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Euro Disney, operator of Disneyland Paris, is upgrading its phone system from a PABX system to a computerized Voice over IP (VoIP) system. Euro Disney currently operates 15,000 phone lines at the hotels, parks and offices. This upgrade will allow employees to have profiles for their phones based on their use. Hotel [...]

(News | Source: Forbes)
Euro Disney, the company that operates Disneyland Paris, has made an operating profit of €1.3 million ($2 million) in its second quarter after reporting a lost of €36.3 million ($56.21 million) a year earlier. Additionally, sales increased 18 percent while the company said that revenues benefited from the fact easter was [...]

(News | Source: Press Release)

Today, the Chief Magic Official was announced. After several months of grueling competition among 1,300 other candidates and online voting, Disney Parks and CareerBuilder.com today announced that Justin Muchoney from Seven Fields, Pa., is the first-ever Disney Parks Chief Magic Official (CMO) .
Muchoney was one of three CMO finalists, [...]

(News | Source: Dream CMO)
Disney has announced the three Chief Magic Official finalists. The three lucky finalists are David Hawley (Roseville, California), Justin Vance Muchoney (Seven Fields, Pennsylvania), and Tripp West (Powder Springs, Georgia). These men were the top three picked by over 500,000 online voters. There next stop is the Walt [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)

As part of the Year of a Million Dreams, a Eustis, FL teenager has won the chance to be the Grand Marshal in a parade at each of the Disney Parks around the world.
His tour of duty starts Wednesday as the teenager and his family join the parade at [...]

(News | Source: Times Online)
Euro Disney, who operates Disneyland Resort Paris, announced a 20 percent jump in first-quarter revenues bringing it closer to being profitable. The park has reported a strong growth in visitor numbers, guest spending and hotel occupancy. The opening of new attractions have been credited with the improvements.

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company)
Disney and CareerBuilder.com are launching the search for the first-ever Disney Parks Chief Magical Official (CMO) who will spread magic during The Year of a Million Dreams. The position will require travel, including travel to the Disney Parks, during the week, weekends, and holidays. They will be compensated [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Joyce Carlson, the artist behind it’s a small world, has passed away at 84. Carlson worked on the coloring of Lady and the Tramp and created many of the doll characters for it’s a small world. She passed away Wednesday at her home in Orlando.
Carlson originally was hired at [...]

(News | Source: Reuters)
Spectrum Brands, maker of Rayovac batteries, signed a three-year deal with the Walt Disney Company making it the exclusive supplier of batteries to all Disney theme parks. Additionally, they have the right to use Disney characters in marketing and promotions.
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(News | Source: International Business Times)
Thomas Staggs, Chief Financial Officer of Walt Disney, announced that there are no plans to develop another major theme park in the United States. Staggs spoke at the Merrill Lynch Media Fall conference and said new parks were not a top priority for the company.
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(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Walt Disney Parks has decided to extend the successful Year of a Million Dreams for another year. It will now last till the end of 2008 and include more prizes given away to random guests. The celebration began in October 1st, 2006 and has given away over 846,000 prizes. [...]

Inspired by this week’s “Compare VAN Contrast” attraction on the Netcot podcast, our latest wallpaper offerings come from the various world wide iterations of Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain.
A very special thanks to Van, Hilde Heyvaert and Ruth Hartnup for the use of their fabulous WDW, Paris and Tokyo photos!
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