Month: October 2011
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Disney’s Newsies Seizes The Stage at the Paper Mill Playhouse
What do you do with a movie musical that receives reviews like “The writers have created cardboard cut-outs instead of flesh-and-blood characters,” Variety, “The film’s real trouble lies in its pointless, joyless execution,” New York Times. You stage it as a musical… naturally!
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Video: LEGOLAND Florida Peek – World’s Largest LEGO Theme Park
Saturday, October 15th marks the Grand Opening of LEGOLAND Florida, a whole theme park made from 50 million of the small, plastic, LEGO bricks. The new park is located 45 min west of the Orlando tourist mecca on the former Cypress Gardens property, and is specifically geared to younger children between the ages of 2-12. Continue…
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Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland: A Night for Families!
Not only does Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort brings possibly the best displays of theme park decor that Disney has to offer; it also brings Disneyland’s only annual hard-ticketed event – Mickey’s Halloween Party! As we have done in the past, the Disneyland Team decided to attend the first party of 2011 and share a…
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Disney Fantasy to Have Plenty of Water Play for Kids and Adults
Donald’s nephews are at it again. After creating the wildly popular AquaDuck water coaster for Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Dream, they needed to top themselves for the new Disney Fantasy. In addition to its own AquaDuck, the Fantasy will have a water play area known as the AquaLab. Continue after the break to learn all…
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Video: More Details Released for Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Disney announced the anticipated opening dates for their new Disney’s Art of Animation Resort. The 26th Disney hotel will open in phases with the Finding Nemo wing first to open on May 31, 2012. The remaining three wings will come online throughout the course of year: Cars wing – July 2012 Lion King wing – September 2012 Little Mermaid wing…
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Walt Disney World’s 40th: We Built this City on Cold Coors Beer
At this summer’s Disney D23 Expo, Marty Sklar, retired Executive Vice President and Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, hosted a panel titled “Legends of Walt Disney Imagineering.” The panel included Bob Gurr, Don Iwerks, Alice Davis, Orlando Ferrante, and current Imagineer Kim Irvine (daughter of Disney Legend Leota Toombs). They reflected on the 40th anniversary…
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Walt Disney Company and Bob Iger Sign New Agreement
On October 7, 2011, The Walt Disney Company filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission which formally reported the terms of a new employment contract between the company and President and CEO Robert A. Iger. Mr. Iger’s bonus targets increase significantly in the new agreement but, perhaps more significantly, the new employment agreement…