Walt Disney World News and Rumors 5/6/13 - 5/12/13

News and Rumors are gathered from various different sources. All rumors are rumors and are to be taken as such.



News

Magic Kingdom

• Guests will be able to meet Peter Pan and Wendy now by Peter Pan's Flight
• Prince Charming's Regal Carousel's refurb has been postponed.  
• Pirates of the Caribbean's refurbishment has been pushed back to July 27th - 30th.

Disney's Hollywood Studios

• Going to Star Wars Weekends?  In addition to getting yourself potentially cast in Carbonite, you can also know get yourself cast as a Stormtrooper.  
• Here is a list of celebrities and the weekends they will be appearing during Star Wars Weekends:
  

  May 17th - 19th (Weekend 1)

  
  
  • Ray Park (Darth Maul - Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)
  • Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  • Dee Bradley Baker (Voice of Captain Rex - Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

  May 24th - 26th (Weekend 2)

  • Ray Park (Darth Maul - Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)
  • Warwick Davis (Ewok)
  • Jim Cummings (Voice of Hondo Ohnaka - Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

  May 31st - June 2nd (Weekend 3)

  • Warwick Davis (Ewok)
  • Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  • Sam Witwer (Voice of Darth Maul - Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

  June 7th - 9th (Weekend 4)

  • Billy Dee Williams - (Lando Calrissian)
  • Peter Mayhew - (Chewbacca - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  • Tom Kane - (Voice of Yoda - Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

  Every Weekend

  • James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein - celebrity hosts for the event.

Disney's Animal Kingdom

• The Adventurers Outpost opening has been delayed to May 15th.

General WDW News

• Typhoon Lagoon will be closed for a quick refurbishment from today until May 16th. 

Rumors

• Celebrate the Magic's castle projection's Summer Show is rumored to debut on May 24th

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