Month: June 2010
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Into The Walt Disney Archives With Disney Legend Dave Smith
Interview with Archives Founder and Chief Archivist Dave Smith The D23 Official Disney Fan Community recently announced a special 40th anniversary event honoring both the creation of the Walt Disney Archives and its Founder and Chief Archivist Dave Smith. On Friday, June 25, Disney President and CEO Bob Iger, noted film historian Leonard Maltin, and…
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Give Kids The World Needs Help From The DIS
Give Kids The World (GKTW) is participating in the June “Refresh Everything” program sponsored by Pepsi. If they are one of the top two vote-getters this month, they will receive a cash donation of $250,000 for the Village. You can vote once a day, every day in June, to help ensure that all of the…
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Summer Nightastic! debuts at Magic Kingdom
Summer Nightastic! started last night at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It features the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade and the new Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Spectacular. The Main Street Electrical Parade and the Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Spectacular will be at the Magic Kingdom June 6, 2010 through August 14, 2010.
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Walt Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter Discusses Creativity
Can you teach creativity? Innovation? Or are people innately creative and innovative? What about companies? To learn how to foster creativity, why not ask someone who has led a few creative projects to successful conclusion? Why not ask someone whose official title has “creative” in the name (in multiple places actually). Tony Baxter, Senior Vice…
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Preview Universal Orlando’s Harry Potter on NBC June 6th
A TV special showcasing Universal Orlando’s new Wizarding World of Harry Potter will air on NBC on Sunday, June 6th from 7:00-7:30pm EST. The Grand Opening of the new land in Islands of Adventure is scheduled for June 18th. In the TV special, Universal promises exclusive commentary from the film stars on the new environment.…
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Two New Shop(pes) open in Disneyland
Last week, two empty shop spaces in Disneyland Park were once again open for business. A new candy shop opened in Fantasyland on Wednesday and a designer purse and jewelry shop opened in New Orleans Square on Friday. Read on for more pictures and details.
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Mickey Mouse Conducts World of Color’s Dancing Fountains
Disneyland pre-released a cute television spot that begins airing May 31 promoting the new World of Color nighttime show at Disney’s California Adventure. The show is billed as a spectacular that “weaves water, color, fire, and light into a kaleidoscope of fantasy and imagination.” The commercial features Mickey Mouse making mischief similar to “The Sorcerer’s…