News
Archive - November 2002
November 25, 2002
GIFAPP
Final Week Is Here!
This week is
your final chance to find the 5 Pin Replicas that
our INTERCOT Team has hidden throughout our website (excluding the one
pictured at right). If you successfully locate all five pins this
week you are automatically entered in a drawing for fabulous prizes.
So put your thinking caps on, pull out your magnifying glass and join
the hunt!
Official
GIFAPP Rules, Entry Form and Directions
Discuss Here
November
23, 2002
Osborne
Family Spectacle of
Lights Opens
350 miles of lights, 800,000 Watts of power and 5 million bulbs comprise the
beauty and majesty of one of Disney’s most popular holiday events. What
began as a family tradition in the mid-1980s in Little Rock, Ark., has
blossomed into a new holiday tradition for many guests to the Disney-MGM
Studios at Walt Disney World Resort. Set amid the “homes” of Residential
Street in MGM Studios, the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights wows crowds
with its dazzling excess in a familiar setting. The annual holiday
spectacular opens tonight with a special preview for Annual Pass holders and
runs through January 5th. The spectacle is lit nightly at 6 p.m.
More Information
November 18, 2002
EPCOT
Icon In For a Major Change
WESH TV2 in Orlando has reported that by February 2005, Spaceship Earth,
EPCOT’s icon and centerpiece attraction will be closed for a major overhaul.
Disney plans to take the ride offline for two years to create a whole new
attraction called “Time Racers,” set to debut in 2007. This is no cosmetic
facelift, but a complete redesign of the ride contained within the geodesic
sphere that is so easily recognizable. Insiders believe that that the new
ride will be a “moving theater type ride” that will be able to handle 2,400
guests per hour. Disney has declined to comment on the documents WESH
uncovered, stating that they do not discuss attractions until they are
formally announced. A former Imagineer, however, believes that Disney will
incorporate some of the cutting-edge technology currently employed at Tokyo
DisneySea. There is no information on the ride concept at this time.
Discuss Here
GIFAPP Week 3 Is Here!
Every Monday for the next 2 weeks, our INTERCOT Team will hide 5 replicas of
the new INTERCOT 5 Year Anniversary Pin throughout our website (excluding
the one pictured at right). If you successfully locate all five pins in any
given week you are automatically entered in a drawing for fabulous prizes,
including OneShare Stocks, Sony Play Station games and INTERCOT apparel. So
put your thinking caps on, pull out your magnifying glass and join the hunt!
Official GIFAPP
Rules, Entry Form and Directions
Discuss Here
November
11, 2002
November E-Nite Added
The Walt Disney World Resort has officially announced an E-Ride Night for
November 26th from 8-11pm. Speculation is that this will be the final
E-Ride Night for 2002. E-Ride Nights are an exclusive "private party" in the
Magic Kingdom for a limited number of Walt Disney World Resort Guests.
More information
here
Discuss Here
Journey Into Imagination with Figment! Rehab
After its debut in May and an 8 million dollar rehab, Journey into
Imagination with Figment! is going down for rehab again. The attraction will
be closed from December 1 - December 7th, 2002. During this time work will
take place to make some minor tweaks and adjustments due to the last rehab.
The ride is scheduled to reopen on December 8th.
Rehab Information
Discuss Here
November
7, 2002
Tower of Terror Update
Set
to debut in January 2003, "Tower 4" (as the new version of this classic ride
is called) will involve a number of new drop sequences. They will be
randomized so you won't know which one you're going to experience. Also to
be added are some yet to be revealed special effects. There will be no
changes to the exterior of the building.
Discuss Here
November
1, 2002
GIFAPP
Is Coming!
In just 3 days, the mystery will be revealed and INTERCOTees all over the
world will know the answer to the question... "What is GIFAPP?" Till then,
join in the fun speculating on our discussion boards.
What is GIFAPP?