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SUNDAY 10 For Mom • Mother’s Day is May 10

• Give her flowers and candy: - Head to the ® International Flower & Garden Festival What’s - Enjoy a carnation giveaway at ® Park - Satisfy her sweet tooth with a Ghirardelli® discount at INSIDE the Downtown Disney® area

2 Celebrate Mom & Dad • Take her out on a “date”: - Stroll down the streets of Paris by way of Epcot® 4 ™ Weekends - Take an exciting Fireworks Voyage Cruise - Dine at a discount at the Downtown Disney area 5 Passholder Winner • Treat her to a day of family memories: 6 Stitch’s SuperSonic Celebration - Get a family photo taken by a Disney’s PhotoPass® Photographer

7 Passholder Speaker Series: - Enjoy a discount on the Family Magic Tour at Magic Kingdom Park Behind-the-Scenes Fireworks - Use your Passholder spa discount to spend a “girl’s day” out

8 Downtown Disney® Event

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15 Calendar SUNDAY 21 For Dad • Father’s Day is June 21

• Give him a day of outdoor fun:

©Disney/Pixar - Hit the links with your Passholder discount on all Disney Golf Courses (Disney’s Oak Trail Golf Course is included in the Premium Annual Pass) Remember to - Save on marina boat rentals REGISTER How to celebrate Mom - Go wild aboard Kilimanjaro Safaris® at your email address for updates! Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park

Do we have your email address? & Dad, Passholder-style! • Treat him to a day of racing...at any speed: If not, take a second and register Celebrate the greatest heroes on the planet at the Parks - Use your Passholder discount to take a spin it online today. at the Richard Petty Driving Experience

A couple of days a year, we take some special time out of our ® Go to disneyworld.com/ - Zip through the proving grounds at Test Track at Epcot lives to honor and celebrate the greatest heroes on the planet: passholder and register your - Gear up for the Lights, Motors, Action!™ Extreme Stunt Show email address. Or if your email moms and dads. And as Passholders, there are many amazing at Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ ® address has changed, be sure ways to show your appreciation all around World - Race around the Tomorrowland® Indy Speedway to update it. Resort. You’ll find just a few of them on the following page. at Magic Kingdom Park

• Give him a thrilling gift: Of course, if you or someone you know just wants to give a - Face the mountain...and the Yeti...on Expedition Everest— gift—visit disneyworld.com/gift to check out more ideas and Legend of the Forbidden Mountain™ at Disney’s Animal Kingdom experiences that make it easy to celebrate Mom or Dad’s special Theme Park day. You can even add these items to a “wish list” and forward it ® ® SECRET - Blast off aboard Mission: SPACE at Epcot to anyone who wants to get in on the gift giving! - Enjoy a Passholder discount on parasailing Learn secret facts about our attractions and events.

mickey monitor mickey monitor 3 PASSHOLDER TIPS

“Why I am a Passholder”by Jennifer Sykes

I am a ® Annual Passholder and I visit as much as possible. Why? First, and most importantly, Walt Disney World is my special place where all the stress and worries of life are left at the gate. A place where I feel like a carefree child led by whimsy and Top 5 ways to feel the imagination rather than reason and experience, and that fanciful feeling is real magic, or rather “Disney magic.” Being a Passholder ™ Force at Star Wars Weekends gets me even more magic by allowing me to attend special Passholder events. I recently attended an event for the premiere of the new Every Fri.–Sun. • May 22–June 14 “Tinker Bell” movie and it was wonderful. Not only did I get to see Jennifer and daughter, Jena, Prepare to be immersed in the power of the Force during Star Wars the movie on Main Street, U.S.A.® in Magic Kingdom® Park with enjoy a moment at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort ™ Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios . Here, you’ll discover an entire complimentary snacks, but also got to meet the director, producer, Saga’s worth of Star Wars characters and celebrities, a galaxy of exciting screenwriter and all the fairies, played a “Tinker Bell” trivia game events and, of course, the Training Academy for your Padawans. for which I won a prize, and was even given an attendance gift. Just be sure to put these top 5 “must-dos” on your “must-do” list: Experiences like these are priceless and as a result my Annual 5 Hyperspace Hoopla Gather with Star Wars characters Pass is one of my most prized possessions. On top of all this Disney for an entertaining end to each day’s events. goes above and beyond expectations by offering special discounts exclusively to Passholders. Resort, dining, merchandise, recreation 4 Behind the Force Explore the excitement of the Star and tour discounts are all available to me. There are so many reasons Wars franchise with a cool, behind-the-scenes look I am a Passholder that I could write a book, but for me it really comes at the all-new animated adventure The Clone Wars. down to one thing. I am a Passholder because I love Walt Disney World 3 Star Wars Celebrities Catch ’em each weekend Resort and I can never have enough of it. participating in: • Autograph Sessions • Legends of the Force-themed motorcade Jennifer Sykes of Viera, Florida, is the latest winner of our Passholder essay contest. • Stars of the Saga talk show and Q&A A Disney fan since she was very young, Jennifer enjoys visiting the Parks with her with a celebrity host husband Walt (she insists the name was just a coincidence) and her daughter, Jena. 2 Star Wars Characters From to and Anakin to , it’s your “It’s the little things,” she explained to us. “Like the very first time I took my daughter chance to encounter over 50 characters from the on it’s a small world. I couldn’t believe I was there with my daughter doing something I loved when I was a little girl. Her eyes were so wide and I started tearing up.” entire Star Wars Saga. LIMITED-EDITION Star Wars Weekends Passholder Pin! And the #1 “must-do”...just for Passholders like you... Jennifer’s winning essay has also brought her a little hometown fame. “My husband’s - $12.95 plus tax - dad was my high school English teacher. Now he tells everyone that he’s taught an Exclusive Passholder Pin For the first time ever, Only 2,000 will be released. award-winning writer.” an exclusive Passholder pin is being created for Limit of two pins per 1 Passholder per day! purchase during Star Wars Weekends 2009! To see the other winners of the contest, go to disneyworld.com/passholder and look under the News and Events section. Event included in Disney’s Hollywood Studios admission. Appearances and entertainment subject to change without notice. 4 mickey monitor Star Wars © 2009 Ltd. & TM. mickey monitor 5 Behind

Walt Disney Imagineering early concept art. the BOOM! Get a peek inside the magic of Disney fireworks!

Check out what Passholder Speaker Events Think characters are the only things that people line up for in Stitch is doing now! the Parks? “A Blast with Brad” When we first asked, “What will you celebrate?”, who knew that Date: June 20, 2009 Some of Disney’s best magic can be found high in the sky! the entire galaxy would put together something supersonic—and that Location: Disney’s Wide World And right now, Passholders can go behind the scenes to see of Sports® Complex zany Stitch would crash the party? how the magic happens overhead. Brad Cicotti from Walt ® Stitch’s SuperSonic Celebration is a brand-new entertainment Disney World Special Effects will demonstrate pyrotechnic A pretty explosive event! experience that has just come in for a Magic Kingdom® landing. products and other fun facts. SECRET As a part of the Passholder Speaker Series, Passholders can And it uses the same wondrous interactive wizardry that allows a experience two behind-the-scenes peeks at the pyrotechnic totally cool turtle dude and a bunch of comedic monsters to bring Toward the end of “Wishes! and More” wizardry that goes into the Walt Disney World® Resort skies! you into the fun and conversation. Lilo and Stitch, Gantu’s tracking screen features Date: June 20, 2009 a blip that resembles ™ Location: Magic Kingdom® Park Steven Davison, creator of Wishes and some “We’re really excited about it because, for the first time, we’re Spaceship Earth and of our other fireworks shows throughout the world, will be bringing this interactive technology outdoors into a large-scale musical another icon shaped Steven Davison will talk about his like a Mickey head. creative concept of Wishes, and one of the speakers at the event. “Really, it’s another form show,” said Kris Bunnell, Show Producer, Walt Disney Entertainment. how his vision was adapted for No wonder. The film of storytelling. Just in the sky,” said Steven. “Disney is so “It’s a big ‘Galaxy Day’ celebration, and everyone from everywhere in was produced right Halloween and Holidays. Guests will also have Q & A time, PLUS great with characters and color. For instance, if a person sees outer space is invited to the new Rockettower Plaza Stage.” here in Florida. the opportunity to view Wishes the color yellow, they immediately think of Belle. What we do from a special reserved location. is take the colors, the music and the story. People put it all “On our large LED wall, the Tomorrowland® News Network Team is keeping us together with their imaginations.” up to date on all the partying in outer space. Stitch shows up onscreen, ‘live’ from his spaceship—because, after all, he loves to party more than anyone in the galaxy. Visit disneyworld.com/ passholder to reserve your space “The greatest thing,” Steven said, “is that as big as the And he loves to give presents. So he uses his ship’s computer to send us awesome for both of these booming events! fireworks are, all of them end up focusing on the power gifts: two robots who can break dance and hip-hop with the best of them.” of one person’s wishes and dreams.”

Throughout Stitch’s SuperSonic Celebration, our favorite alien trades crazy quips Just like the sky during one of our fireworks shows, this onscreen with party Guests like you. But what would happen if he managed to get from event will fill up quickly! Make sure to sign up online to get outer space to this new Tomorrowland bash so he can appear in person? Find out if a great spot! Reserve your space at disneyworld.com/ he does—and what he might say to you—when you get in the groove of this way-out passholder. Don’t miss Brad Cicotti from Walt Disney singing, far-out dancing new celebration of go-go kitsch and super-hot pop! World Special Effects, and Steven Davison describe how they end every night in the Parks with a bang. Literally.

6 mickey monitor mickey monitor 7 New ways to play by day, and have the nighttime of your life!

Spend your day, and night, checking out everything from dining with dinosaurs to catching incredible live music and shows!

The summer savings start • Paradiso 37—A new, high-energy Along with door busters, Guests will find 50% waterfront restaurant and bar that features North, Central and South at Downtown Disney! off select merchandise items (these items will be American cuisine, plus a bar with marked by blue balloons), super secret surprise 50 kinds of tequila! Scheduled to The World of Disney Passholder Sale returns! merchandise offerings at the registers AND a open late May. free gift to the first 1,000 Guests! Think the Parks are the only place to experience Disney? Think again! • Tren-D —An urban twist to Disney Head down to downtown, Disney that is, for some great deals for Beat the summer rush! merchandise you can’t find Passholders. Plus, new stores and attractions! anywhere else. The new time and date should give families extra time to shop, eat and explore all there is A shopping event to kick-start summer! to do at Downtown Disney®. “We felt that the •  Curl™—Hit the beach in style after Not so sure about the whole worm thing, but the early bird will definitely timing would be better,” said Dara. “The whole shopping at this high-end surf shop. The Disney get great discounts at the World of Disney® store! On June 6 at 6:30 family can spend their day shopping and actually Passholder Sale a.m., Passholders can get discounts not available in the Parks! taking their time at Downtown Disney.” Date: June 6, 2009 Time: 6:30 a.m. “It’s back by popular demand,” said Dara Trujilo, World of Disney A new date. A new time. A great way to get Place: World of Disney store Manager of Merchandise. “Last year we didn’t know what to expect, but awesome discounts on Disney merchandise! our Passholders responded so well that we thought we had to offer this Save the date for the Disney Passholder Sale again. This year we said, ‘Let’s add some new surprises.’” at the World of Disney store…June 6 at 6:30 a.m. (and if you don’t have a calendar or day- • Characters In Flight operated by One thing different will be door busters—special sale items throughout planner, you can probably find one there)! Aerophile—Ever wanted to fly above the store. Last year, door busters were announced at certain times. This Walt Disney World ® Resort? Here’s Mr. Potato Head is a trademark of Hasbro and is used with permissions. ©2009 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. year all the door busters will be out when Guests arrive, and when they are your chance to soar 300 feet on gone…they’re gone! Be on the lookout! The door busters will be marked a tethered balloon, giving you an unparalleled, 360-degree view of with yellow balloons. up to 10 miles.

8 mickey monitor mickey monitor 9 PASSHOLDER IN-THE-KNOW

Landscape your The week with acres of Lion King bloomin’ Epcot ® fun roars into Vegas

It has sold out for 11 years on ® The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Broadway. It has been seen by more presented by Disneynature, adds fragrance, beauty and than 45 million people in 11 different fun to every weekday in May (and weekends too)! countries. And now, The Lion King This summer’s has arrived in Las Vegas. Housed at the Mandalay Bay Theatre, this spectacular production features all the gonna ROCK! same music, sets and costumes that Get a guided Fragrance Garden tour have made it a worldwide phenomenon. and a free deluxe sample*: with the Sounds Like Summer Concert Series! And best yet…Passholders have a A Guerlain® representative takes you on a 20-minute tour in special opportunity to watch it roar. the France Pavilion to find out the secret of four orchids and From June 15 to August 9, 2009, it’s time to get your groove on. their age-defying properties and more. Sign up for your Because that’s when the incredible, live Sounds Like Summer Mandalay Bay Resort Offer complimentary tour at the Guerlain Shop in La Signature, where Concert Series takes Epcot® by song. Come sing and dance for Passholders* you can also ask for your deluxe sample (*while supplies last). SECRET along to timeless tunes the whole family knows and loves... Enjoy a deluxe room and two tickets to brought to you by an amazing lineup of tribute bands. You won’t Take a guided English Garden tour: Disney’s The Lion King from $216* for Any time is tea time on this 20-minute tour, hosted by Twinings®, Look for the new want to miss a note. two nights! (Upgraded rooms available “Wonderland Tea” in which you’ll learn to blend tea like lords and ladies. Visit the at an additional cost.) products in select Tea Caddy in the United Kingdom Pavilion to sign up—and Walt Disney World® Offer includes: stock up on those tasty biscuits and candies! shops and see how • Two nights in a deluxe room at this many references to SOUNDS LIKE SUMMER fabulous AAA 4-Diamond resort. Behold butterfly miracles before your eyes: Disney’s Alice in As hundreds of glorious butterflies flutter aroundMinnie’s Wonderland animated CONCERT SERIES • Two tickets to Disney’s The Lion Magnificent Butterfly Garden, new butterflies emerge film you can find on LIVE AT EPCOT ® King at the Mandalay Bay Theatre on a regular basis (located along the Test Track Walkway). each package. (additional tickets and/or ticket Catch three shows nightly upgrades based upon availability at 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. and for an additional cost). Get a little more green into your life: Explore our bigger-than-ever Green Garden, presented by June 15–21 • $100 Mandalay Bay Beach cabana rental discount. FNGLA­ (adjacent to the Morocco Pavilion), and find out about Stayin’ Alive July 20–26 creating your own environmentally friendly, low-input garden. A Tribute to the Bee Gees The Sounds of the Supremes • Complimentary child admission with A Tribute to the Supremes each paid adult admission to Shark Provide your little pirates with the joy of play: June 22–28 Reef Aquarium, featuring over Hotel California 2,000 animals and 100 sharks. The new Pirates Adventure Zone, adjacent to the Germany A Tribute to the Eagles July 27–August 2 Pavilion, brims with play structures for ages 6 and up. 2U To book, call 1-877-632-7000 June 29–July 8 A Tribute to U2 and mention code PDISNY. Slippery When Wet The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute August 3–9 *For a complete list of restrictions AND FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT OFFER, please July 9–19 Petty Theft visit mandalaybay.com/passholders. The Bjorn Again A Tribute to Tom Petty Lion King artwork and photos ©2009 Disney. A Tribute to ABBA All rights reserved. Mandalay Bay artwork and photos ©2009 MGM MIRAGE™.

Entertainment subject to change without notice. Included with Epcot ® admission. 10 mickey monitor mickey monitor 11 PASSHOLDER QUIZ What’s “UP” on screen & at Disney’s Hollywood Studios?

“Up is an adventure film starring an old man!” smilesPete Docter, award-winning director of Up, the first Disney•Pixar film inDisney Digital 3-D™, opening May 29. “Basically, Carl Fredricksen is 78 years old and the sort of grouchy curmudgeon along the lines of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show—and he’s voiced in the film byEd Asner himself.

Carl ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies off to adventure in the South American mountains. “Carl doesn’t realize who is on the front porch as this happens,” said Pete, who also directed Disney•Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” “It’s eight-year-old eternal optimist Russell, who perpetually drives Carl nuts!”

Disney’s Blizzard Beach Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon From a faraway mountain Disney Water Parks to a glamorous Theme Park In the movie, Carl and Russell find themselves “True or False” Quiz! atop a fantastic mountain. But somehow they’ll find their way to the only place in the world With the expert help of Patrick Brennan, Vice President of Creative Development, Walt Disney where they can meet you in person—at The Imagineering, we bubbled up this splashy quiz about both the storm-tossed tropical paradise that Magic of Disney Animation in Disney’s is Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and the whimsical, snow-capped ski-lodge wonderland Hollywood Studios™. of Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park—where the whole family can flume, slide and relax in totally Disney settings. Pete couldn’t be more delighted. As a boy growing up a Minnesota dreamer, Pete A tropical paradise A cool flurry of was so inspired by Disney attractions that of Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon teasers Disney’s Blizzard Beach brainbusters he re-created an “enchanted tiki room” T/F 1. The thrill-packed Crush ’n’ Gusher is Florida’s T/F 6. At 75 feet, Summit Plummet is one of the world’s in his room at home! first uphill water coaster and the only one with three tallest and fastest water slides. different coaster experiences. T/F 7. In the cave of Cross Country Creek (one of the Great movies, TV, stage and T/F 2. You can take surf lessons in the gigantic wave pool relaxing rivers to float blissfully along in each before the Park opens. Park), there’s a hidden image of Regis Philbin. music excitement in one great Park T/F 3. The water-spouting boat atop the mountain is called T/F 8. The Ski Patrol Training Camp, a big fave Today, the idea of Disney’s Hollywood Studios Guests Sweet Lady Boo. with tweens, challenges “trainees” with tests meeting Carl and Russell from Up—as well as characters from Cars, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and many others inspired 4. You can swim with live bonnethead and leopard sharks of skill and agility in the mountains. T/F by films that Pete and his Pixar friends helped create—is, in his at the Shark Reef. T/F 9. At 1,200 feet, Teamboat Springs is one of the SECRET words, “Completely, utterly mind blowing.” largest and longest family raft rides in the world. T/F 5. May 10–August 29, you can meet Lilo and Stitch at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. T/F 10. May 10–August 29, you can meet You can see honors for Pete hopes that Up will connect in a special way with folks at Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park. both Ed Asner and who love Disney as much as he does—including Passholders Mary Tyler Moore in like you. “Obviously, film has evolved and changed since I was the Academy of growing up, watching Dumbo, Peter Pan and all the Disney Television Arts & films,” he said. “But Up is a way of reaching back and making Bonus round: Both Disney Water Parks Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza at Disney’s the Pixar version of what those films were like. We’re trying to T/F 11. All the towels are woven from spun milkweed. To clean them, Cast Members must find capture that.” a field of young wheat and wave the towels over it, allowing the tiny tips to gently brush Hollywood Studios. away the sand particles. Carl and Russell from Disney•Pixar’s Up will be meeting T/F 12. For little ones, each Water Park features a cute Lilliputian miniature of itself with slides, you for autographs and photos starting later this month at sand boxes, fountains, slides, a wading pool and more. Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which is THE place to meet T/F 13. As a Passholder, you get $4 off the regular ticket price (valid Passholder ID required). favorite characters from movies and TV—and as a Passholder, More info at disneyworld.com/passholder. you can fill up your albums and autograph books to your heart’s content!

12 mickey monitor but no Regis; 11–They use washing machines. people on skis and more, 7–There are images of beach chairs, Tilly; 3–The boat is called Miss Only three are FALSE: ANSWERS: mickey monitor 13 The Club that’s made for you and me! passholder Introducing D23, Disney’s first official community for fans! Why 23? Well, 1923 was when Walt opened his first Hollywood studio. AndD23 will celebrate all the wonder, excitement calendar and magic that Disney has created since that landmark year. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays A one-year D23 Charter Membership includes: NOW 22 May 22–June 14, 2009 • D23 Quarterly Publication filled with dazzling photography NOW–May 31, 2009 Opens and illustrations! late spring! • Membership Card and Certificate: Elegant, character-filled keepsakes created by legendary Disney artists. • Surprise Collectible Gift from the new Walt Disney Archives Collection. ™ weekends star wars ™ • Exclusive Special Events and Merchandise Disney’s Hollywood Studios International Star Wars ©2009 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. Stitch’s Supersonic flower & garden Festival Celebration Epcot® Magic Kingdom ® Park Here’s a chance for Passholders to win! Here’s something special just for you! Ten lucky Passholders will win a one-year charter membership to D23, courtesy of Mickey Monitor.

Just visit disneyworld.com/passholder to enter. But hurry! The contest ends June 30, 2009. June 15– Reopening early July August 9, 2009 Go to disney.com/23 for more information on the club and how to join. 15 And remember you must join by December 31, 2009, to become a charter member.

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Begins May 1, ends June 30, 2009. Open to Walt Disney World® Passholders 21 or older, in good standing and legal residents of the 50 United States or D.C. For full Official Rules, write to: Disney Destinations, LLC, 2009 Passholder View your D23 Sweepstakes, PO Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. benefits online To tell us that you no longer wish to receive contest or sweepstakes information mail us at: Disney Destinations Marketing, Attn: Sweepstakes Preference, PO Box 10455, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830. Obama debuts at Visit disneyworld.com/ The Hall of Presidents passholder for access to our ® Sounds Like Summer Magic Kingdom Park ® Epcot special Passholder pages. Save on Cirque du Soleil amazement We’ve posted some great ® new offers here as well as at Downtown Disney West Side 2009 Passholder benefits and September other useful information. 11–12, 2009 Select nights, 11 September Each mesmerizing performance re-imagines Info & tickets at nightofjoy.com thru November. reality with breathtaking acrobatics, moving live Tickets on sale now. Seasonal block-out dates: June 6, 2009–August music, artistic daring and extraordinary feats 13, 2009, December 19, of imagination—all perfectly choreographed to 2009–January 1, 2010 create an unforgettable theatrical experience that makes the impossible…possible. And now, as a Passholder, you can see for yourself and save.

® Enjoy the Walt Disney World Resort-exclusive La Nouba™ by Disney’s Hollywood Studios Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Cirque du Soleil ® show at 30% off* the regular price of Category Halloween Party 2 admission. This offer is good for most performances now through Magic Kingdom Park June 27, 2009. And you can bring up to three guests along to enjoy the savings as well! To purchase discounted tickets call 407-939-7604. For more info about La Nouba™ visit disneyworld.com/cirque.

*No performances 5/19–5/30. Offer subject to availability. Savings based on the non-discounted price of the same ticket. Passholder must be present with valid Passholder ID at box office to purchase/pick up tickets. Discount is not valid on previously purchased tickets or with any other offer. Restrictions apply. Please arrive a minimum of one hour prior to show time. Written and directed by Franco Dragone. Photos: Camirand, Véronique Vial. Costumes: Dominique Lemieux ©2004, The Mickey Monitor is mailed four times a year: May, August, November and February. 14 mickey monitor 2009 Cirque du Soleil. mickey monitor