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Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Help to Make Learning English Fun in China

July 13, 2010

Last week, I read an interesting article at International Business Times‘ web site about how The Walt Disney Company is using its characters to make learning English fun and easy for Chinese children. Apparently, private English education is a fast growing business sector in China and Disney has decided to throw its hat into the [...]

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Golden Oak Resort Community Unveiled by Walt Disney World Resort

June 24, 2010

Yesterday, Walt Disney World Resort unveiled plans for Golden Oak, a luxury residential resort community offering people the opportunity to purchase a home on Walt Disney World property. The community will sit on a 980-acre plot of land that, from the looks of Disney’s not-to-scale map, will be situated west of Fort Wilderness, south of [...]

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Toy Story 3: Pixar’s Most Successful Animated Feature!

June 21, 2010

Disney-Pixar’s latest film, Toy Story 3, opened in theaters on Friday and to say it was an immediate success is putting it mildly. It broke the record for the biggest single day gross for an animated film, raking in $41M, and is second to Shrek the Third for highest opening weekend for an animated movie [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Jack Lindquist

June 4, 2010

Adjacent to Cecil Robinson’s window on Main Street, U.S.A. is a set of three windows dedicated to Disney Legend Jack Lindquist. Together, the windows read: Peterson Travel Agency Reservations by Cable Anywhere in the World Passages Boarded By Sea & Rail “Exclusive Representatives for the Titanic” Jack Lindquist, Purser Jack Lindquist began his career with [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Cecil Robinson

June 3, 2010

Continuing along the west side of Main Street, U.S.A., the next window dedication is in the cut-out of the Emporium that used to be West Center Street. This window is dedicated to Cecil Robinson. The window reads: Robinson’s Repairs No job too large or… too small Restorations and Renovations Cecil Robinson, Proprietor According to some [...]

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A Weekend at Holiday Inn Walt Disney World Resort

June 2, 2010

Several weeks ago, I decided I’d spend my four-day Memorial Day weekend at Walt Disney World, so I went online to arrange my lodging. I checked the prices of Walt Disney World’s on-property resorts and prices were higher than I was looking to spend, even with my Annual Pass discount. As a member of Priority [...]

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Disney to Build Value-Priced Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

May 12, 2010

Late last night, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Walt Disney World plans to build a new value-priced resort, Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, on the site of the partially-completed second half of Disney’s Pop Century Resort. Construction on this portion of Pop Century, originally to be called “Legendary Years” and span the years 1900-1949 (in [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Bill Walsh

May 6, 2010

Moving along the cut-out of the Emporium that used to be West Center Street, the next window on Main Street, U.S.A. is dedicated to Disney Legend Bill Walsh. The window reads as follows: Walsh’s Chimney Sweep and Pest Control Professor Bill Walsh The Bug Lover Cincinnati, Ohio Burbank, Calif. Bill Walsh, unable to serve in [...]

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Captain EO Returning to Epcot’s Imagination Pavilion

April 29, 2010

Yesterday, the Disney Parks Blog announced that Captain EO will return to Epcot on July 2, 2010, almost exactly sixteen years after its closing in 1994. For those unfamiliar with the attraction, Captain EO is a 17-minute 3D film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola that was shown in the theater currently [...]

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2010 “Eat to the Beat!” Concerts Announced

April 23, 2010

Yesterday, the Disney Parks Blog announced the lineup for the Eat to the Beat! concert series for the 2010 International Food & Wine Festival, held October 1 through November 14. Each artist performs three sets a day at 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. at the American Gardens Theatre, directly across from the American Adventure pavilion [...]

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