Archive for January, 2009

WHO’S HUNGRY?:andrew-zimmerman-300 Andrew Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel series “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern,” joins Chef Goofy in the Magic Kingdom Jan. 2, 2009 to enjoy two of the theme park’s giant, smoked turkey legs. Zimmern is on vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. with his family. (Gene Duncan, photographer)

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LET IT SNOW: let-it-snow-1-2-09-300Actress Brittany Snow celebrates New Year’s Eve at the Magic Kingdom with Mickey Mouse on Dec. 31, 2008. Snow, known for her roles in films like “Hairspray,” “Prom Night” and “Finding Amanda,” and for television shows including “American Dreams” and “Nip/Tuck,” is vacationing with friends at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Gene Duncan, photographer)

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CELEBRATE TODAY: happy-birthday-2-300Seattle, Wash. resident Andrew DaCosta (second from left) and his family — daughter Alana (left), wife Carolyn (second from right) and daughter Kathryn (far right) — cheer Jan. 1, 2009 in front of Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Andrew DaCosta, holding two oversized replica park tickets, was the first person in the nation to receive free admission to a Disney theme park on his birthday as part of Disney’s “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign. DaCosta, who turns 49 today, redeemed his “Free On Your Birthday” registration at the Magic Kingdom Guest Relations window at 7:31 a.m. Jan. 1 is the first day of the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign at both Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California. In addition to offering everyone who visits a Walt Disney World or Disneyland theme park on their birthday in 2009 free admission, the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign features new theme park entertainment, added celebration experiences and new ways for guests to customize their own “celebration vacation” at both vacation resorts. (Preston Mack, photographer)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!: disney-happy-birthday-300Using an oversized park ticket created for the occasion, Seattle, Wash. resident Andrew DaCosta enters the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Jan. 1, 2009. DaCosta was honored this morning as the first person in the nation to receive free admission to a Disney theme park on his birthday as part of Disney’s “What Will You Celebrate?” DaCosta, who turns 49 today, redeemed his “Free On Your Birthday” registration at the Magic Kingdom Guest Relations window at 7:31 a.m. Jan. 1 is the first day of the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign at both Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California. In addition to offering everyone who visits a Walt Disney World or Disneyland theme park on their birthday in 2009 free admission, the “What Will You Celebrate?” campaign features new theme park entertainment, added celebration experiences and new ways for guests to customize their own “celebration vacation” at both vacation resorts. (Preston Mack, photographer)

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