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(News | Source: Orlando Business Journal)
Lynx, the public bus agency in Orlando, will receive $7.36 million over the next 5 years due to an agreement between the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, the Florida Department of Transportation and Walt Disney World Resort. The money will be used to increase routes and frequency of existing [...]

(News | Source: Associated Press)

Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Hannah Montana), has signed a book deal to detail her rise to fame.tell the story of her young life, it was announced Tuesday. It was announced that the book will be partially dedicated to the guidance of Cyrus’ mother (Leticia) and her friends and family. When [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)

Paul and Karen Campanale, from Worcester, Massachusetts, were cleaning up their villa at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge preparing to leave last week when Mrs. Campanale’s three rings (engagement, wedding, and five-year-anniversary rings)
When they informed the housekeeping staff at the Lodge about the missing jewelry, the cast members warned the couple that [...]

(News | Source: Press Release)

Today, the Chief Magic Official was announced. After several months of grueling competition among 1,300 other candidates and online voting, Disney Parks and CareerBuilder.com today announced that Justin Muchoney from Seven Fields, Pa., is the first-ever Disney Parks Chief Magic Official (CMO) .
Muchoney was one of three CMO finalists, [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)

Today (also Earth Day) is a special day for Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The park turned 10 today. Yes, Animal Kingdom has been open for 10 years. The park opened in 1998 with the Oasis, Safari Village, Camp Minnie-Mickey, Africa, and Rafiki’s Planet Watch. In 1999, the [...]

(News | Source: Press Release)

Walt Disney Studios will be launching Disneynature. It is a film label with the hope that it will produce outstanding nature documentaries with the world’s top documentary filmmakers. Disneynature will be “a prestigious new production banner that will
literally go to the ends of the earth to produce major [...]

(News | Source: MediaWeek)

Radio Disney has obtained a new mobile Web site and texting program. Developed by mDisney, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group, the new site allows users with Web-enabled phones to receive Radio Disney information, listen to streaming content, view the last 10 songs played on the station, request [...]

(News | Source: The Hollywood Reporter)

HBO has bought the rights to air 85 feature films from Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
Films included in this library are “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “National Treasure” and “The Princess Diaries” from Disney; “Finding Neverland,” “Sin City” and the Oscar-winning “Chicago” from Miramax; and [...]

(Editorial | Source: Disney)
This week, a letter from Marty Sklar the Executive Vice President for Walt Disney Imagineering, appeared on Disney fan sites all over the internet. The letter (found here) states that Sklar and others at WDI have been carefully considering what to do with the classic “Its a Small World” attraction for many [...]

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(News | Source: Associated Foreign Press)

On April 15, 1983, the first Disney theme park outside of the continental United States opened. It was designed by Walt Disney Imagineers to look like its sister park in Florida and the mother park in California and named Tokyo Disneyland. It is made up of the World [...]

(News | Source: Animation Magazine)
Ollie Johnston, the last member of Disney’s legendary ‘Nine Old Men’ of animation, passed away. His work goes back to the 1935 cartoon Mickey’s Garden and he has helped animate more than 24 films including Snow White, Fantasia, Song of the South and Sleeping Beauty. He retired in 1978 [...]

(News | Source: LA Times)

If you go to Disneyland around May 22, be aware of your surroundings. Especially in Adventureland.
According to the LA Times, the Anaheim theme park is looking for an actor to play Jones, an adventurer in his late 40s, able to spout off comedic lines, able to interact with children and [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)

Hail to the…Mouse?!?!
Disney Cruise Line will open a London office this summer. About 20 employees will be stationed in Great Britain, though not all will come from existing offices in Central Florida. The London office will be run by Disney Cruise Line’s Senior Vice President, Tom Wolber. [...]

(News | Source: Cinematical)

Pixar has announced that a short named “Presto” is set to appear before WALL*E (set to premier June 27).
Presto, a five-minute short, focuses on a magician’s rabbit, Alec, who becomes disgruntled after his master becomes famous for a rabbit-in-the-hat trick. As his master goes out for lavish dinners, Alec is left [...]