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From time to time, we feature cast members with some pretty cool jobs – but for travel junkies, it doesn’t get better than Heather Killingbeck’s work. Heather explores the world in search of amazing new experiences for Adventures by Disney. That’s what she does: she hunts awe-inspiring adventures!

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With such a job, Heather is the person you’d want to talk travel with – she’s been there, done that. And for all of us who are unable to catch up with her on camelback in Egypt, we’ve got the next best thing. Heather is now sharing expert advice, tips and stories on Family.com. We thought Disney Parks Blog readers would be interested in this new series, so go check out Heather’s “My Favorite Things” story and let us know what you think.

Check out these posts for more Adventures by Disney news:

Disney ‘Adventure Hunter’ Offers Advice on Family.com by Thomas Smith: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

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Make Your Way Down the Rabbit Hole at the Mad T Party at Disney California Adventure Park

By now, you may have heard that a funderful new party is in the making at Disney California Adventure park … the Mad T Party! But, before experiencing the assortment of joyfulutionary entertainment that awaits you, you must make your way down the Rabbit Hole!

This magical, mystical passageway is unlike any other … and it leads to a party that is fit for a Queen (or King)! Guests will feel as if they are leaving their world behind and entering into a special place that just gets curiouser and curiouser!

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Await Guests at The Mad T Party at Disney California Adventure Park

But wait! Not just anybody will be allowed to enter! You must have a smile as big as a Cheshire Cat … and a laugh as mad as a Hatter! Helping us enforce the rules are our Mad T Party “bouncers,” Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Enlisted by the Mad Hatter himself, these towering twins will officiate over the official opening of the Rabbit Hole each night. Afterwards, our D-lightful duo will remain outside the Rabbit Hole, making sure that all guests attending the Mad T Party are suitably splendiful.

Each night, a different password will be required in order to enter. How will you know the password of the day? That’s where our Hatters come in …

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Fashionably festooned in wild colors and patterns – complete with TOP HATS – they are easily identified as they make their way through Disney California Adventure park. If you happen upon them, or if they happen upon you, they will offer an “invitation” that includes the night’s secret-but-not-too-secret password.

So, now you know how to enter the Rabbit Hole! And, from past Disney Parks Blog posts, you already know whom you will meet and what you might hear, which games you might play and when it all begins. The “Maddification” of Disney California Adventure park is almost upon us! Get your hats and smiles together and get ready to go “Mad” at the Mad T Party!

Down the Rabbit Hole … The Mad T Party Awaits at Disney California Adventure Park! by Robin Trowbridge: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

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New Twists and Turns Coming to 20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Course

May 17, 2012

The countdown has begun to the 20th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Marathon on Jan. 13, 2013, and not surprisingly, our runDisney folks are hard at work putting their creative juices together to come up with some fun new twists for the race.

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Vintage Walt Disney World: Looking Back at the Debut of Fantasia Gardens

May 17, 2012

This weekend Fantasia Gardens celebrates its 16th year of being the only miniature golf course inspired by Walt Disney’s “Fantasia.” The 36 holes of golf at Fantasia Gardens are split up into two courses – Fantasia Gardens and Fantasia Fairways. And when the courses opened on May 20, 1996, a few famous friends were on hand to try their luck at the courses.

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RSVP Now for Disney Parks Blog Cars Land Meet-Up at Disney California Adventure Park

May 16, 2012

You’ve been asking for a Cars Land meet-up, and now is your chance to be among the first guests to see Cars Land for yourself at our next Disney Parks Blog meet-up! Come with us as the lead Imagineers on Cars Land take 66 participants (see what we did there?) for a walking tour of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park on Tuesday, May 29.

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Disney VoluntEARS Help Build New Playground Near the Disneyland Resort

May 16, 2012

Hundreds of volunteers rose bright and early last Saturday, May 12, to help build a new playground just blocks away from the Disneyland Resort – and it came together in just one day!

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Sights & Sounds at Disney Parks: A Frog, a Pig and a Dream

May 16, 2012

Do something completely madcap today to celebrate. Why? Two decades ago, Muppet•Vision 3D opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and a new dimension in deliciously demented daffiness was born — in an attraction that blended Fozzie’s “cheap 3-D tricks” with Audio-Animatronics characters, a live-in-person loony, little tiny bubbles and graet big explosions. In other words, the perfect Muppet storm!

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A Mouseketeer Homecoming Lets ‘New Mickey Mouse Club’ Member Share New Memories with Her Family at Walt Disney World Resort

May 16, 2012

Many generations have grown up with “The Mickey Mouse Club.” From its debut on black-and-white television in the 1950s through the pop-driven cast of the late-80s and early-90s (when the cast also called Disney’s Hollywood Studios “home”), the show has long been a part of our world’s rich culture.

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Three New Faces Come to the Disneyland Resort: Manny, Mandy and Mona Monorails

May 16, 2012

If you’ve been to the Disneyland Resort in the past couple of days, you may have noticed a few new faces along the Disneyland Monorail line. Here to welcome their “Cars” friends to Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park, Mandy and Mona Monorails began making trips around the resort yesterday – and they will soon be joined by a third friend, Manny Monorail.

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Disney Phineas & Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure Coming In Late June

May 16, 2012

Just wanted to give you a quick update on the new Disney Phineas and Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure, including showcasing some new renderings of the experience we debuted at our Summer to Remember press event in April.

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