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Super Soap Weekend 2007
(photos below)
The 2007 ABC Super Soap Weekend will occur November
10-11.
For details--and
photos!--of the 2006 event, click here.
Special Appearance by Stars from SOAPnet's "General
Hospital: Night Shift"
The View's" new co-host Sherri Shepherd, along with
other first-time attendees Melissa Claire Egan ("All My
Children"), Brandon Buddy, Tika Sumpter ("One Life
to Live"), Bradford Anderson, Josh Duhon and Sonya Eddy
("General Hospital"), join the star-studded lineup
for the 12th annual ABC Super Soap Weekend. This year's event
will take place on Nov. 10-11, 2007, as ABC once again
partners with Colgate® Total®
toothpaste (www.colgatetotal.com)
as its presenting sponsor of ABC Super Soap Weekend at
Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena
Vista, Fla. Also new to this year's event will be the addition
of stars from SOAPnet's original primetime drama,
"General Hospital: Night Shift."
The complete list of talent includes more than 30 of ABC
Daytime's and SOAPnet's most popular stars, including
previously announced headliner Susan Lucci, along with Cameron
Mathison, John-Paul Lavoisier and Jason Thompson. The talent
from "All My Children" will be David Canary, Bobbie
Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Thorsten Kaye, Michael E. Knight,
Alicia Minshew, Aiden Turner and Jacob Young. The talent from
"One Life to Live" includes Kristen Alderson, Kathy
Brier, Brandon Buddy, Kamar de los Reyes, Kassie DePaiva,
Michael Easton, Forbes March, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John,
Tika Sumpter and Bree Williamson. The talent from
"General Hospital" will be Bradford Anderson, Julie
Berman, Tyler Christopher, Josh Duhon, Sonya Eddy, Rebecca
Herbst, Kimberly McCullough, Kelly Monaco and Laura Wright.
This year, stars from SOAPnet's hit original series
"General Hospital: Night Shift," the highest-rated
series in SOAPnet history, will participate in the
festivities. Nazanin Boniadi, Dominic Rains and Kent King will
join Jason Thompson, Kimberly McCullough, Bradford Anderson
and Sonya Eddy for special "General Hospital: Night
Shift" appearances.
Throughout the weekend, fans will have the opportunity to
meet favorite stars from "All My Children,"
"One Life to Live," "General Hospital" and
"General Hospital: Night Shift." Festivities will
include celebrity motorcades, autograph sessions, talk shows,
interviews and the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind
memorabilia from each of the shows. The Colgate Total Street
Jam will close the event each day with live musical
performances by favorite Daytime stars.
ABC Super Soap Weekend is included with theme park
admission to Disney-MGM Studios -- where guests of all ages
are caught up in the glitz, glamour and excitement of show
business. For future updates and more information about ABC
Super Soap Weekend, guests may call the Super Soap Hotline
recording at 407/397-6808 or visit the ABC Daytime Web site at
www.abc.com.
From WDW P.R...
The largest annual soap opera fan event held anywhere in
the world, ABC Super Soap Weekend, returns to the Disney-MGM
Studios theme park Nov. 10-11.
More than 30 stars from the ABC Daytime dramas "All My
Children," "One Life to Live" and "General
Hospital" step off the television screens and into the
theme park in meet-and-greet autograph and photo sessions,
celebrity motorcades, star conversations, interactive games
and special Street Jam concert performances.
Celebrity-worn costumes, props and exclusive event
merchandise also are available at the event's Soap Central
merchandise gallery.
Admission to the event is included in regular admission to
Disney-MGM Studios. Event details are available at: disneyworld.com/supersoap.

DANCING
MACHINE: "All My Children" and "Dancing with
the Stars" performer Cameron Mathison,
with dancing partner Minnie Mouse, score a perfect 10 among
judges and fans alike, dancing
the "Mouse-A-Doble" in preparation for the
12th Annual ABC Super Soap Weekend at the
Disney-MGM Studios, Nov. 10-11, 2007. (Steve Fenn,
photographer)

Actress Susan Lucci of ABC
Daytime's popular soap opera "All My Children"
poses
with Mickey Mouse to kick off the 10th annual ABC Super Soap
Weekend in 2005 at the Disney-MGM Studios.
A
few of Aronda's photos from the 2006 Super Soap Weekend appear
below.
For more photos and details, click through to her coverage here.

The entrance
to Disney-MGM Studios boasts a Super Soap Weekend banner

A kiosk set up just inside the
park gives out the event schedules

A view of the stage from Hollywood
Ave. A large video
screen helps those far back to see all the action.

Soap Central, the gift shop, set
up in a section of ABC Commissary
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