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The Muppets Kitchen is coming soon to Disney Online featuring Food Network “Iron Chef America” star Cat Cora. Disney today released a teaser for the upcoming online show:
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The upcoming film Tron: Legacy will feature a highly-anticipated soundtrack/score from electronic music duo Daft Punk. Today Disney launched a web site devoted to the soundtrack at TronSoundtrack.com.
Not much can be seen or heard there yet, though a 2-minute track from the score can already be heard streaming in the background of the site. The only feature currently available is to sign up for an e-mail newsletter.
Between the new soundtrack site and the Tron: Legacy official site, three Daft Punk songs from the film can now be enjoyed:
Note that while I have labeled these songs as tracks 1-4, that does not indicate that they will actually be included in the film or on the soundtrack in that order. I simply numbered them to differentiate them, as no track names are available.
Audio clips from the film (and the original Tron) can be heard by exploring the unprotected “audio” folder on TronSoundtrack.com.
And most amusing of all is the easter egg that can be found by viewing the HTML source of the site. (Right click, “View Source”, in most web browsers.) I won’t ruin it for you. Just go do it.
Tron: Legacy hits theaters December 17, 2010.
La Hacienda de San Angel will hold its official grand opening on the evening of September 15.
The new Mexican restaurant at Epcot features a total of 12,000 square feet of space that includes a 250-seat table service area along the World Showcase Lagoon. The attached La Cantina de San Angel features a 150-seat quick-service restaurant serving traditional Mexican flavors.
The renovated location is likely to become a popular viewing spot for Epcot’s nightly Illuminations: Reflections of Earth fireworks show.
While September 15 is the official opening date for the restaurant, it’s likely that it will open sooner in a soft opening phase (but not guaranteed).
Check back here next week to InsideTheMagic.net for a report from the grand opening.
Of all the major Central Florida theme parks, SeaWorld Orlando is the only one to include its Halloween time event during the day as part of regular admission.
Guests visiting the park October 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, and 29-31 can enjoy the SeaWorld Halloween Spooktacular featuring an underwater “fantasea” where children can trick-or-treat, meet sea creatures, catch silly and spooky shows and find their way through a maze with Sesame Street’s Abby Cadabby.
The daytime event begins at 12 p.m. on each of the above dates and offers trick-or-treat stations featuring more than 3 million pieces of candy as well as hidden “sea” treasures that guests may find using Spooktacular maps. Other characters wandering the Spooktacular event include Gummy Worm Wanda, Salt Water Taffy, and Swedish Fish Suzy. They’re not scary – or at least they’re not meant to be.
Abby Cadabby’s Halloween Adventure is a 4,000-square-foot outdoor pathway where trick-or-treaters can help Sesame Street’s Abby Caddaby search for her magic wand and even meet Abby for photo opportunities.
For more Sesame Street fun at an additional cost, Count Von Count’s Spooktacular Breakfast is available on select mornings at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. during which guests can mingle with familiar characters while enjoying music and a breakfast “boo”-ffet.
Another upcharge event is decorating Halloween-themed cookies. Guests purchase a decorating kit that includes a souvenir lunch box filled with a jumbo sugar cookie, toppings ranging from icing and sprinkles to M&M’S, and milk or apple juice to wash it all down.
SeaWorld also offers a Spooky Spectacular Sleepover (6 p.m. – 9 a.m. on Oct. 15, 16, 22 and 23) during which families can snuggle into a spooky slumber surrounded by exotic fish, rays, and sea dragons inside the floor-to-ceiling aquariums at Manta. A pizza dinner and breakfast are also included. The cost for the sleepover is $78 per person or $103, which includes next-day park admission.
For more information, visit swbg-adventurecamp.com or SeaWorldSpooktacular.com.
On Sept. 1, Walt Disney World replaced its existing kennels with a new luxury pet resort from Best Friends Pet Care. It’s located on Bonnet Creek Parkway, across from Disney’s Port Orleans Resort Riverside, roughly 10 minutes from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot theme parks.
The 50,000-square foot facility features 17,000 square feet of air-conditioned indoor space as well as a 25,000-square-foot dog park, used exclusively by pets boarded there. Best Friends Pet Care at Walt Disney World can accomodate up to 300 dogs, cats, and smaller “pocket pets” (birds, hamsters, guinea pigs -- anything with a cage that’s not venomous). Each of these three types of pets has its own area of the facility devoted to that type, so cats won’t come into contact with dogs and birds aren’t concerned about cats.
Prior to the Best Friends Pet Care grand opening, I asked Inside the Magic followers and pet owners what questions and concerns you’d like to know most about for the new facility.
But before we get to those answers to help you decide if boarding your pet here is right for you, let’s take a video tour of the facility on grand opening day:
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