Childcare at Disney!!

When you vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort, you are surely going to be planning your vacation around your children. But, any good vacation also needs to include some downtime for you, the parents. How does you make this happen while also ensuring that your kids are in a safe and fun environment? Disney has plenty of options for childcare for you, especially if you are at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel.

The No. 1 childcare option for parents is a company called Kid's Nite Out. Kid's Nite Out is a company that sends caregivers out to your Walt Disney World Resort hotel room to watch and entertain your little ones while you are away. Or, they can also just be on hand to assist parents if you need an extra hand while on vacation. These caregivers are certified in child/infant CPR and basic first aid and rates are based per hour upon the number of children they are watching. Reservations are required for this service at least 24 hours in advance by calling (407) 828-0920 or (800) 696-8105.

There are also seven resorts across property that offer babysitting services for children who are staying at Walt Disney World. Camp Dolphin is available at the Swan and Dolphin hotel from 6 p.m.-11 p.m., while Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Polynesian Resort, Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort and Disney's Wilderness Lodge all have children's clubs that are open from 4 or 4:30 p.m. until midnight every night of the week. Parents can simply drop their kids off at these clubs and pay a fee per hour that they are there. Reservations are required for these clubs, so be sure to check with the front desk when you get to your resort or call (407) WDW-DINE in advance. Don't worry about your kids while they are there, however. They will be entertained non-stop with activities, arts and crafts, movies and games. In fact, they may not want to leave when you come to pick them back up!

Childcare is just another way that the Walt Disney World Resort goes above and beyond when it comes to brining the magic of Disney to their guests. To experience all of this firsthand, be sure to start planning your next vacation to Walt Disney World today! You can start by purchasing your discounted Walt Disney World theme park tickets here at DWTickets.com, your No. 1 source for discounted tickets to all of your favorite Central Florida attractions!

Spaceship Earth Updates on the Way

The icon of Epcot is getting a makeover just in time for the park's 25-year anniversary. A few weeks ago, we told you that this futuristic theme park at Walt Disney World was turning 25. And no matter how old you are, DWTickets.com is your best source for cheap tickets to come on down and celebrate this quarter-century milestone.

Spaceship Earth has always been the focal point for the second Walt Disney World Theme Park and is a huge favorite for many of the park's guests. What Epcot visitor doesn't have a vacation photo in front of the big golf ball? One complaint of late, however, was that the ride had become outdated, perhaps even boring. Not wanting to be left behind - it is supposed to be a futuristic journey after all - Disney recently announced that their imagineers will soon present EPCOT guests with a "re-imagined" Spaceship Earth.

The premise of the ride has always been an historical travel through time. It takes you on a visual journey through the history of the world, from the beginning of time to the farthest edges of the future. The rehab will enhance each guest's trip with new scenes, light effects, refreshed costumes and sets, and brand new narrative and music. The "time machines" that transport guests throughout their adventure will be equipped with touch screens that allow riders to join in and create their own vision for the future.

The new Spaceship Earth has been made possible by a partnership between Disney and Siemens, a 150-year-old company specializing in electronics and electrical engineering. Both companies say the partnership is a great match because they are "committed to innovation." And that is what Epcot is all about! The Siemens' presence will also be displayed at the exit of Spaceship Earth with "Project Tomorrow: Inventing the World of Tomorrow." an exhibit where guests can play and learn even more after they disembark from their journey through the past and future.

For those of you planning your vacation now, the new and improved Spaceship Earth Pavilion is expected to be fully open at EPCOT in Spring of 2008, but the new ride should be up and running in the next few weeks. DWTickets.com has the best deals on discount Walt Disney World admission packages, so order up now and be ready to experience the newest EPCOT attraction with it reopens next year!

ABC Super Soap Weekend

Many of the special events at the Walt Disney World Resort require a special ticket for admission, but there are some, like the ABC Super Soap Weekend, that are included with the price of admission to the park. The ABC Super Soap Weekend takes place every year at the Disney-MGM Studios, and daytime fans from all over the country flock to Walt Disney World for a chance to see their favorite television stars up close and in person. And of course, the best way to see these stars is with tickets from DWTickets, the No. 1 place online for all of your discounted tickets to Central Florida's top attractions. DWTickets.com offers tickets to not only the Disney-MGM Studios, but to all four Walt Disney World theme parks, water parks, and also to Universal Orlando and Sea World Orlando as well. Be sure to check out our great prices for all of your vacation needs!

ABC Super Soap Weekend is set to take place November 10-11, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Disney-MGM Studios, and stars from the ABC soaps "All My Children," "One Life To Live" and "General Hospital" will be in attendance. Not only can fans get access to autograph sessions with stars like Susan Lucci, they can also experience celebrity motorcades, sit in on Star Conversations and join in on SOAPnet's "I Wanna Be A Soap Star" competition. This contest pits contestants from the crowd against each other, and the winner gets to perform on-stage with one of the leading men from an ABC soap. A schedule of events can be picked up on your way into the Disney-MGM Studios, and due to the large crowds, admittance is generally granted about 30 minutes before the park officially opens for fans to take their spots along Hollywood Boulevard.

Stars that are confirmed for the ABC Super Soap Weekend this year are:

From All My Children: Susan Lucci (Erica), Bobbie Eakes (Krystal), Melissa Claire Egan (Annie), Thorsten Kaye (Zach), Michael E. Knight (Tad), Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Alicia Minshew (Kendall), Aiden Turner (Aidan), Jacob Young (JR) and David Canary (Adam)

From One Life to Live: Kristen Alderson (Starr), Brandon Buddy (Cole), Kathy Brier (Marcie), Bree Williamson (Jessica), Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio), Forbes March (Nash), Erika Slezak (Viki), Kassie DePaiva (Blair), Trevor St. John (Todd), Michael Easton (John), John Paul Lavoisier (Rex) and Tika Sumpter (Layla)

From General Hospital: Julie Berman (Lulu), Josh Duhon (Logan), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Tyler Christopher (Nikolas), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Kimberly McCullough (Robin), Kelly Monaco (Sam), Jason Thompson (Patrick), Laura Wright (Carly) and Sonya Eddy (Epiphany)

From General Hospital: Night Shift: Nazanin Boniadi (Leyla), Dominic Rains (Leo) and Kent King (Lainey)

To meet these stars, fans will need to get "On Location Fastpasses" to attend the autograph sessions. These are given out at 8:00 a.m. and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. A limited number of these Fastpasses are given out for each autograph session, along with a certain number of "stand-by" tickets, which do not guarantee an autograph but will allow admittance based on the celebrity's schedule.

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Segway through WDW!

There are many different ways to see and experience the Walt Disney World Resort. But, no matter how you plan to see the theme parks at Disney, you can see them for less when you buy your tickets here at DWTickets.com. Here at DW Tickets, we offer unbelievable deals on tickets to the Walt Disney World theme parks and other area attractions. Before you head out to the parks, head over to check out these unbeatable prices for yourself!

One of the most unique ways to experience the Walt Disney World Resort is through a personal tour. Through these countless tours, you can see behind the scenes of the parks and even learn all of the top-notch secrets behind your favorite attractions. But one of the many tours that you are probably not aware are the different segway tours that Walt Disney World offers. And in case you are not sure of what a segway is, this is a futuristic motorized vehicle that you stand on that takes you from place to place (much like a motorized scooter that you stand on, only this is an upright vehicle). The Walt Disney World Resort has been using segways for years with their management team, and now these tours are offered to let guests have some fun as well!

Segway tours are now offered at the Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds and at Epcot. The Fort Wilderness tour is a new one, and it allows guests to experience the wilderness along the trails of the Fort Wilderness Resort. These tours take place several times throughout the day and begin at 8:30 a.m. It is important to note however that several bus changes may be required if you are a guest at a Disney hotel, so be sure to plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to make your tour (if you are late, you will be unable to attend). Also of note for all of these segway tours - helmets are mandatory for everyone (they are provided) and there is also a 250 lb. weight limit for each segway.

The segway tour at Epcot is a popular one and allows guests to experience this theme park in a whole new way. On this tour, you will visit all of the countries in the World Showcase before this section of the park opens to the public and see other parts of this futuristic theme park. Or, if you simply want to learn how to operate one of these machines, Epcot also offers one-hour instructional classroom experiences for those not yet ready to brave the outdoors in these vehicles.

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Citywalk at Universal

For the past few weeks, DWTickets.com has been blogging about one of Orlando's biggest fall events, the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. But we here at DWTickets.com like to keep our special visitors informed about all of the great opportunities for fun and excitement Orlando has to offer. We also give all of our VIP customers the very best discounts on cheap tickets for all of the area theme parks. In keeping with this month's them of fine food and drinking, we want to let you know about some new additions to City Walk at the Universal Orlando Resort. City Walk features ten fabulous eating and drinking establishments, including two new additions: the NASCAR Sports Grille and The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant & Market.

Race fan or not, you won't be able to resist the tasty signature Ribs at the NASCAR Sports Grille. And while you're waiting for your food and drinks, you can tune your personal table-side plasma screen to the channel of your choice and feel right at home. After dinner, you can hang around for some fun on the new state-of-the-art NASCAR simulators, have some family game time, or watch the giant plasma wall for the latest sporting events.

Or you can run like Forrest to The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant & Market. Here you and your family will enjoy...what else, but shrimp until your hearts' content! It is also fun to browse around and have a look at the "boatload" of memorabilia from the Oscar-winning film.

Superstars abound at City Walk's restaurants and bars. Stop at the Volcano Bar at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, have a delicious "Floribbean" concoction, and enjoy a live band every night starting at 10 p.m. For the more mellow set, there's Bob Marley-A Tribute to Freedom, a bar patterned after Marley's own home in Jamaica. With it's open-air veranda, you will definitely feel like you are on vacation. For a fancier fling, try Emeril's Restaurant Orlando. The famed chef never disappoints as his delectable Creole creations are served in a fine-dining style and can be paired with one of 12,000 bottles of wine from the second-floor wine gallery.

This is just a sampling of the tasty treats that are in store for City Walk guests. These special dining luxuries can fit easily into your vacation budget as long as you get all of your park tickets right here at DWTickets.com, your cheap ticket oasis!

Wine & Culinary: Food Couplings

There's nothing quite like a fine meal and an excellent wine to go with it. And that's just what the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is all about - the food, the wine, oh the deliciousness of it all. Another tasty treat you can find right here and now is the cheap Disney tickets offered by DWTickets.com. We are your first, best and only source for the best discount tickets for all of Orlando's great attractions, and this time of year Epcot is at the top of the list.

One of the best things about the Food and Wine Festival is that it gives visitors a chance to taste the most delicious regional dishes paired with their most perfect wine companion. At the various tasting stations throughout the park, guests can choose what they would like to taste, but the "Food & Wine Pairings" takes the guess work out of it. These regionally themed tastings are hosted by a select winemaker and introduce tasters to three specially chosen wines and food portions coupled just for this occasion.

At Le Cellier Steakhouse in the Canada Pavilion, Northwestern flavors are shared every Friday. On Saturdays, head across the Atlantic to the Bistro de Paris in the France Pavilion, where a selection of "charcuterie" and cheese are featured. Stay overseas in the Italy Pavilion for a sampling from the newly reopened Tutto Italia, delivered every Sunday. If Italian isn't your thing, Sunday, October 21 features a special coupling of Scotch and food at the Rose & Crown Dining Room in the United Kingdom Pavilion. Monday's are the special day at the Japan Pavilion, where sake, sushi and sashimi are teamed at the Teppan Edo Matsunoma Lounge. Tuesdays take us to the Restaurant Marrakesh in the Morocco Pavilion and the delights of the Mediterranean. If seafood is what you love, then treat yourself to the delicious dining at the Coral Reef Restaurant or the Seas Salon, both located in The Seas with Nemo & Friends, where special pairings are featured on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

These special tasting events all require park admission and also have an additional cost per person. But you don't have to worry about the extra money if you buy your tickets at the best discount ticket site around - DWTickets.com, where you will find tasty treats for your wallet before you enjoy the tasty treats for your pallet.

Special Dining Experiences at Epcot

We have told you already that the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival is finally upon us. This is the time of year to visit Epcot and get that extra special experience out of your trip. This is the time of year to save money too, when you buy your cheap theme park tickets right here at DWTickets.com, your number one source for discount tickets to all of your favorite Orlando attractions.

The annual International Food and Wine Festival brings with it tasty temptations, wonderful wine experiences and great entertainment too. A different live act appears every night at the America Gardens Theater from now until the festival ends on November 11. The concerts are included with your park admission ticket, which, of course, you can get right here at DWTickets.com. But if your looking for something extra and don't mind paying a little something extra, the "Party for the Senses" may be just the ticket for you.

Disney describes this program as a "tribute to the sensory arts." This party happens in conjunction with the Eat to the Beat Concert Series, and ticketed participants all get reserved seats at the night's live performance. Once the concert is over, the World Showplace Pavilion is turned into a sensory heaven where partiers will be treated to a multitude of special tasting stations where they can enjoy delectable dainties prepared by more than 25 "eminent" chefs. They will also be delighted to find over 70 different wines and beers to enhance the already fun-filled atmosphere. And if that wasn't enough, throughout the tasting guests will be awed by extraordinary decor and unusual performances by acts from Cirque du Soleil La Nouba. This party is truly an entertainment, food and drink spectacular!

The Party for the Senses is held on Saturdays throughout the Festival from 6:30-9:30 p.m. The party is not included with your park admission, but a ticket for Epcot is required. Reservations are also recommended. Since you are already here at DWTickets.com, get your Epcot tickets now at the best discount Disney ticket price in town. Then you can use the money you save to enjoy a sensory celebration when you visit the park.

Exquisite Evenings at Epcot

October isn't just Halloween. Over at Epcot, it's the International Food and Wine Festival as well. And right now is the best time to get your cheap Disney tickets at DWTickets.com and enjoy the feasting fun and special events at this annual Epcot fiesta of food and wine. For many, this is must-do happening year after year, and you may want to try something new like one of the extra-curricular experiences that are included with the Festival this year. Instead of just eating and drinking your way around the world, add a little special something to your traditional visit this year by splurging on "Exquisite Evenings at Epcot."

This special event is said to be the "most prestigious dining experience of the Festival." It combines a team of celebrity chefs with the best Disney chefs to create a spectacular five-course meal. It is so exclusive, there are only six opportunities to enjoy it throughout the Festival. Starting this weekend, and on each Friday through November 9, only the truly VIP guests will enjoy this unique chance to dine in style while enjoying a showcase of wines from a variety of vineyards. This is "Food and Wine" to the max!

Each week's gala has a different theme. For the first presentation, "The Vineyard Collage," guests will enjoy the creations of Chef Terry Letson from Fume Bistro & Bar in Napa Valley, California and Pastry Chef Antony Fernandez from The Ritz-Carlton Lodge in Greensboro, Georgia. The wine selections will hale from Caymus Vineyards in Napa Valley and Piper & Charles Heidsieck in Champagne, France. Future themes include "A Tuscan Renaissance," "A Northwest Silhouette," "Whimsical Masters," "Inspiration for Anton Ego," and "Contemporary Italian," and feature chefs, pastry chefs and wines from New York, New York to Chandler, Arizona; from Seattle, Washington and Erath, Oregon to Sonoma, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, even stretching as far across the globe as Tuscany, Italy and Bordeaux, France.

At $210 per person, this is definitely not an affair for paupers, but if you get cheap park tickets at DWTickets.com, you can use the money you save to pay for the extravagance you know you deserve. At DWTickets.com, we strive to proved the lowest discounts possible for all of our customers, and we also like to provide you with information bites like this to help you make the very most of your Orlando vacation.

Castaway Critters Show at Busch Gardens

If you always wanted to visit Africa, but are visiting the Orlando area instead, a jaunt over to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay may be just the ticket for you. And DWTickets.com has the cheap tickets you will need to get into the park and enjoy "the wildest animal adventure show in Florida," the brand new "Castaway Critters" show.

In this awesome, all-new animal event, the entertainment team at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay takes interesting performing creatures, joins them with human performers, and comes up with a paradise island. On this island, you will find almost 80 different animals, including dogs, cats birds and even kangaroos all working together to entertain and educate their guests. The brand new multi-level set will impress, and so will the original songs and performance routines that exemplify the training skills that abound at this Busch Gardens park.

And since the roller coasters and wild rides at Busch Gardens will no doubt leave you in need of a seat, you should check out the other live shows throughout the park, where you'll get bit of a rest and some entertainment fun too. Keeping with the park's Africa theme, the "KaTonga" show brings you straight to the heart of that amazing continent through musical celebration of animal folklore. African storytellers, called Griots, take guests along on a day in their lives as they try to rise to the top of their craft. With African-inspired dance, puppetry, original song and traditional African tales, the Griots take each visitor on a Broadway-caliber living ride.

Over at the Timbuktu Theater, "Pirates 4-D" uses comedy, special-effects, and the latest 4-D technology to entertain families of all ages. Show star Leslie Nielsen with leave you laughing and definitely entertained via this multi-sensory experience that sprays and surprises throughout. Don't forget to take a moment to enjoy the "Mystic Sheiks of Morocco," the musical ambassadors of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. This eight-piece brass marching band travels throughout the park entertaining guests of all ages. You will be delighted with their talents.

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Shamu's Happy Harbor

Vacations and kids just go together. Vacations and money do too. So, the first step on your Orlando vacation must be to buy all of your discount theme park tickets at your one and only source for the cheapest tickets in town, DWTickets.com. The second step should be to prepare your kids (and you too!) to have the time of their life, and make sure you include a visit to SeaWorld and set aside plenty of time to play in Shamu's Happy Harbor.

This port of pleasure is no fast food play land. Unless if the play land you're talking about has been on steroids for the past ten years. The new and much more exciting Shamu's Happy Harbor has been recently updated and six new kiddie rides have been added. Now it's more than a pumped up playground. It's practically a theme park in itself!

One of the centerpiece rides that every kid is sure to love is the "Sea Carousel," where riders have their choice of 65 sea creatures to perch atop and float around on giant fish, sea lions, otters, sharks and precious dolphins. For a walk on the wild (but not too wild) side, the "Shamu Express" takes its passengers on a killer whale ride at speeds up to 28 mph. Now that's what I call family friendly fun! There is also a kid-sized jelly fish tower ride called "Jazzy Jellies" and a tug boat adventure, the "Ocean Commotion." If spinning in a tea cup is your cup of tea, then the "Swishy Fishies" will keep you pleased as punch, while the "Flying Fiddler" will turn that round and round into an up and down; up 20 feet and than down you go.

Once the kids have blissfully ridden to excess, they can still climb, jump and play on Shamu's Happy Harbor's awesome collection of nets, tunnels and slides. (The grown ups fit on these too!) There are up to four stories of nets connected by a series of tunnels all high in the air. Go ahead, give it a try. You'll feel like a kid again. Adults can ride and play with the kids throughout Shamu's Happy Harbor, so they don't have to miss out on all the fun, but keep in mind that there are minimum height requirements on some of the rides.

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