Hi everyone!

President Obama paid a visit to the Magic Kingdom to give a speech on tourism. The crowds weren't bad at all, and we enjoyed the parade float displays offered to guests backstage! A special Rock the Night fireworks presentation lit up Disney's Hollywood Studios that night. Read our report (with photos and videos) here !

Jeff shared photos with Mousesteps readers from when President George Bush Sr. and Hilary Clinton made separate visits to Walt Disney World.

I added a new Fantasyland update yesterday, including photos from the Contemporary Resort roof.

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom debuted for test playing (we were told the dates are Tues/Thurs/Sun) and we have now spent parts of two days playing. My writeup with links to videos is here.

Check out our last MK/Fantasyland update, which incudes the last flight of Dumbo as well as detailed photos of the construction in Fantasyland.

Jack Hanna was part of the media preview at Busch Gardens for the new Animal Care Center! We were able to interview Jack and enjoyed our tour of the Center, which opens to the public on January 23rd.

We have photos and video of the Storybook Circus Dumbos in testing mode, with ony four elephants attached. You can find that story here.

I finished my first resort photo walk of the year, Disney's Pop Century Resort with over 200 photos!

Next up will be Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort.

Jaws closed forever at Disney's Universal Studios on January 2nd. Harry Potter will eventually be expanding into that space. We have detailed photos from around Amity and the Jaws queue from our December visit.

I hope this is a wonderful 2012 for everyone!

Denise

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