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1835: Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (i.e. Mark Twain) is born in Florida, Missouri. He can be found in Epcot’s American Adventure. 1901: December 5: Walter Elias Disney is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1903: Walt Disney’s only sister, Ruth Flora Disney, is born in Chicago, Illinois. 1927: Actor Robert Guillaume (Rafiki in The Lion King movies) is born in [...]

1888: Actress Cathleen Nesbitt (Louise McKendrick in The Parent Trap-1961) is born in Chesire, England. 1911: Illustrator Paul Murry (illustrator of the Mickey Mouse comic stories between 1950-1970) is born in Missouri. 1919: Director and writer Norman Tokar (The Apple Dumpling Gang, Snowball Express, Rascal, The HOrse in the Gray Flannel Suit) is born in Newark, New [...]

1905: Actress Eleanor Audley (Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty, Lady Tremaine in Cinderella, original Madame Leota in Disneyland) is born in New York City. 1906: Writer, Disney Legend, and Imagineer, William Cottrell (Pinocchio, The Reluctant Dragon, Alice in Wonderland) is born in South Ben, Indiana. He was the first President of WED Enterprises as well as the brother-in-law of Lillian [...]

  1886: Comedian Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Albert in Mary Poppins, Those Calloways, Son of Flubber, Babes in Toyland) is born Isaiah Edwin Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1891: Composer Carl W. Stalling (Musical Director for Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho) is born in Lexington, Missouri. 1906: Actress Hermione Baddeley (Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Vanessa Rosas and Clay Shoemaker were announced as Walt Disney World’s 38th ambassador team. Rosas is an industrial engineer who started at the resort in 2000 and worked in theme park operations. Shoemaker was a member of the Dream Squad and started at the resort in 1996 when he managed [...]

ABC 9 is reporting that a Central Florida woman was limited to the number of times she could ride the Tower of Terror even though she had a prescription that said the ride helped her with her abdominal adhesions. Denise Mooty needed several surgeries a year before discovering that riding the ride relieved the pain and cut [...]

Here’s the rundown of all injuries-that required a stay of at least 24 hours in a hospital-that happened at Walt Disney World, according to the Orlando Sentinel: July 25: A 73 year-old man reported chest pain after riding DINOSAUR. July 29: A 68 year-old woman fell and broke her shoulder while exiting her Doom Buggy [...]

1891: Director Burt Gillett (The Three Little Pigs, The Moth and the Flame, The Brave Little Tailor) is born in Elmira, New York. 1903: Director, and Disney Legend, Hamilton Luske (Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins) is born in Illinois. 1911: Producer, and Disney Legend, Bill Anderson (Disneyland TV series, The Barefoot Executive, The Apple [...]

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Super Soaps Weekend at Disney World will see its last year this year. Brian Frons, the president of Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group, has said that they would rather send the soaps stars on a national tour rather than spend a single weekend in Florida. Disney’s Hollywood Studios issued [...]

Celebration Vacation is the newest Disney Parks promotion for 2009. Part of this promotion is that anyone can receive a one day Magic Your Way ticket for free on their birthday. Also included in the new promotion are new street parties, a Tomorrowland video dance party (WDW), a celebration barbecue and festive birthday party (Disneyland) [...]

Just in time for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Disney will be renaming the Disney Dining Experience (DDE). Beginning September 15th, the DDE will be renamed Tables in Wonderland. According to an e-mail from Disney, the new name will not change any of the benefits and was done to help distinguish the dining [...]

Many people have heard of the Twin Storms, but it doesn’t appear Hanna will follow in Gustav’s steps. Instead, she’s projected to flow up the eastern coast of Florida, hitting WDW, and then making landfall on the Georgia Coast. It will approach WDW around Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Stay tuned to Netcot.com, or [...]

1902: Animator and Disney Legend William Norman Ferguson (created Pluto and the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is born in New York City, NY. 1903: Animator Hugh Harman (worked on the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) is born in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. 1905: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of the [...]

Guests at the Walt Disney World Resort will be able to get into the parks a bit earlier tomorrow. All four parks will open at 8 am, DisneyQuest at 9am, and the AMC Theatres at Downtown Disney opening at 10 am. This move has been made in order to let guests enjoy an extra hour [...]

If you’re planning a trip to WDW during the next week, keep an eye on the weather. Tropical Storm Fay (Soon to be Hurricane Fay) is set to ride straight up the Floridian Peninsula and into Georgia. Therefore, all major cities in the state should keep an eye out for the storm to come ripping [...]