The Daily Disney, part of the Orlando Sentinel, has some thoughts on souvenir shopping with kids. Says Kristin Ford, author the website’s A Mom and the Mouse column, When they’re little, it seems easier because parents set the limits in simple terms. They can allow the child a choice among a few
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Disney to build NEW hotel dubbed Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Walt Disney World is about to begin building its first new hotel in seven years, a 2,000-room resort that will open in 2012. Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will feature 1,120 suites with room for as many as six people each and another 864 traditional hotel rooms, with a design
Disney World bus accidents – Are the GPS units distracting?
Three years ago, Walt Disney World set out to revolutionize its bus system. In a project dubbed “Magic in Motion,” Disney installed GPS-equipped computers in each of its nearly 300 buses, ensuring the vehicles could be tracked as they crisscross the vast resort. The goal was to create a sophisticated
Doctors perform 3D Robotic Surgery at Walt Disney World Resort
For a time on Sunday morning, the meeting room in the Walt Disney World Yacht and Beach Club looked like one of those 1950s movie theaters with the audience wearing cardboard 3-D glasses. But instead of cartoonish characters on the screen, it was robotic pincers delicately snipping at the internal
*Breaking News* Child Hit By Bus At Walt Disney World Resort Dies
When will an overhaul of Disneyworld Transportation system occur? There needs to be some serious changes at WDW. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Initial Report from WESH: A boy hit by a bus Thursday afternoon at Walt Disney World’s Fort Wilderness has died. The accident happened
Disneyworld ‘Tron-orail’ divides Disney faithful
One of Walt Disney World’s monorail trains has undergone a radical makeover. The familiar, single-striped paint job has been replaced by the image of a motorcycle set against a blue background on the front cab — with a shimmering trail of light that extends the length of the train. The
British cinema chain’s Alice in Wonderland boycott ends
It’s about time. From the Orlando Sentinel: Disney and the main theater chain behind what threatened to become a serious boycott of its pricey 3D Alice in Wonderland have reached a deal. There will be no boycott, not in the UK, anyway. At least Tim Burton saw the cinema chain’s
Disney World tries again to restore parental waivers
The Daily Disney is reporting on the Florida Court decision that ruled that parents did not have the authority to sign away their children’s rights before participating in potentially dangerous activities. Fourteen months ago, the highest court in Florida ruled that parents did not have the authority to sign away
Main Street Electrical Parade is set to return to Disney World!
This is great news from the Orlando Sentinel! Sad that I missed out on this on our most recent trip but who knows maybe Disney will fly me down to review this event! I was able to locate the video of the last showing of the Main Street Electrical Parade
Marvel superheroes could pose antitrust risk for Disney, Universal
Spider-Man has Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando in a web that legal experts say could put the rival resorts at risk of antitrust complaints. The issue stems from the Walt Disney Co.’s recently completed, $4 billion purchase of Marvel Entertainment, the comic-book company that has for years licensed its
Say goodbye to these Disney Movies
Hurry the time is almost here to grab these movie titles before they get locked in the Disney Vault for a while..A long while..This article comes to us from Kristin Ford – A Mom & the Mouse: Do the words Disney Vault push you into the nearest store to buy
Michigan pair win rainy, cold Disney Half Marathon
Chad Johnson and Emily Mortensen, both of Rochester Hills, Mich., were the top men’s and women’s finishers in the Disney Half Marathon this morning. The 13.1-mile race, which began and ended at Epcot, featured almost 23,000 runners who competed despite rain, sleet and flurries and temperatures in the low 30s.
Watch out Disney Parks here comes the Muppets!
This is some great news having grown up on the Muppets I am real excited to see them get more face time at Disney other than MuppetVision 3D. When the Give a Day get a Day promotion was being introduced by Kermit and the gang it was like seeing old
Former Disney parks chief reflects on tenure
During a seven-year span as leader of the Walt Disney Co.’s parks-and-resorts business, Jay Rasulo presided over the opening of just a single new theme park — yet he boosted sales from less than $6.5 billion when he arrived to nearly $11 billion this past fiscal year. The results reflect
