Posted April 2 2007
Walt Disney World opened two new attractions this winter, the Finding Nemo: The Musical show at Disney's Animal Kingdom and The Living Seas With Nemo and Friends ride at Epcot.
The debut of the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club, originally set for January, was delayed because of technical problems. But Disney has been promising that the Magic Kingdom attraction will be yet another major advancement in theme-park technology.
The show features Mike Wazowski, the one-eyed hero of the 2001 Monsters Inc., who has opened a comedy club to collect laughs that will generate power for the future.
Disney also has reworked an informational ride at the Mexico Pavilion at Epcot, working three Disney characters and a new story line into the ride. Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros replaces El Rio Del Tiempo and will feature Donald Duck, Jose Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a Mexican charro rooster) from the 1944 Disney film, The Three Caballeros.
But Disney World spokesman Rick Sylvain said this season's biggest draw is likely to be the continuing Year of a Million Dreams campaign, which features thousands of daily random giveaways in and around the theme parks.
"Year of a Million Dreams has really hit its stride," Sylvain said. "There's the chance that guests will possibly be selected for a dream anywhere from getting the front of the Fast Pass line to the spectacular, like a trip around the world, to that night in Cinderella Castle."
For Betsy and Mike Horn of Woodbury, Minn., a trip to Disney in June is looking like a dream vacation.
Their boys, ages 5 and 9, have talked about the park "constantly" since they visited two years ago. This time, the trip will be a surprise.
And if they get picked for something special as part of the Dreams campaign?
"I think they would be very excited," their mom said.
Betsy Horn, 38, said one of the big draws is how Disney treats visitors with disabilities. One of the Horns' children has autism.
"They bend over backwards," she said. "We get on every ride first [with a disability pass]."
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