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(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Glamour Shots Licensing Incorporated, the franchiser of Glamour Shots photo studios, is suing Walt Disney World over Hanna Montana candy. The company says it doesn’t want its name associated with the candy packaging and filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit over the candy. The candy is packaged in a picture frame with [...]

(News | Source: FOX News) In Epcot’s Innoventions plaza, a new wind is blowing…literally. Opening in late August, “StormStruck: The Tale of Two Homes” will be a new exhibit that uses 3D technology and surround sound to put visitors in the Category 4 winds of Hurricane Charley. The creators of the exhibit want visitors to [...]

DISNEYLAND HDR SERIES: “Splash Mountain (HDR)” Click on a text link below to transfer to the Netcot.Downloads section. Then click on the “Wallpaper” folder and choose a corresponding “Attraction” folder. Click a file and drag the wallpaper to your desktop or preferred folder. -or- Click the thumbnail to be taken directly to the Wallpaper file. [...]

(News | Source: Screamscape) Screamscape, a theme park blog, has posted photos of the Treehouse Villas at Walt Disney World being demolished. The buildings will be replaced by updated treehouses that will probably be Disney Vacation Club resorts. Netcot reported on this earlier in the year along with the new plans for the buildings. Photos [...]

(News | Source: USAToday.com) Disney announced a new way to visit their Walt Disney World theme park: on-line using your computer! Guests will be able to access the website http://www.disneyworld.com/3dparks for free and be able to click around a Google Earth-like view of the theme parks. The virtual walk-through allows guests to see more information [...]

(News) WALL-E, the main character from the Disney-Pixar movie of the same name has been spotted roaming the streets of L.A. The roaming audio-animatronic is one of the latest creations from Disney Imagineering designed to roam around and interact with the guests he encounters. Below is a short video: Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink [...]

(News | Source: Twisney) Twisney.com blends social networking and short updates of sites like Twitter with Microsoft’s Virtual Earth technology to allow Disney fans around the world to see live updates from within the Disney World Resort. The site officially launched just two weeks ago and has already drawn the attention of Disney fans world-wide. [...]

(News | Source: The Globe and Mail) When the Prince Caspian video game for the Nintendo DS is released today, Disney will unveil DGamer. DGamer is a kid-friendly mobile social network in which players can create avatars, chat, and share high scores with their friends over the DS’ WiFi capability. This new social platform adds [...]

(News | Source: Associated Press) Disney is seeking to determine if high-definition commercials get people’s hearts racing more than regular ads, or if people will remember three-second video ads on their mobile phones, or if having a sports ticker crawl along the bottom of the screen is distracting or if people like it through a [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Bay Lake Tower is the latest name being used for the tower being built next to the Contemporary Resort according to the latest filings from Disney to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Additionally, paperwork has been filed to create the Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort [...]

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company) The Walt Disney Company will be adding the ESPN brand to Disney’s Wide World of Sports. The plan is still in developmental stage but will involve renaming the sports complex and incorporating different aspects of ESPN into the 220-acre facility. The project aims to connect athletes and spectators with [...]

(News | Source: WESH) Sixty seniors from Coffee County (Georgia) were given a surprise gift from Disney. These same students had spent the school ear raising money to go on a graduation trip to Disney World when, on the day of the trip, Christy Wise, the teacher in charge of booking the trip, skipped town [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel, WDW News Today) Prince Caspian will be the newest character to grace the streets of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Starting next Friday (May 16, coinciding with the movie premier), he will be available for meet-and-greets in the old making of Narnia location (Over on Mickey Avenue). Once the Journey Into Narnia: [...]

(News | Source: Flogos, Wired) Francisco Guerra, a special-effects entrepreneur in Alabama, has created a system that creates clouds up to 4 feet across and can float up to 30 miles away. Flogos, as they are named, will be used next month by the Walt Disney Company to send Mickey shaped clouds into the air [...]

(News | Source: The Hollywood Reporter) After appearing in the extremely successful Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds tour 3D movie, the Jonas Brothers will headline their own 3D concert movie. The movie will be directed by Bruce Hendricks (who also directed the Hannah Montana film). The film will be shot during their Burning Up [...]