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This week’s podcast focuses on an overview of The Land pavilion in EPCOT including information about the history of many of the attractions within it. Weekly Disney news featured in this episode include:

Disney is part of a group of companies helping to pay for portions of theater upgrades to support more 3D movies, which bring [...]

A panel of guests who are big Disney fans and have or are recently considered a Disney wedding discuss the pros and cons of doing a Disney wedding. Topics include how to manage your budget, the planning process, resources for information and much more.
Other resources mentioned in this episode:

Official Disney Wedding website
Carly’s Disney wedding website
Disneybrides.com [...]

News stories from this episode of the podcast:

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is defying gravity with strong park attendance despite the U.S. economy.
Disney and the U.S. Department of Energy have teamed up on a new ad campaign.
The Disney Channel show “My Friends Tigger and Pooh” will not continue beyond the third season.
Disney’s [...]

News:

Disney is opening up two new Research & Development labs that will focus on robotic and virtual theme park characters.
McDonald’s is shutting down restaurant locations at the Disneyland, CA resort.
Disneyland is shutting down The Vineyard Room restaurant at their California Adventure park.
Disney launched a new website for their Disney Animation group.
Band members from Great [...]

News:

Walt Disney World ticket prices were raised this week.
United Airlines has a special offer for people traveling to Disneyland.
Disney announced a new quick service meal plan option.
The Caribbean Beach resort will get some new Pirates themed rooms.
Toon Disney will get rebranded as Disney XD.
A family from Missouri won a trip to Disney [...]

Its no secret that a bunch of us here at Netcot get just as excited about tech as we do about Disney. Today, we’re blending those two passions together.
Netcot.com is proud to announce the launch of an all new version of the website designed to work with the iPhone and iPod Touch devices. When you [...]

Former WWE Superstar, Scotty 2 Hotty (aka The Worm) joins the Netcot podcast to chat about Disney, wrestling and … 80s hair bands. Scotty tells us about how he got into Disney; other professional wrestlers that are Disney fans; and why there’s a connection between some Disney fans and some pro-wrestling fans.
Also on this show: [...]

(Editorial | Source: Disney)
This week, a letter from Marty Sklar the Executive Vice President for Walt Disney Imagineering, appeared on Disney fan sites all over the internet. The letter (found here) states that Sklar and others at WDI have been carefully considering what to do with the classic “Its a Small World” attraction for many [...]

Celebrate 100 episodes of the Netcot podcast with NEW wallpaper!
Click on a text link below to transfer to the Netcot.Downloads section. Then click on the “Wallpaper” folder and choose a corresponding “Attraction” folder. Click a file and drag the wallpaper to your desktop or preferred folder.
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Click the thumbnail to be taken directly to the Wallpaper [...]

“A Need for Clarification”
Rather than serve as a catalyst for substantive and amusing community-driven discussions, the latest YNA segments have been misinterpreted as deliberately antagonistic. This has NEVER been my goal.
My intent with #001 & #004 (in addition to intermittent future installments) was to build on an idea that would culminate in a milestone article [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Walt Disney World is expanding the observance for Epcot’s 25th anniversary. The company is planning a public ‘rededication ceremony’ that will echo the original 1982 dedication. Additionally, there will be an exhibit hall dedicated to the parks first 25 years, a special IllumiNations, retro maps, menus and other souvenirs [...]

(News | Source: Netcot)
The Jack Sparrow Meet and Greet opened at Adventureland in the old Adventureland Veranda on Sunday. The meet and greet has been open during the Pirate and Princess Party but this was the first time it was open during regular hours. Netcot was live at the opening on Sunday.

Discuss this [...]

“Snow In SoCal”
Dandruff is a problem many, many of us face. I understand that it’s nothing to laugh at or look down upon.
That being said, let me share a story from a recent Disney visit…
One of my favorite parts of a trip to Disney is the first ride of the day. Of course, I’m talking [...]

Our latest offering is the first in a series of non-attraction-based photo wallpaper. This “Disney Noir” series can be found in the corresponding folder of the Downloads section. These black & white images will explore and highlight some of the lesser photographed aspects of the Disney experience.
“Frozen Treats” 7/6/07 CJW - I’d like to think [...]

(News | Source: Netcot)
The Fountain View restaurant re-opened on Sunday as an Edy’s Ice Cream parlor replacing the espresso and coffee bar. The restaurant serves Ice-Cream sandwiches, sundaes, floats shakes as well as soda. Its current flavor offerings are Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Chocolate Chip, Mint Chocolate Chip, Rainbow Sherbet, Dulce de Leche, and [...]