I just learned of a couple of new experiences you and your family can enjoy while in Walt Disney World: 

First, there is a new Archery Experience at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Camprgound that is now available to book beginning 7/31/08. This is available on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons from 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. It is offered for Guests ages 6 and up, and is $25 pluus tax. 

Second, (oh how I wish I was a kid again), children can board a "Haunted Pirates Cruise" at Disney's Polynesian Resort. 

Sounds like another "research trip" is in order!

For more information about these activities, you can call 407-WDW-PLAY. 

As you may know, on Monday, July 21, 2008, The WDW Radio Show Adventureland Challenge Contest kicked off at 8:00 p.m. 

Due to an overwhelming response from listeners, our servers experienced intermittent connectivity issues due to exceptionally high traffic. While I am happy to see so many people interested in participating, I apologize for the outages you may have experienced.
Unfortunately, the unprecedented number of people trying to access the sites at the same time resulted in our servers being overwhelmed with requests to access the contest pages. Please know that in anticipation for the contest launch, we did anticipate additional stresses on the servers, and prepared accordingly. However, it obviously was not enough to handle the amount of traffic we received even before the 8:00 p.m. start time.

We were aware of the problems immediately, and began taking steps to resolve the issues. As the evening wore on, server modifications that were made to help address the problems that users were having.

I want to assure all contestants who participated, and continue to participate, that no entries were received during approximately the first two and a half hour period in which the websites were unreachable. Therefore, all participants were in the same situation, and were unable to reach the clue pages and/or submit their entries until the server issues were resolved. I know there were many participants who were anxiously ready at 8:00 pm, and as frustrating as I know it was for everyone, I graciously appreciate your patience and endurance during that time.

Please accept my sincere apologies for any difficulties you may have had in accessing one of more of the web sites that contained contest clues. As a small token of my appreciation, and to apologize for the issues with the servers, we have decided to give you even more chances to win!

We will randomly draw an additional 10 names from the entries received, and each will win a $20 Disney Gift Card just for playing. Also, I am offering a 10% off Coupon Code for the DisneyWorldTrivia.com store, applicable to all items to say thank you as well. Simply use the code "Adventureland" when you check out, and save 10% off you entire order.

And don’t forget that Round 1 of the contest does not close until 11:59pm Eastern time on Saturday, August 2, 2008. If you have not submitted an entry yet, you still have plenty of time, and you may even be 1 of the 10 random contestants who could advance to Round 2!

I sincerely appreciate everyone’s patience and kind words during the server issues time on Monday evening. While I had hoped the contest would generate an incredible response, suffice it to say that my expectations were far exceeded. It is you, the listeners, who continue to be the main driving force behind all that I do, and I cannot thank you enough for your ongoing support and appreciation.

Thank you once again for playing, and for your patience and understanding during the brief delay.

Sincerely,

Lou Mongello

I know... I know...  I've been WAY behind on posting here, and I apologize. No excuses, just been busy with the new CD, the Adventureland Challenge Contest, stuff for the show, MagicMeets... and so on.

This is just a quick post to let you know that I will be leaving for MagicMeets on Thursday, BUT will (let me rephrase that - will TRY) to blog "live" from the event on Friday, as well as during MagicMeets on Saturday. I'll also be recording for the show, working my table, and speakin, but will try and update here or Twitter as often as I can.

For more frequent updates, be sure and check out my Twitter updates here: Twitter.com/loumongello and/or visit my pages on Facebook:

Be my Friend on Facebook!

Join The WDW Radio Show Group

Join the DisneyWorldTrivia.com Group  

Visit the Audio Guide Page 

Thanks for your patience, and I promise to get back to some posts I have planned (including some great old photos) coming soon! 

One of the true "Wonders" of the Disney theme parks worldwide are the Audio-Animatronics figures that set the stage and tell the three-dimensional stories that we becomde immersed in at the parks. Here is a brief timeline of the history of these amazing figures.

To hear our discussion of Audio-Animatronics figures as a true "Wonder of Walt Disney World," listen to Show #6 of my WDW Radio Show Disney podcast.