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DisZine Obama to address Latino leaders at Disney day after RomneyWFTV OrlandoPresident Barack Obama is headed to Walt Disney World Friday to speak to the same group of Latino leaders to which presidential candidate Mitt Romney …Mitt Romney greets attendees at the NALEO conference at Disney's …Tbo.comRomney, Obama visits could snarl traffic near airport,...
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International Business Times Disney squeezes more cash out of annual passesOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel Two years after Walt Disney World rolled out monthly payment plans designed to make its annual passes more affordable to a wider pool of consumers, the giant resort is now aggressively raising the prices of those same …Universal...
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SunHerald.com Disney right, New York wrong when it comes to food rulesOrlando SentinelDisney gave us an example last week of the right way. The entertainment and theme-park giant announced it would ban advertising of sugary and salty foods aimed at kids on its television channels, radio stations and websites. And Mickey is soon going...
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Examiner.com Disney's still biggest theme-park owner, but others are growingOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel The Walt Disney Co. is still the theme-park industry's 800-pound gorilla, but the 200-pound gorillas behind it are growing quickly. A closely watched industry report last week found that Walt Disney …Walt Disney World raises...
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Examiner.com Can a $ 100 Disney ticket be far off?Orlando SentinelHe could tweak a cartoon or a ride in just the right way to make it sell among the throngs of middle-class families who propelled Disney into a superstar brand. But the company is not too far off from a change that could, in...
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Bay News 9 Disney World raises one-day ticket price to $ 89Orlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel A little more than a week after Universal Orlando raised its theme-park ticket prices, Walt Disney World followed — by boosting the price of its most basic ticket to $ 1 more than its smaller rival.Walt Disney...
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New Disney Art of Animation hotel opens door to technological upgradesOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel What may be the most interesting feature in Disney's Art of Animation Resort can be found in the most mundane of places: the doors. All of the hotel rooms in Walt Disney World's new, $ 350 million hotel,...
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Report: Disney Fantasy cruise ship rescues 4 men in raft off Key WestOrlando SentinelFour men in a raft near Key West were rescued by the Disney Fantasy cruise ship, Central Florida News 13 reports. The four men were signaling for help when spotted by the crew of the Fantasy, which was sailing from Port...
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Disney awards youth troupeOrlando SentinelBy Debbie Manis, Staff Writer Walt Disney World's Helping Kids Shine grants, a program the region's largest employer has underwritten since 1972, awarded $ 1.5 million in grants to 59 organizations in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Polk counties … Disney – Google News Related Posts:Disney worker, youth pastor and...
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Boston Herald Brush fire closes Interstate 4 near Disney World in OrlandoCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — A brush fire in Orlando near Disney World prompted authorities to bar traffic in both directions along a major highway running through the central Florida city, a police spokeswoman said. Large plumes of white and gray...
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A brush fire in Orlando near Disney World prompted authorities to bar traffic in both directions along a major highway running through the central Florida city, a police spokeswoman said. Disney – Yahoo! News Search Results Related Posts:Brush fire closes Interstate 4 near Disney World in Orlando – CNNFlorida brush fire temporarily closes Interstate...
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Disney, Universal ads appear next to sex linksOrlando SentinelBy Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel Walt Disney World ads featuring Mickey Mouse promoting travel and hotel deals ran alongside online links for sex shops, nudist resorts and other adult services, a report released Thursday shows.and more » Disney – Google News Related Posts:Disney ads appear next to...
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Disney ads appear next to sex linksOrlando SentinelBy Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel Walt Disney World ads featuring Mickey Mouse promoting travel and hotel deals ran alongside online links for sex shops, nudist resorts and other adult services, a report released Thursday shows. Disney – Google News Related Posts:Disney, Universal ads appear next to sex...
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Otago Daily Times Disney delivers grant checks to local children's charitiesOrlando SentinelSo when the chief mouse himself — along with Walt Disney's president of operations for the US and France, Meg Crofton — filed in for a visit Monday at Quest, Katie Porta's jaw dropped. "Oh, you're kidding!" said Porta, president of Quest, …Otago...
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Forbes Disney's Star Wars Weekends strike backOrlando Sentinel (blog)By Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel When you see Imperial Stormtroopers standing guard above the turnstiles at Disney's Hollywood Studios, you have to know it's not just another day at the theme park. It's time for the 12 t h edition of Star Wars …Star Wars And...
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Free iPhone App Helps Navigate Orlando Theme ParksSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)Shoreline Animation, the name behind several top-ranked 'Travel' category mobile apps, has released an updated version of one of its popular iPhone Apps. The new version of the app 'Disney World Maps and Guides' includes Universal Orlando maps and …and more » Disney –...
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Free iPhone App Helps Navigate Orlando Theme ParksSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)Shoreline Animation, the name behind several top-ranked 'Travel' category mobile apps, has released an updated version of one of its popular iPhone Apps. The new version of the app 'Disney World Maps and Guides' includes Universal Orlando maps and …and more » Disney –...
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Appeals court hears Disney thrill-ride suitOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel A 10-year-old lawsuit that alleges Walt Disney World's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror thrill ride caused a man's stroke is still alive in the courts. Lawyers for Disney and Marvin Cohen, … Disney – Google News Related Posts:Disney Princess:...
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Fanlala Disney film 'Chimpanzee' makes world premiere in OrlandoOrlando Sentinel (blog)Goodall and the crew behind "Chimpanzee," the latest documentary from Disneynature, posed for cameras outside the AMC Downtown Disney theater before heading in for the film's world premiere. For more than 50 years, Goodall, who jokingly calls herself …Disney "Chimpanzee" world premiere brings out...
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Central Florida News 13 Disney film 'Chimpanzee' makes world premiere in OrlandoOrlando SentinelGoodall and the crew behind "Chimpanzee," the latest documentary from Disneynature, posed for cameras outside the AMC Downtown Disney theater before heading in for the film's world premiere. Narrated by Tim Allen, the film follows the story of Oscar, …Disney's Newest Social...
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Inside the Magic Taking the Kids — Aboard Disney's new FantasyOrlando SentinelAs soon as you sit down for dinner at Animator's Palate aboard the new Disney cruise ship Fantasy, your server hands you a green marker and a special placemat and instructs you and the kids to draw your own character within the blue...
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Inside the Magic Disney chairman Tom Staggs on Fantasy, FantasylandOrlando SentinelBy Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel With the Disney Fantasy cruise line now on its maiden voyage to the Caribbean, many Disney Cruise Line fans are wondering if the company will add another a ship — the fifth — to its fleet.Disney's Fantasy: Building on...
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Room rates rising in Disney-owned hotelsOrlando SentinelBy Sara K. Clarke and Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel In what is a promising sign for the health of Orlando's tourism industry — though maybe not so great a thing for tourists planning trips here — hotel rates at Walt Disney World continue to trend up.Tips for simple...
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Reedy Creek adjusts when Disney's land value changesOrlando SentinelWhen Orange County property appraisers decided to lower the value of Walt Disney World's theme-park land in 2010, the reductions wound up having little effect on the governments that Disney itself controls: the Reedy Creek Improvement District and the … Disney – Google News Related Posts:Changes...
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Changes cut Disney's tax bill $ 1.8M over 2 yearsOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel It was the summer of 2010 and profit margins were down at Walt Disney World. The giant resort had been forced to reduce prices amid a weak economy. Managers were searching for ways to trim costs. One place they...
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SILive.com (blog) Disney Fantasy: 'Wishes' stage show has 'High School Musical' vibeOrlando SentinelBy Dewayne Bevil Orlando Sentinel Although "Disney Wishes," the new original stage show on the Disney Fantasy, has a specific tie to the "Wishes" fireworks at Magic Kingdom, the overall production is a broad, seafaring attempt to salute land-based …Disney Fantasy takes...
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Disney hotel will try new take on basicsOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel When the first phase of Disney's Art of Animation Resort opens in May, Walt Disney World will use it to test new approaches with some of the hotel's fundamental features. Consider the front desk.and more » Disney –...
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Inside the Magic Rooms in new Disney hotel will open ahead of scheduleOrlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel Walt Disney World said Thursday that it will complete construction of its newest hotel ahead of schedule, ensuring more of the rooms will be available for rent during the busy summer months.Disney Announces Opening Dates For...
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Disney's Avatar land expected in 2015Orlando SentinelBy Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel A new land themed around the "Avatar" movie franchise is likely to open in Disney's Animal Kingdom "sometime in 2015," according to the Walt Disney Co.'s top executive. Disney President and Chief …Disney parks work on Avatar, Marvel themesOrlando...
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