Disney/Orlando On Travel Channel

[andrabell]

I thought a few of you out there would appreciate this!

Mark your TV calendars and set your VCR's...
(all times listed are eastern times)
9/02/03 5:00 PM DisneySea Revealed
9/05/02 9:00 PM Disney Cruise Line
9/07/03 2:00 PM Disney Cruise Line
9/08/03 6:00 PM Walt Disney World Resort: Behind the Scenes
9/12/03 12:30 PM Great Hotels Portafino Bay - Orlando
9/12/03 6:00 PM Backstage at Universal Orlando
9/17/03 12:00 PM Great Hotels Disney's Yacht & Beach Club
9/22/03 10:00 AM America's Great Family Friendly Hotels (no doubt should include a Disney Resort or two)
9/25/03 10:00 AM America's Great Theme Hotels (Ditto)
9/28/03 4:00 PM Universal Orlando's Horror Nights
9/29/03 12:30 PM Great Hotels Disney's Grand Floridian
9/30/03 12:30 PM Great Hotels Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

It's such a treat to see Disney on TV before a trip but I do make my DH close his eyes if they show Main Street, USA because you only see Main Street for the first time only once and I want to see his face when he sees it in November when we walk in MK for the first time.

---Andra
Enjoy the Show!

 

[kdibattista]

WOW!!! Thanks for the heads up... I gotta get that Tivo programmed!!!

 

[cinderkeli]

Thanks I have been waiting for the disney cruise line one and it would be great to see all the others. It just makes me want to go now.

 

[cinmell]

Thanks!

 

[Shelby007]

Thanks SO much for the listings.

I can't say I'm sorry I'll miss the shows from the 22nd and forward...because WE'LL BE THERE!!! I only have 22 days left to survive in the 'real world'. Our 1st trip!!

Shelby

 

[andrabell]

I loved the show about DisneySea...I had no idea that park even existed. I want to go to Mermaid Land! And that hotel is simply amazing...



---Andra
Could you lend me 500,000Yen?

 

[chell]

Thank you Andra!!!

DisneySea did look amazing!

 

[becky23]

what is disneysea?

 

[andrabell]

DisneySea is the sister park to Disneyland Tokyo in Japan. The Travel Channel did a documentary on it. It looks like a wonderful themepark with lots of Disney Magic but different from the ones over here.


http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/tdr/index_e.html


---Andra
Thank heavens for the Travel Channel!

 

[missypie]

We watched a show on WDW on the Travel Channel on Labor Day ... they showed a few of the resorts ... my DD (age 7) thought the GF looked totally dull but said she just HAS to stay at the AKL! Unfortunately, we are a family of 5 and deluxe savanah views are so pricey ... plus, aren't they all on the 7th floor where the animals seem so far away?

 

[Steamboat Girlie]

Why thank you Andrabell!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Dis Cruise show was sooooooo fabulous. Makes all other cruise lines look tacky. We must go and soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[andrabell]

Why Steamboat Girlie...you are sooooo very welcome!

Let's set a date and we'll be off Cruising Disney Style!
And we'll eat Big Brekkie together every morning!


---Andra
Is there a Dunkin' Donuts on the Magic?

 

[Grumpy37]

Originally posted by andrabell
I thought a few of you out there would appreciate this!

Mark your TV calendars and set your VCR's...
(all times listed are eastern times)
...
9/08/03 6:00 PM Walt Disney World Resort: Behind the Scenes
...

I neglected to tape the AK: Behind the Scenes a few months ago. Is this the MK+Epcot+MGM+AK, etc. "summary" version or a park specific one?

The one I'm thinking about was all about AK and showed how they hide food/water/air conditioners (air conditioners! ) behind what look to be rocks, logs, etc. to get the animals out into view.

Originally posted by missypie
We watched a show on WDW on the Travel Channel on Labor Day ... they showed a few of the resorts ... my DD (age 7) thought the GF looked totally dull but said she just HAS to stay at the AKL! Unfortunately, we are a family of 5 and deluxe savanah views are so pricey ... plus, aren't they all on the 7th floor where the animals seem so far away?

I think there is only 6 floors in AKL, but I think you might be right about how high up the deluxe rooms are. I was told just this morning that the concierge rooms are definitely on the upper floors (like the 5th). Not that it matters to us this trip since the DW vetoed both the AKL concierge and the Sunrise Safari (b/c of the age/size of our 7 mo DD -- my wife is the sane one in our family!).

FWIW, we got 15% off our regular Savannah view room (and GF Lagoon view as well) w/ the AAA discount just recently. Still lots of dough, but every little discount helps, right?

 

[Planecrazy4dis]

Thank you andrabell for telling us about those shows.
I watched the Disney Cruise show last night and loved it like a fat kid love cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!