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  • Video: Give A Scoop Of Hope By Having Ice Cream For Breakfast

    Ice Cream For Breakfast is an awareness and fundraising campaign for Give Kids The World (GKTW).  Families at GKTW enjoy ice cream any time of the day, and the idea for the campaign came from one former Wish Family who celebrates the anniversary of their trip to GKTW by eating ice cream for breakfast just…

  • “Weird Al” Yankovic Performs At Universal Orlando’s Hard Rock Live

    “Weird Al” Yankovic is the king of pop culture parody, and has sold more comedy records than any other artist in history.  In a career spanning over three decades, he has amassed 30 Gold and Platinum albums, 7 Gold and Platinum-certified home videos and 3 Grammy Awards (with another 11 nominations). “Weird Al” Yankovic is…

  • The Shopping Theme Park: Prime Outlets Orlando

    You conquered a roaring Yeti, flying elephants, and spitting camels.  You met a 6-foot mouse, bedazzled princesses, and a bear named Pooh.  You splashed each other in the resort pool, sped down waterslides, and maybe even rode on a water mouse.  So what’s left to do?  Maybe you forgot Central Florida’s other theme.  Of course…

  • D23 Announces Scavenger Hunt and Destination D Schedule

    Disney’s official fan community, D23, will hold its fall event at the Disneyland Resort September 24-25th in Anaheim, CA.  Instead of the full scale D23 Expo held in September 2009, a slimmed down “Destination D” event will be offered to highlight the history of the 55th Anniversary of the original Disney theme park.  To cap…

  • One Minute Peek at the Walt Disney Archive Treasures

    Moviefone Minute was at the recent 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Walt Disney Archives and its Founder and Chief Archivist Dave Smith.  They released this short video recorded directly at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA. In the video Jenna Busch speaks with Dave Smith, and he shows Ticket #1 for Disneyland once owned…

  • Happy 4th of July!

    Happy 4th of July from your friends at The DIS and DIS Unplugged!  At Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Mickey Mouse and friends celebrate with special fireworks displays and entertainment all across the resort.  No matter how you choose to celebrate, we hope you all have a happy and safe holiday weekend with your friends…

  • Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter: The Importance of Being Twelve

    Tony Baxter, the Senior Vice President of Creative Development for Walt Disney Imagineering and the Creative Executive for Disneyland, recently gave the keynote address at the Creative Problem Solving Institute titled “Designing for Disney: Patterns that Embolden Successful Innovation.”  A fitting subject for someone who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Themed Entertainment Association in…