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(News | Source: Money/CNN)
In a new agreement with the Walt Disney Company, Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. will begin to remodel 236 and ‘maintenance refresh’ for 165 of its licensed Disney Stores located in malls across the country. Children’s Place was actually in breach of contract due to not refurbishing the stores earlier. [...]

(News | Source: Thats Racin’)
The Richard Petty Driving Experience will be hosting the Save Driving Program at the Walt Disney World Speedway from September 29th to 30th. The program attempts to prevent or reduce highway crashes in high-risk young drivers. The program takes students into six compromising driving situations in a controlled environment [...]

(News | Source: Fox News)
Tony Guerra of Kissimmee was arrested today for sending child-pornography to an undercover agent in Australia. Guerra was an employee of Walt Disney World working in the food service area of Disney-MGM Studios until his arrest. He is currently in Marion County Jail until his first federal court date.
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(Commentary | Source: American Surveyor (PDF)
The American Surveyor, a magazine written for land surveyors, has written about Bill Hart who was the original surveyor for Walt Disney World when it was originally under construction. The article talks about how the surveyor would have to walk through miles of swamps infested with Cotton Mouths and [...]

(News | Source: M&C)
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is currently in talks with Walt Disney Pictures to be in the remake of the 1975 movie Escape to Witch Mountain. The movie is based on Alexander Key’s novel that follow a brother and sister who have paranormal powers and flee a man determined to exploit their [...]

(News | Source: Detroit Free Press)
Gregory Reed, an entertainment lawyer from Detroit, is loaning the booking papers for Rosa Parks to be placed on display at the American Adventure pavilion in Epcot. The documents are from when Parks was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. [...]

(News | Source: Malaysian Sun)
Buddy Sheffield, an Emmy-nominated writer, has filed a law suit against the Walt Disney Company for allegedly stealing his concept for a show named ‘Rock and Roland’. The show he pitched to the Walt Disney Company had a boy who goes to school using an alias while being a rock [...]

(News | Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
High School Musical 2 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in extended editions on December 11th in time for Christmas. This version will have bonus material including music videos, sing-along and karaoke. Some of the bonus will include a musical number Troy and Sharpay rehearse [...]

(News | Source: Florida Today)
The crew of shuttle Endeavour STS-118 will be guests of honor in ceremonies at Walt Disney World on September 10th. This will be the first official appearance of the crew since returning to earth on Tuesday. Guests and school children will be able to interact and greet the astronauts [...]

(News | Source: San Jose Mercury News)
Over the weekend, Greenpeace activists sneaked into Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and changed several incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. They also setup a banner stating “Mickey harms the global climate” to protest Hong Kong Disneyland’s energy management. Greenpeace says that the two lobby chandeliers [...]

With the end of the summer tourist season at Walt Disney World, changes start to happen at the resort. This week saw the end of a few parades and the opening of a playground that sits where 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was.

Sunday, August 28, 1994 — The Art of Disney opened at Downtown [...]

(News | Source: Brandon Sun)
Martin Short has stated that the new film at O Canada! will provide a more realistic view of Canada than the original film from 1982. “I know I play different characters . . . I know at one point I play a cowboy and a guy from Cirque du Soleil. [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
The Orange County Sheriff’s office is looking for more witnesses to an attack by Victoria Walker on Aimee Krause. Walker thought Krause had skipped line at the Mad Tea Party on May 27th. Krause, of Clearmont, Florida, suffered serious injury to her head and neck. Walker, 51 of Aniston, [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
The Walt Disney Company has spent millions lobbying the U.S. Congress to ease travel restrictions on international travelers which could be a boon for the Disney Parks. The new law, signed by President Bush, could allow more countries to send tourists to the United States without a visa. Currently, [...]

(News | Source: Walt Disney World Website)
Disney is launching ‘Little Ones Travel Time’ on August 26 and will last till October 28. The events are geared towards preschoolers and will feature Playhouse Disney in Concert, Little Ones Magic Hour, and Play ‘n’ Dine at Hollywood & Vine.
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