http://www.netcot.com/thesite the interNET Community Of Tomorrow Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:30:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Cast Member was struck by a motorized cart Sunday, March 14, at the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway at Walt Disney World. The ride was reopened after an investigation by Orange County deputies. The Cast Member was airlifted to the Orlando Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The guest involved in ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/03/14/disney-world-cast-member-hurt-at-tomorrowland-indy-speedway/ Remember Disney's "A Christmas Carol" that premiered last December and made approximately $300 million? Apparently, it wasn't enough to justify keeping ImageMovers Digital (the company behind the film) open. The Robert Zemeckis-run facility will finish work on "Mars Needs Moms!" before it closes. No word on how or if this ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/03/13/disney-cuts-imagemovers/ In a somewhat surprising move, part of the Walt Disney World Monorail will be made to look like light-cycles in preparation for the upcoming "TRON: Legacy" movie. [Concept art below] The trains on the EPCOT line will get the TRON overlay as early as later this month (The film premieres on December 17, ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/03/10/new-overlays-coming-to-wdw-monorails/ The Register Guard is reporting that the Walt Disney Company has concluded the University of Oregon's costumed Duck is no longer subject to Disney's trademark on Donald Duck. Oregon has had a deal with Disney dating back to a handshake between Walt and the university allowing the university to use images ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/03/04/oregon-duck-no-longer-reports-to-mickey/ This week's episode is sponsored by Orlando Stroller Rentals. News, stories and links featured in this week's show: Captain EO is now open in Disneyland. ABC News will reduce their workforce by at least 20%. The Walt Disney Company is beating industry analysts' predictions. Drew Brees, quarterback for the Super Bowl champion Saints, visited WDW. Disney ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/02/26/netcot-158-great-moments-with-mr-lincoln/ Disney's Wide World of Sports has now become ESPN Wide World of Sports on Thursday, February 25, 2010. According to Mouse Planet, this change will bring about some new dynamics to games played at the arena including 42 high-definition remote video cameras that will tape games played at the ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/02/26/disneys-wide-world-of-sports-becomes-espn-wide-world-of-sports/ The offices of Disney's Miramax label closed in New York and LA over the weekend, according to The Canadian Press. Although the offices have closed, there are about six films left to be distributed from the Miramax label by Disney through 2011. After that, it is not clear if Disney ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/02/01/disneys-miramax-label-is-no-more/ The mother of Austin Wueenenberg (21) who was killed in July 2009 after a crash involving two monorails at Walt Disney World, has filed a lawsuit against the Disney company. Christinie Wuennenberg claims that Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Inc., her son's employer, was responsible for his death because of negligent ... http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/01/25/mother-of-monorail-driver-sues-disney/ The New York Times is reporting that Microsoft and Disney have had 'in-depth talks' about streaming ESPN content to the Xbox 360. Sources have indicated that ESPN could provide live streams of events, like what is available on ESPN 360, to Xbox users including interactive games about the event. http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/01/19/disneys-espn-in-talks-about-streaming-live-video-on-xbox/ Netcot takes a look at the top 7 differences between the Disneyland resort in California and the Walt Disney World resort in Florida. This video is available in the normal Netcot Podcast feed in iTunes and also available at YouTube. Discuss this episode here. http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2010/01/15/netcot-157-video-top-7-differences-between-disneyland-and-disney-world/