Wednesday - Daily Dose of Disney 1.21.09

DizNews:

Space Mountain Refurb Dates Announced

Space Mountain will be closed for refurbishment starting April 19, 2009. It is expected to remain closed until late in 2009.


Obama’s First Order or Business: Hall of Presidents?

I know it’s a bit of a slow Disney news day when we are worrying about when our newly sworn in President is going to have time from the wars, the economy and a bazillion other things to make time to record his speech for the Hall of Presidents. Jim Hill writes about how Imagineers are doing just that. The attraction, which is scheduled to come back from an extensive refurbishment featuring President Obama, July 4th. Imagineers are considering an interim version of the attraction should Obama not be available to record his speech in the near future. (I admit even as a Disney fan this should not be a priority right now.)


Walkthrough Video of American Idol Experience

Our friends at Orlando Attractions Magazine have a video of the audition experience at the American Idol Experience.



Trivia Teaser: What year did Hall of Presidents start featuring an ending where the current president is featured?


Previous Teaser Answer: What Disney building’s architecture features: the Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Taj Mahal?

It’s a Small World at Disneyland



World Wide Disney: Epcot82 has a great post on how Obama’s inaugural speech reminds him of EPCOT version 1. This is really worth a sit down read.



WDW Weather: Sunny. High of 52 F.


Disneyland Weather: Sunny. High of 68 F.