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DPN World Holiday

Prepare for an event with the joy of the holiday season and the magic of the most visited theme parks in the world, all brought to you by the organizers of DPN WestFest. The Disney Podcast Network is pleased to announce The DPN World Holiday, a gathering of Disney Communities spanning all four Disney World Theme Parks. Come join us, December 10th-14th, as we celebrate our shared love of Disney while surrounded by the sights and sounds of the winter holidays.

Wednesday - 12/9/09: 10:00pm: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge: Victoria Falls: drinks with fromPa, start the weekend off with great friends and drinks, if you harass the dinners in Boma enough you might even get them to throw you some Zebra Domes

Thursday - 12/10/2009: Disney's Hollywood Studios:

9:15AM: Sexy Rexy’s Rock-n-Roll Reception: Join Sexy Rexy for the first ever Beyond Main Street park meet. Meet at the big guitar in the courtyard of Rock-n-Roller Coaster to receive your “reception ticket” then we’ll board the attraction for a crazy ride. If there is a chance you will make the event or for more information, send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

10:00AM: Photo Meet: Christmas Tree - outside main entrance

6:30PM: WTFantasmic!!??!!: hosted by Toast

8:00PM: DPN's 1st Annual Mini-Golf Tourney: hosted by the Bleepin Wife - Trapped on Vacation (start time will be after Fantasmic)


Friday - 12/11/2009: EPCOT:

11:00 am....The DPN Party Girls "Let's Get This Party Started" meet. Breakfast with Mimosa's and Wasabi Bloody Marys at the Kona Cafe. (please rsvp to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , this event may be limited due to dining capacity) PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A TIME CHANGE!!!!!!!

2:45pm: Photo Meet: Christmas Tree - intersection of World Showcase and Future World

3:30pm: "Drop a Shot before you Drink a Lot" Beverly aperitif: hosted by Mouse Droppings. Cleanse your palate at Club Cool with Matt and crew, then follow them to World Showcase for the LTAD Memorial Drink Around the World!

4:00pm: The LTAD Memorial Drink Around the World meet at America

9:00 PM: Holiday Illuminations

Saturday - 12/12/2009: Magic Kingdom:

10:00am: Photo Meet: Town Square - near Christmas Tree

1:30pm: Goat, Goat, Goat meet: hosted by Trapped on Vacation

TBD: NFFC Podcaster Meet 'n' Greet

Sunday - 12/13/2009: Animal Kingdom:
10:00am: Photo Meet: Christmas Tree - outside main entrance

Additional meets and specific times for meets will be added as we get closer to the event.

If you're going to be in town and are interested in hosting a meet either PM the Bleepin Wife on TheDPN.com or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Disney Park News

  • Video: Drew Brees Celebrates At Magic Kingdom Park
    Photos from today’s exciting ticker-tape parade celebrating the MVP of the Super Bowl, Drew Brees, and the win for the New Orleans Saints aren’t all we have for you. Take a look at this video that shows Brees’ trip through the fan-lined streets of Magic Kingdom and his dream come true visit at Walt [...]
  • A Unique Anniversary Party
    With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it seemed like a good time to share a photo I recently saw for the first time. It's from a unique anniversary party of two sweethearts: Walt and Lillian Disney. They are photographed with their daughters, Diane and Sharon, around a huge cake inside the yet-to-be-opened Golden Horseshoe on July 13, 1955, just four days before the official opening of Disneyland park.
  • Walt Disney World Parade Celebrates Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees
    Last night, we first told you that Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees was heading to Walt Disney World Resort to celebrate his team’s Super Bowl win. And today, we celebrated with a ticker-tape parade down Main Street, U.S.A., at the Magic Kingdom Park. Here are a few images from today’s event:
  • Mary J. Blige to Keynote at Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey
    In November, we announced the names of the 100 high school students who’ll be participating in this year’s Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey at Walt Disney World. Now we're excited to share this year's keynote speaker -- singer/producer/actress Mary J. Blige.
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Welcomes Baby White-Cheeked Gibbon
    Not all of the celebrating today is Super Bowl related. There's a new member of the family at Disney's Animal Kingdom -- a baby white-cheeked gibbon -- and we're sharing a first photo on the Disney Parks Blog (thanks, Gene Duncan).
  • Drew Brees — ‘I’m Going to Disney World’
    Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts tonight in South Florida, so what do you think he’s going to do next? Come to Disney World, of course! After making several memorable plays against the Colts in the 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV win, Drew looked into the TV [...]
  • Disney Parks Blog Weekly Recap
    We learned this week that Disney Parks Blog readers have had some amazing Disney experiences. More than 100 of them can be found in the comments section of the post asking the question, "What is your favorite Disney experience?" Got any to share?

News from Disneyland

News from WDW

  • Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees comes to Disney World
    New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was quick to make good on his “I’m going to Disney World pledge.” The Super Bowl MVP made it to Main Street of Magic Kingdom for a special parade within 15 hours of the Saints’ victory Sunday night in South Florida. For more pictures, click here. (This photo by [...]
  • Disney’s Dreamers Academy: Singer Mary J. Blige to give keynote address
    Mary J. Blige will speak to participants of the 2010 Disney’s Dreamers Academy. Singer Mary J. Blige will be the keynote speaker for this year’s Disney’s Dreamers Academy. The event, in partnership with radio personality Stever Harvey, brings 100 high school students to Walt Disney World for seminars and a peek of real-world experience from corporate [...]
  • Winner’s fairy house design to be built for Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
    The Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden that debuted at last year’s Flower & Garden Festival at Epcot was impressive with its miniature fairy homes and beautiful topiaries of Tinker Bell and friends. We visited it many times because the attention to detail on the birdhouse-sized displays was amazing. The fairy dwellings reminded me of an article I [...]
  • Continued softness seen at Disney theme parks
    A day before the Walt Disney Co. reports earnings for the final three months of 2009, analysts at J.P. Morgan today upgraded shares in the company based on improving economic trends. But they are less upbeat about Disney’s theme-parks division than they are about the company as a whole. J.P. Morgan predicts that revenue at Walt [...]
  • Magic Kingdom: New Orleans Saints quarterback to celebrate Super Bowl victory in Main Street parade Monday
    rew Brees, quarterback of the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, will be honored with a parade down Main Street in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park on Monday morning. Brees was the latest athlete to declare “I’m going to Disney World” after a crowning achievement. His Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in South [...]
  • Picture it: Scenes from Epcot eatery construction
    The purpose of my walk around Epcot today was to look at the construction going on for eateries in World Showcase. It was more lovely than I imagined, despite the impending-doom-style clouds ahead. These are not your father’s construction walls. On the back side of the Italy pavilion is construction on the pizzeria (name TBA). We can [...]
  • A chocolate delight from the recipe archives of Epcot’s Chefs de France
    Chocolate always seems to star in magical desserts that intrigue diners of all ages. Today’s recipe is called called Matignon and it is from our archives is for a dessert item that is no longer on the menu at Chefs de France in the France pavilion at Epcot Center at Walt Disney World. Nevertheless, former [...]

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