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For Thanksgiving weekend, Florida State University Basketball will take part in the 2009 Old Spice Classic at Disney’s Milk House according to the Orlando Sentinel. In addition to FSU, Alabama, Baylor, Creighton, Iona, Marquette, Michigan and Xavier will be invited to the classic. This is the fourth year for the Old Spice Classic at the [...]

Media Week is reporting that the Walt Disney Company is closing the magazine Wondertime, a parenting magazine. After March, the magazine will no longer be available and the online content will be folded into Disney’s other family-focused web sites. Disney will mainly be laying off editors for the magazine as most of the other staff [...]

The Walt Disney Company will buyout 619 executives at it’s U.S. resorts. 313 of the buyouts are being made for executives at Walt Disney World, Disney Vacation Club and Disney Cruise Line. The company is doing this to cut costs during a worsening recession and plans to layoff employees if enough of the buyout packages [...]

The Walt Disney Company finalized a deal to outsource 10 jobs dealing with document and package handling at 5 of its business and convention centers. Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts, Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, and Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort were the resorts with the change. The [...]

The New Orleans Museum of Art will present the Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from November 15, 2009 to March 14, 2010. This will be a major exhibit featuring 600 original artworks that shaped Disney animated features such as Snow White to The Princess and The Frog, Disney’s upcoming animated film. [...]

Danielle Farve, a writer for the Examiner.com, has written up a positive review of the Netcot Podcast. Originally she had written an article earlier this week discussing her favorite Disney podcasts when her readers recommended the Netcot podcast.

Robert Iger, Disney’s CEO, received $51.1 million in compensation from the company during the fiscal 2008 year. Most of the money came as stock options since his salary was $2 million and a $13.9 million performance-related bonus.

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting Peter H. Dominick Jr., has passed away from a heart attack while cross-country skiing near Aspen. Dominick was the architect who designed the Wilderness Lodge in the 1990s. His firm also designed the Animal Kingdom Lodge and the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland.

The Orlando Sentinel has confirmed that the Cinderella Castle Royal Suite will remain open in a limited basis in 2009. The “Year of a Million Dreams” being replaced by “What Will You Celebrate?” on January 1st, but the room will still be used as a prize including for promotions being run by outside companies. The [...]

Disney is pulling out of the Narnia Trilogy after two films. The first film made $740 million with a $180 million budget while Prince Caspian, the second film, only made $420 million with a $200 million budget. This sharp decline in profit prompted Disney to pull out, but Disney is officially saying they failed to [...]

Disney is planning a $449 million expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland by adding themed areas MarketWatch is reporting while the Hong Kong government, who owns 57% of the park, won’t spend a dime. The Hong Kong government will cut back the number of shares it owns to even up the deal. Both sides are currently [...]

According to Travel Agent Central, kids (the 12 and under kind) can sail free on most three-night Bahamian cruises on the Disney Wonder when accompanied by two paying guests in the same stateroom. The offer is valid for most sailings between January 22 to May 28, 2009 and covers a wide range of room types. [...]

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has won the Disney Spirit Award which is given to college football’s most inspirational figure. Tebow will be presented with the award at the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards at the Atlantic Dance Hall at Walt Disney World Resort on Thursday, December. 11th and will be televised live [...]

Vacation home burglaries are on the rise according to the Orlando Sentinel especially around Walt Disney World. The homes have had things ranging from flat screen tvs, gaming systems to iPods stolen. Polk County sheriff’s officials say that there has been a 31 percent increase in residential burglaries in the areas around Disney World. With [...]

The Bowl Championship Series, which is in charge of the NCAA football championship, is in talks with Disney to move the BCS to ESPN according to USA Today. The BCS is currently with FOX who pays about $82 million a year to show 4 out of the 5 BCS games; Disney-ABC currently has a deal [...]