Tour of Buena Vista Street at California Adventure is next Limited Time Magic

Disney continues its tour a theme park with an Imagineer for its Limited Time Magic.

Buena Vista Street in this Disneyland publicity photo.

In this installment, from Dec. 9-13, 2013, you can take a tour of Buena Vista Street at California Adventure with an Imagineer.

The tour will focus on the architecture, design, music and even the replica of an authentic Red Car Trolley which Walt encountered on him coming to California, according to the Limited Time Magic website.

The space is limit and you must register at the Disney Parks Blog to get a spot.

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Special tour of Magic Kingdom in Disney World with VP Phil Holmes available

Disney publicity photo of Magic Kingdom

Vice President Phil Holmes.

Disney is offering a special tour of the Magic Kingdom with Magic Kingdom Vice President Phil Holmes as part of a special Limited Time Magic in Decembers.

On Dec. 9, 10, 11, 17 and 20, 2013, Holmes will take guests on a walkthrough of the park and talk about how the park and its Cast Members still look to Walt Disney for inspiration, according to the Limited Time Magic website.

Holmes is one of the original Cast Members from when Disney World opened in 1971. He wore the costume of a grim Haunted Mansion greeter in Liberty Square when the Magic Kingdom opened.

This is a special tour with very limited space so you need to register at the Disney Parks Blog to have chance.

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A Secret Santa Celebration coming to Disney World

The Limited Time Magic theme featuring Duffy continues.

From Dec. 9 to 13, 2013, at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World, you will be able to stop and see Mickey Mouse's favorite bear - Duffy - by the Town Square Christmas tree and get a hug.

In addition, there will also be a special keepsake card. And each of the Disney characters in the mark will have a special card as well after you take your picture with them, according to the Limited Time Magic website.

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Learn to be an Elf at Disneyland as a Limited Time Magic

You can learn to be an elf at the California Adventure in Disneyland as part of the Dec. 9- 15, 2013 Limited Time Magic.

At the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in Disneyland guests are put through the ringer to learn to Santa's helper. As a new recruit you will head over the Jingle Bell Bridge, learn about Stocking Stuffing and and Present Tracking.

In the end you will receive your own official Elf name and learn the secret Elf Handshake, according to Disney's Limited Time Magic site.

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Smile of The Day: A view of Cinderella Castle lit up down Main Street

The holidays are in full swing at The Magic Kingdom in Disney World. Here is a view of the castle lit up down Main Street Street. This is taken before the Christmas tree was erected.

© Steven Liebman

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Walt Disney's birthplace being restored and preserved

The move to restore Walt and Roy Disney's birthplace in Chicago back to its 1901 state has started.

Google Street View of Disney birthplace

The house at 2156 North Tripp Ave. was was designed by Walt and Roy's mother Flora and built by their father, Elias in 1893. Elias also built two other houses on the same block as wells the St. Paul Congregational Church, according to a city of Chicago statement.

The home owners, Brent Young and Dina Benadon, own a production studio in California focusing on creating theme park rides and credit Walt Disney for inspiring their careers. They purchased the home with the intent on restoration and preservation.

"Our dream is that the home will serve as a place to inspire creativity in our children for generations to come," Benadon said.

"On behalf of the Disney family, we are so pleased to see Walt Disney's historic birthplace and family home being restored to its humble origins in the City of Chicago," said Roy Patrick Disney, grandson to Roy O. Disney and Walt's great nephew, in a statement.

The project is being financed through Kickstarter. For more information they have create the following website: www.thewaltdisneybirthplace.org.

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Historic Disney Photo: Happy Birthday Walt Disney

Happy Birthday Walt Disney.

Walter Elias Disney is born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1901 to Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney. In 1906 the Disney family moved to Marceline, Missouri where Walt grew up on a farm.

In 1910, the family sold the farm due to Elias Disney's poor health. In 1911, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri where Walt discovers and falls in love with vaudeville and movies, according to the Walt Disney Family Museum.

Below is a portrait of Walt Disney taken in 1954 from  NASA photograph.

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