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 No, I did not add the caption, but I do think it's funny!

Festival of Fantasy

This is the name of the new parade that will debut at the Walt Disney' World's Magic Kingdom park this spring, which will feature this wonderful 'steampunk' Maleficent Dragon:

Pictures: Walt Disney World/Orlando Sentinel

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I can hardly wait!!

And just in case you haven't heard  ...

"Maleficent"

... Starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, will be released July 2, 2014. It looks to be incredible!

Photo: Disney

Maleficent trailer

Hot Chocolate @ DTD

Okay, so Hubby and I wanted to try a hot chocolate at Ghirardelli's and decided that the 1st really cold day of the New Year we would go and get one.

We got one Classic Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa and one Decadent Drinking Chocolate. The cashier said the Decadent was very ... intense. She was not kidding.

The Decadent Chocolate tasted just like you were drinking very rich chocolate syrup, which in fact, it is, as it is made from melted chocolate drops.

The Classic was very tame in comparison, so we mixed the two and came up with a pretty decent hot chocolate.

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Hilarious

Disney "Things"

Disney Bus (old & new)

 Disney bus (new) at night

 Disney Chefs

Disney Crocs

 Disney Pizza

Disney Ducks

Disney Princesses

 Disney Security

 Disney towels

Disney transportation

Disney Hero

Disney Hottie

Disney Sunset

Disney Look-Alikes

 Jack-Jack (The Incredibles), all grown-up

 Linguini (Ratatouille)

Sid (Toy Story)

Yehaa! Bob

I've blogged about 'Yehaa Bob' Jackson before and my opinion remains the same.   He's great!

We caught his show the other night in which he started out with several Holiday tunes and I thought oh no, I hope the whole show isn't going to be holiday tunes, because I love his 'regular' show.  It wasn't.

But I have to say that Bob's version of the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' was the most fun I've had in a long time. Judging by the reaction of everyone else, they loved it, too.

Yehaabob

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Doesn't it look as though Pluto's friend is actually smiling?

Club Cool(er)

New flavors at Club Cool in Epcot's Future World:

Fanta – now available in more than 90 flavors (not all of them here, tho!)


Fanta (Melon Frosty) – a melon-flavored soda, popular in Thailand. 

Bibo – a fruit-flavored juice drink from South Africa. 

Sparberry – a raspberry cream-flavored soda, a favorite in Africa since 1955. 

Guarana Kuat – flavored after the guarana berry, popular in Brazil. 

Inca Kola – a Peruvian favorite offering a sweet, almost bubblegum-like taste.


Returning: 

VegitaBeta – a Japanese beverage combining apricot and passion fruit flavors. (although this was on the 'new' list)

and the ever popular ...
Beverly

 Club Cool debuts new flavors

Confession # 22: Mind-Change!

Okay, so I wasn't thrilled when Disney announced that
'Avatar-land' would be a huge new part of Disney's Animal Kingdom. (Even tho I enjoyed the film immensely)

I was hoping Disney would create 'Australia' to go along with Africa and Asia.

Imagine:
   an Outback area (kangaroos, wallabys, dingoes, emus,
        koalas),
   The Great Barrier Reef,
   a "Shrimp on the Barbie" food kiosk,
   and my personal favorite: "Mad Max", the ride.

Sigh.

But then, over on the Disney Parks Blog,

First Look: Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Okay, so now I'm interested!

"As these concept renderings show, in the world of AVATAR guests will encounter awe-inspiring floating mountains and wander through a nighttime jungle of bio-luminescent plants that are alive with light and sound. 

Guests will also discover what it feels like to soar into the sky riding a Banshee."

Photos: Disney Parks Blog

Bring on Pandora!