This week Walt Disney World Resort is hosting its ‘Monstrous Summer’ press event, which will offer media a preview of what’s going to be coming to Disney World – and beyond. The event is themed after Monsters University, the newest Disney•Pixar movie to hit theaters this summer on June 21st, 2013. Among the activities slated [...]
It was a beautiful day here in Florida when I decided to take a walk around Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. There is still construction going on in the park.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s 15th anniversary takes place on Monday, April 22nd and The DIS will be covering the morning’s events live from within the park! Here is the schedule and special offerings for the day: Josh D’Amaro, Vice President of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Jackie Ogden, Ph.D., Vice President, Animals, Science and Environment, will speak [...]
At the beginning of 2011 the DIS began a mission to support Give Kids the World with our Power of 10 initiative. The goal was to raise $1 million dollars by spreading the word about this fantastic charity. Although goals are important, you’d have to agree that going above and beyond for this tremendous organization [...]
This morning (April 15, 2013), the United States Supreme Court ended attempts to force Walt Disney World to permit Segways in the theme parks. Without comment, the Court issued a one line order (page 3, third entry) declining to review the Court of Appeals decision upholding Disney’s safety-based ban on Segways.
runDisney is at it again. For those runners who often thought Marathon Weekend’s Goofy and a Half Challenge was crazy (running the half marathon on Saturday and full marathon on Sunday) we’ve now hit insanity. This is because runDisney recently announced the Dopey Challenge for the 2014 Marathon Weekend in January. Continue reading to find [...]
As time passes, more and more information seems to be coming to the surface about Disney’s new MagicBand system. While much of it is based on speculation, Disney has begun to release new facts about the bands to the public and will continue to do so over the upcoming weeks. This will be welcomed by [...]
Now that we’ve heard the latest news coming from the Disney Parks execs about the future of Downtown Disney and had a few weeks to mull the announcement, let’s step back and look what the future might hold. Although the details announced were limited, we do have a general idea of what it will look like [...]
DIS Unplugged host Pete Werner is joined by Casting Director Rita Koutsoulis from USA Network’s show “The Moment.” Have you dreamed of becoming a Disney Imagineer? Here’s your chance. USA Network’s new show “The Moment” is casting for an upcoming episode where one lucky participant will have the chance to interview for their dream of [...]
An organization calling themselves the Association of Victims of Recreational Improvements and Liabilities (AVRIL) has filed a lawsuit asking the Orlando federal court to enjoin Disney and Starbucks from opening a Starbucks in the historic Main Street Bakery location. The lawsuit cites three reasons for the injunction. The first ground asserts that, contrary to Disney’s announcements, [...]
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