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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 [...]

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 [...]

As the discounts at Walt Disney World continue, the price of a one day, one park ticket will increase from $75 to $79 (a one day, one park ticket for a child between the ages of 3-9 will now be $68), beginning Sunday.  The price to upgrade a ticket to “Park Hopper” status or “Water Park [...]

Epcot has just released this year’s list of narrators for their annual Candlelight Processional from November 27 through December 30: Isabella Rossellini Nov. 27-29 John O’Hurley Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 Steven Curtis Chapman Dec. 3-5 Anika Noni Rose Dec. 6-8 Andy Garcia Dec. 9-11 Vanessa Williams Dec. 12-14 Abigail Breslin Dec. 15-17 Whoopi Goldberg [...]

At 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 5, the Pink monorail, which was moving into the Ticket and Transportation Center, ran into the Purple monorail, which was stationary. One driver was killed while the other was injured (none of the guests riding were injured). The monorail will be shut down until further notice. Walt Disney World issued [...]

Disney Theatrical Production’s “The Little Mermaid” will have its last performance at the Rialto on Broadway on August 30, 2009. There are speculations that the show did not recover its initial investment (around $15 million) during its year and a half run. Possibilities for the show include a traveling version (with a retooled set that [...]

ABC has decided to take a retro look at promoting Castle, one of its sophomore shows, by producing one chapter at a time from Richard Castle’s debut novel Heat Wave. The first chapter will show up on ABC.com on August 10th. For the next nine weeks after that, the subsequent chapters will be released. On [...]

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Stitch’s SuperSonic Celebration, which debuted last month in Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland, will have its final performance on June 27. The ending comes as a shock to the performers who had been told that many guests and upper management liked the show. There have been no details as to if [...]

1879: Actress Lucile Watson (Song of the South) is born in Quebec, Canada. 1889: Actor Don Brodie (Barker in Pinocchio) is born in Cincinnati, OH. 1908: Actress Barbara Luddy (Kanga in many Winnie the Pooh serials, Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty, Rover in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Lady in Lady and the Tramp) is born in Great Falls, MT.  [...]

Welcome to this week’s installment of Disney’s Magic Makers where we’re taking a look at the third voice of Mickey Mouse: Wayne Allwine. Wayne Allwine was born on February 7, 1947, in Glendale, California. He started performing at an early age with his first televised appearance at age 7 on Art Linkletter’s “House Party” show. [...]

According to USA Today, Walt Disney Animation is scheduled to make its first television special for the ABC Television network. The program, labeled Prep and Landing is due out near Christmas time and was created by Chris Williams and produced by John Lasseter. Prep and Landing focuses on the North Pole Christmas Eve Command Center where elves [...]

Disney’s first foray into Motion-Capture film will be another adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In order to drum up excitement about seeing the new animation style, Disney is setting out on a 40-city train tour which includes sneak peeks and summertime snow, among other activities. More details can be found here. The tour dates/locations [...]

Earlier this week, Disney Parks launched a new way for consumers to buy signature souvenirs. WDW mouse-ear-hats, mugs, snowglobes, as well as Disneyland merchandise, will be available through www.disneyparks.com/store. Other merchandise includes t-shirts, monorail train sets, and popcorn buckets. Note: The website above currently only includes merchandise from the American parks.