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(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Spaceship Earth is slated to reopen to the public today after six months of refurbishment. Bob Zalk, the show’s producer, said the new storyline is about innovations and how they will inspire the next generation. The updates feature new show scenes, lighting effects, costumes, musical score and narration by Judy [...]

(News | Source: WIS TV) The Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, has two new African elephants in a deal with Walt Disney World. Disney’s Animal Kingdom sent two elephants named Robin, 37, and Petunia, 34, to the Riverbanks Zoo. Animal Kingdom received an elephant from the zoo to mate and expand the gene pool [...]

(News | Source: North West Florida Daily News) The man who was found dead after riding Expedition Everest died of natural causes relating to a pre-existing cardiac issue; in short a heart attack. Jeffery Chalmers Reeb of Navarre, Florida has been identified as the man who passed away. He had his fatal heart attack within [...]

(News | Source: Blu-Ray News) Disney issued a rare pre-announcement indicating that it will release Enchanted on Blu-ray around Easter (late March). The Blu-ray will include three making-of features, deleted scenes and outtakes. Additionally, it will include a game titled ‘D-Files’. The suggested retail price for the disc will be $34.98.

(News | Source: Dark Reading) CyberStreetSmart.org, a branch of the New York Public Interest Research Group, has given the Walt Disney Company’s shopping web site poor privacy marks. Disneyshopping.com received a poor rating due to its privacy policy language being ‘very technical and lengthy’ which may be hard for people to understand.

(News | Source: Gaming Today) Disney has released a mobile game based on Disney’s Enchanted. The game features animated characters being dropped into modern day New York City and is designed for casual players and involved numerous levels. The story behind the mobile game is the same as the film.

(News | Source: Vancouver Sun) Jennifer Porter, who teaches religious studies at Memorial University in Newfoundland Canada, has begun a tongue-in-cheek course titled Religion and Disney: Not Just Another Mickey Mouse Course. In her course, students will learn about the life and faith of Walt Disney. In most of his movies and film, she indicates [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) A woman staying at the Disney’s Pop Century resort escaped from an attempted rape at the resort. The woman was walking along a path at the resort around 5:50 p.m. when a man knocked her into some tall bushes. He then reached into her pockets and attempted to steal her [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) A man was found unconscious and unresponsive after riding Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom today. The 44 year old man was transported by Reedy Creek paramedics to Celebration Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The ride was operating properly this morning but has been closed for the day.

(News | Source: Malaysian Sun) Actor Nicolas Cage wants Disney to build a new ride based on the Disney movie franchise National Treasure in which he stars. The Actor is a huge fan of theme parks and would love to see himself in a rollercoaster. “My biggest thrill would be if Disney was so happy [...]

(News | Source: Reuters) Walt Disney’s ESPN will expand its presence on Sirius Satellite Radio by allowing simulcasts of some of its shows. The multi-year contract extension will allow Sirius to broadcast a new talk show called ESPN The Magazine and SportsCenter. Currently ESPNNews and ESPN Radio are broadcast on both Sirius and XM Radio.

(News | Source: Reuters India) The Hong Kong government has indicated that Hong Kong Disneyland only attracted over 4 million in its second year indicating a fall of more than 20 percent. Last year the park attracted 5.2 million visitors which was also lower than expected. The park has suffered due to its small size [...]

(News | Source: Central Florida News) Disney threw out three teams who were participating in the Pop Warner Super Bowl competition due to a fight between some of their athletes. Two teams were from Hawaii while the other team was from Baltimore; all the teams were staying on Disney property. Disney policy is to force [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Based on votes from 167,000 travel agents and tourism professionals, Walt Disney World was voted the world’s leading theme park. The vote, run by World Travel Awards, was presented at The Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa in the Caribbean. Additionally, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin was named [...]

(Attraction update | Link) Spaceship Earth in EPCOT has been updated (that part probably isn’t news to anyone). Friend of Netcot, Tim from TheMagicInPixels.com emailed me a link with some great photos from the attraction. For those of you who want a spoiler to what’s changed in the attraction, this is a great set of [...]