Hawaii resort Aulani may be key to Disney growth

A great read from the Daily Disney at the Orlando Sentinel: Nineteen months after breaking ground, Disney today will begin selling time-share interests in Aulani, a high-rise resort in Hawaii that company executives hope will be a template for future growth in their $11 billion-a-year theme-park division. The 841-room hotel

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Disney Store Celebrates Grand Opening of New Store Design

Yesterday, Disney Store celebrates the launch of its newly-designed store with a grand opening event at The Shops at Montebello complex in Montebello, Calif, just outside of Los Angeles. A crowning achievement of The Walt Disney Company, the high-tech makeover of Disney Store solidifies the retailer’s global leadership in children’s

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Toy Story 3 Characters Already a Hit for Guests at Walt Disney World Resort

Weeks before the release of Toy Story 3, guests at Walt Disney World Resort had a sneak peek at characters and storylines from the new hit film. Since early May, guests have experienced the new characters in many ways, through attractions, shows and parades, merchandise, and food and beverage. It’s

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Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund has Announced the 2010 Grant Recipients

Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund has announced the 2010 recipients of nearly $1.5 million in grants to protect vulnerable wildlife and ecosystems around the world.  The funding enables nonprofit organizations to provide support for more than 45 species across the globe–from protecting the critically endangered Sumatran rhino in Indonesia, to tracking

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Disney Family and Teri Hatcher Announce New Take a Chance – Make a Change Contest

Disney Family.com announced today the first ever Take a Chance – Make a Change Contest inspiring people to visit GetHatched.com, Disney Online’s latest Web site created with award winning actress Teri Hatcher.  The contest encourages people to share a life-long goal that they have yet to achieve, with the grand

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Disney’s Hawaiin Resort, Aulani Open for future reservations on Aug. 2

Disney’s new Hawaii resort, Aulani, will be taking it’s first hotel reservations on August 2, 2010 for travel starting on August 29, 2011. The 360 hotel room/481 multi-bedroom vacation villa resort, designed for family travel, has been under construction since last summer on 21 acres of beachfront at West Oahu’s

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Disney Digital Book Coming Soon to your local library

First-Ever Access to Disney Publishing Worldwide’s Vast Online Collection of Over 600 Books via OverDrive-Powered Library Websites OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and digital content to libraries and schools, today announced a preliminary agreement with Disney Digital Books (www.disneydigitalbooks.com) that will enable libraries to offer access

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2 New Sorcerer’s Apprentice Clips – Stunts & Dragon Ring

Coming to theaters July 14th. Apply for the Coolest Job Ever: http://nku.me/SorcererSweepstakes Become a fan on Facebook: http://facebook.com/SorcerersApprentice Dave (Jay Baruchel) is just an average college student, or so it appears, until the sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) recruits him as his reluctant protégé and gives him a crash course

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