Cast members on strike at Disneyland Paris

Cast members at Disneyland Paris plan strike for this weekend.

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Disney Cruise Line counts on Capt. Forberg — again

Tom Forberg is the Disney Cruise Line's go-to captain. He has helmed all four of the company's ships, beginning with the Magic in 1998, the Wonder in '99, the Dream last year and the Fantasy, which makes its maiden voyage out of Port Canaveral Saturday. The Fantasy offers seven-night cruises with stops in the Caribbean and Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. Forberg, 64, guides the ship and the 1,500 workers on board. He spoke with Orlando Sentinel reporter Dewayne Bevil .

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'Avengers' movie will ride Disney World monorail

Disney's ownership of Marvel Comics will get its biggest visual boost at Disney World yet when the exterior of one of the famed monorail trains will be themed to promote"The Avengers" movie. It will be in place sometime this spring, the official Disney Parks Blog reported.

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Magic Kingdom monorail to feature "The Avengers"

One of the Walt Disney World monorails will be getting a new look to celebrate "The Avengers" film.

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Merida from "Brave" coming to Magic Kingdom

A new meet and greet experience will be coming to the Magic Kingdom in May.

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Public tours available for Harry Potter film sets

Warner Bros. will open their Leavesden Studios in England for public tours of the movie sets from the Harry Potter films.

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Shop values of Downtown Disney

Like many retail outlets, Downtown Disney has been in flux in recent years

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Shop values of Downtown Disney

Like many retail outlets, Downtown Disney has been in flux in recent years.

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Disney Fantasy: 'Wishes' stage show has 'High School Musical' vibe

Although "Disney Wishes," the new original stage show on the Disney Fantasy, has a specific tie to the "Wishes" fireworks at Magic Kingdom, the overall production is a broad, seafaring attempt to salute land-based theme-park experiences.

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Disney Fantasy: Drawings come to life in Animator's Palate restaurant

One of Walt Disney Co.'s goals is to create more interactive entertainment for guests, and one of the ways that has come about on the new Disney Fantasy is in the Animator's Palate restaurant. That's the home of the "Animation Magic" show, which makes animators out of amateurs during the course of a meal.

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Disney's Art of Animation is not just your standard hotel

Disney's newest resort, the Art of Animation, will have some new elements designed to add a personal touch to the normally standard hotel common spaces.

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Disney Fantasy: 'Aladdin' takes flight

New and exclusive to the Disney Fantasy cruise ship is the stage show "Disney's Aladdin," an over-the-top retelling of the familiar story, animated movie and production from Disney's California Adventure theme park.

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New Facebook game coming from Disney

Disney is launching a new social game called "Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers".

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Fantasy making final practice run

PORT CANAVERAL -- Dress rehearsals are almost over for the Disney Fantasy, the fourth ship of the Disney Cruise Line, which greets its first paying customers this week.

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New Southeast Asia itinerary for Adventures by Disney

Adventures by Disney has announced a new Southeast Asia itinerary for 2013 with stops in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

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New Art of Animation Disney resort will try new take on basics

When the first phase of Disney's Art of Animation Resort opens in May, Walt Disney World will use it to test new approaches with some of the hotel's fundamental features.

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Disney's Art of Animation resort to open early

Construction is ahead of schedule for Disney's newest resort, the Art of Animation.

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Gas leak discovered at Universal Orlando

Crew members discovered a ruptured gas line at Universal Orlando Thursday, on the former site of the "Jaws" ride.

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Eating up souvenirs at Disney

Suddenly, it's trendy to have food on your shirt at Walt Disney World .

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SeaWorld presents new TV show

SeaWorld will be venturing into the television world with a new weekly TV series.

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ESPN Wide World of Sports signs deal with Italian soccer team

The ESPN Wide World of Sports has signed a deal with AS Roma, a professional Italian football (soccer) club.

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New dining option for Disney's Aulani

Mama's Snack Stop, a new dining option at Aulani, the Disney Vacation Club resort in Hawaii, will open in June.

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Disney-inspired fonts let you create your own typographical magic

It's no secret that many people use their love of all things Disney in creative ways that extend beyond the theme parks and Hollywood films.

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Epcot: DIY host Jason Cameron to share 'Desperate' times

Jason Cameron tackles big projects on "Desperate Landscapes," but the DIY Network star says little changes can reap good results, too.

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New Xbox 360 game uses Disney-Pixar films for game play

There's a new Disney-Pixar game being released today for Xbox 360.

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Disney hotels now offer free wireless internet

Guests staying at a Walt Disney World resort will now have access to complimentary Wi-Fi internet service in their hotel rooms.

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Bowling alley to open at Downtown Disney

A bowling alley, Splitsville, will open at Downtown Disney's West Side this fall.

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Walt Disney plans to deploy Marvel superheroes at its theme parks

CEO Bob Iger tells shareholders at the company's annual meeting about design work that will lead to Marvel Entertainment superheroes making appearances at Disney parks.

Walt Disney Co. is looking to bring some Marvel muscle to Disney theme parks.

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Disneyland adds extra fireworks for spring break

Disneyland is preparing for the busy spring break season by adding more fireworks and nighttime shows.

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Man arrested for theft at Universal Orlando

A man was arrested for theft at Universal Orlando.

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Modern Irish fare at Disney's Raglan Road

The Downtown Disney venue celebrates its Irish heritage every day

Irish chef Kevin Dundon chuckles thinking about how most American's celebrate St. Patrick's Day .

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What we'll see in Storybook Circus at Disney's new Fantasyland

Storybook Circus , the first segment of the Fantasyland expansion to open at Magic Kingdom , is missing a key character -- for now.

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Agent P to replace Kim Possible at EPCOT

The Kim Possible Adventure in Epcot will be replaced by one revolving around Phineas and Ferb.

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Epcot: Agent P attraction set for summer

Kim Possible is out, Agent P is in.

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SeaWorld hiring summer employees

SeaWorld is holding a hiring event to fill their parks with summer employees.

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Baby girl born at Disneyland

On Sunday, March 11, a baby girl was born on Disneyland property.

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Fantasyland expansion's first phase now open

Disney World opened the first phase of its Fantasyland expansion on Monday. Part of the Magic Kingdom's Storybook Circus area, featuring new takes on the Dumbo ride and a roller coaster, greeted a throng of spring-break tourists.

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Miniature golf courses open at Universal CityWalk

Universal CityWalk has opened a new set of miniature golf courses called Hollywood Drive-In Golf.

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Fantasyland expansion's first phase now open

The first sliver of the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion entered its "soft open" phase today, Walt Disney World officials say.

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Fantasyland expansion's first phase now open

The first sliver of the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion has entered its "soft open" phase today, Walt Disney World officials say.

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New TV channels for Walt Disney World resorts

Walt Disney World resorts will be getting new cable TV channels by May 8.

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HGTV, John Gidding return to Disney World for Flower Fest

HGTV designers and personalities are returning to the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, leading sessions with the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the event, which ends May 20.

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Disney adds Micky Dolenz, Monkees bandmate of Davy Jones, to Flower Power lineup

Disney World has filled the void in its Flower Power concert series left by the death of Davy Jones with Micky Dolenz, one of Jones' bandmates in the Monkees, the group that propelled them to fame.

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Charge mobile devices without leaving Disneyland

Disneyland adds lockers that hold charging stations for mobile devices.

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The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man reopens at Universal

The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man reopened today, March 8, at Islands of Adventure.

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Disney's new Toy Story 3 iPad app teaches Chinese language to kids

Looking for a good excuse to purchase Apple's newest edition iPad announced today?

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Cars Land opening June 15 at Disney California Adventure

Cars Land will open June 15 at Disney California Adventure.

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Disney blossoms again for Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

Tradition is front and center at this year's Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival .

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Robert B. Sherman, Legendary Disney Tunesmith Behind Mary Poppins, Dies at 86

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How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of Sherman's work—both complex and instantly memorable, for child and adult alike. Once heard, it was never forgotten.
Sherman, who died in London at age 86, was half of a sibling partnership that put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney sweeps, jungle animals and Parisian felines.
Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for films including "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." They also wrote the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a Small World (After All)."
Sherman's agent, Stella Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London on Monday.
Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook, saying he "wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded."
Jeffrey Sherman told The Associated Press that his father had learned the craft of songwriting from his own father, Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman.
"His rule in writing songs was keep it singable, simple and sincere," Jeffrey Sherman said. "In the simplest things you find something universal."
Robert Sherman knew another truth, his son said: "What seems so simple is really very complex.
"He was a very simple guy—complex but simple. If you
ever want to know about my Dad, listen to the lyrics of his songs." The Sherman Brothers' career was long, prolific and garlanded with awards. They won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney's 1964 smash "Mary Poppins"—best score and best song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee." They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score.
Their hundreds of credits as joint lyricist and composer also include the films "Winnie the Pooh," "The Slipper and the Rose," "Snoopy Come Home," "Charlotte's Web" and "The Magic of Lassie." Their Broadway musicals included 1974's "Over Here!" and stagings of "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in the mid-2000s.
"Something good happens when we sit down together and work," Richard Sherman told The Associated Press in a 2005 joint interview. "We've been doing it all our lives. Practically since college we've been working together."
The brothers' awards included 23 gold and platinum albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They became the only Americans ever to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for "Tom Sawyer" in 1973 and were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2005.
President George W. Bush awarded them the National Medal of Arts in 2008, commended for music that "has helped bring joy to millions."
Alan Menken, composer of scores for Disney films including "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin," said the Sherman brothers' legacy "goes far beyond the craft of songwriting."
"There is a magic in their songs and in the films and musicals they breathed life into," he said.
Robert Bernard Sherman was born in New York on Dec. 19, 1925, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California.
The brothers credited their father with challenging them to write songs and for their love of lyrics. Al Sherman's legacy of songs includes "You Gotta Be a Football Hero," "(What Do We Do On a) Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" and "On the Beach at Bali-Bali."
Robert Sherman's affection for Britain was nurtured during his service with the U.S. Army in World War II. One of the first American soldiers to enter the Dachau concentration camp—and, his son said, the only Jewish serviceman there—he was shot in the knee in Germany in 1945.
Recovering in hospitals in England, he developed a fondness for and familiarity with the country that stuck with him. He wrote for British characters in "Mary Poppins," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Winnie the Pooh," and spent the last years of his life in London.
After the war, the brothers started writing songs together. They began a decade-long partnership with Disney during the 1960s after having written hit pop songs like "Tall Paul" for ex-Mouseketeer Annette Funicello and "You're Sixteen," later recorded by Ringo Starr.
They wrote over 150 songs at Disney, including the soundtracks for such films as "The Sword and the Stone," "The Parent Trap," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocrats" and "The Tigger Movie."
Most of the songs the Shermans wrote—in addition to being catchy and playful—work on multiple levels for different ages, something they learned from Disney.
"He once told us, early on in our career, 'Don't insult the kid—don't write down to the kid. And don't write just for the adult.' So we write for grandpa and the 4-year-old—and everyone in between—and all see it on a different level," Richard Sherman said.
The Shermans teased songs out of each other, brainstorming titles and then trying to top each other with improvements. "Being brothers, we sort of short-cut each other," Richard Sherman said. "We can almost look at each other and know, 'Hey, you're onto something, kiddo.'"
Most of their songs were written quickly, but others took longer. The pair spent two weeks trying to nail down a snappy title for a song sung by the nanny in "Mary Poppins." They considered, and then nixed, "An Apple a Day" and "A Stitch in Time."
"Nothing was coming," Robert Sherman recalled. Then one day his then-8-year-old son came home from school. "I said, 'How was school?' He said, 'Great. We got the (polio) vaccine today.' I said, 'Oh, did it hurt?' He said, 'No, they just stuck medicine on a lump of sugar.' I went, 'Ohhhh!' That was it!"
"He came in the next day all glassy-eyed," Richard Sherman recalled. The final lyric would become world famous when it emerged from the lips of Julie Andrews: "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down."
Another of their songs—"It's a Small World (After All)"—has become one of the most translated and performed songs on the planet. It plays on a continual, multilingual loop every few minutes at Disney theme parks across the world—a fact that Disney employees are only too well aware.
"We've driven teenagers crazy in every language," quipped Robert Sherman.
Away from the piano, the two raised families and pursued their own interests, yet still lived close to each other in Beverly Hills and continued working together well into their 70s. When "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" came to Broadway in 2005, they added new lyrics and four new songs.
Robert Sherman moved to Britain in 2002 after the death of his wife Joyce. He is survived by his brother and four children: Laurie, Jeffrey, Andrea and Robert.

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'Small World, ' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' songwriter Robert Sherman dies at 86

LONDON (AP) -- How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

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Disney Legend Robert Sherman dies at age 86

Robert Sherman, 86, songwriter and Disney Legend, passed away Monday, March 5 in London.

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'Small World, ' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' songwriter Robert Sherman dies at 86

LONDON (AP) -- Robert B. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who penned instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," ''The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" -- as well as the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a Small World (After All)" -- has died. He was 86.

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Disney Fantasy arrives home to Port Canaveral

The Disney Fantasy, the newest ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, arrived in Port Canaveral early Tuesday morning.

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Woman sues Disneyland over back injury

Disneyland is sued by woman claiming she was hit in the back by Darth Vader.

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Disney's newest ship to arrive in Brevard on Tuesday

The Walt Disney Co.'s fourth cruise ship, the Disney Fantasy, is scheduled to sail into Port Canaveral on Tuesday, having been christened last week in New York.

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Suspicious package closes Disneyland this morning

The park entrance to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure was closed for several hours this morning after a suspicious package was discovered.

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'Spiritual message of goodwill' prompts short lockdown of Disneyland

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KTLA) -- Officials re-opened Disneyland Saturday morning after a bomb squad investigation revealed a suspicious object was nothing more than a goodwill message for park patrons.

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Change in hours for Walt Disney World monorail

Due to construction on the new Disney Vacation Club property at the Grand Floridian, the Walt Disney World monorail will soon be running on limited hours.

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Costume details revealed for Disney's new Fantasyland

Disney released details about some of the costumes cast members will don in the new Fantasyland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

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The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man to reopen on March 8th

Details about the reopening of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man on March 8th.

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Disney, sports boosters seek public incentives for soccer teams

Walt Disney World and local sports boosters have asked the Florida Legislature for $1 million in public money to give to professional soccer teams that agree to hold pre-season training camps in Central Florida.

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Mariah Carey takes on godmother role to christen Disney Fantasy

Singer Mariah Carey now has three children to care for. The Grammy Award winner and recent mother of twins who once sat atop the pop charts with her single, "Fantasy," is now the godmother of the Disney Fantasy.

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New Epcot attraction already closed

Habit Heroes, the exhibit that had a soft opening last month at Epcot, has already closed.

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Disney closes new Habit Heroes exhibit after criticism for stigmatizing fat kids

Epcot's new Habit Heroes attraction, which tackles childhood obesity, has landed in big fat trouble.

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Disney Fantasy arrives in New York

Welcome to America Disney Fantasy. The new Disney Cruise Line ship sailed into New York Harbor Tuesday morning marking the arrival to the U.S. of the newest cruise ship in the world.

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At Disneyland, crowds derail cross-county couple's plans, but not the fun

Andy Bullard and Randi Teague, the Washington D.C. couple who hoped to visit both the Magic Kingdom at Disney World and Disneyland in California, achieved part of their goal early this morning.

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Some dance -- some sleep-- in final hours of One More Disney Day

A DJ pumping out Ricky Martin and ABBA, among other dance tunes, kept a crowd on their feet in front of Cinderella Castle for the final few hours of Disney's 24-hour Magic Kingdom event.

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