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(News | Source: Toy News Online) Disney will release its first interactive DVD game on November 12, 2007, for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘High School Musical’. The Pirates game has players following the plot of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’, and completing challenges in order to find the missing pieces of their [...]

(News | Source: BBC) Disney will be delaying the third Narnia film, ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’, will be delayed until 2010. The movie is being delayed due to the “Challenging schedules for [the] young actors” a Disney spokeswoman said. The movie was originally to be released on May 2009. Discuss this on the [...]

(News | Source: Variety) Walt Disney Company has bought the rights to a cop/action movie titled ‘Nine Lives’ written by Jonathan Hensleigh for $1.75 million. The movie revolves around a Manhattan detective nick-named Nine Lives because of the number of shootings he has survived while on duty. The movie will be directed by Jerry Bruckheimer. [...]

(News | Source: PR News Wire) The Walt Disney Company has donated $10 million to the Florida Children’s Hospital to create the first hospital to carry the Disney name. The Disney-themed hospital will be 7 stories and have 200 beds. The facility is expected to be completed in 2010 and currently involves Disney Imagineers to [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Disney’s CEO Bob Iger indicated that new attractions at the parks have lured more visitors to the parks. Theme park revenue was up 6.2 percent this year at $7.84 billion and attendance has increased every year. “We think the trends are good in terms of bookings,” Iger said of Disney’s [...]

(News | Source: Silicon Alley Insider) Disney’s CFO Thomas Staggs is evaluating the options for Disney Mobile and its future. The product line has had some challenges but has received a strong response from parents. Currently the issue is the scalability of the network; Disney Mobile is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator meaning it piggybacks [...]

“A Need for Clarification” Rather than serve as a catalyst for substantive and amusing community-driven discussions, the latest YNA segments have been misinterpreted as deliberately antagonistic. This has NEVER been my goal. My intent with #001 & #004 (in addition to intermittent future installments) was to build on an idea that would culminate in a [...]

(News | Source: Orange County Register) Grand Californian Hotel and Spa at Disneyland will be adding about 250 new rooms to the hotel including the first Disney Vacation Club units on the west coast. The hotel will grow by 2.5 acres stretching south of the main hotel and will have 50 two-bedroom villas for DVC [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Walt Disney World is expanding the observance for Epcot’s 25th anniversary. The company is planning a public ‘rededication ceremony’ that will echo the original 1982 dedication. Additionally, there will be an exhibit hall dedicated to the parks first 25 years, a special IllumiNations, retro maps, menus and other souvenirs for [...]

(News | Source: Netcot) The Jack Sparrow Meet and Greet opened at Adventureland in the old Adventureland Veranda on Sunday. The meet and greet has been open during the Pirate and Princess Party but this was the first time it was open during regular hours. Netcot was live at the opening on Sunday. Discuss this [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Peru and the Dominican Republic will be featured at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Peru was featured for 10 days last year but will be part of the event full time this year. This will be the first full year for both countries to be featured. As previously [...]

(News | Source: International Business Times) Thomas Staggs, Chief Financial Officer of Walt Disney, announced that there are no plans to develop another major theme park in the United States. Staggs spoke at the Merrill Lynch Media Fall conference and said new parks were not a top priority for the company. Discuss this on the [...]

(News | Source: KESQ) Thomas Staggs, Disney’s chief financial officer, says bookings at domestic theme parks are showing no signs of a broader economic downturn. Staggs spoke at the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment conference in Los Angeles and indicated bookings are up over the same period as last year. Discuss this on the Netcot [...]

(News | Source: RTT News) On the heels of Disney.com’s record breaking number of unique visitors, Disney has partnered up with Omniture, Inc. for comprehensive online business optimization capabilities. Omniture SiteCatalyst, Omniture Discover and Omniture SearchCenter will be used on Disney’s web sites including ABC.com, Disney.com, DisneyParks.com, ESPN.com and Movies.com. Discuss this on the Netcot [...]

(News | Source: News 4 Jax) Jewel Strong, a missing Jacksonville 4 year old, has been spotted at Walt Disney World over the past 2 months. Strong was believed to have drowned on a Memorial Day vacation to Panama City, Florida a year ago. Her body was never found and presumed lost at sea. Since [...]