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13 Oct 04, 11:49 AM
As of October 1, the Contemporary Resort's Mouseketeer Clubhouse (the child care center) is closed. WDW has five remaining child care centers, located as follows:
Simba's Cubhouse -- Animal Kingdom Lodge
Mouseketeer Clubhouse -- Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Never Land Club -- Polynesian Resort
Sandcastle Club -- Beach Club Resort
Cub's Den -- Wilderness Lodge
For reservations, call 407-WDW-DINE.

The official opening date for Stitch's Great Escape in Tomorrowland has been announced as Tuesday, November 16, 2004. Reminder: Annual Passholder Previews for this new attraction will be held November 5-7. Disney Vacation Club members can also take advantage of these previews by showing their blue membership card.

The Around the World at Epcot on a Segway Tour has proven so popular it is now being held twice daily -- at 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Check in 15 minutes before the scheduled tour time in the Guest Relations lobby, just inside the turnstiles. You can enter Epcot before the 9 a.m. opening in Future World by identifying yourself as being on the tour -- there is a guest list at the turnstiles. Use the same far right queue that the Princess Storybook Breakfast (Norway) guests use.

America's largest fire safety exhibit opened in Innoventions in Epcot on October 5, 2004. Dubbed "Where's the Fire?", the 4000-plus square foot exhibit is designed to help families reduce the likelihood of fires in their homes and is presented in conjunction with Liberty Mutual Group. Work on the exhibit, which features a six-room game house, was done by Walt Disney Imagineering in cooperation with Liberty Mutual's fire safety specialists and the U.S. Fire Administration. Two teams of up to 15 guests each search the room to find and eliminate fire hazards using a specially designed, technologically unique, hand-held "safety light." The attraction also includes the "Play It Safe" house for younger children, three "Burning Questions" fire safety quiz kiosks, and a 30-foot interactive fire truck.

Princess Room Opens at Toontown Fair! Meet your favorite Disney princesses in the new Princess Room, located in Mickey's Toontown Fair in the Magic Kingdom. The Princess Room debuted in early October to meet the high demand for meet-and-greet opportunities with ONLY the princesses. Currently only Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty), Snow White and Cinderella are making appearances at the Princess Room. Eventually other princesses will join a rotating schedule.

Cinderella's Royal Table will be closed for rehab beginning January 17, 2005. Lunch and dinner service will resume January 27, with the popular character breakfast resuming the next morning, January 28.