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As a follow up to Van’s last post, here’s more news of what’s coming to Downtown Disney:
First, over the next year, several immersive experiences will be added to the 120-acre complex. Downtown Disney will even get its own attraction in the form of a giant, tethered balloon that will provide guests with an amazing [...]

A 52 year old construction worker has died from his injuries received in a construction accident at Disney’s All-Star Resort on June 13th. Reedy Creek Emergency Services said the man was working on a high-lift vehicle and got pinned against something at the site. He received chest, neck and head injuries and was [...]

(News | Source: Associated Press)

David Cook will follow the path of the Superbowl, World Series, and NBA Finals champs before them. I know what you’re thinking…they’re not athletes. That’s right, the newest “Idol” champ will shout “I’m going to Disney World!” during the celebration immediately following the winner’s coronation. This will [...]

(News | Source: WESH)

Sixty seniors from Coffee County (Georgia) were given a surprise gift from Disney. These same students had spent the school ear raising money to go on a graduation trip to Disney World when, on the day of the trip, Christy Wise, the teacher in charge of booking the trip, skipped [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)

Paul and Karen Campanale, from Worcester, Massachusetts, were cleaning up their villa at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge preparing to leave last week when Mrs. Campanale’s three rings (engagement, wedding, and five-year-anniversary rings)
When they informed the housekeeping staff at the Lodge about the missing jewelry, the cast members warned the couple that [...]

(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: Orlando Sentinel)

Today (also Earth Day) is a special day for Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The park turned 10 today. Yes, Animal Kingdom has been open for 10 years. The park opened in 1998 with the Oasis, Safari Village, Camp Minnie-Mickey, Africa, and Rafiki’s Planet Watch. In 1999, the [...]

(News | Source: Associated Foreign Press)

On April 15, 1983, the first Disney theme park outside of the continental United States opened. It was designed by Walt Disney Imagineers to look like its sister park in Florida and the mother park in California and named Tokyo Disneyland. It is made up of the World [...]

(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: Local 6)
A scam artist has conned a number of Disney hotel guests out of hundreds to thousands of dollars in the past few weeks. Orange County Sheriffs belive the scam artist would hang out in the hotel lobby and listen in on conversations of the guests. They would then call [...]

(News | Source: Netcot.com interview with Disney Cast Member Gene)
A cast member at Walt Disney World confirmed today that the location formerly known as the Treehouse Villas officially closed last week. This resort has been unavailable for guests to say at for several years. Since that closure, the resort has been used for a number [...]

(News | Source: Netcot.com on-site at DAKL Resort)
The next Disney Vacation Club Resort scheduled to open is an addition to the Animal Kingdom Lodge resort. Netcot was on location today to take some updated photos of how the construction is progressing. Click for a (much) larger image.

(News | Source: Netcot.com onsite at the WDW property)
As mentioned on the latest episode (#082) of the Netcot Podcast, Disney isn’t doing a lot of talking about their latest construction project which can be found at the Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World. Documents submitted to local government offices reference the area as the construction [...]