Walt Disney World Resort Update

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Just in time for the holiday rush, Walt Disney World opened the new Downtown Disney parking garage last week according to Rikki Niblett from our sponsor TouringPlans.com

The garage opens with plenty of space to park along with escalators to move guests through its several floors. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.

The garage is located on the West Side of Downtown Disney. A walking path has been constructed from the garage to the shopping district near the Downtown Disney AMC theaters.

Above each parking space are lights that can indicate to cars from a distance the availability of open parking spaces. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.

Drivers using the parking garage will notice a great piece of new technology in the new garage: a light over each parking spot indicating if it's open or full. If the light is green, a spot is available; if it's red, it is occupied. This means easier navigation in the garage due to cars not needing to go up and down the aisles to find an open spot.

Construction work continues on the garage and the plan is to have all of the garage and its technology ready for official opening by December.

Last week, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) awarded Disney's Animal Kingdom's Wilderness Explorers with the Award for Outstanding Achievement - Interactive Park Attraction on a Limited Budget.

This week Wilderness Explorers at Disney's Animal Kingdom won the TEA award for Outstanding Achievement--Interactive Park Attraction on a Limited Budget. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.

Wilderness Explorers utilizes an interactive experience where visitors talk with cast members at different stations across the park to learn about nature, and then collect badges at each station to complete their expedition.

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