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POSTED Sat, 06/15/2013 - 20:09 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Main Street Bakery First Look!

We've been talking about it over on the forums for a couple of weeks now, but our good friends over at the Disney Food Blog have a first look into the brand new Main Street Bakery! A few select guests have been receiving dining vouchers to test out the renovated diggs on Main Street and new home to Walt Disney World's first Starbucks location!

POSTED Sat, 10/20/2012 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Disney Being Sued by Stan Lee Media

Recently, Stan Lee Media has filed a suit against the Walt Disney Co. seeking "billions of dollars of profit" while claiming they own the rights to Marvel characters such as Iron Man and Spider Man.

Stan Lee, creator of many of the popular Marvel characters, no longer is associated with Stan Lee Media. That company says Lee gave it the rights to the characters back in 1998, but then assigned the same rights to Marvel about a month later.

In this latest suit, Stan Lee Media states:

POSTED Thu, 05/31/2012 - 14:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Fundraising Efforts To Save Walt Disney's First Animation Studio

News out of the nation's heartland has it that a fundraising group is battling to save Walt Disney's first animation studio. The Kansas City based Laugh-O-Gram, where Walt Disney got his start in animation back in 1922, is the focus of a fundraising push to raise some $2 million.

POSTED Mon, 02/06/2012 - 23:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Patricia Disney Dead At Age 77

Patricia A. Disney died theis past Friday, February 3, of Alzheimer's disesae. She was the ex-wife of Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney's nephew; the two were married for over 50 years.

Born in New Orleans in 1935, Patricia moved to Toluca Lake, California, at the age of 6. There, she grew up as a neighbor of Roy Disney. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked in New York in the advertising field before marrying Disney in 1955. The two went on to have four children and divorced in 2007.

A statement from Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co., said of Patricia:

POSTED Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Sources Say Disney Family Could Bid On Dodgers

The list of those who could potentially bid on the L.A. Dodgers may include the Disney family. According to sources, the family of the late Roy Disney has turned to their family investment firm manager, Stanley Gold, in an effort to bid on the major league baseball team.

Being an owner of a major sports team is not new for the Disney family; they once owned the Angels before selling the team in 2002.

POSTED Sat, 12/10/2011 - 07:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Plans For Disney Hotel Near Washington, D.C., Canceled

Plans for a Disney hotel in our nation's capital have been scrapped. Disney recently announced they will not be pursuing the building of a hotel in Washington, D.C., though they spent some $11 million to acquire land for the project just three years ago.

Back in 2009, Disney bought fifteen acres of property on the outskirts of the District of Columbia in hopes of constructing a standalone, Disney-themed hotel. The move was part of a larger strategy to build such hotels and even mini theme parks at various locations throughout the country.

POSTED Fri, 09/30/2011 - 22:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Disney Receives Award From Jane Goodall Institute

Last weekend, the Walt Disney Company was acknowledged by The Jane Goodall Institute at an event in Hollywood. The company received the Global Leadership Award for Corporate Social Responsibility last Saturday.

Dr. Jane Goodall handed over the award to senior vice president of corporate citizenship Beth Stevens, Ph.D. The doctor remarked on the company carrying out the legacy of Walt Disney with its commitment to global responsibility. Disney received the award because of its "long-standing efforts to make the world a better place."

POSTED Wed, 07/27/2011 - 09:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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Walt Disney's Home in California For Sale

The house of the man behind Mickey and friends is now on the market. Walt Disney's Los Feliz estate, aptly named Working Way Residence, has been listed for $3.65 million.

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POSTED Wed, 05/29/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Disney Cast Members Couch to 5K Plus

The fun and inventive runDisney events have been inspiring Disney fans around the world to get up off the couch and get moving. But the Walt Disney Company's commitment to health and fitness isn't just about getting guests to visit the property. Since 2011 hundreds of Cast Members have been taking steps in the right direction to become more active.

POSTED Sat, 04/27/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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2014 Princess Half Marathon Weekend Gets A Royal Up-Do!

Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort has become one of the premier women's running events in the nation, and next year it's getting royal addition! Princesses will be able to challenge themselves even more with an Enchanted 10K and a two-race challenge to add a little more bling to your castle.

POSTED Mon, 04/22/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Voyage With The Pirates of the Caribbean in Adventureland

The original Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland was the last attraction that Walt Disney oversaw the construction of, opening just three months after his death in 1967. The attraction earned raves from guests and by popular demand a version of the attraction debuted at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida on December 15, 1973.

POSTED Thu, 04/04/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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The DFB Mini-Guide to Magic Kingdom Snacks e-Book, 2013 Edition is Out!

Our friends at the Disney Food Blog have done it again, with 119 pages of everything you could possibly want to know about Snacking at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom! The DFB Mini-Guide to Magic Kingdom Snacks e-Book, 2013 Edition is out now for your fun and foodie pleasure.

POSTED Wed, 03/27/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Touring Tips for Disney's Animal Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom is one of the most unique theme parks that Disney offers, themed entirely around animal conservation, it showcases the love and dedication that Walt Disney himself had to conservation of our natural world. The fourth Park to be built at the Walt Disney World property, Animal Kingdom offers guests so much more than your typical animal park.

POSTED Fri, 03/15/2013 - 05:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Disney Springs Plans Unveiled

Yesterday The Walt Disney Company confirmed rumors that we had previously reported about a facelift coming to the Downtown Disney area.

POSTED Tue, 03/12/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room at the Magic Kingdom

The Enchanted Tiki Room is one of the signature attractions in Adventureland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Present since opening day in 1971, it debuted as the 'Tropical Serenade' an almost identical copy of Walt's classic Disneyland hit.

POSTED Mon, 02/04/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Mysterious "1952" Disney Movie Project Renamed "Tomorrowland"

On Jan. 28, Walt Disney Studios announced that its live-action film formerly known as "1952" will now be titled "Tomorrowland." It's a project shrouded in mystery and suspense with very little known about what the movie actually is. Disney fans and movie buffs alike have bantered about many possibilities for this film, since word of the project got out.

POSTED Mon, 01/28/2013 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus Questions Disney on MyMagic+

Last week Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger received a letter from the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, Edward Markey, (D- Mass). The letter called the company on the carpet and demanded answers to seven multi-part questions about the collection of personal date from guests, with a focus on youth.

POSTED Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:05 | POSTED BY Kristen Kirk
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Disney Celebrates “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” at the 124th Rose Parade

The 124th Rose Parade on January 1, 2013, marks 75 years of the Walt Disney Company's involvement with the Pasadena, California New Year's Day institution.