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(News | Source: Orange County Register)
Mayor Curt Pringle of Anaheim, California, has proposed to build a monorail to connect the tourist area with a planned transportation hub. He is planning on seeking funding from private businesses to build a monorail from Disneyland area to the proposed Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. The mayor [...]

(News | Source: CNN)
Wal-Mart will be partnering with Disney to bring more affordable Hannah Montana merchandise and activities in 2008. The company will be offering more than 140 unique Hannah Montana inspired products. These will include apparel, footwear, handbags, cosmetics, bedding, room decor, games, and music.
“Beginning now and continuing through the fall, parents [...]

(News | Source: Euro 2 Day)
Citigroup has downgraded Disney’s stock to sell fearing that traffic to the theme parks may weaken due to slowing consumer spending. Citigroup said the probability of hotel room sell-out at Walt Disney World has fallen and that Disney appears to be dropping last-minute prices and forward booking prices. [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
The Inkas Wasi is a musical group from South America that play music taking from the heritage of Peru’s indigenous Incas. They play a variety of drums, flutes, pipes and stringed instruments. You can catch them at the main entrance plaza and near the Tree of Life. More [...]

(News | Source: TV Week)
Disney has appointed Tim Connolly as the vice president of mobile distributions for the company. This is a new position that was created to oversee efforts in creating relationships within the wireless industry for ABC, Disney and ESPN. The primary focus of the position will be the distribution of [...]

(News | Source: World Screen)
Disney-ABC International has hired Naomi Joseph as the executive director of format development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Joseph will oversee production of reality and entertainment formats in this part of the world. She will also work closely with sales teams in those markets.
Joseph said “I’m thrilled [...]

(News | Source: Netcot.com interview with Disney Cast Member Gene)
A cast member at Walt Disney World confirmed today that the location formerly known as the Treehouse Villas officially closed last week. This resort has been unavailable for guests to say at for several years. Since that closure, the resort has been used for a number [...]

(News | Source: Times Online)
Euro Disney, who operates Disneyland Resort Paris, announced a 20 percent jump in first-quarter revenues bringing it closer to being profitable. The park has reported a strong growth in visitor numbers, guest spending and hotel occupancy. The opening of new attractions have been credited with the improvements.

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company)
The Inaugural Expedition Everest Challenge 5K trek will be hosted at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on September 27, 2008. The challenge will go through the dark and exotic terrain of the park. There will be a exclusive after-hours party for those involved with the event. Teams can register [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Marilyn Piazza, of New York, is suing the Disney Cruse Line in federal court, blaming the cruise line for her husbands death. She claims her husband, Santo L. Piazza, died due to a poorly designed threshold and the ship’s medical staff misdiagnosed him. The Piazza’s were on a 11 [...]

(News | Source: Netcot.com on-site at DAKL Resort)
The next Disney Vacation Club Resort scheduled to open is an addition to the Animal Kingdom Lodge resort. Netcot was on location today to take some updated photos of how the construction is progressing. Click for a (much) larger image.

(News | Source: Orlando Business Journal)
Ghirardelli Soda Fountain And Chocolate Shop at Downtown Disney will be redesigned while remaining open. Cuhaci & Peterson Architects LLC of Orlando have already started working on the redesign for the store and should be done in March. The project will include a chocolate tower, flat-screen televisions on [...]

(News | Source: First Coast News)
Auditions for America’s Got Talent will begin tomorrow at Walt Disney World. Guests can show up at the Royal Plaza Hotel at Downtown Disney to perform. The auditions are done in front of the show’s producers who will be deciding what will appear on the show. NBC [...]

(News | Source: Florida Today)
Dale Bowe, a band teacher for Port Charlotte High School in Florida, has been accused of molesting male students during trips to Walt Disney World. A student claimed he fell asleep in the pool at a resort and found the teacher molesting him. The teacher would take students on [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain was in Orlando this week and discussed the on-site health clinic being built at Walt Disney World. McCain said that the Walt Disney Company had “achieved a level of health care provision for employees there that’s been a model and attracted a lot of international [...]