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Eileen Ogintz's newest book "The Kids Guide to Orlando" will be published in November. "The Kids Guide to New York City" has been published and, coming next Spring, "The Kids Guide to Washington, D.C." All of Eileen's Taking the Kids are now available for the NOOK and Kindle. Your kids will love the fun facts, games and puzzles!



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Can you EAR me? It’s a special year at Disney Parks

May 5, 2013
Ears and more ears at Disney
2013 is the Year of the Ear at Disney Parks with new limited release Disney Ear Hats available every month as part of Disney Parks’ Limited Time Magic—special experiences designed to surprise and excite guests when they visit—including saving up to 30 per cent with the Monstrous Summer promotion available at Walt Disney World Resorts through mid June. more →
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A Mother’s Day gift guaranteed to be a winner

May 2, 2013
Recharge, Reenergize and Reconnect
Any mom — or grandma — who has traveled with kids, especially young ones, knows that all too often a vacation is not a vacation at all for moms. “It’s just like home without the washing machine,” one young mom told me glumly as she watched her kids splash in a hotel pool. more →
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Disney is all about ears this year

March 27, 2013
Ears and more ears at Disney
2013 is the Year of the Ear at Disney Parks with new limited release Disney Ear Hats available every month as part of Disney Parks’ Limited Time Magic—special experiences designed to surprise and excite guests when they visit. Of course you can get your ears autographed. more →
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Families can spread out at hotels in Orlando

February 24, 2013
"Hakuna Matata" at Disney's Art of Animation Resort
These days, not only do we want more room to spread out (think two rooms, two bathrooms, two TVS) but we want the experience to be fun. And we don’t want it to cost a bundle either. Did I mention that Disney has just unrolled free Wi-Fi at all of its resorts? more →
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Disney’s Art of Animation Resort tells the story of the classic movies

December 14, 2012
"Hakuna Matata" at Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Welcome to Disney’s new Art of Animation Resort with four different wings that celebrate favorite characters—Finding Nemo, Cars and Lion King. And there’s plenty of room to spread out with 1120 family suites (there are 864 rooms too). more →
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Testing out the new Test Track at Disney World’s Epcot

December 13, 2012
Test Track Re-imagined
We’re at Walt Disney World’s Epcot where at the new Test Track Presented by Chevrolet we create our own design, then board a “simCar” to race through performance tests—how does it handle extreme weather conditions? How efficient is it? How responsive? How Powerful? more →
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Taking the kids to Walt Disney World’s new Fantasyland

December 13, 2012
The Beast welcomes guests to his castle in the Magic Kingdom
You’ll find New Fantasyland just past the existing Fantasyland, beyond Cinderella’s castle. Did I mention that there are now three castles here for all those princess lovers? All of this as Orlando heads into the holiday season, one of the busiest of the year with special attractions at every park. more →
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Celebrations abound in Orlando for the holiday season

December 12, 2012
Candellight concert at Epcot
Welcome to the Candlelight Procession at Walt Disney World’s Epcot that is a popular tradition here drawing locals and visitors alike that is performed three times an evening during the holiday season. more →
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Disney’s expansion of Fantasyland is fantastic

December 11, 2012
One of the two new Dumbo rides at Magic Kingdom
My kids have been to Disneyland and Walt Disney World innumerable times but I don’t think I have any photos of them on Dumbo either. Maybe it was too hot waiting in the sun? Actually I think it was because the first time, 3-year-old Matt was afraid of the Dumbo ride. And Peter Pan too. more →
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Taking the kids to the new FantasyLand at Disney World

December 10, 2012
Be Our Guest Restaurant at Walt Disney World
No worries if you can’t make it to the New Fantasyland for a while either. There’s more to come. Next year, Princess Fairytale Hall will open complete with chambers where you can meet Aurora, Cinderella, Tiana and Rapunzel. more →
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Great new pop-up books helps support conservation in the Parks

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America's National Parks, a pop-up book published shed by W. W. West, Inc, supports the National Parks Conservation Association. The goal for this masterpiece pop-up is to raise $100,000 for the NPCA.

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