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Magic Kingdom Park was a sea of black and gold yesterday to honor the University of Central Florida’s Cinderella football season. The Knights’ record-setting season culminated with an upset victory over the Baylor Bears in the 2014 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2014. The team ended the season ranked 10th nationally with a 12-1 record. View the full article

Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed the success of the animated musical "Frozen" will lead to a Broadway show, according to Fortune magazine. View the full article

Wow, what an amazing Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend! To the thousands of runners who participated in races, the thousands of families, friends and volunteers who supported our runners – thank you! All of you helped make this past runDisney weekend a major success and an incredible celebration of running. View the full article

Yesterday, you got the first look at the latest Disney Dream Portrait by Annie Leibovitz for Disney Parks starring Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain as Merida. Today, I'm taking you behind the scenes, to the village of Cold Spring, New York, nestled inside the Hudson Valley, near a region known as the Hudson Highlands. It was the perfect setting for this stunning "Brave"-inspired portrait. View the full article

I hope you’re excited about our new video series, based on your questions to the Disney Parks Moms Panel, featuring this summer’s Mediterranean voyages. Last week I gave you a first glimpse at some of the destinations in the Greek Isles, and today you’ll get to see another exciting destination for us -- Dubrovnik, Croatia. View the full article

Disney has once again put out its best bargain for Florida residents looking to visit the parks in the first half of the year. View the full article

The 50th birthday of Donald Duck was celebrated in a big way in 1984, with “Donald Duck’s Birthday Parade” stepping off at Magic Kingdom Park. View the full article

Fredison Costa wins for 3rd time in 4 years, and 8-time champ Adriano Bastos comes in 2nd With tears in his eyes, Fredison Costa fell to the ground and kissed the pavement. View the full article

Another Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna is in the books. It was the 21st edition and as usual the event this weekend was filled with popular new features, colorful runner costumes and the kind of inspiring stories you would expect from the place Where Dreams Come True. View the full article

This week, we unveiled a first look at the newest addition to Disney Parks‘ Disney Dream Portrait series - Merida from “Brave.” Created by Annie Leibovitz, and featuring Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain, our latest portrait is entitled, “Where your destiny awaits.” View the full article

On New Year's Eve, one of the busiest days of the year at Walt Disney World, three of the giant resort's four theme parks stayed open until 1 a.m. or later. View the full article

This week was a busy one on the Disney Parks Blog, with news on AVATAR construction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, plus sneak peeks at a new mystery float for Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom Park and a Captain America character greeting at Disneyland park. View the full article

Laurie Knowles of Charlotte, N.C., won the women's race, topping runner-up Lisa Bentley of Clermont About 25,000 people took off in the Walt Disney World Half Marathon on Saturday morning after Donald Duck quacked, "On your marks. Get set. Go!'' View the full article

The doors are quietly opening tomorrow at Spice Road Table at the Morocco pavilion at Epcot, giving the staff time to ease into the new kitchen and iron out details. View the full article

We kicked off another year of Disney Parks Blog meet-ups with a celebration of the new food trucks at Downtown Disney at the Walt Disney World Resort. View the full article

There's a lot more Mickey floating around Florida right now as the last of Disney Cruise Line's four cruise ships began sailing from Florida ports today. View the full article

The land based on the film "Avatar" at Disney's Animal Kingdom will be big and blue, if scenes from this week's groundbreaking are any indication. View the full article

Earlier today, leaders from Walt Disney Parks & Resorts kicked off the largest expansion in Disney's Animal Kingdom history with a groundbreaking ceremony for the park's new AVATAR-inspired land. View the full article

Runners are attempting to complete four races in four days during the Disney Marathon weekend Four characters in four days and 48.6 miles. View the full article

Vinylmation collectors and Indiana Jones fans can rejoice. Disney has released a new Indiana Jones series for its Vinylmation collection. Thomas Scott, lead Vinylmation artist with Disney Design Group, designed the series, which features characters from "Raiders of the Lost Ark." View the full article

In honor of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” coming to theaters April 4, guests at Disneyland park in Anaheim will soon have the opportunity to meet the First Avenger in person. Captain America, who has already been making appearances at Avengers Academy on the reimagined Disney Magic, will be dropping in to Disneyland park starting this spring, where you can also experience continuing favorites Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries and Thor: Treasures of Asgard. View the full article

The newest restaurant at Epcot is about to enter "soft opening" mode. Look for Spice Road Table to operate this weekend in the Morocco pavilion. View the full article

Over the last several months, we’ve revealed renderings of some of the fantastic and innovative parade floats set to debut this spring as part of the new “Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade” at Magic Kingdom Park. We’ll have an update soon on the construction of these impressive floats, which will help bring stories such as “Peter Pan,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Tangled” to life on the parade route. View the full article

If you read my post this past Monday, you know we created a video series about cruising with Disney in Europe based on questions you asked to the Disney Parks Moms Panel. What I didn’t mention then is that we did the same for our cruises to Alaska! View the full article

Tonight’s “After Dark” image was snapped in New Fantasyland, just outside Gaston’s Tavern at the local fountain, which was, of course, donated to the town by Gaston himself. View the full article