Archive for May, 2008

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5/16/08 Jose Eber Mini-Update

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Jose Eber brings us some new happenings from Disney’s Hollywood Studios in today’s mini-update:

The new Journey Into Narnia backdrop is now near the entrance to the exhibit.

The new exhibit features props from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which opened in theaters today.

Toy Story Mania is not yet on a full-time running schedule, but is [...]

Predicting The Future With a Doctor and a Prince

Friday, May 16th, 2008

The next two weeks of business at your local box office may be determining the future of your favorite Disney Parks and your future vacations. Disney management will be closely watching the performance of two summer blockbusters over the next two weeks, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal [...]

Star Wars Weekends Gets Cloned

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (May 13, 2008) — The Star Wars adventures continue on Aug. 15 with the theatrical release of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS from Lucasfilm Animation, and this year’s Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort will offer fans an exciting, in-depth [...]

It’s Alive!!!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

It appears Disney has already tested the Wall-E living character that will start appearing at Disney’s Hollywood Studios over in Los Angeles. Here is a video of the amazing character’s short test:

Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink on Vimeo.

Vote for WDWNT in the Disney Links Web Awards!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The folks over at Disney Links are holding the Disney Links Web Awards, and both WDW News Today and Disneyland News Today have been nominated! To vote for WDWNT click here, and to vote for DLNT click here.

A Tower By Any Name….

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

From the Orlando Sentinel:
Looks like Disney may have changed the name of the new time-share tower the company is building next to its Contemporary Resort.
“Bay Lake Tower” has replaced “Kingdom Tower” as the name of the project, at least in filings with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
What’s more, earlier this month Disney [...]

“Screw” It

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Scott Joseph | Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
When The Wave, a new full-service restaurant at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, opens next month, it will boast an unusual wine cellar. Besides stocking no California labels — those wines are available upstairs at the California Grill — the ground-floor restaurant will feature wines of the Southern Hemisphere, including vintages [...]

ESPN: The Complex???

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

NEW YORK (May 13, 2008) — Aligning the world’s No. 1 family vacation destination with the worldwide leader in sports, Walt Disney World Resort and ESPN are joining forces to re-brand Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex with the ESPN brand, creating an entertaining and immersive experience for the nearly 2 million athletes, coaches and [...]

Prince Caspian Is Coming

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Multiple sources have confirmed that the new Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be opening this Friday as the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian movie is released in theaters. The opening of this exhibit marks the conclusion of 5 months of total inactivity for the right-east corner of the park [...]

Podcast Episode 42 Now Available

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

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Join Tom Corless and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Luke Manning, Nick McLamb, Justin Heyman, Andy Schalf and John Corigliano for a show [...]

After The Million Dreams….

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

WDW News Today has just been informed that after the conclusion of the long-running Year of a Million Dreams celebration in December 2008, Disney Parks will begin a new, smaller scale promotional program. The new promotion will be titled “Magical Celebrations” and is scheduled to begin in January 2009. The only part of the celebration [...]

Passholder Surprise

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Even though it was never announced on Disneypins.com, there was a special limited edition pin released to coincide with the Toy Story Midway Mania passholder attraction previews starting today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:

This pin is limited to 2000 and is retailing at $8.95. This pin is only being sold to Walt Disney World Annual Passholders [...]

Fantasy In The Sky

Friday, May 9th, 2008

From montgomeryadvertiser.com:
Picture the Manhattan skyline filled with Nike swooshes. Or the golden arches of McDonald’s gently drift ing over Los Angeles.
A special-effects entrepreneur from Alabama has come up with a way to fill the sky with foamy clouds as big as 4 feet across and shaped like corporate logos — Flo gos, as he calls [...]

Disney Announces “Disney Garden” Product Line

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Recently I, Jose Castillo, went to a show called “FMI” in Las Vegas, NV and while there Disney had a huge booth that took about 1/3 the convention center. While there Disney announced a new line called Disney Garden, a line relating new food products that are healthy and family friendly. Some of the new [...]

Hollywood Studios Entrance Update

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The image of the old Playhouse Disney Live show at the normal guest vehicle entrance to Disney’s Hollywood Studios has been changed over to reflect the new show that debuted earlier this year. Thanks to Jose Eber for the pictures!

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