The incredibly popular Star Wars Weekends event has returned at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and we have some photos from around the park that were taken last weekend to share with you. We hope you enjoy them!:

Welcome to PART 2 of this special photo-gallery dedicated to the Star Wars Weekends (PART 1 is here).

Let's continue to meet (and greet) some more of these very unusual characters:

Please, take note of the following advisory affecting the Walt Disney World Resort:

TODAY, 3:50 p.m. - Be advised that Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park & all Disney’s Miniature Golf Courses are temporarily closed due to inclement weather. They will reopen when it is safe to do so.  

Please check back here on Orlando Theme Park News for any additional updates in the next few hours.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (May 22, 2013) – The world’s most comprehensive attraction devoted to the space shuttle opens Saturday, June 29 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Space Shuttle AtlantisSM is the new, 90,000-square-foot, $100 million home of the priceless, historic spacecraft that tells the incredible story of NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program. The Visitor Complex will open at 9 a.m. and grand opening events will take place throughout the day.

More than 30 Atlantis astronauts will participate in the grand opening of Space Shuttle Atlantis, which will offer guests the public’s first access to the attraction. From only a few feet away, guests will be awed and inspired with an up-close, 360-degree view of Atlantis. The shuttle is dramatically showcased as if it were in orbit – as only astronauts have had a chance to see it. Atlantis is elevated 30 feet off the ground and rotated at a 43.21-degree angle with its payload bay doors open and Canadarm (robotic arm) extended.

Space Shuttle Atlantis features more than 60 interactive, touch-screen experiences and high-tech simulators inviting guests to “be the astronaut,” bringing to life the people, passion and patriotism behind the Space Shuttle Program as well as the complexity of the engineering marvel that launched the Hubble Space Telescope and built the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Atlantis grand opening festivities are included in regular Visitor Complex admission: $50 + tax for adults and $40 + tax for children ages 3-11.

For more information, call 877-313-2610 or visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com.

As you will know, we usually don't post news regarding merchandise, but this time we want to report some new Disney hotels-specific merchandise that was just featured on the Disney Parks Blog. Take a look:

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Disney Resort Icons Inspire New Merchandise Arriving This Summer at Disney Parks

I love staying at a Disney Resort hotel. I’ve stayed at nearly all of them in Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts. The first Disney hotel my family stayed at was Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in summer 1992. There is something magical about staying at a Disney Resort (I love that blast of cool air when entering a hotel lobby). My favorite place is Disney’s Polynesian Resort as I like pretending I’m on a tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific (and they have a Dole Whip machine!). New merchandise featuring a few favorite Disney Resort hotels is arriving this summer. I recently gave you a sneak preview of these new items in an article about summer merchandise. This time, I caught up with Disney Design Group artist Tim Whalen who created the artwork for this new resort logo program.