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The 2009 Disney Legends are as follows: Tony Anselmo: voice of Donald Duck since 1985 Harry Archinal: former president of Buena Vista International (which distributed Disney movies worldwide) Beatrice Arthur: Dorothy Zbornak in The Golden Girls (1985-1992) [Awarded  posthumously] Bill Farmer: voice of Goofy since 1986 (he’s also voiced Pluto and Horace Horsecollar) Estelle Getty: Sophia [...]

From here on out, new posts will be out on a semi-regular schedule. If there’s a specific person you’d like to know more about, drop a comment below. With that said, let’s take a look this week at Fred Moore. Robert Fred Moore was born on September 7, 1911 in Los Angeles, California. While attending [...]

According to the AP, The Walt Disney Company is purchasing Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in cash and stock bringing characters like Spider-Man and 5,000 other characters into the Disney universe. Disney indicated that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share plus 0.745 in Disney shares for every Marvel share they have.

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 [...]

This week’s episode takes a look at conferences at WDW and features footage from the IBM/Lotus event “Lotusphere” which is held at the Swan and Dolphin resort every January. YouTube version of the video: Discuss this episode here.

Two weeks after a crash of two monorails which killed the pilot of one of the monorails involved, the company has a number of new safety procedures in place to ensure the safety of monorails. Some of these procedures include: Addition of more employees at the monorail stations to oversee operations of the monorail system [...]

News, stories and links featured in this week’s show: The Disneyland Hotel is undergoing major renovations Workers at Disneyland protested shutting down a portion of Harbor Blvd. Space Mountain in Disneyland will soon get a scary overlay Dallas McKennon, voice of many Disney movies & attractions including Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, passed away at age [...]

Just 11 days after the monorail accident at Walt Disney World, two Disney buses crash in front of the Contemporary Resort injuring 12 people according to the Orlando Sentinel. The accident happened around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday when a southbound bus stopped to merge on World Drive. The second bus which was traveling northbound did [...]

Walt Disney World re-opened their monorails today within a day after shutting them down after an accident where two collided early Sunday morning. According to a note sent to employees this morning, the company says they are reopening the monorail system with new safety sensors which have been added to monorail track switches. While Disney [...]

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 [...]

Over 1,000 immigrants were at the Magic Kingdom were they took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in a citizenship ceremony Friday morning. The group then went to the premiere of Disney’s updated Hall of Presidents that officially opens today. Actor Andy Garcia, a naturalized citizen originally from Cuba, gave a keynote speech [...]