior has been updated with signs for the “Build Your Own Ear Hat” feature

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The Magic of Disney Vinylmation

After a few months of delayed products and an already cancelled pin collection that was available for a very short period of time back in the summer, Disney Vinylmation pieces are ready to invade the Walt Disney World Resort with a kick-off event: Event: Vinylmation Pre-Release Party  Guest Artists: Disney Design Group Artists: Randy Noble, Dan … Read more

Special Shopping Event for Disney Vacation Club Members and Annual Passholders

Walt Disney World has just announced a very special sale that will be taking place on Saturday, December 13th at the World of Disney Store in the Downtown Disney Marketplace just for annual passholders and Disney Vacation Club members: Shop unbelievable savings of up to 50% off select merchandise at the World of Disney® Store in the … Read more

Downtown Stage Construction

WDWNT Photographer Steve Wieczorek provides us with construction pictures of the new stage at the Downtown Disney Marketplace:

10 Years of the Grand Floridian Gingerbread House

Jose Eber has sent us a few great photos of the Gingerbread House inside Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort which is just about ready for the rush of customers who will be buying treats from inside it this year: Donald Duck is opening a present above this window Hard to believe it has been ten years … Read more

Jose Eber’s 11/15/08 WDW Photo Report

Here is another fantastic photo (and video) report by WDWNT Photographer Jose Eber from his latest trip to the world: Refurbishments on the Fantasyland facades has now moved on to Pinnocchio’s Village Haus Work is now 100% complete on the new Liberty Square Bridge, no more work in the waterways Christmas has now taken over … Read more

BREAKING NEWS: Disney Inks Huge Deal with Verizon Wireless

This just in from the Walt Disney World Resort: November 12, 2008 – Marking a first in both the travel and mobile industries, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Verizon are teaming up for a multi-year relationship designed to enhance the guest experience – before, during and after guests arrive at Walt Disney World Resort and … Read more

Disney’s Pin Celebration Will Be Out For Summer

In a shocking turn, the 2009 “Disney’s Pin Celebration – The Museum of Pin-tiquities” event will be held at Epcot from June 26th through the 28th. This is a departure from the usual time the event is held, which has been every September since 2002. The only time this event was held in a different … Read more

Yey, Anniversary Pins!

John Rick of the Central Jersey Disney Pin Traders & The Disney Pincast attended the Pin Trading University event at Epcot in Walt Disney World this past weekend, & took a couple of pictures of some interesting upcoming pins at the Disneyland Resort. Let’s take a look at them: Pins for the 15th anniversary of … Read more

50th Anniversary Monorail Pin

The What’s HapPINing official Disney pin blog put up a preview of a pin being release next year, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Monorail system: It should be safe to say that Disneyland will somehow be celebrating the 50th anniversary of not only the Monorail, but also the Submarine Voyage & the Matterhorn next … Read more

The End of the Pin Odyssey

Today is the last day for this year’s Summer Pin Festival, Mickey’s Pin Odyssey. This was a great event in my opinion, & I really hope next year’s one is just as good. Speaking of next years, Diz Pins have put up a little hint of what next year’s event could be: As we previously … Read more

World of Disney New York Moving in 2010

Some Disney related news coming out of New York today, the Walt Disney World Company owned World of Disney Store in New York City may be on its way off of Fifth Avenue: Walt Disney Co. announced Friday that it will not renew its lease for its World of Disney store at 711 Fifth Ave. … Read more

Mickey’s Pin Odyssey Update

We are well into this year’s summer pin event, Mickey’s Pin Odyssey. As predicted, pins are being added to the line up all of the time, & we have been keeping up to date on the pins in a thread on the WDWNT Community Forums. This really is a quality event as the 2 upcoming … Read more