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Jay Rasulo spoke about some concepts for future Disney parks and hotels that have attracted my interest. Let’s have a look at the Disney Parks eyes stand-alone hotels article and see what could well be a concept that could ad even more Disney magic around the globe…

The Walt Disney Co. is considering “blue sky concepts” of creating smaller theme parks and stand-alone hotels, retail, dining and entertainment centers, Jay Rasulo, chairman of Disney’s Parks and Resorts told analysts at a conference on Wednesday.

Building stand-alone hotels in urban areas where families already travel would give Disney the chance to reach out to parents who feel their children are still too young to appreciate a trip to a Disney theme park, Rasulo said.

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When you visit Disneyland Resort Paris (or any Disney Theme Park) don’t forget about all the little things you can see around the park. People ask me how I can go to a Disney Park again and again… and again without being bored of it. Well, Disney parks are not all about the rides alone.

There is a lot of small stuff or hidden stuff around the park many people forget about. While they run from one ride to another I enjoy all the little things that make this place so special.

My favorite place and often forgotten by many (and it isn’t even that small) is the Dragon underneath the Sleeping Beauty Castle. This animatronics is amazing, a must see for everyone.

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Take a look around the main living room of the Disneyland Hotel Suite via this quicktime page.

You can move around the room and find some real Disney gems like a Mickey Phone, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney art and a whole lot more.

Did you know that the Mickey light above the main area slowly changes color?

Link from Mickeynews via Inside The Magic

Any child’s dream (Year of a Million Dreams; Disneyland Hotel Suite – via OCregister.com)

Year of a Million Dreams; Disneyland Hotel Suite … and yes… there is a TV in the bathroom. With so much luxury one might forget about the parks… (via OCregister.com)

Year of a Million Dreams; Disneyland Hotel Suite. (via OCregister.com)

Even more proof is found for the demolition of the north wing of the Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World.

Screamscape is showing some paperwork, filed by Disney last month, verifying the request to begin demolition of the north wing.

The rumored Disney Vacation Club Contemporary Wing looks closer than it ever did before, even with an Animal Kingdom DVC coming first!

During Disneyland’s “Year of a Million Dreams,” some lucky winners will get to stay in the Mickey Mouse Penthouse on the top floor of the Disneyland Hotel in Disneyland. Looks like magic… (via OCregister.com)

Things like this are sad!

The first workers to greet many tourists at Walt Disney World will soon be some other company’s employees. Disney World plans to turn over at least 167 bell, valet and baggage service jobs to an outside company in January.

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nother early entry today in Fantasyland but without the Peter Pan marathon (just one ride). It is just nice to leisure during the non busy first hour of the day. The rest of the day became a real show day. Although I did try and failed to put record numbers on a Buzz visit, the show took out a lot of the time of this day. Once I met up with Dirk one of the things we went to see was the new Winnie the Pooh show. I loved it. So much better then the previous show. The new location at the Fantasy Festival Stage does the show justice and the story is real fun. The show is so good (I know, I’ll never grow up) that, once we met up with Stefan and his partner Sabine, we had to go again. Tarzan was also on the program. I love this show and is, by far, so much better then the now ended Tarzan show in Animal Kingdom. This show has more acrobatics with some really cool stuff done by the “monkeys”. Visiting DLRP, this is a show that cannot be missed.

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For some, Pin trading is part of a Disney holiday while there are others who still wonder what the collectors see in this little pieces of metal. I do collect them myself but narrowed it down to Halloween and the once I like. I used to try to get more, but as I cannot be at the parks all the time missed out on the once I collected or wanted and started to cut down. Sure, Ebay is a place to go if you want to get some, but with some of the prices being doubled I could not bring myself to buying them. As I wanted to keep it fun I now get what I like on my trip, with Halloween being the main interest.

It looks like I am not the only one thinking like this as Disney decided to end most of their pin trading events in the Walt Disney World Hotels. Although Disney doesn’t say why they end the events but they do admit that he number of visitors was going down.

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If you can’t get enough of the pirates and you’re planning a trip to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim how about staying at the Disneyland Hotel in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean Suite” (formerly one of the hotel’s Presidential Suites).

“This is the kind of experience you could only have at a Disney resort,” says Tony Bruno, vice president, Disneyland Resort Hotels. “Along with our other rooms and suites, the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean Suite’ enables guests to feel they’re really living the Disney entertainment experience.”

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