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(News | Source: Tallahassee Democrat)
Walt Disney World is dropping its sponsorship of the Florida Classic after 10 years of sponsorship. The Florida Classic is an annual game between Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman University. The game will continue to be played at the Citrus Bowl but will be looking for a new lead sponsor.
“We [...]

(News | Source: Local 6)
A scam artist has conned a number of Disney hotel guests out of hundreds to thousands of dollars in the past few weeks. Orange County Sheriffs belive the scam artist would hang out in the hotel lobby and listen in on conversations of the guests. They would then call [...]

(News | Source: Market Wire)
Disney announced the launch of it’s newest studio Stage 9 Digital Media. This studio is focused on creating original, short series specifically geared towards being distributed on the Internet. Squeegees is the studios first show to be released on ABC.com and YouTube today. The show will be sponsored [...]

(News | Source: Centre Daily)
Disney Interactive Studios has announced it will be releasing Ultimate Band which is a Guitar Hero style game. The game will be released for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems. Disney is working with rock, alternative, pop, emo and indie rock bands to allow friends and family to play [...]

(News | Source: Jim Hill Media)
The Liberty Square bridge seems to be having structural issues and causing concerns for Reedy Creek officials. According to photos and an article posted on Jim Hill Media, Disney has put up structural supports and have been looking at the potential of re-routing parades. If the bridge is [...]

(News | Source: Everything USB)
A-Data has created a 2 gigabyte flash drive in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head that is extremely fast. The drive averages 30 megabytes per second when reading files. Instead of a retractable connector, one of the ears detaches to reveal a mini thumb drive while the other ear [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
The Reedy Creek Improvement District is opening its latest fire station located behind the Magic Kingdom. This fire station will service the Magic Kingdom and surrounding resorts. It is built with Bahamian architecture and cost about $5.5 million to build. The new station will be slightly larger but [...]

(News | Source: Sydney Morning Herald)
The Walt Disney Company is apparently looking at property on Sydney Harbor according to the Australian State Government. The government received an unsolicited discussion with the company about the redevelopment of White Bay. A spokesman for the government would not elaborate and neither would Disney.
John Nicoletti, a Walt [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
The Walt Disney Company has gotten approval to sell time shares in the new 15 story tower being built next to the Contemporary Resort. Disney has also titled the building The Kingdom Tower in documents that have been filed with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Disney [...]

(News | Source: All American Patriots)
Melissa Dixon has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand. She is a native of Melbourne, Australia who will be relocating from the Disney Channel’s regional office in Hong Kong. Michael Cairns will be leaving Australia to lead [...]

(News | Source: Fox News)
A Disneyland to Las Vegas MagLev train is in the drawing boards but facing competition. A high-speed rail train is also being proposed but would not terminate in the Anaheim tourist district. The current MagLev train would carry guests from Las Vegas to Disneyland and back at over 300 [...]

(News | Source: USA Today)
The U.S. Army will be enlisting the Disney Institute to help ‘revamp attitudes’ at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. The government will be paying Disney $800,000 to run a series of four-hour trainings for its staff. The program will focus on improving customer service in the [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique will be offering a Hannah Montana makeover starting Sunday. The guests will be given a blond wig, a microphone headset, guitar purse and other items. The girls will also get to hold real guitars and pose for complimentary photos. The basic package will retail for [...]

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(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
A federal judge threw out the lawsuit that was attempting to force Walt Disney World to allow disabled guests to ride Segways in the parks. U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell dismissed the case after he agreed with Walt Disney World that none of the guests suing the park had any [...]