The Sorcerer's Hat was the icon of Disney's Hollywood Studios, the third of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. The structure was inspired by the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment in Walt Disney's 1940 animated film, Fantasia. Mickey Mouse's gloved hand and ears underneath the hat are visible emerging from the ground. With its opening on September 28, 2001, it replaced the Earffel Tower as the park's icon in marketing material. It was used as a venue for pin trading and sales, and also served as a backdrop to many special events and shows. High School Musical Live culminated several dances from several Disney Channel shows that performed several times daily in front of the hat. Disney characters made meet-and-greet appearances around the hat throughout the day.Built in front of The Great Movie Ride, the Sorcerer's Hat debuted on September 28, 2001 as part of the 100 Years of Magic celebration at Walt Disney World Resort. During the celebration, interactive kiosks were installed underneath the Sorcerer's Hat where guests could learn about Walt Disney's life and career. When the celebration ended in early 2003, the kiosks were removed. On May 20, 2011, the Sorcerer's Hat served as the venue for the grand opening ceremony for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue.
Open House Learning Centers will provide a multi-purpose educational facility in Celebration Florida serving two main purpose. 1-Provide support for young families, (children and parents) through a variety of indoor classes, activities and events. 2- Provide indoor recreational space, rentable on a short term basis, for a range of adult- based activities and classes. Daytime activities will primarily focus on families with children up to 4 years of age. Activities will be age appropriate and fun, ranging from music classes, art classes, drop-in play, baby support groups, toy library and parent educational classes. Early studies have shown that group visits were an efficient and effective way of delivering well-baby and child care information and support. Our business model is based on a membership basis that offers many of the activities for a fixed fee, although some classes will be available on a ‘pay as you play’ basis. In the afternoon and evenings, activities will be more adult- based, although older children and teens will also be catered for. Classes will be a ‘pay as you go’ ranging from $15-$45, and will include art & wine, photography skills and editing, crafts, language skills, fitness classes and more. The business is based on splitting the large open area down the middle with a high quality movable partition wall that can be moved as necessary to accommodate groups of different sizes. Some classes will be offered on a Saturday, as well as a birthday room for hire at the weekends. We are not day care. Our daytime classes are for families, and our policy is that no baby or child is left unattended. We will have a wide range of services that include a drop in member area for parents, babies and children under the age of 4 to meet, and socialize. Education classes will cover a variety of subjects, including first aid, a guide to immunizations, sleep routines, and many more. In the early afternoon and evenings our center will provide classes to adults and older children. We already have a young artist in town who is going to teach art to young adults ages 10 and up. He specializes in comic books and superhero characters. We also have a more traditional paint/art teacher. We are going to offer ‘Painting with wine’ (BYOB) in the evenings, for a fee clients will get all the paining supplies and be taught how to paint onto an 11x14 canvas that you can take home. This is great for team building, social nights with friends and small parties. As well as art, we are looking at photography groups showing how to photo-shop and other editing techniques. We also have craft classes lined up in Jewelry making, Scrapbooking and Decoupage. Fitness classes are something we are going to add.
Champion Stadium is a 9,500 seat baseball stadium located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort. The stadium was built in 1997. It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves and is the home for the Rookie-league GCL Braves. The stadium has a capacity of 9,500 including seating in the berm area. It features four luxury boxes and two open-air party suites.NameChampion Stadium was originally known as Cracker Jack Stadium. When it was first built, Frito-Lay purchased the naming rights to the venue for ten years and put its Cracker Jack brand on the stadium. Frito-Lay chose not to renew its naming rights deal. During most of 2007, it was referred to as The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports. On November 1 of that year, HanesBrands Inc. purchased the naming rights for ten years and put its Champion brand on the stadium.Orlando RaysIn 2000, after years of poor attendance at Tinker Field, the Orlando Rays moved to the Ballpark. However, the Rays, the Class AA Southern League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, continued to draw barely 1,000 fans a game in their new stadium. Things improved somewhat over the next three seasons; the Rays drew 150,051 fans in 2003, more than twice what they had seen just a few years earlier at Tinker Field, but still last in the league. Following the 2003 season, the Rays moved (breaking a 10-year lease at Disney after just four years) and became the Montgomery Biscuits.