http://www.netcot.com/thesite The InterNET Community Of Tomorrow Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:55:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Walt Disney World is upset over expired FastPass tickets being sold on eBay. Disney has contacted eBay about this but eBay is refusing to do anything about them. Expired FastPasses are not supposed to be accepted at attractions, but the on-line sellers ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/08/disney-attempting-to-clamp-down-on-fastpasses-being-sold-on-ebay/ The Ticket And Transportation Center has added a new coffee, espresso and pastries shop between the Monorail station and the Magic Kingdom ferry. Photos of the booth are available at the Orlando Sentinel's web site. http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/07/coffee-shop-added-to-the-ticket-and-transportation-center/ 1894: Disney Legend Joseph Fowler is born in Lewiston, Maine. He oversaw the construction of both Disneyland and Disney World. 1909: Publisher and Disney Legend Mario Gentilini is born in Luzzara, Italy. He popularized Mickey Mouse in Italy through his "Topolino" magazine. 1913: Actor Bill Thompson (Mr. Smee in Peter ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/06/this-week-in-disney-history-july-6-12/ Edwin Sotomayor, a security guard at Disney's Animal Kingdom, is challenging Disney on their stance that the park is exempt from the new gun law passed in Florida. Sotomayor has been suspended from his job after he refused to allow Disney managers and Orange County Sheriff Deputies search ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/04/disney-employee-challanges-disney-on-hangun-law/ Cast Members will not be able to store their hand guns on Disney property in Florida despite the law passed in Florida, 'Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008', allowing employees to store hand guns in their cars at work. ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/03/disney-finds-loophole-in-florida-law-allowing-them-to-ban-firearms-in-employee-cars/ A new elephant calf was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom. A Twenty-six-year-old African elephant named Moyo gave birth to a 327 pound son. The currently unnamed calf is the heaviest ever born at Animal Kingdom. After a 21 month gestation period, caused by artificial insemination, both mother ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/07/01/when-i-see-an-elephant-fly/ There's a new petition online to save The Adventurer's Club. The petition's authors state that "The Adventurer's Club has no equal...This club is so eccentrically Disney, it would be just as missed as the original Country Bear Jamboree show was and the Journey Into the Imagination ride was when ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/06/30/save-the-kungaloosh/ 1865: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson publishes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll. 1898: Actor Johnny Lee (the voice of Br'er Rabbit) is born in Los Angeles. 1908: Disney legend and artist, John Hench (Fantasia, Dumbo) is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1910: Marcellite Garner (the voice of Minnie Mouse) is ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/06/29/this-week-in-disney-history-june-29-july-5/ 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 ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/06/28/changes-coming-to-pleasure-island/ Disney has announced that Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World will close their night clubs (8 Trax, The Adventurer's Club, Mannequins™ Dance Palace, BET Sound-Stage™ Club, Motion and The Comedy Warehouse) on September 28, 2008. The area will be re-themed drastically to feature a more family-friendly atmosphere that includes a ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2008/06/28/pleasure-island-to-close/