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  • POSTED Thu, 11/17/2011 - 07:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Animal Kingdom Biologist Nominated for Conservation Award

    Anne Savage, Ph.D., a senior conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Kingdom, has been nominated for the Indianapolis Prize, the world's leading award for animal conservation.

    The prize comes about every two years and is awarded to one who has spent a lifetime saving endangered species. Currently, there are twenty-nine nominees, and in the spring of 2012, the Prize nominating committee will choose six finalists from that group. From those six, a jury will decide the winner. Look for that decision come mid-2012.

  • POSTED Wed, 11/16/2011 - 07:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Disney Nabs Four Thea Awards

    The Themed Entertainment Awards announced their choices for this year's Thea Awards recipients on Tuesday, naming four that were Disney-related.

    Disneyland and Walt Disney World shared an award for outstanding achievement in the "attraction refresh" category for Star Tours. The attraction reopened in May in both the California and Disney Hollywood Studios locations.

    Disney World also nabbed another award with the nightly Magic Kingdom show, "The Magic, The Memories and You." Shown on Cinderella's Castle, it received outstanding achievement in the "show spectacular" category.

  • POSTED Wed, 11/16/2011 - 01:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Braves To Conduct Spring Training At WDW

    Though we're not done with 2011 yet, the Atlanta Braves are looking forward to 2012 and spring training. This year, they'll make the trek to Florida to hold their spring training at the EPSN Wide World of Sports Complex located on the Walt Disney World Resort.

    Look for the Braves to play eighteen games at Disney, including a matchup with current World Series champs, the St. Louis Cardinals. Other teams the Braves will face in WDW are the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.

    Tickets are set to go on sale January 7, 2012 at Ticketmaster locations and through the complex's box office.

  • POSTED Tue, 11/15/2011 - 01:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    'Lion King' On Broadway Turns 14

    Disney's smash Broadway hit "The Lion King" celebrated fourteen years on the stage yesterday at the Minskoff Theate.

    Those fourteen years on Broadway have created some pretty nice stats for the show, which began November 13, 1997. First off, the show currently ranks seventh in terms of long-running Broadway musicals. It also is one of only six other shows to pass the ten year mark on Broadway and in the West End. In financial terms, "The Lion King" has grossed some 4.7 billion dollars.

  • POSTED Sun, 11/13/2011 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Disney Being Sued By A Nun Over 'Sister Act'

    It's a lawsuit over twenty years in the making. Delois Blakley recently sued Disney, claiming her 1987 autobiography, The Harlem Street Nun, was the basis for Disney's hit movie "Sister Act" and the theater production that followed.

    The same year her book came out, Blakely reportedly wrote a synopsis of the story which she sent out to the movie industry, including a producer at Tri-Star Pictures. She claims that Tri-Star expressed interest in movie rights to the story, and that another producer took the project from Tri-Star to Disney. "Sister Act" was then made.

  • POSTED Sat, 11/12/2011 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    New Character Coming to Disney Parks

    "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" is a hit show on the Disney Junior channel, and now guests will be able to see Jake himself at Disney parks.

    Starting this Sunday, November 13, fans can catch Jake at two different places. First, he'll join the Junior Play 'n Dine character meal experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios' Hollywood & Vine. In addition to catching up with Special Agent Oso, Handy Manny and "Little Einsteins" characters, guests will be able to participate in singing songs from Jake's show.

  • POSTED Fri, 11/11/2011 - 21:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Walt Disney World Will See Eleven Weddings Today

    Walt Disney World is a wedding ceremony destination for about a thousand couples every year, and today the resort will be full of wedding bells. In honor of today's date, 11-11-11, Walt Disney World will be hosting the weddings of eleven couples from eleven different states.

    Korri McFann, Worldwide Marketing & Business Development Director, Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons, says:

  • POSTED Wed, 11/09/2011 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Disney Submits Films For Oscar Consideration

    With the end of the year approaching fast, awards season is just around the corner. Recently, Disney put their hat into the Academy Awards ring, submitting four films for consideration for the Animated Feature Film category.

    The films that Disney has put to the Academy for consideration are: Disney/Pixar's Cars 2, Touchstone Pictures' Gnomeo & Juliet, ImageMover Digital's Mars Needs Moms and Winnie the Pooh from Walt Disney Animation Studios. In addition to the four from Disney, there are fifteen other films submitted to the Academy; that's a grand total of eighteen films.

  • POSTED Tue, 11/08/2011 - 23:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Disney and YouTube Strike New Partnership

    Earlier this week, Disney and YouTube announced a new partnership that looks to bring fresh content to the website of both companies.

    The partnership comes on the heels of YouTube's new original content plan, a plan that seeks to launch several new channels on the famous video website. The addition of Disney, through Disney Interactive, will help both companies reach younger generations through the online video format. For YouTube, partnering with the Disney name will give the video site a new credibility with families.

  • POSTED Mon, 11/07/2011 - 06:00 | POSTED BY Melinda Gregory
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    Walt Disney World Testing Mickey's Voice

    After all these years of silence when strolling through the park, it seems Mickey may have found his voice. There are reports coming out of the Magic Kingdom that the iconic mouse is greeting guests with words.

    It looks like Disney is giving the speaking Mickey a test run over the next few weeks. While Mickey has spoken in the past at Disneyland in 2010 and the most recent D23 Expo, this will be the first trial of him vocally interacting with guests inside a WDW park.