By: Yahoo Finance
(05-12-2001)

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- To ring in 2002, Walt Disney World Resort will offer a dazzling display of entertainment, parades and fireworks -- anchored by the Vacation Kingdom''s ongoing 100 Years of Magic celebration.

At Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, it''s New Year''s Eve every night. But on Dec. 31, the party will be even more spectacular. Cyndi Lauper headlines the entertainment lineup for this high-energy street party. Other live music includes The Joyce Cooling Group at the Pleasure Island Jazz Company and The Devonshires at the Pleasure Island Hub Stage.

Tickets for the Pleasure Island New Year''s Eve package are $65 per person, plus tax, and include all live concerts, dessert, a champagne toast at midnight when fireworks fill the skies and no-cover admission to all eight unique nightclubs. The party runs from 8 p.m. Dec. 31 and goes nonstop until 2 a.m. Jan. 1, 2002.

Also on the big night, the Magic Kingdom features 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. performances of its dazzling ``SpectroMagic'''' parade plus midnight ``Fantasy in the Sky'''' fireworks. Other New Year''s happenings include dancing, live musical performances and an incredible fireworks finale at the Disney-MGM Studios (open until 1 a.m.), as well as a variety of festivities at Epcot including a DJ dance party at Innoventions; a Laser Light Dance Party in Italy; Johnny Ferreira and The Swing Machine at the American Gardens Theatre; and a Video Dance Party in Japan.

Epcot guests will count down to the magical hour with a special 11:45 p.m. performance of ``IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,'''' Epcot''s dazzling lights, laser and fireworks show bursting above World Showcase Lagoon.

One-day admission to any of four Walt Disney World theme parks is $48 adults, $38 children ages 3-9, plus tax.

What makes the year-end celebration even more spectacular: guests will be able to enjoy all that''s new for Disney''s yearlong 100 Years of Magic celebration. Marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of founder Walt Disney, all four theme parks feature new parades, attractions and live entertainment. The 100 Years of Magic celebration is now through Dec. 31, 2002.

SOURCE: Walt Disney World