You may not know, but Walt Disney World recruits many cast members from Haiti. So please keep them and their friends and family in your thoughts today. If you want to make an immediate impact, please donate to the International Red Cross. I’ve put out… Read More »Wednesday Morning Roundup – Disney News and Links
Central Florida’s second largest theme park resort is preparing to welcome the Magic. No, not Disney Magic… Wizard Magic. Universal Studios hopes the Wizard known as Harry Potter will conjure up some better attendance figures when his legion of fans arrive in Orlando for the… Read More »Universal Orlando revamps Pricing Structure Ahead of Harry Potter
Updated: April 2011 – Three more Disney animated classics are heading back into the vault. The end of January marks the date many Walt Disney animation classics will be returned to the vault and no longer available to order for an indeterminate time. Usually 7-10… Read More »Disney Movies going back into the Vault
Update: My sources tell me its definitely a new building. My guess is that TV or the direct-to-dvd folks will move into the hat building. Update: ABC7 is reporting that they’re just renaming the current building. While that’s still nice, we’ll see. A new animation… Read More »New Animation Building at Disney Studios named after Roy E. Disney
Time to close some open browser tabs with interesting Disney news and links. New Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs toured Walt Disney World recently, some pics are up on the Disney Parks blog. Fans of Vintage Disney will be able to kill… Read More »Sunday Roundup – Disney News and Links
The Walt Disney Company, through it’s new subsidiary Marvel Entertainment, has sued the heirs of Marvel artist Jack Kirby to quash their copyright claims to the characters co-created by Kirby while he worked at Marvel. The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan by Marvel Worldwide… Read More »Marvel/Disney Sue Kirby Heirs to Quash Claims
If you remember all the hype surrounding the first D23 Expo then you know why so many have joined D23: The Official Community for Disney Fans. Now joining D23 just got easier, as D23 recently announced new tiered membership options. The original membership is now… Read More »D23 Announces New Affordable Membership Level
Continuing it’s world leading program of conservation and animal breeding, Disney’s Animal Kingdom recently welcomed its 28th gerenuk calf weighing in at eight pounds and approximately 1 ¾ feet tall, after a seven-month gestation. The female calf, named Squirt, was born November 25 to her… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom Welcomes Gerenuk Calf to Herd