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Disney's Animal Kingdom to offer animal guide programs

From October 1, 2012, Disney's Animal Kingdom will be offering guests complimentary animal guides. The paper guides will be located at the tip board, the park entrance and at Mombasa Marketplace, located in Africa. 

VIDEO: Food and Wine Festival Countdown - Top 10 New Tastes

Disney have provided their Top 10 'must tastes' for this years Food and Wine Festival, due to open on Friday, September 28 2012. In addition, they showcased two new video clips, featuring a short overview of what's new at this years festival.

PHOTOS: 11 World Showcase vintage T-Shirts launched for Epcot's 30th Anniversary

Disney have just announced that as part of Epcot's 30th anniversary on October 1st, 2012, they will be selling 11 new vintage T-Shirts, one for each country around the World Showcase.

VIDEO: New Fantasyland Timelapse

A timelapse video of the new Fantasyland has been posted. The 30 second clip shows the construction of the new area over a period of 2 years. You can see clearly in the middle of the video, the bridge being built, followed by the castle walls, providing an entrance to the new area of the Magic Kingdom.

Interactive elements coming to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Despite a recent refurbishment, Big Thunder Mountain saw no real change. Many were expecting that there would be some interactive elements added to the queue area, much like Disney did with The Haunted Mansion. However that's about to change...

Chase Lounge for Disney Visa Card holders at the Food and Wine Festival

Disney Visa Card members who are visiting this years International Food and Wine Festival will be able to take advantage of access to the private Chase Lounge, providing refreshments.

Full schedule for the 'Frankenweenie' weekend announced

Disney have provided confirmation and full details on the schedule and lineup for the upcoming "Frankenweenie" weekend at Downtown Disney. Jack and Sally will be making an appearence, their first ever appearance.

'Wreck-It Ralph' character meet and greet launching at Hollywood Studios

Disney announced via the Disney Parks Blog that a new character meet and greet location was being added to Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Polynesian Resort gets new RFID door locks

Continung the rollout of the 'NextGen' system, Disney are currently installing the new RFID door locks into the Polynesian Resort.

Grand Floridian Resort fitness center moves to temporary location

The Grand Floridian Resort's fitness center has been relocated to a new air-conditioned tent in the convention center parking lot. This temporary location is set to be used until early November.