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From here on out, new posts will be out on a semi-regular schedule. If there’s a specific person you’d like to know more about, drop a comment below. With that said, let’s take a look this week at Fred Moore. Robert Fred Moore was born on September 7, 1911 in Los Angeles, California. While attending [...]

According to the AP, The Walt Disney Company is purchasing Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in cash and stock bringing characters like Spider-Man and 5,000 other characters into the Disney universe. Disney indicated that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share plus 0.745 in Disney shares for every Marvel share they have.

If you’ve checked the latest weather news, you probably saw that the first two named storms of the season have formed: Ana and Bill. Both are out in the Atlantic Ocean on their way to the Florida coast. Ana has run aground in the Caribbean and is weakining. If she curves northward, she might dump [...]

News, stories and links featured in this week’s show: Disney World raises ticket prices and has industry analysts nervous about it. Disney has a 15 for the price of 12 offer for WDW AP holders. The Richard Petty Driving Experience shifts gears on their marketing. Disneyland area monorail: OC Register.com coverage Disneyland area monorail: Anaheim [...]

Walt Disney World has unleashed an unprecedented offer: in fear that the economy will cause annual passholders to not renew their APs, Disney is offering a 15 month annual pass for the price of 12. The promotion began on August 2nd. To utilize the offer, the passholder must be within the usual renewal window (60 [...]

Russi Taylor was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1944. As she grew up, she had a desire to work for Walt Disney. When she and her family were on a trip to Disneyland, Taylor ran into Walt, who asked what she wanted to do when she grew up. When Taylor told him that [...]

After a long hiatus, welcome back to Disney’s Magic Makers. This week, we’re focusing on Edna Disney. Edna Francis Disney was born in Reece, Kansas, on January 16, 1890, the third of six children. At a young age, she took many jobs to help support her family. It was during her stint at the Kansas [...]