spring 2013 • Volume22 • Number1

TWENTY YEARS OF ® The entertainment world raises a lot of interesting questions. Like why do we talk about people being “on” TV shows but “in” movies? Why do unscripted shows employ writers? Why are “Jimmy Kimmel Live” episodes previously recorded? And why in the world do so many bad guys insist on messing with Liam Neeson? A new attraction now open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios takes a cannon-shot at the fi rst of these questions and adds another: What does it take to sail with Captain Jack Sparrow? This immersive new addition to the Park is called “The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow,” and it puts you very much “in” the fi lm saga, surrounding you in the action and putting you to the ultimate pirate test. You’ll fi nd my interview with one of the attraction’s Walt Disney Imagineers on pages 3-4, the fi rst of many pages in this edition to answer intriguing questions. For example, how can one work Disney into their home decorating without turning their living space into a Theme Park? For that, we turn to pages 5-6, where HGTV star and veteran International Flower & Garden Festival presenter Genevieve Gorder answers this and other questions Members submitted through our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/disneyvacationclub). But what if subtlety isn’t your style? Then turn to pages 8 and 11, where some incredibly talented Members provide inspiration. There are so many answers in this edition of your magazine that a list of questions could’ve served as a table of contents.

“What’s MyMagic+?” (Pages 16)

“Where in a Disney Theme Park can I fi nd treasures from Pleasure Island’s Adventurers Club?” (Pages 17-18)

“Where, outside of New , can I fi nd mermaids in a attraction?” (Page 19)

“Who exactly is the wizard of Oz?” (Page 21)

“Where’s that new page?” (Page 23, of course)

“Seriously, why do people mess with Liam Neeson?” (We don’t know, friends. We just don’t know.)

Welcome home,

Ryan March Disney Files Editor

Illustration of Ryan by Keelan Parham

VOL. 22 NO. 1

Disney Files Magazine Information contained in this Contact Member Services from For Member Services in Japanese, Disney Vacation Club magazine is subject to change 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Eastern weekdays call 0120-98-4050 Tuesday-Sunday, P.O. Box 10350 without notice 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern weekends 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Japan Time) Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 (800) 800-9800 or (407) 566-3800 Email: [email protected] DVC-MBR-65-U Update your mailing address online at Fax: (407) 938-4151 Please recycle this publication www.dvcmember.com Email: [email protected] facebook.com/disneyvacationclub Only the beginning By Claire Bilby, formerly Senior Vice President and General Manager, Disney Vacation Club; now Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Paris and Europe When connecting Members to the places and people to build on this momentum they love, vacation points and resort reservations are now rests in the capable only the beginning. hands of Ken Potrock, whose Disney Vacation Club has established a proud tradi- perspectives will fill this page tion of creating experiences that help Members enjoy beginning this summer. While those places and people in true insider fashion. From I’m excited about the Member voyages with and Member opportunities presented by trips with , to advance screenings my new role at Disneyland of Disney films and sneak previews of Disney attractions, Paris (who wouldn’t want to these and other experiences create lifelong memories and work in Paris?), I must admit that I envy the role Ken will help reinforce what makes our community a community. have inherited by the time you read this. In my year and a half with the Disney Vacation Club My experiences with Disney Vacation Club were family, I had the extraordinary opportunity to sail with among the most rewarding of my career, and I will Members on three Member Cruise voyages and travel forever cherish every memory. Backed by talented Cast with Members to both Peru and West through Members who take such enormous pride in their work Adventures by Disney. In that same span of time, we and inspired by passionate Members who continuously worked with the Walt Disney Studios to allow Members to drive us to raise the bar – Disney Vacation Club is a enjoy advance screenings of two major film releases, and business like no other. we partnered with Disney Parks to include Members in Ken takes the reins as another exciting slate of sneak previews of Land at Disney California Adven- Member experiences take shape, from a new collection ture Park, New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom Park of Member trips with Adventures by Disney to our next and the souped-up Test Track at Epcot. highly anticipated Member Cruise voyage (sailing The past year also saw the re-imagination of Sept. 29 out of , Fla.). “Welcome Home Wednesdays” at the I thank you for being such a special part of my Resort, and the creation of two new weekly Member Disney career, and I’ll watch with great interest from events – “Royal Member Gathering” at the Disneyland as Ken and the Disney Vacation Club Resort and “Mahalo Member Mingle” at , Disney Cast family create more magic with you. When it comes Vacation Club Villas, Ko Olina, Hawai‘i. to elevating the Member experience, everything on this As announced earlier this year, the job of continuing page is only the beginning.

Carrying the torch By Ken Potrock, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Disney Vacation Club and Adventures by Disney Just hours after it was announced that I’d be joining the team at Disney Vacation Club, I found myself boarding the spectacular Ship for my first Member Cruise. I was filled with many emotions as I entered the terminal, from excitement to curi- osity to a touch of anxiousness. I knew I had more than a few things to learn about Disney Vacation Club, its Members and the Cast. That anxiousness quickly vanished, as I was immediately made to feel at home, not only by colleagues old and new, but by Members themselves. Clearly, “welcome home” is more than just a catchphrase. It’s a family-first philosophy that’s evident in every interac- tion I experienced or observed throughout the voyage, and it reassures me that my future here will be as rewarding for me as I hope it’ll be for you. Claire and team have done an extraordinary job shepherding the continuous improvement of this special community, and I’m deeply proud to now carry that torch. I thank you for welcoming me so warmly to your neighborhood, and I look forward to making memories with you to last a lifetime.

22 Walt Disney World Resort: Think a pirate’s life is for you? It sure does sound appealing – what with all that marauding, embezzling and even high-jacking. No self-respecting rascal, scoundrel, villain or knave (or ne’er do-well cad, for that matter) would dream of living any other way. But before you pillage, plunder, rifle or loot (or kidnap and ravage without giving a hoot), Disney’s Hollywood Studios invites you to stop by Soundstage 4 to see if you really have what it takes. It’s an immersive new attraction called The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow, and it’s taking wannabe devils and black sheep (really bad eggs) deeper into the Pirates of the Caribbean film saga – and closer to Captain Jack – than they ever dreamed possible. Whether drawn to the experience by a hunger for loot, a thirst for rum (comically referenced – though not actually served – in the new attraction) or unfulfilled dreams of eternal youth (the building’s new exterior mural was inspired by the map to the Fountain of Youth seen in both Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Guests’ journey begins as soon as they enter the re-imagined soundstage. It’s there, in a dark and foreboding pirate stranglehold, that recruits meet the real “head” of this operation – a disembodied talking skull (voiced by James Arnold Taylor, known to fans as the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Brought to life by a crackling, supernatural energy, this skeletal servant of the pirate world sounds some important warnings (including a few words about dead men’s inability to tell tales) before opening the fortress door to La Isla del storytelling creatively Gorrión (Island of the Sparrow), the secret home port and presented through treasure cave of the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow. state-of-the-art “What we really wanted to do with this environment technology. And for me was create a place that would feel equally at home personally, this project in the mythology of both the attraction and the fi lms,” has been a huge thrill. To Walt Disney Imagineer Jason Surrell told Disney be able to not only write Files Magazine. “Haunted caverns are part of every for Johnny Depp, but to incarnation of the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Park actually help direct him attraction, and they inspired the setting of Isla de Muerta (with veteran fi lmmaker Peter in the original fi lm Pirates( of the Caribbean: The Curse Kohn, one of the fi rst assistant of the Black Pearl). So we really wanted to bridge the directors from the Pirates gap between fi lm and attraction while contributing a new the Caribbean fi lm series) and location – Captain Jack’s home port – to the mythology.” collaborate with him was truly one Beached straight ahead in this new location, against of the highlights of my career. It was the pleasant backdrop of a glorious sunset, is Captain one of those moments where you take a Jack’s beloved ship. The good weather is short lived, as mental snapshot and think, ‘It doesn’t get that supernatural crackle quickly brings storm clouds better than this.’” – and our ominous skull friend – to a dramatically darkened sky. It’s time to face the trials of a pirate’s life in a magical place where anything can happen. From fending off a kraken to resisting the allure of dangerous mermaids, Guests take part in a variety of pirate tests, completely enveloped in the action and continuously challenged by that scurvy skull to earn their place in Captain Jack’s ruddy crew. The curriculum becomes something of a crash course, as an incoming attack by the Flying Dutchman soon forces everyone to enlist before even taking the pirate oath. At that moment, we meet Captain Jack, who steps – or stumbles – out onto the bridge of his ship and questions how all of these people got in his cave. These people are there, of course, for the impending battle, brought to life by the latest tricks of the Imagineering trade. Projection, lighting, sound and visual Scan this black-and-white box with effects put the newly enlisted crew in the middle of a your smart phone’s QR code scanner cinematic, grand fi nale battle. for a behind-the-scenes look at The Victors (assuming they win, as we did when we Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow with experienced the attraction) are left to take the pirate oath Jason and his fellow Imagineers. If and sing a familiar tune before leaving the soundstage you don’t have a smart phone, visit and burning up the city (please don’t burn up the city). www.youtube.com/disneyparks and “This boils down to the essence of what Walt Disney search for Jack Sparrow within the Imagineering does best,” Jason said. “It’s immersive “search channel” box.

4 with HGTV’s genevieve gorder

One of the most visible benefi ts of having HGTV on board for the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival (taking place this year from March 6-May 19) is the ability to welcome HGTV stars for weekend presentations in the Festival Center. Inspiring Guests to re- imagine their spaces both indoors and out, these celebrity presenters offer invaluable insights into everything from landscaping and gardening to entertaining and interior design. Among the stars who have shined on the festival stage through the years is Genevieve Gorder of the hit shows “HGTV Design Star” and “Dear Genevieve.” Disney Files Magazine Editor Ryan March sat down with the hugely popular designer to talk about her Disney experiences and to solicit advice for readers facing common design challenges.

Ryan: I understand that you recently stayed at a place called in the most – when a space has become too bland very near and dear to our readers’ hearts – Disney’s and too adult. Every designer wants to work on a kid’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. What drew you to that resort? room, because a kid doesn’t hand you a catalog and say, “Make me page 36.” They say, “ cool” or, Genevieve: I’ve never been on a safari, and since my “Make it fun.” They have less restriction, and the results little one [daughter, age 4] is so obsessed with animals, benefi t from that. I think that’s what Disney does so well – I thought that was the perfect place to bring her. I love designing without limitation. People feel that energy and how it’s all bent around this enormous savanna, but from joy, and that’s why they keep coming back. a design perspective, I think the most impressive elements are the lobbies and artwork. It’s really incredible. Ryan: Many of those people have tried to bring Disney design sensibilities into their homes. We heard from Ryan: Speaking of your daughter, the fi rst time you several of them through Facebook when we solicited appeared at the festival, you said that experiencing all of questions for this interview. The challenge they expressed this with her was a bit overwhelming. Has that changed was taking inspiration from Disney without turning their any in the years since? house into a Theme Park. What advice do you have for them? Genevieve: Well to be clear, it was overwhelming for me, not for her. She was right in her element from day one. Genevieve: This is a common challenge people face after It’s like this is her tribe. She found her people! It’s all so any great vacation. They go home inspired, but the trick is normal to her, which I fi nd incredibly entertaining. She to not try to literally mimic that destination in your home. has this beautiful understanding when she’s in her dress Those gladiators you saw in Rome may have looked that everyone knows she’s a princess. I think that’s just so great outside of the Coliseum, but not so much in your funny! And the way she curtsies is so hysterically natural. living room. Some things are only at home in their rightful This is a girl who curtsies to our mailman. places. So it’s about identifying what you liked about those places in terms of their mood and feel, and then Ryan: Well I’m glad to hear she’s found her people. Now bringing those same moods and feelings into your space that we know how Disney inspires you as a Mom, let’s talk in an appropriate format and scale. Good design is when about how it inspires you as a designer. What can you function marries aesthetic. draw from this place from a creative standpoint? Ryan: Your use of the word “marries” segues nicely to Genevieve: What I draw most from Disney is the our next Facebook question, which has to do with the playfulness and sense of humor that should be in design. challenge of merging styles. What advice do you have That sense of whimsy is so important. Our spaces don’t for couples living under the same roof with very different all need to be beige and boring. In fact, that’s when I get design styles?

5 Genevieve: I run into this all the time as well. People will the rest of the house. So I start with the master bedroom say, “I’m French country and he’s contemporary,” not fully and then move on to the kitchen second, living room knowing what those styles are. We tend to reinterpret third, and then you start to develop your home’s sense of styles for ourselves. Finding intersections is really about concept – not theme, but concept. That’s where Disney opening the conversation. So when he says, “I’m differs from real life. Disney has these great Theme Parks contemporary,” you say, “tell me what that means; show in which themes live and fl ourish and entertain. But in me a picture; show me 10 pictures.” You’ll slowly realize life, we don’t live in themes. We live in concepts – strong that there are more infl uences than just “contemporary.” It ideas that can sprout in ways that are beautiful and suddenly becomes easier to fi nd those intersections. There functional and inspiring. Colors, textures, lighting – things are so many intersections already in a relationship, so that give you joy. That’s where it starts. aesthetically; there will be moments of intersection. You just have to talk to fi nd them. Ryan: I’ll leave you with a very Disney question – one that has to do with dreams coming true. If you could redesign Ryan: Another common challenge expressed by our any space in the world, what would it be? readers was simply not knowing where to start. When you move into a new place and know that you’ll have to Genevieve: Oh my gosh, so many. That’s a great redesign everything, where do you begin? question. Ooh, I know! I’d love to redesign all of Donald Trump’s spaces … and then maybe I’d redesign his hair. Genevieve: That’s a big question, but for me, the answer is simple: the master bedroom. You need good sleep. Look for more details about the Epcot International You need good rest. You need that oxygen mask at the Flower & Garden Festival on page 20, and visit www. end of the day. As adults, we often design the communal EpcotInSpring.com for the latest updates about festival rooms or the kids’ rooms fi rst, and our bedroom falls to programming, from the appearance dates of HGTV stars the bottom of the list. But when you’re comfortable in to the performance schedule of the Flower Power Concert your own room, you’re in a better frame of mind to tackle Series. community

Discover the new DVCMember.com Member feedback fuels redesigned site Disney Vacation Club: Bolder. Simpler. Disney-er. function that retains one’s username for future visits) and These three words (the third of which isn’t really a word) continues throughout the site, with intuitive tools designed are among the many one may accurately use to describe to help Members more easily manage their Membership. the new DVCMember.com. Simple sections displayed beneath the sleek home Masterfully renovated by our friends at Walt Disney page’s personalized welcome message include “My Parks and Resorts Online, the re-imagined website Membership” (check available vacation points, bank (scheduled to have launched by the time you read this) vacation points, update contact information and more), has a new look, new functions and a new ability to help “Destinations” (explore the diverse array of resorts Members stay informed, plan their next vacation and available through the magic of Membership), “Vacation manage their Membership more effi ciently than ever. Planning” (review points charts, book online reservations “I, myself, am a Disney Vacation Club Member, so and more), “Member Extras” (Member Perks, news and I’ve been particularly thrilled to help make the site a more more) and “My Vacations” (see where you’ve used your dynamic and enjoyable part of the Member experience,” points, and view or modify upcoming reservations). said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online Senior Product Further simplifying the online experience are dynamic Manager Diana Garcia. “We spent months analyzing the quick-links sections throughout the site, displaying links to previous design and functionality, even visiting Members each section’s key content. in their homes across the country to see how they interact “The goal, of course, is for DVCMember.com to with the site and to understand what the site does well further elevate the convenience of Membership,” Diana and where it could be improved. Every element of the said. “The incredibly insightful input we received from new DVCMember.com is grounded in that research.” Members allowed us to take a dramatic step forward with The de-cluttered experience begins with a simplifi ed the site, and we’re thrilled with the result.” sign-in page (which now features a “remember me” See the new site for yourself at www.dvcmember.com. Windows to our ‘World’ Member family van suitable for framing A recent Member letter to Disney Files Magazine endearing stick-fi gure interpretations of our friends from conjured up an immediate – and grossly inaccurate – Toontown. Not since we questioned the tastiness of turkey image. legs have we been so pleased to be wrong. Sent by Sheila Dolan of Pennsylvania, Member since The incredible photos on this page showcase the 1999, the lovely letter spoke of a cherished tradition recent minivan masterpieces of B.J. Dolan, the adult in which Sheila’s son hand paints everything from (but obviously still a kid-at-heart) son of Sheila and the the covers of autograph books to the windows of the latest Disney Files reader to make the Disney Files staff family van as the Dolans gear up for their next Disney feel untalented. All of us at Disney Vacation Club salute vacation. Reading Sheila’s story before opening her the Dolan family for taking their fandom to the streets in enclosed photos, the Disney Files staff envisioned crudely impressive fashion!

Tell us about your “Best Trip Ever!” Disney Files Magazine is developing a new column to showcase Members’ most memorable vacations. If you have a favorite trip you’d like to share, send a letter to Disney Files Magazine’s “Best Trip Ever,” Disney Vacation Club, 1390 Celebration Blvd., Celebration, FL 34747. Tell us where you traveled with your Membership, what made the trip so memorable and what advice you have for other Members visiting that destination. Include photos if you have them (saving copies for yourself as we can’t return ours), and remember to enclose a completed and signed release form, available for download at www.dvcmember.com/releaseform. Please also tell us your preferred contact information (phone number or email address) and the year your family became Disney Vacation Club Members.

Welcome home new Moms! Member Moms from Maryland, Texas join popular online panel

Mona Leigh Guha of Columbia, Md., and Kari Krueger of College Station, Texas, are the newest Disney Vacation Club Member representatives on the Disney Parks Moms Panel, a popular online forum that shares vacation tips and insights from real Moms (along with some Dads and grandparents) who have become experts in Disney vacationing. Mona Leigh, Member since 2005, said, “I’m excited to help other Members plan magical vacations, as well as to help potential Members decide whether Disney Vacation Club is right for their family.” Kari, a Member since 1997, said, “I have the opportunity to help Guests plan vacations that will fi ll their hearts with happiness when they hear those two magical words, ‘welcome home.’” Former Disney Vacation Club Senior Vice President To ask questions, visit www.disneyworldmoms.com or and General Manager Claire Bilby, center, welcomes connect to the Moms Panel through our Facebook page at Members Mona Leigh Guha, left, and Kari Krueger, right, www.facebook.com/disneyvacationclub. to the Disney Parks Moms Panel.

8 community Member Perks the icing on the cake Advantage Members Tennis lessons offer Member discount

Walt Disney World Resort: While Member Perks Resort, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, and can’t do much to lead you to victory in a court of law or Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts, the lessons are even in the court of public opinion, Disney Files Magazine available to players of all skill levels, from those with an is pleased to highlight a perk that can at least help you eye toward Wimbledon to those who don’t know a clay win on the tennis court. court from a food court. Call Orlando Tennis at (321) You don’t have to be a Williams sister to develop a 228-1146 for details. good backhand, thanks to a 10 percent Disney Vacation Oh, and because tennis slang and terminology may Club Member discount on lessons from Orlando Tennis at or may not be part of your lesson, Disney Files Magazine the Walt Disney World Resort. Regularly priced at $90 an “serves” up the following game to measure your mastery hour and available at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, of the game’s colorful language. See if you can “ace” the Disney’s BoardWalk Resort, Disney’s Contemporary test by matching the tennis term to its common meaning. Tennis terms

1. bagel 2. hot dog 3. love 4. deuce 5. shank 6. chop 7. moon ball 8. pulp 9. buggy whip 10. poach

Definitions

a. a forehand swing from low to high, never crossing one’s body b. very high return shot c. to hit a shot intended for your partner in a doubles game d. a set score of 6-0 e. a game score of 30-30 f. zero g. a shot through the legs with one’s back to the net h. any shot hit by a member of the Disney Files staff i. a shot with a hard underspin

j. a game score of 40-40 Answers: 1 (d), 2 (g), 3 (f), 4 (j), 5 (h), 6 (i), 7 (b), 8 (e), 9 (a), 10 (c) (c) 10 (a), 9 (e), 8 (b), 7 (i), 6 (h), 5 (j), 4 (f), 3 (g), 2 (d), 1 Answers:

9 9 Carthay Circle Restaurant among newly discounted dining destinations Seven locations introduce Member discounts

Disneyland Resort: As the Disney Files staff readied to jerked king fish. Snacks, “small plates” and sushi, its winter 2012 edition, “the road to good eats” had just meanwhile, are available in the adjacent Carthay Circle extended through the newly expanded Disney California Lounge. (While not included in the discount, it’s worth Adventure Park, where Disney Vacation Club Members noting that the lounge’s classic cocktail menu features were devouring 10 percent discounts at the Fiddler, Fifer handcrafted creations served by expert mixologists in & Practical Café on and Flo’s V8 Café unique glassware and even with drink-specific ice!) in Cars Land. Those delicious deals were savory signs Other locations now offering 10 percent Member of things to come, paving the way for seven additional discounts include the Alfresco Lounge and Sonoma locations to match that offer. Terrace, part of the Golden Vine Winery at Disney Among the Disney California Adventure dining California Adventure Park; Harbour Galley and Royal locations now offering Members a 10 percent discount Street Veranda in at Disneyland (excluding alcohol, tax and gratuity where applicable) Park; The Lounge at Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland are the Carthay Circle Restaurant and Lounge, both Hotel and Earl of Sandwich in the located in the gleaming new tower at the end of District. picturesque Buena Vista Street. Inspired by the Hollywood So the next time your vacation plans include the theater that famously hosted the 1937 premiere of Walt Happiest Place on Earth, remember to bring your Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the elegant appetite…and your Member ID card! restaurant serves modern cuisine that celebrates the bold and diverse flavors of Southern California. Signature dishes range from fire cracker duck wings to ceviches

10 community

where Members live

Disney Files Magazine proudly presents photos and stories from Members who have made Disney part of their home decorating. This edition’s spotlight shines on Dr. Dae Sung Choi of Florida, Member since 2006.

When he was six years old, Dae fell in love with Disney Parks and began dreaming of a Disney career. While he instead grew up to become a doctor, this kid at heart channeled his inner artist and created miniature Disney Parks in his home, mostly out of paper. The following photos of his handiwork made the comparatively untalented Disney Files staff hang our heads in a way we haven’t since, well, page 8.

Do you have a Disney home? Whether it’s an expansive collection of Disney memorabilia or your own Disney- inspired space, we’d like to see it. Send your photos (keeping copies for yourself as we won’t return ours), along with a letter containing your Member Since year and describing your unique Disney style, to Disney Files Magazine’s “My Disney Home,” Disney Vacation Club, 1390 Celebration Blvd., Celebration, FL 34747. Remember to include a signed release form, available for download and printing online at www.dvcmember.com/ releaseform.

11 Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Banana French Toast

Let’s say that again. Chocolate…Peanut Butter…Banana…French Toast. Not since “it’s a small world after all” have six simple words so beautifully. Disney Files Magazine is pleased to give you the gift of breakfast bliss with a decadent recipe from the culinary fi les of the PCH Grill inside Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel at the Disneyland Resort.

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

8 thick slices of day-old, sweetened bread (the chefs recommend challah bread, available in many bakeries) 2 ripe bananas ¼ cup chocolate chips ½ cup creamy peanut butter ¾ cup low-fat chocolate milk 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt 6 eggs, lightly beaten Optional: chocolate syrup and powdered sugar Look for this and other kid-friendly recipes in the book Delicious Disney Just for Kids by the Disney Chefs with Pam Brandon.

Steps: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9-inch-by-13-inch-by2-inch baking pan. 2. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes and place in a large bowl. Slice bananas into ¼-inch slices and add to bowl. Stir in chocolate chips. 3. Combine peanut butter, eggs, chocolate milk, cinnamon and salt in a blender. Process until smooth. 4. Pour egg mixture over bread mixture. Stir gently until bread cubes have absorbed egg mixture. 5. Pour combined mixture into prepared baking pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until top is golden brown. 6. If desired, drizzle with chocolate syrup and dust with powdered sugar.

This recipe has been converted from a larger quantity in the restaurant kitchens. The fl avor profi le may vary from the restaurant’s version. All recipes are the property of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., and may not be reproduced without express permission.

12 neighborhood notes community new and newsworthy in our magical community

Disney Vacation Club: As part of its commitment to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge: A rare and critically continuously improving the Member experience, Disney endangered species (with less than 1,000 believed to Vacation Club recently promoted 15-year Disney veteran exist in the wild) recently joined the living landscape Shannon Sakaske to the newly created role of Vice of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Officially named President, Member Experiences and Club Management. “Somali wild ass” but affectionately known at the Shannon and his team are charged with creating lodge simply as “Somalis,” these African ancestors of new strategies to enhance Member benefits, offerings domestic donkeys feature distinctive leg striping and and processes, while strengthening Member-focused body coloration. The three young brothers now making collaboration both within the Disney Vacation Club themselves at home on the Uzima Savanna are a organization and with other Walt Disney Parks and rarity in the U.S., with fewer than 50 others on display Resorts businesses. Look for an interview with Shannon in nationwide. No other zoological institution presents the summer edition of Disney Files Magazine. these animals on an expansive, mixed-species savanna, giving Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Guests a unique DVCMember.com: The RCI online booking tool at opportunity to observe these rare creatures. DVCMember.com lets Members book reservations for RCI weekly and nightly stays, and even submit Wait List requests. The $95 transaction fee remains the same and can be paid directly through the RCI portal when making an online reservation or Wait List request. Members wishing to book a Signature Selections exchange through RCI, modify or cancel an existing reservation, cancel an existing Wait List request or book multiple accommodations should continue to do so by calling Member Services.

Member Getaways: The Manhattan Club has joined the Photo by Eleanor Lovell Concierge Collection, dedicating select one-bedroom suites for Disney Vacation Club Members to enjoy on a Disney’s BoardWalk: A new “Extreme” section of the nightly basis. A $95 transaction fee applies. Visit menu at ESPN Club on Disney’s BoardWalk presents www.manhattanclub.com to learn more about this resort dishes fans may not expect to find in a sports bar, from before calling Member Services to book your vacation, a seared Ahi tuna burger to an “Over/Under” burger and visit DVCMember.com to view the updated Concierge topped with lobster salad to a “Chicago Meets Pittsburgh” Collection points charts. (Other options at The Manhattan extreme roast beef sandwich. Forty craft beers also have Club remain available through the World Passport joined the restaurant’s menu. Collection and are bookable through the RCI booking tool at DVCMember.com or by calling Member Services.) Disney’s BoardWalk: The BoardWalk Bakery closed in January for refurbishment and is scheduled to reopen later this spring with an expanded selection of baked goods, soups and sandwiches, along with a refillable- beverage station. In the meantime, check out the nearby pizza window, which recently began serving a new vegetarian pizza featuring fresh-roasted garlic in olive oil, oven-roasted mushrooms and spinach.

13 Disney’s Contemporary the new Shrimp Cocktail with Raspberry Cocktail Sauce!) Resort: Tower at and sit-down bar area. The nearby Martha’s Vineyard Disney’s Contemporary Resort lounge, meanwhile, has enhanced its menu with a “Taste is just a hippity hop from special Easter Sunday buffets of Cape May Café,” featuring such favorites as Cape at The Wave…of American Flavors and Chef Mickey’s, May Café’s Seafood Chowder and Clam Bake Bucket. Easter Sunday church services (Catholic and Protestant) at the Disney’s Contemporary Resort Convention Center, Condo Meeting: The 2013 Disney Vacation Club chocolate-egg displays at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Condominium Association Meeting is scheduled to restaurants, an Easter “candy scramble” event and more. take place on Dec. 12, 2013 at the Walt Disney World Be sure to inquire at the Front Desk to see what Easter Resort. Based on the success of the new, condensed offerings are available at or near your resort. format introduced last year, plans call for this year’s meeting to again focus on core Disney Vacation ’s BoardWalk Villas: Painting ceramics and agenda items, allowing Members to get back to their having them fired by Cast Members in a backstage kiln Walt Disney World vacation as quickly as possible. is among the many daily craft activities offered at Ferris Watch DVCMember.com for updates and more details as W. Eahler’s Community Hall, which also offers everything they become available. from books to sporting equipment. Stop by to see what’s available during your next stay. Pool hopping: Whenever you’re using your Membership Disney’s Vero Beach Resort: Members have an exclusive to stay at a Disney Vacation Club Resort at the Walt opportunity to pre-book a memorable “turtle walk” Disney World Resort or at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, with the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) during the 17th you and any Guests staying with you are permitted to season of Sea Turtle Programs at Disney’s Vero Beach pool hop to other eligible pools if they’re not at capacity. Resort. The turtle walks are part of a weekly presentation Due to expected high occupancy, pool hopping isn’t that’s scheduled to take place on Monday and Thursday available Feb. 16-23, March 24-April 7, May 25-28, evenings in June and July at the Barrier Island Center, June 29-July 8, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, Nov. 25-Dec. 1, and located about 10 miles north of the resort. (Note that Dec. 15, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014. Pool hopping is never transportation isn’t provided, so you’ll need a car or available at Bay Cove Pool at at Disney’s cab.) During the experience, which calls for a donation Contemporary Resort, the pools at Disney’s Animal of $15 a person, attendees explore the Barrier Island Kingdom Lodge, Stormalong Bay at Disney’s Yacht & Center, learn about sea turtles and embark on a walk Beach Club Resorts, the pool at Disney’s Beach Club to possibly see a nesting loggerhead sea turtle. To take Villas, the pools at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort or advantage of your exclusive booking window, visit at the Disneyland Resort in California. Further block- www.dvc.seaturtlewalks.org beginning April 1, and use out dates may be added based on capacity issues. Full the booking code DVC13STC. The general public may details are available in Portable Perks and online at begin booking these walks on May 1. www.dvcmember.com.

Disney’s Vero Beach Resort: To clarify a news item in the Did you know? Members get 10 percent off poolside winter 2012 edition of Disney Files Magazine, Shutters cabana rentals at Disney’s Contemporary Resort with – the casual, table-service restaurant at Disney’s Vero advance reservations. Cabana amenities include Beach Resort – serves both breakfast and dinner. personalized service from an attentive Cast Member, a 32-inch flat-panel TV with DVD player, a digital-music Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort: Hurricane Hanna’s, docking station, a mini refrigerator, a fruit platter, chilled the casual eatery located just steps away from Disney’s soft drinks and bottled water. Call (407) WDW-PLAY Beach Club Villas on the shores of Stormalong Bay, has (407-939-7529) for more details or reservations, and become Hurricane Hanna’s Waterside Bar & Grill. This remember to mention that you’re a Disney Vacation Club re-imagined poolside retreat has a new menu (we love Member.

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Discover “Limited Time Magic” Disney Parks presenting a full year of fleeting fun

Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts: Imagine • The most iconic quartet in Main Street history will an Independence Day celebration that lasts an entire conclude a limited slate of shows with a medley of hits week. Or a week of Main Street, U.S.A.’s Dapper Dans from One Direction, *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys performing contemporary boy band hits in their signature when the “Dapper Dans Sing Boy Bands.” (If the tiki birds barbershop style. Or a “Long Lost Friends Week” in which are the “original glee club,” these guys are “the original under-celebrated characters move out of the shadows and boy band.”) into the spotlight. These extra sprinklings of pixie dust are creating • During “Pirate Week,” a bicoastal buccaneer bash “Limited Time Magic” at the Disneyland and Walt Disney will find Captain Jack Sparrow at the center of a veritable World Resorts, where 52 weeks of surprises big and small pirate-palooza, filled with pirate bands, pirate meet-and- are magically appearing for a limited time only. greets and more. While some Guests are truly surprised to stumble upon these experiences, others are seeking them out, • On Sept. 13 (Friday the 13th to the superstitious having learned of each week’s “Limited Time Magic” among us), and Disney California through the Disney Parks Blog (disneyparks.com/blog), Adventure Park, along with Disney’s Hollywood Studios Facebook (facebook.com/disneyland and facebook.com/ in Florida, will remain open until 1 a.m. (the “13th hour”) waltdisneyworld) or Twitter (twitter.com/disneyparks, and “Unleash the Villains” for a darkly devious dance search #LimitedTimeMagic). party starring Maleficent, Captain Hook, Jafar and other Here’s a closer look at just a few of the experiences members of their ill-tempered character community. in the works, beginning with those referenced above (otherwise in no particular order): • Exclusive to Disneyland Park will be a month-long “Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue,” an abridged • “Independence Week” will bathe Sleeping Beauty revival of the classic show, complete with the corny jokes Castle and in patriotic lighting; outfit and timeless songs that made Walt Disney himself a in his finest reds, whites and blues; frequent visitor to the fabled saloon. and release a variety of limited-edition, all-American merchandise items to Park stores.

• During “Long Lost Friends Week,” Guests will meet beloved yet rarely seen characters from the past and create new memories with special meet-and-greets. www.limitedtimemagic.com

15 Changing the way you plan and enjoy your vacation

Walt Disney World Resort: Unlock your door Apple and Android devices, and it’ll literally keep your with just a touch. Enter Parks without passing through vacation plans in the palm of your hand. Use the app to a turnstile. Take photos without your camera. Pick up modify your plans and reservations on the fl y, access the FastPasses without actually picking up FastPasses. latest attraction wait times, get tips for things to do near It’s called MyMagic+, and beginning later this year, your current location in the Park and more. it’ll making Walt Disney World vacations easier than ever to dream up and enjoy. So what exactly is it? Whether you already have a trip Imagine you’ve just made your next Walt Disney World vacation reservation, and you’re in full-on dream planned or are just getting started, download mode. It’s time to visit MyDisneyExperience.com the My Disney Experience app, create your (Members may access this site through DVCMember.com profi le at www.MyDisneyExperience.com to manage reservations made through Member Services), and experience the future of where you’ll discover an “Incredible family” ( pun Walt Disney World vacations. intended) of easy-to-use digital tools. The site lets you access Park maps and restaurant menus, make dining reservations and – in the coming months – even reserve attraction experiences. Yes, Disney’s Service, which for years has helped savvy Members and Guests enjoy Disney attractions with little or no wait, is becoming Disney FastPass+ Service. That “plus” means extending the service to an unprecedented lineup of attractions, shows, character meet-and-greets, parades and nighttime spectaculars, along with the equally unprecedented ability to reserve attractions and experiences – both in advance and on- the-go – without visiting a kiosk (using the aforementioned My Disney Experience website, or the mobile application described below). The site also will let you select a personalized MagicBand for each member of your traveling party. More than a sleekly designed wrist band, the MagicBand is your new “Key to the World” and much more. Use it to open your villa door, get into Parks, check in at dining and FastPass+ locations, connect to your PhotoPass images and even to make purchases. Your wrist has never been more powerful. With your “must-do’s” now locked in as “will-do’s,” download the My Disney Experience mobile application on your smart phone or tablet. It’s free, it’s available for

If you or anyone in your travel party are a Walt Disney World Resort annual passholder, be sure to visit MyDisneyExperience.com/passholder prior to your arrival for important information.

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17 Mind the Manor New Disneyland attraction opening this spring

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort: Lord Henry Mystic’s “Kungaloosh!” intriguing collection of art and oddities is about to take “We are looking for the right opportunities within the on a life of its own, much to the benefit of Hong Kong manor show space as well as other areas throughout the Disneyland Guests. land where we can re-purpose some of the items from The Scheduled to open this spring, the highly anticipated Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island,” Mark confirmed to attraction anchors , a new land that’ll our delight. transport Guests back to the turn of the 20th century Beyond the manor, Guests may visit the Mystic (1908 to be exact) and deep into a mysterious jungle. Point Train Depot, where the latest shipment of Lord It’s here that travelers will find , home to Henry’s treasures from parts far and wide have just been the aforementioned Lord Henry and the unparalleled offloaded (photo opportunities abound as artifacts are assemblage of paintings, statues, weapons and musical readied here for eventual display in the manor); the instruments he’s collected during his many adventures Garden of Wonders, filled with…well…wonders that across the globe. Guests may explore at their leisure; the Archive Shop, “As co-founder of The Society of Explorers and peddling curious curios as tangible memories of Mystic Adventurers (The S.E.A.), Lord Henry has transported Point; and the Explorers Club, a 400-seat restaurant with his latest acquisitions to the ever-expanding Mystic themed dining spaces showcasing the many adventures of collection,” Walt Disney Imagineer Mark Schirmer Lord Henry and Albert. explained to Disney Files Magazine. “The highlights of “I love the opportunity to develop a show from the the Mystic collection are housed in the lower level of the ground up, telling a story that’s never been told before in manor house itself, now regarded as one of the foremost our Parks,” Mark concluded. “We are truly building on private museums in the world. A tour of the Mystic the legacy and lessons learned over the past 60 years of collection is a privilege extended to all who make the .” journey to Mystic Point.” Equally treasured by Lord Henry is a precocious little monkey named Albert. “Lord Henry actually rescued Albert at a young age while on expedition, and their relationship has grown to be almost like father and son,” Mark told us. “Albert, like many little boys, is quite adorable and lovable but with a somewhat mischievous side that Lord Henry tends to overlook.” Among the artifacts on display in the manor is Lord Henry’s latest acquisition – a mysterious music box acquired from a remote Balinese tribe that seemed more than happy to rid themselves of it. “They say the box has a history of bringing inanimate objects to life when tampered with by any unsuspecting being,” Mark shared. Cue the new technology and cutting-edge special effects, and get ready for a mysterious adventure in the great Disney-dark-ride tradition. Along the way, keep a sharp eye out for treasures that may look familiar to anyone who’s ever raised a glass and shouted, destinations BUZZWORTHY 8 stories • 2 pages • 1 space ranger

Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts: While Disneyland Resort: The newly expanded Disney heroes rarely back villains on the silver screen, they’re California Adventure Park recently earned a variety of doing just that on the 2013 limited-edition series of prestigious 2013 Thea Awards, presented by the Themed Disney available now at the Disneyland and Entertainment Association at the International Association Walt Disney World Resorts. The new series includes of Amusement Parks and Attractions convention in four unique designs of the $1 bill, with fronts displaying Orlando. Cars Land took home the prize in the “new classic Disney Villains and backs depicting the heroes theme park land” category, while its Radiator Springs who managed to thwart those villains’ diabolical plans. Racers earned outstanding-achievement honors in the Featured evildoers include Captain Hook (backed by “attraction” category. Buena Vista Street also earned Peter Pan and Wendy); Cruella De Vil (backed by a recognition, with the Carthay Circle Restaurant and trio of Dalmatians); Maleficent in dragon form (backed Lounge grabbing the award for “theme park restaurant.” by Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora); and Ursula with Moving across the Pacific from the Golden State, Aulani, Flotsam and Jetsam (backed by Prince Eric and Ariel). A a Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawai‘i, won “themed Disney Parks tradition since 1987, may be hotel resort” honors. collected as souvenirs or redeemed for use as within the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts, Walt Disney World Resort: As New Fantasyland as well as at Disney Stores. While the welcomes Magic Kingdom Guests into its recently opened new “Villains and Heroes” Enchanted Forest, Walt Disney Imagineers on the other series is available side of the castle wall remain hard at work on Princess only on $1 bills, Fairytale Hall, a gleaming new home for visiting royalty. other Disney Scheduled to open later this year at the former site of designs are the Snow White’s Scary Adventures attraction, the regal available space will feature stone walls, stained glass windows, a in denominations of spacious princess-portrait gallery, and elegantly finished $1, $5 and $10. rooms in which Guests will meet Aurora, Cinderella and other Disney princesses. Watch Disney Files Magazine for updates as new details emerge. In the meantime, Disneyland Resort: visit www.FindingFantasyland.com to begin exploring The fairytale realms of Snow White, Cinderella, New Fantasyland before your next Walt Disney World Princess Aurora, Belle and Rapunzel will engage Guests vacation. in new ways when Fantasy Faire officially opens at the heart of Disneyland Park this spring. The beloved Bibbidi Walt Disney World Resort: “Mermaid off the port bow!” Bobbidi Boutique, Snow White wishing well and Sleeping The Magic Kingdom Park now features two good places Beauty Castle walkthrough attraction welcome some to sound such a warning. While a friendly and familiar charming new neighbors to this idyllic royal community, little mermaid has made her home in New Fantasyland, including The Royal Hall, in which Guests will meet a decidedly more dangerous variety has been sighted in Disney royalty; the Royal Stage, where Guests will be , infiltrating the waters of the Pirates of the part of Royal Storytelling Adventures; and the iconic Caribbean attraction. Watch for the mysterious mermaids Tangled Tower, a central gathering point in a new village who inhabited Whitecap Bay in the 2011 filmPirates of square of cottages and pavilions that appear to have the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to swim alongside your been built “once upon a time.” Take a second look at boat in Dead Man’s Cove (just before the drop), and be rooftops and windows throughout the village, as some on the lookout for new rockwork and shipwreck elements will come to life in true Disney-animated fashion. in this newly refreshed scene.

19 www.EpcotInSpring.com

Walt Disney World Resort: Guests are “Re-Discovering Walt Disney World Resort: A bounty of festival firsts are America” at an immersive new exhibit in the American welcoming Guests to the 20th annual Epcot International Heritage Gallery at Epcot. Powerful themes of courage, Flower & Garden Festival presented by HGTV belief, hope and imagination come to life as families March 6-May 19. Here’s a look at just some of what’s new: discover the inspiring stories of unsung heroes. Modern technology leads Guests back in time and through a • Festival flavors: Enjoy backyard barbecue favorites, revealing exhibition of African-American artifacts from along with a variety of garden-inspired and global tastes, the distinguished Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Collection. at festival-themed food and beverage stations around the Prior to arriving at Epcot, this collection of more than World Showcase promenade. 400 pieces of art, documents, books and artifacts has appeared in the Smithsonian and other prestigious • Land of Oz: A variety of new festival offerings will museums, and has been featured in more than 200 celebrate the upcoming Disney filmOz: The Great and magazines, newspapers and television broadcasts. The Powerful (see page 21), including an interactive “Land of Kinseys have been nominated for a National Medal in Oz Play Area,” an “Oz Movie Garden” and more. Humanities and have raised more than $22 million for educational organizations. • New topiary displays: The Fab Five will enjoy a backyard barbeque in this year’s Epcot front-entrance topiary display, while make their topiary debut on the other side of Spaceship Earth. Also getting the topiary treatment for the first time are Mike and Sulley, the Monsters, Inc. stars who return to theaters this summer in Disney∙Pixar’s Monsters University.

• Illuminated Gardens: Many of the festival’s gardens and topiary displays will glow, twinkle and shine after dark like never before.

• The Village People: The iconic band behind such 1970s anthems as “YMCA” and “In the Navy” is among the newcomers to the Flower Power Concert Series. (The Village People are scheduled to perform April 19-21.)

Tokyo Disney Resort: “The Happiness Year” will • Radiator Springs play zone: A new Cars-inspired honor the 30th anniversary of the play zone – featuring the popular Lightning McQueen beginning April 15. Among the and Mater topiary sculptures in a new location along the Park highlights of the upbeat, 340-day celebration is walkway to the re-imagined Test Track attraction – will put the new, Mickey Mouse-starring “Happiness Is Here” the “spring” in Radiator Springs. parade (debuting with the celebration on April 15, this will be the Park’s first new parade in five years) and the highly anticipated Japanese launch of : The Adventures Continue later this spring, bringing more than 50 story combinations to intergalactic flights from the Eastern Hemisphere. It’s time to meet the Wizard Oz The Great and Powerful opens March 8

In the many years that have passed since L. Frank “There’s a reason they’re huge stars,” Joe said of the Baum penned his 14 Oz novels (beginning with The cast. “They’re enormously talented, and I can’t imagine Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900), screens and stages better fi ts for these roles.” have presented these stories through a variety of As the fi lm is based on an original prequel story, perspectives, leading audiences down the yellow brick audiences will see re-imagined takes on familiar road to the Emerald City and even revealing what made characters along with characters never before seen on that wicked witch so darn wicked. screen, from the aforementioned Evanora and Theodora But what about the Wizard himself? Just who is he, to the Quadlings ruled by Glinda to the petite – and and how exactly did he get there? For those answers, porcelain – China Girl who joins an initially reluctant Disney presents Oz The Great and Powerful, a new Oscar on his journey. fantasy-adventure opening in U.S. theaters (including “You’re going to fall in love with China Girl,” Joe told select theaters in Disney Digital 3D) on March 8. us. “The realism of that character, both visually and in Directed by Sam Raimi (the Spider-Man trilogy), terms of personality, is astounding.” this cinematic prequel to Baum’s books focuses on Oscar While much attention has been paid to the fi lm’s Diggs (Academy Award-nominee James Franco), an cutting-edge digital effects, Joe explained that the bulk ethically challenged circus magician hurled from dusty of what moviegoers will see on screen was shot on Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. He thinks he’s hit the sprawling physical sets constructed in seven Detroit, jackpot until he meets three witches – Theodora (Golden Mich., soundstages that he described as being bigger Globe Award-nominee Mila Kunis), Evanora (Academy than anything he’s seen in Hollywood. Award-winner Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Academy “Sam [Raimi] believes you get the most out of Award-nominee Michelle Williams) – who aren’t performers by placing them in believable, physical convinced that he’s the great wizard everyone’s been worlds,” Joe said. “The digital effects are secondary. expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic struggles faced These elements come together to create an extraordinary by Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must transform himself world.” into that great and powerful wizard, and maybe into a Surprised as you may be to learn that the Land of Oz better man. is real (and in Detroit!), Joe believes something even more Disney Files Magazine caught up with the fi lm’s unexpected awaits audiences when Oz The Great and producer, Joe Roth (the former Walt Disney Studios Powerful opens in theaters. Chairman whose recent producer credits have included “I think audiences will be really surprised by the fi lm’s such mega-hits as Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland) to heart,” Joe said. “This is a great transformation story, and get his thoughts on the production and its A-list cast. its heart is gigantic.”

21 Rockin’ Ever After New Disney On Ice show on tour

Mickey and friends have traveled the world in search transformation like this in a production,” Director Patty of the hottest acts to put on ice. Vincent said of the sequence. “That’s what makes Rockin’ That’s the unconventional premise behind Rockin’ Ever After different. We selected scenes we’ve never done Ever After, a stylish new Disney On Ice production now before and then took our time on the details to make them touring North America, with upcoming stops in Illinois, truly special.” Massachusetts, Missouri and Texas. Much of that time was spent on research, including a “We are taking a fresh new spin on how we’re trip to Scotland to carefully study the world of Brave. presenting the Disney stories,” said Producer Juliette Feld “Imagine Scottish dancing with beautiful bagpipes of Feld Entertainment (creators of Disney On Ice). “The blaring and kilts, but on ice,” Choreographer Cindy popular talent show trend is used as a vehicle to weave Stuart said of a scene in which the MacIntosh, MacGuffin together the four worlds of Merida, Ariel, Belle and and Dingwall clans present Merida’s suitors. “The Rapunzel. We include acts like Cinderella’s stepsisters choreography is uplifting and fun. It imitates the dancing tap dancing, Gaston debating which of his many ‘talents’ you would see if you were at a highland games event in he should perform, Pinocchio singing and the harmless Scotland.” hooligans from Tangled unleashing musical mayhem with Add dynamic set pieces (such as a chandelier that giant frying pans in hand.” illuminates as it drops into view during the “Be Our The expertise of world-class skaters allows for a Guest” sequence), dramatic lighting (including the iconic variety of envelope-pushing elements, including a show- floating lanterns in theTangled sequence) and a rockin’ stopping “Spanish web act” in which Ariel emerges light-stick-show finale, and you have a hot new show on from Ursula’s cauldron and shows off her new legs while a surface. dangling 35 feet above the ice. Learn more about this and other touring productions “This is the first time that we’ve captured her online at www.disneyonice.com.

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Disney Vacation Club Members to ‘Unlock the Magic of D23’ Online registration tool now in development

As reported in the winter 2012 edition of Disney Files Magazine, D23 – The Offi cial Disney Fan Club is creating a special, complimentary D23 Membership level* available to Disney Vacation Club Members. An email later this spring will alert Disney Vacation Club Members to the launch of an online registration tool that’ll allow Members to take advantage of this offer, so be sure to register your email address with Disney Vacation Club (you may do this at DVCMember.com) if you haven’t done so already. Disney Vacation Club Members who register for this complimentary D23 Membership level will enjoy access to insider Disney news, merchandise and more. Look for continuing coverage of D23 offerings right here on “Page 23” of future editions of Disney Files Magazine. Also planned as a recurring “Page 23” feature is “This Season in Disney History,” a Walt Disney Archives spotlight on a Disney anniversary that’s cause for celebration. (Because despite the omnipresence of “unbirthdays,” we think every Disney fan can always use another good reason to celebrate.) All of us at Disney Files Magazine look forward to sharing D23 news and insights in the months ahead. Learn more about D23 in the meantime at www.D23.com.

*Members who register for this special, complimentary D23 Membership level will receive the weekly D23 FanFare email newsletter and a D23 Membership number that entitles them to access gated web content, purchase exclusive D23 Member merchandise and enjoy select discounts. This special offer does not include the D23 Membership Card or Certifi cate, the Annual Membership Gift, access to D23 Member-exclusive events or the subscription to the quarterly Disney twenty-three printed magazine.

Peter Pan: debuted Feb. 5, 1953 Disney recently began celebrating the milestone 60th anniversary of Walt Disney’s animated classic Peter Pan by releasing the fi lm for the fi rst time on Blu-ray. While most fans had to wait for the Feb. 5 Blu-ray release date to see the restored fi lm, Disney Vacation Club and D23 presented a series of advance screenings aboard the Disney Vacation Club Member Cruise in January. “Screening such an historic fi lm for Member families was a huge privilege,” said Disney Files Magazine Editor Ryan March, part of the Member Cruise entertainment- Disney Vacation Club produced a Peter Pan featurette that programming team. “Aside from being the birthplace played before screenings of the fi lm aboard the January Member of pixie dust – a substance upon which our company Cruise. To see the video, featuring an relies heavily – Peter Pan holds the distinction of being interview with Disney Legend Kathryn one of only three fi lms to boast all nine of Walt Disney’s Beaumont, scan this black-and-white box famed ‘Nine Old Men’ as Directing Animators. Seeing it with your smart phone’s QR code reader. If you don’t have a smart phone, visit resonate as strongly in 2013 as it has with so many fans www.youtube.com/disneyparks and during the past 60 years proved once again that the fi lm search for “Wendy’s Welcome Home” is as ageless as its title character.” within the “search channel” box.

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birthplace of the fortune cookie, and it’s one of the hundreds of vacation destinations destinations vacation of hundreds the of one it’s and cookie, fortune the of birthplace It’s home to the only moving National Historic Landmark in the U.S. (cable cars), it’s the the it’s cars), (cable U.S. the in Landmark Historic National moving only the to home It’s picture this picture Disney Files Magazine is proud to share the perspectives of Disney Legend , the longtime leader of Walt Disney Imagineering and the only Cast Member to have been part of every Disney Park opening on earth. Marty retired on July 17, 2009 – the 54th birthday of Disneyland Park. He now writes, makes speeches and does community volunteer work from his own two-person company in Southern California. You may contact Marty at [email protected].

Ghostwriting for Walt

By Disney Legend Marty Sklar last contribution, “Imagineering: A History That’s No Mystery,” in the Disney Editions coffee table book Walt When I retired from Walt Disney Imagineering in Disney Imagineering – A Behind the Dreams Look at 2009, a principal objective was to write a memoir about Making MORE Magic Real.) my 54 years of Disney adventures. The good news is that When I reflect on all the communications I wrote over Dream It! Do It! My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic that half century, none compares to the privilege and thrill Kingdoms will be published on Aug. 13, 2013, by Disney of writing words that would be read or heard with Walt Editions. Disney’s name, voice and signature. As a “ghostwriter” Although I had spent most of my career at for Walt, I wrote his messages in the 1960-era company Imagineering, including 30 years as the leader of the annual reports, introductions for Disneyland’s early creative storytellers and designers, I never “escaped” souvenir guide books, presentations that introduced the my roots as a writer. After all, I was hired originally one company (and Walt and Roy Disney) at the November month before Disneyland opened, in June of 1955, to 1965 press conference in Orlando that announced the create The Disneyland News, to be sold for 10 cents Walt Disney World project, and the script for the very on the park’s Main Street, U.S.A., as its “hometown last time Walt appeared on film. It was late October newspaper.” And I had written dozens of presentations 1966, and the film – completed after Walt’s death – was to sell and launch new projects to sponsors, media and his introduction to the Florida project and his concept the public, and so many introductions to books about for EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of the Disney Parks that I lost count years ago. (See my Tomorrow. Writing words to appear in print, or to be recorded Here’s what Walt wanted to say, and the words I for film or television, in Walt Disney’s name and persona wrote: was the experience of any writer’s lifetime. I was in my “We’re all proud of the honors that many groups 20s when I received that first assignment and just past around the world have given us. And we’re even more 30 when I wrote that script for the EPCOT film. Walt proud that the public – whether in theatres, at Disneyland, had made it so easy for me. I still have the seven pages or in their homes – continues to express its faith in the of notes I made from two meetings in Walt’s office to kind of family entertainment we produce. discuss the film, and what he wanted to emphasize and “I promise you that all the honors in the world won’t communicate. go to our heads – we have too many projects for the Learning to use words and phrases that future to take time out for such a thing.” communicated the ideas and plans envisioned by one of the great creative storytellers and entrepreneurs of the 20th century was truly an education. Early on, I discovered a book titled Words to Live By, published in the 1940s, containing one- or two-page inspiring messages from leaders in many fields about their experiences and careers. Walt’s was called “Take A Chance.” It not only embodied his risk-taking philosophy; it was a tone and style that sounded and “felt like” the Walt Disney I was getting to know. I had found the Walt style I would emulate in scripts, publications and narrations like the one Walt recorded for the “Magic ” ride Imagineering designed for the Ford Pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. The last two paragraphs of Walt’s message in the 1966 Disney annual report to shareholders and employees are just as valid today as they were almost 50 years ago.

Look for Marty’s review of his own forthcoming memoir – Dream It! Do It! My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms – in the fall 2013 edition of Disney Files Magazine.

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How a ‘Bill’ became the law of the land(scape)

By Jim Korkis For the job, the couple hired Bill and Jack Evans, two For Disney fans, the first true sign of spring isn’t the brothers whose rich gardening background included first song of a bird, the first pitch of a ballgame or even their father’s Evans and Reeves Landscaping business, the first sneeze of an allergy sufferer. It’s the first day of which had attracted such elite Hollywood clients as Greta the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival (which Garbo, Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor. this year is March 6). Walt was so pleased with the brothers’ work and Filled with lively music, insightful presentations, creativity that he asked them in 1954 to landscape stunning topiary gardens and more, this annual rite of another property he was developing…a little place called spring has been a cherished Walt Disney World tradition Disneyland. for the past 18 years. Of course, Disney’s horticultural “Walt believed people would know the difference history goes back much further than that, so let’s go back between good landscaping and bad landscaping, and to where it all began…at a famous home in Southern Disneyland was the best,” Bill said when I first interviewed California’s Holmby Hills. him back in Spring 1985. “Walt Disney wanted a ‘green’ You see, while Roy O. Disney was an avid gardener, Park where everything was an eternal spring. He also younger brother Walt’s thumbs were considerably less wanted size in trees – the larger the better – so that the green. Too kind hearted to prevent local birds, squirrels, Park would look cool and inviting. Fortunately for us, rabbits and other critters from using his yard as their own he wanted a lot of green plant stuff. That was one of private grocery store, Walt ultimately left the gardening to the elements Walt felt would separate his Park from the his wife, Lillian, whose magnificent flower beds became a Coney Island amusement park format. This was to be source of pride. a Park that would be clean and beautiful and colorful By 1952, Walt and Lilly’s Holmby Hills home – now and a very pleasant place to be. We kept this in mind complete with its own miniature Carolwood Pacific when we set about to put a green frame around all those Railroad – was in need of an even broader landscape. adventures and rides.”

27 Walt’s passion for the project often came with a bit of Among the honors Bill earned during his life were the impatience, as Bill explained when recalling a request for Disney Legend Award (1992), and prestigious awards the addition of topiary sculptures to the Park’s landscape. from countless horticultural, botanical and arboreta “Walt had been to Europe and had seen some fine organizations. His unique methods of plant propagation, topiary, and he was suitably impressed. Conventional plant relocation and recycling continue to be used today, How a ‘Bill’ became the law topiary goes back some 3,000 years. The plant material not only in Disney Parks, but throughout the world. of the land(scape) customarily employed to produce topiary figures takes One of Bill’s most visible Disney-operations legacies years and years to respond to the desired effect. Walt is the concept of a Walt Disney World “tree farm,” was a bit too impatient for that. ‘Let’s get some topiary which Bill introduced in the late 1960s to acclimate, and in the Park in a year or two,’ he said. He didn’t see any experiment with, trees and plants for the Magic Kingdom point in waiting 20 years. The Park, which would open in 1971. artists would do illustrations It was there that Bill nurtured that they wanted. We blew about 20 varieties of eucalyptus Did you know? The Disneyland Resort in them up to full size and then – rare in Florida at the time but California has its own official breed of rose. took a lot of reinforcing rods used successfully in Walt Disney The orange-pink floribunda rose is called, and warped it around into the World landscapes by the time appropriately enough, “the Disneyland rose shapes we needed. In effect, Epcot opened in 1982. (PP#15,114).” According to Disney Chief we built a kind of skeleton out The development of “foreign Archivist Emeritus Dave Smith, the rose of steel. We persuaded these gardens” for Epcot was a was introduced for sale through Jackson & plants that they should grow to significant challenge for even Perkins and can be found on the company’s correspond to that skeleton.” this accomplished landscaper. website and sometimes through other “Persuading” plants wasn’t Canada’s common hemlock nurseries. the only unorthodox method Bill trees, for example, require employed on the job. very cold winters and don’t like “I had to tell Walt … that humidity – both poor traits for we had run out of money Central Florida. The “casting” of and plant material and were Topiary types: Disney Parks commonly more Florida-friendly Himalayan scraping the bottom of the feature two types of character topiary cedrus deodora trees in that role barrel,” Bill told me. “Walt sculptures: shrub (which require 3-10 years was just one of many “lookalike said, ‘I notice you have some to produce and grow in large containers solutions” employed under Bill’s head-high weeds out there. using a metal frame as a guide) and direction. Why don’t you put some jaw- sphagnum (which can grown in as little as In all, Epcot featured about breaking Latin names on them?’ a month or two using heavy steel frames 12,500 trees representing 125 So we did as he suggested. The stuffed with sphagnum moss and planted species, more than 100,000 weeds were growing almost as with close-growing vine material). shrubs representing 250 species, high as trees, so we put some 14 acres of emerald zoysia fancy names on the little signs grass, and more than three acres by them. Walt got such a kick out of it that he mentioned of annual flowers on opening day. The largest of those it at the Cast celebration for the 10th anniversary of trees (oaks as tall as 30-35 feet) had to be transported Disneyland.” along Disney roadways vertically on flat-bed trailers, After Disneyland Park opened in July 1955, Bill traveling routes carefully selected to avoid overhead wires stayed on as a consultant, drawing landscape plans, and highway overpasses. Crews even had to build a road installing materials and supervising maintenance of the avoiding monorail beams. Park. Later, he was named Director of Landscape Design, Bill told me that Walt wanted landscaping to working on Disneyland additions and the master plan for accomplish three things in a Disney Theme Park: the Walt Disney World Resort. (1) provide shade, shelter and beauty, (2) conceal visual While Bill retired in 1975, he continued as a Disney intrusions, and (3) support the story. For nearly half a consultant until his passing (at the age of 92) in 2002, century, Bill fulfilled that vision in colorful fashion. contributing to every new Disney Theme Park from Epcot So as you head out this spring to enjoy the Epcot to , including such “smaller” International Flower & Garden Festival or any Disney projects as Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, the landscape around the world, be sure to tip your mouse original Discovery Island and Disney’s Polynesian Resort. ears to a man whose legacy literally grows each year.

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1. Snow White shows Ava, part of the Tiné family of Maryland, Members since 2004, the proper way to clutch one’s hands. 2. Wendy Darling shows Madison, part of the D’Emidio family of New Jersey, Members since 2005, the proper way to touch one’s finger to one’s chin. 3. Cinderella shows Kayla and Dylan, part of the Hausmann family of Maryland, Members since 2011, the proper way to be adorable. 4. Marilu and Michael Grismer of California, 1 Members since 2003, are all smiles as they read the Files (while the gentlemen in the background remain stone faced). 5. Tyler and James, part of the Flynn and VanVechten families of New York, Members since 2000, find themselves at the comically wrong (or refreshingly right) end of dancing waters at Epcot. 6. Parker, part of the Burns family of Mississippi, Members since 2009, compares tongues with . 7. Protecting the galaxy from the threat of invasion is tiring work, as evidenced by this photo of Micah, part of the Kim family of Pennsylvania, Members since 2009. 8. Charlotte, part of the Thomsen family of Ontario, Canada, Members since 2004, stays in her happy place while at the orthodontist.

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8 Disney Files Magazine is thrilled to present a new series of artistic covers created by some of the company’s most talented artists. Inspired by this edition’s feature story about “The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow” attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney Design Group Senior Character Artist Casey Jones created this edition’s eye-catching (or “eye-patching” in pirate-speak) cover. Casey, whose distinguished portfolio includes artwork for and Walt Disney Imagineering, has created a wide range of popular fi gures and countless other Disney toys, merchandise items and collectibles. Many families aboard the September 2012 Member Cruise had the opportunity to turn their dream vacations into custom Vinylmation masterpieces under Casey’s expert direction.

Living and working right here at Walt Disney World is so much fun! There’s an endless amount of inspiration all around you, so it’s incredible for all of us here at the Disney Design Group as we create new art for the parks! — Casey Jones

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