The excitement is building for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games taking place June 5-12 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Yesterday, Walt Disney World Resort announced that thousands of athletes, families, and fans in attendance for the games will be treated to legendary entertainment- sprinkled with a little magic- with an exciting Opening Ceremony produced by Disney Live Entertainment.

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Disney World Orlando Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is one of latest attractions at the Disney World’s Fantasy Land is on the track and ready to roll.  Fantasy Land, Disney’s largest expansion in history is going to be the last stop for Disney’s Seven Dwarf’s Mine Train. Named after the 1937 Disney animated film classic, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, it is anticipated to be a family-friendly and completely immersive experience, where guests journey into the Dwarf’s mine “where a million diamonds shine”.

Imagineers, Ben VanBeusekon and Mary MacEachin, explain the work going into the ride cars for the family-friendly ride, with this new video. “We’ve actually combed the movie, looked up the ride cars continually to kind of come up with the most detailed drawing we could get with all the little bolt heads, the lanterns, the way the wood is carved, the way the grain is shaped.” The pair says the cars are painted layer by layer to give them an authentic old feeling and that each car has its own look. Check out this video explaining Disney’s World’s Seven Dwarf’s Mine Train.

“Sometimes we have to work forward and backwards,” MacEachin said. “Make it look new and then make it look it old. This way we kind of know where the hit spots on the car are — where it banged into and how they must have dumped something over into it.” To this point, some of the cars will look older and more used than others.

“The authenticity in a ride car is absolutely crucial in the storytelling,” VanBeusekon said. “In order to immerse the guests into the story and actually have them believe that they are in the mine train with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it has to be right down to the detail.”

Disney world Orlando says the roller coaster will feature a first-of-its kind ride system with a train of carriages that sway back and forth, responding to every twist and turn of the track. Disney officials say its intensity will be between that of sister Magic Kingdom coasters Barnstormer and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, but it is being promoted as family-friendly, not as a thrill ride.

Guests can find the new coaster behind Cinderella Castle and on the right, after they enter the Castle Courtyard gates leading into the Enchanted Forest. As guests cross a stone bridge they are led through a picturesque forest, where The Seven Dwarfs’ cottage sits in the distance. After journeying through the interactive queue with entertaining activities with the mining theme, guests will continue to the mine train coaster. Be ready for surprises, just like in the classic film!

Disney’s New Fantasyland has opened in stages beginning in 2012 with the addition of the Dueling Dumbo rides and Storybook Circus section followed by themed sections for “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast” and last fall’s opening of the Princess Fairytale Hall in what used to be Snow White’s Scary Adventures, which closed in May 2013. Disney had previously said the mine car would be done in spring 2014, but today’s video does not make mention of a target opening date.

The expansion at the Magic Kingdom has been the park’s largest ever, and ticket prices for the park are now at a premium over Walt Disney World’s other three parks. Be sure to buy your Disney world tickets in advance at www.knowbeforeUgo.com or call us at 1-800-749-1993  You can also visit us at our world famous Welcome Center  located at 8000 International Drive,Orlando, Florida.

We hope you enjoy this ride, we sure did !

– Milo Chater

Customer Experience Specialist – Know Before You Go, Inc.

Not to be outdone in the great theme park renovation war, Disney World has finally kicked off the largest expansion ever in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Walt Disney Imagineering in partnership with “AVATAR” creator James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment are designing the parks new AVATAR-inspired land, entitled Disney World’s Avatar Land.

Disney World released the following images and video of Disney executives and Imagineers with blue, bigger-than-life shovels. Na’vi, the character from “Avatar” the movie is towering over the rest of the group, including Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

The picture was taken within Disney’s Animal Kingdom area known as Camp
Minnie-Mickey, where attractions have recently been closed. “The Festival of the Lion
King” show is also getting a new auditorium in the park’s Africa section later this year.

This spectacular new world will be unlike anything ever experienced at a Disney Park.
“Pandora” was the beautiful realm that held so many of us in awe when the movie was
released. Now guests will experience the wonders of “Pandora when they “fly with the
banshees” and discover a lush natural environment. Mountains that float, swirling animal
images and interactive plants that glow at night are combined to showcase Discovery
River. The park will introduce more nighttime entertainment as well, including live
performers on Discovery Island and a new nighttime version of the Kilimanjaro Safaris.
“With AVATAR, we are adding spectacular new world and an exciting set of attractions
unlike any our guests have experienced. The expansion now under way will make the park
a true full-day, must-see experience,” said Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks
and Resorts.

“Pandora” is being designed as a full day and nighttime expanse of Animal Kingdom and
is co-designed and imagined by James Cameron himself. The goal is to have the new
area open in 2017, which would be between the planned release dates of Avatar 2 and
Avatar 3 in December 2016 and 2017.
Here are some of the new attractions coming two rides for the new land:
● An amazing water ride which could be compared to the indoor ride “Pirates of
Caribbean” or the outside Jungle Cruise experience.
● And a airborne simulator ride which will let guest “discover what it feels like to
soar into the sky riding a Banshee.”
● A night-time journey through a brilliantly lit jungle.
● If you remember the “Mother Tree” in the movie, then you will love the
transformation outside Avatar Land, where the Tree of Life will be transformed
using electronics and light projections during a new nighttime magnificent experience.

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Disney World Ticket Prices  have increased as of February 22nd, 2015. These price increases apply to the tickets purchased at the gates of Walt Disney World, so we must increase our prices as well. Fortunately, we are still able to give your family a great deal! At knowbeforeugo.com, we are offering free upgrades on multi-day tickets! If you and your family plan on spending more than four days at Disney, we are able to offer one day for free! With these upgrades, your Disney World Ticket Prices end up being lower than the gate price and time waiting in line. For example, if you were to purchase a 4-day Disney pass and receive an additional day for free, each day you spend at a Disney park would calculate out to about $67 per day, when the price is originally $111.83 Make sure to check out the amazing specials we have here at knowbeforeUgo.com!

With the latest  Disney World ticket prices  in mind and potential future pricing, you might be wondering what Disney World tickets you should buy? We show you all the Disney World ticket prices and options at knowbeforeUgo , so you can make an informed decision. Given their cost, and the different ticket options, it’s important to know as much as you can before you buy so you don’t waste money. The more you play the less you pay per day if you plan on visiting at least three parks you may want to consider buying the 4 day base pass with the one day FREE upgrade the prices work out to be less than $65.00 per day visit our site or stop by in person to receive the lowest prices on your Disney world tickets and all the information to save you time and money. Be sure to buy your Disney World tickets in advance at www.knowbeforeUgo.com or call us at 1-800-749-1993  You can also visit us at our world famous Welcome Center  located at 8000 International Drive,Orlando, Florida.

Disney Orlando through the years have expanded the flower and garden festival this year for the first time they added 12 food pavilions for your enjoyment. Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival is going on NOW at Walt Disney World. This festival runs from March 4th to May 17th, 2015. Experience beautiful Disney Orlando inspired topiary displays featuring Anna and Elsa, Mickey and Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Miss Piggy, Buzz Lightyear, Mater and Lightening McQueen, Phineas and Ferb, Bambi, Peter Pan and Captain Hook, Aurora and Prince Phillip, Beauty and the Beast, Woody, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lady and the Tramp, Mufasa, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Sarabi, Simba and Timon, Cinderella and Prince Charming, and much more! There are also 12 food pavilions that allow you to taste delicious cuisines from all over the world. The festival’s newest addition to their spectacular outdoor kitchens is Botanas Botánico, with dishes such as Seafood ceviche and Coconut tres leches! Make sure to try some of the other pavilions, like Florida Fresh in Germany (which includes a watermelon salad with pickled onions, shrimp and stone ground grits, and a Florida blueberry and lemon curd tart) and Barbecue and Brews in America (featuring pulled pig sliders with coleslaw, Beef brisket burnt ends hash with white cheddar fondue and pickled jalapeños, smoked debreziner sausage with house-made kraut and mustard, and a bacon cupcake with maple frosting and pretzel crunch). Also at Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival are Fun Fresh Weekends. Each weekend of the festival will feature a different band/artist, as well as gardening tips and tricks! Groups such as En Vogue, Starship, The Village People, and The Guess Who will be performing! Availability for certain things at the festival will be limited. General admission into the International Flower and Garden Festival, as well as Fun Fresh Weekends will require a ticket to Epcot, so make sure to buy your tickets at knowbeforeugo.com! When visiting Disney Orlando You won’t want to miss this! We also have a physical address located at 8000 International Drive, Suite 112, Orlando, FL 32819. Our hours are from 8AM-10PM. Toll Free United States and Canada telephone number is 1-800-749-1993 and the International telephone number is 407-352-9813.  https://www.knowbeforeugo.com/disney-epcot.html