Disney Janitors Strike After 70 Workers Laid Off

United Service Workers West voted to authorize a strike and protested outside the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank if Disney fails to rehire all workers.

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Comedy Warehouse returning to Disney with holiday special

The cast of Pleasure Island's Comedy Warehouse comes together again for 14 days of this holiday special.

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Schedule for Grand Opening of the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland

Areas of Fantasyland will be closed December 5 and 6 for the grand opening of the expansion.

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Comedy Warehouse show returning to Hollywood Studios for 14-day run

Still in a funk about the Pleasure Island nightclubs closing a few years ago? The holiday season can give you a little pickup again with a Comedy Warehouse-based show that again will have a limited run at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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Mickey Mouse poster from 1928 sells for more than $100,000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of the earliest surviving posters of Mickey Mouse sold for more than $100,000 on Thursday, Heritage Auctions said.

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Britney Spears celebrates hitting number one in 17 countries on X Factor USA

She's had her fair share of career highs since she first hit the big time on The Mickey Mouse Club.

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Maintenance planned for Disney reservation systems

Planned maintenance will take down Disney's reservation center for a day next week.

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D23 announces 2013 events

D23, Disney's official Fan Club, plans events on both coasts for 2013.

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Walt Disney World plans another test of the FastPass+ system

A test of the FastPass+ system has been planned from December 11-15 at the Magic Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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Bands, Brew and BBQ returns to SeaWorld Orlando

Popular acts Big & Rich, Styx and The Beach Boys will perform at the 2013 Bands, Brew and BBQ concerts at SeaWorld Orlando.

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What you need to know about Disney's 'new' Fantasyland

Here's our guide to what's new, what's next and what's not going anywhere

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Miami prepares for December arrival of Disney Wonder

Mickey Mouse is taking his show on the road again, well the water actually as Disney Cruise Line prepares to begin sailing out of PortMiami for the first time ever in December.

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Jennifer Lee to Co-Direct Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen

Walt Disney Animation Studios has tapped Jennifer Lee to join Chris Buck at the helm of its 53rd full-length animated feature Frozen , which is slated for the big screen on November 27, 2013.

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What you need to know about Disney's 'new' Fantasyland

The next milestone of the big Magic Kingdom expansion is approaching. The grand opening of major sections of the "new" Fantasyland is set for Thursday. You can brave the year-end crowds at Walt Disney World to check out the area, which basically sits atop the site of old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction.

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Upcoming Talks and Screenings at Walt Disney Family Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco has lined up a great series of screenings and talks for the end of the year.

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Disney's Tomorrowland Inspires an Art Show

In July 1955, Disneyland debuted its Tomorrowland attraction to the public. The futuristic park-within-a-park was near and dear to Walt Disney himself, a product of his Space Age fascination, and featured such radical early exhibits as the TWA Moonliner rocket ship, Autopia and the Monsanto House of the Future, all conceived to give visitors a ... (more)

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Writers chosen for new Star Wars films

Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg have reportedly signed deals to write one of the upcoming Star Wars films.

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SeaWorld hosts Santa's Fireside Feast

Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the elves host this holiday dinner for SeaWorld guests.

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Making magic

While the holidays are often referred to as a magical time of year, one Grant County woman has been a part of making magic for the past few months as part of the Disney College at Disneyland in [Anaheim, Calif](http://www.topix.com/city/anaheim-ca).

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Flower & Garden Festival will feature new topiaries, food around World Showcase, Village People

Disney World has released details about its upcoming Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, which will feature topiaries and other attractions based on "Phineas & Ferb," "Monsters University," "Cars 2," "Oz: The Great and Powerful" and more. The 20 t h annual festival, which runs March 6 to May 19, will add special food kiosks in World Showcase and add the Village People to its Flower Power concert series for the first time.

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Rehearsing for La Nouba

Performers of Cirque Du Soleil have always amazed their audiences by their extreme and challenging performances. Most of performers of Cirque Du Soleil have excellent acrobatics and dance skills. They start the intense training from a young age, and they still spend a long time on training every single day in order to stay in good body condition. Performing is part of their lives.

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Five Big Sells By George Soros

Soros Fund Management is the privately held American hedge fund management company founded by George Soros, who has an impressive record of double-digit return per year in over 4 decades.

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New name for Epcot's Bistro de Paris

Set to re-open in December after a lengthy remodel, Bistro de Paris will reemerge with a new name.

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Disney Publishing book apps on sale for one day only during Cyber Monday

It's Cyber Monday, so you know what that means: Fire up the TRS-80 and start downloading all your favorite apps for a great price.

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Disney Pixar's "Brave" Arrives On Blu-ray And DVD

Disney Pixar's hit movie "Brave" has arrived on Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack! Here's a description of the release from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment: An original and thrilling journey set in the ancient and magical Highlands of Scotland, 'Brave' follows the heroic journey of the headstrong, young adventurer Merida.

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Rare 1928 original drawing of Mickey Mouse goes on display in London as part of pop-up exhibition

Drawn by Academy Award-winning animator Ub Iwerks in 1928 for Steamboat Willie, the drawing shows an early Mickey sitting and laughing.

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Pre-Beverly Center amusement park detailed in new book

A new book brings the story of Beverly Park, an amusement park where the Beverly Center now stands, back to life.

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Kids Festival planned at SeaWorld Orlando

Spend weekends at SeaWorld at the "Just For Kids" festival in January and February.

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Handmade Candy canes are back at Disneyland

Handmade candy canes are being made for the holiday season at the Disneyland Resort.

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Fantasia returns to the Royal Albert Hall in 2013

Following 2012's hugely successful and popular shows and described as 'a magical treat for the eyes and the ears', Disney's Fantasia: Live in Concert returns to the Hall for the whole family to enjoy on Saturday 16th November 2013 due to phenomenal demand and with some brand new content! Disney shares one of its crown jewels of feature animation ... (more)

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Former Horizons at Epcot pavilion manager Wren Aber remembered for creativity

Horizons at Epcot, a former pavilion at the Disney theme park, offered guests this message: "If we can dream it, we can do it."

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Be Our Guest restaurant continues to get rave reviews

Be Our Guest opened Monday in New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. We have photos of every item on the menu, as well as an audio review of the dinner experience.

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Disneyland worker falls on Space Mountain roof

A worker on Disneyland's space mountain fell while working on the roof, and has broken several bones.

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Disney shutters Disney Movies Online

On the same day that Disney confirms that it's closing its American Video on Demand service, it announced a new Spanish VOD offering.

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First-ever Epic Mickey game for Nintendo 3DS is tribute to old Disney Sega games of yesteryear

If you're standing in line for the Black Friday sales this week, chances are probably good there could be a Nintendo 3DS on your list or, at the very least, some 3DS game titles to pick up for under the tree.

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Lunch time at Be Our Guest: Lines, rogue roses, photo ops

Key attractions within the Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom now are officially in "soft opening" mode, a sort of prep period for the area's grand opening on Dec. 6. I dropped in at Be Our Guest restaurant for lunch to see how things are going this week. Here are some of my notes and tips:.

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Don't Miss: Epcot's Candlelight Processional

WHAT: Epcot leaps into the holiday spirit with its traditional Candlelight Processional. The three-times-nightly event features a mass choir and live orchestra working their way through classic yuletide numbers plus a celebrity narrator who reads the Christmas story at the theme park's America Gardens Theatre. The narrator for Friday, Saturday and Sunday is actress Geena Davis. Actor Neil Patrick Harris returns to the Candlelight stage Monday through Thursday.

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Mouseketeer Bonnie Lynn Fields Loses Cancer Battle At 68

Fields was just 12 when she was offered the chance to become one of Walt Disney's Mouseketeers, and she became a show regular in 1957.

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Decorating Disneyland: California Adventure, The Magic Kingdom sparkle for the holidays

The red trolley's bell clangs as it glides on its rails down a street festooned with cedar garlands bearing bells and bulbs.

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Making the most of Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

I encountered the biggest crowds I've seen at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party this year. The after-hours specially priced event is limited to fewer guests than Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom accommodates during the day -- but when it sells out, it can still feel crowded.

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Disney to Launch VOD Service in Spain

The Walt Disney Company Spain and Portugal and Wuaki.tv are planning to launch Disney Movies on Demand in Spain.

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Bonnie Lynn Fields dies at 68; former Mouseketeer

Bonnie Lynn Fields joined 'The Mickey Mouse Club' at age 12 for its third season and quickly distinguished herself with her agile dancing. She later ran dance studios.

Bonnie Lynn Fields, who danced and sang her way into pop-culture posterity as one of Walt Disney's Mouseketeers, died Saturday in Richmond, Ind. She was 68.

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Disney park in St. Louis lives on in Orlando

On Monday, we opened the NewsChannel 5 film vaults to take another look at a fascinating chapter in the local archives.

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Cinema: Mouse & Man

Mr. Leon Schlesinger, Mr. Max Fleischer et al, make most of the animated cartoons produced in the U. S. Of the man who makes the rest and the best, Mr.

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Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin is "Santa's Favorite Resort"

New promotion from the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel offers guests the chance to see Santa and Mrs. Claus at their Florida vacation home.

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Download: Monolithium "Bounce 4 Life"

This tune is so busy it's almost as though Monolithium dropped every drum, synth, and trick up his sleeve into it.

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Wait, what? A Disney theme park in St. Louis?

Sadly, the Magic Kingdom isn't expanding to St. Louis anytime soon. But not so long ago, Disney's world famous Imagineers labored over blueprints for a massive downtown theme park just north of Busch Stadium.

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Disney's Epic Mickey 2 video game unites Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

In humankind's shared mythology of the hero's journey, the path to adventure, transformation and atonement sometimes is taken alone - though more times than not it is completed with the help of a trusted friend.

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Snow White Exhibit Opens At Disney Family Museum

Snow White is celebrating it's 75th anniversary and to help celebrate an exhibition of behind-the-scenes of Snow White opens up Thursday at The Walt Disney Family Museum .

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Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Star Wars' New Boss Turns 84

Mickey Mouse has got to be one of the most energetic rodents around - and he shows no signs of slowing down.

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Disney's Grand Floridian Resort Spa to Reopen Soon Under New Ownershipa Disney Ownership That Is

Next month The Spa at Disney's Grand Floridian is scheduled to reopen again after a massive overhaul and change of ownership.

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Channel 31 and Disney to Show Best Movies and Series to Viewers in Kazakhstan

CTC Media, Inc. , Russia's leading independent media company, and The Walt Disney Company CIS have announced the signing of a new two-year agreement to broadcast the films and animated content of The Walt Disney Company CIS via Channel 31, one of the largest players on the television market in Kazakhstan.

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Smurfette's Voice, Lucille Bliss, Dies

Lucille Bliss has passed away at the age of 96, but her voice lives on through iconic cartoon characters like Smurfette of "The Smurfs," Anastasia from "Cinderella," and more recently Yagoda from the film "Avatar." Born in New York City on March 31, 1916, Bliss had a talent that was appreciated and later pursued by the creators of cartoons.

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Spas at Walt Disney World get full makeover

Walt Disney World spas will now be owned and operated by Disney, instead of Niki Bryan Spa.

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Cars Land brings Route 66 Christmas to Disney California Adventure

First, the stepped-into-Oz themed land is so wonderfully immersive I always have to remind myself Anaheim is just behind the enveloping Cadillac Range.

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Disneyland event shuts out regular guests

ANAHEIM Disneyland made an announcement this summer: Regular visitors could buy tickets for a normally closed holiday event, the Candlelight Ceremony.

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ABC Developing Show Based on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Roller Coaster

Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion are two attractions that have already been made into movies and there are other ideas in various stages of conception for the Walt Disney Studios including a movie based on the Magic Kingdom park concept itself.

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To train Imagineers and attractions artists of tomorrow, college creates MFA in themed entertainment design

If you're in college and hoping to get a job in the themed-attractions industry, this week's IAAPA Expo had to be a heartening sight, based on the event's size and attendance.

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Disney honored with several Thea Awards

Several Disney projects were honored with Thea Awards this week.

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Tom Hanks Reveals the Pressures of Playing Disney: "I Don't Want to Piss Anybody Off!"

One of Hollywood's most beloved actors, Tom Hanks , playing one of the world's most beloved legends, Walt Disney ? Seems like Saving Mr.

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New castle projection show debuts at Magic Kingdom

"Celebrate the Magic", a nighttime projection show on Cinderella Castle, debuted November 12 at the Magic Kingdom.

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Floridians top respective divisions at Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon

Anton Van Zyl of Fort Lauderdale won the men's race, while Carrie Majeranowski of Satellite Beach led the women.

Anton Van Zyl of Fort Lauderdale and Carrie Majeranowski of Satellite Beach won their respective divisions Saturday night in the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon.

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Disney to soon reveal 'NextGen' in detail

After years of secrecy surrounding their $1 billion technology project known as "Next Generation Experience," Walt Disney Co. executives say they expect to reveal more concrete details early next year.

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Charlie Beljan's wild Disney ride has happy ending

Two days after leaving hospital for a panic attack, rookie walks off with first PGA Tour win

Charlie Beljan woke up Sunday with a pounding headache and stomach discomfort.

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Disneyland goes Retro for Saving Mr. Banks

A terrific collection of photos from around Disneyland on November 6th and 7th can be found over on LaughingPlace.com. The park was playing host to a Hollywood movie production for "Saving Mr.

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Anaheim To Move Forward With Streetcar Connection to HSR Station

Walt Disney liked trains . A lot . Disneyland has trains all over the place, from streetcars to steam trains to monorails, not only because Walt was a foamer.

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Disney's Hollywood Studios plugs in the holidays again

The sheen of the holidays has landed at Walt Disney World and I went out with my two children this past weekend to get a load of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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Disney Bans Machine Head [News]

Oakland heavy metal band Machine Head has been banned from performing on Disney owned property.

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Lincoln, my Review of Spielberg's Latest Masterpiece

When I heard that Dreamworks movies would be distributed by the Walt Disney Studios, I immediately thought of how terrific it would be if Disney was able to distribute "Lincoln," the movie Spielberg had been working on since 2001.

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Disneyland creates new policy to prevent renting tickets

Disneyland tickets now have guests' names printed on them to prevent unauthorized ticket use.

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Disney to soon reveal 'NextGen' in detail

After years of secrecy surrounding their $1 billion technology project known as "Next Generation Experience," Walt Disney Co.

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Lucille Bliss

Animator Dave Nimitz has informed me that Lucille Bliss passed away on Thursday night .

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After Shock, Lucasfilm Sale to Disney not All that Scary

At the end of October, it was announced that Walt Disney would be buying Lucasfilm, the company that created "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones" and smaller titles.

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Walt Disney Report

Thank you for being a Fool Member. As a special gift, here is free access to a brand-new report by Motley Fool Analyst Jason Moser.

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Disneyland Rolls Back the Clock for Saving Mr. Banks

Some guests arriving at Walt Disney's original Magic Kingdom in Anaheim found themselves stepping back in time for two special days in early November.

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Has 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Already Found Its Writer? Disney May Hire 'Toy Story 3' Writer

Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and George Lucas, who just sold Lucasfilm to Disney for $4 billion.

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Solid 4Q Results Cap a Great Year for Disney

Walt Disney continues to generate impressive results across its key businesses. As recently as August 2011, the market soured on Disney for a hiccup in earnings and some perceived profitability weakness at the parks business.

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Walt Disney - Investors Are Cautious As Company Warns For Soft First Quarter

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

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Cars Land Helps Drive Up Disney’s Theme Parks Earnings for 2012

The Walt Disney Co's fourth quarter earnings were released today, November 8.

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Double-lung transplant survivor to run Disney race, meet donor's mother

Justin Legg has entered the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon

Justin Legg thinks of Jarred McKinley Carter while training for Saturday night's Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon.

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Still-hot Tommy Gainey a victim of Masters quirk

Charlie Wi grabs CMNH Classic lead with late-day 64 at Disney

Should first-round leader Charlie Wi capture this week's Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, he'd land a berth in next year's Masters. No such reward for Tommy Gainey, though, even if he notches his second win in a month.

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Walt Disney Co. ends fiscal 2012 with record revenue, profit and earnings per share

The Walt Disney Co. reported another year of record revenue and profit Thursday, lifted by improved attendance at its theme parks -- though not at Walt Disney World -- the debut of another large cruise ship, gains at its ESPN sports-television unit, and the continuing popularity of its superhero movie "The Avengers."

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New Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opening December 6 at Hollywood Studios

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow will open December 6 at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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Disney's Prep & Landing and Naughty Vs Nice To Air Sunday December 9 On ABC

Two Emmy-winning specials produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios , "Disney Prep & Landing" and "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs.

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All ears: Oswald hats a hit at Disney parks

For its latest merchandising sensation, Disney has called on a character older than Mickey Mouse.

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Book a 4-night cruise on the Disney Dream to the Bahamas for as low as $479

Disney Cruise Line offers a 4-night cruise to the Bahamas for as low as $479, based on double occupancy.

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For many, Disney is last chance for 1 good week

Season finale will determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards for next season

Erik Compton and Tommy Gainey spent some time commiserating three Saturdays ago at the McGladrey Classic, exasperated with seasons that were solid but lacking anything special.

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Tom Hanks sports mustache as Walt Disney for 'Saving Mr. Banks'

Tom Hanks isn't sporting a mustache just to celebrate Movember -- the facial hair is for the two-time Oscar winner's turn as Walt Disney in "Saving Mr. Banks."

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Festival of the Masters comes to Downtown Disney

WHAT: Disney World's annual fine-arts festival spotlights 150 artists in 12 categories including clay, glass, paintings and jewelry. For the first time, an Emerging Masters area will feature the works of 30 juried up-and-coming artists. The Disney Artist Village tent includes character art created by masters from various Disney disciplines, including Walt Disney Imagineering. The event also features live entertainment (Cirque du Soleil performers and others), food and chalk art along with sidewalks of the Downtown Disney entertainment complex.

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Photo: Tom Hanks spotted at Disneyland portraying Walk Disney

Tom Hanks is working at the happiest place on earth. With part of the castle at Disneyland closed off on Tuesday the entertainer was working on his lines and making movie magic with his portrayal of Walt Disney .

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Rock Report: Machine Head Banned From Orlando, Florida 'House of Blues' by Walt Disney Company

Machine Head are currently on tour with Dethklok, All That Remains and the Black Dahlia Murder.

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Veteran's Day celebration planned at Universal Orlando

Universal Orlando will be celebrating Veteran's Day this Friday with a special parade.

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First look: Tom Hanks as Walt Disney in 'Saving Mr. Banks'.

The cast and crew of Saving Mr. Banks are shooting in Disneyland today, and naturally those in the park were able to sneak a peek for the first time of Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.

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Disney's hands-off approach bodes well for Star Wars

Naysayers would have you believe Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm can only mean one thing: Bambi and Mickey Mouse are sure to appear in future Star Wars movies taking up lightsabres against the dark side of the Force.

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Disney Cruise Line headed to Jamaica in 2013

A new stop in Jamaica has been added to several Western Caribbean itineraries out of Galveston in 2013.

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Roy Exum: Three Words & A Kiss

A little girl once asked the late Walt Disney if he still drew Mickey Mouse cartoons.

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Former Disney exec, Lee Cockerell, writes new customer service book

Lee Cockerell, former Disney executive, has a new book due out in March.

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Rumor: Disney Cruise Line adding Jamaica itinerary in 2014?

The appearance of Jamaica on an itinerary map has people speculating this may be a destination of Disney Cruise Line in 2014.

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With Disney app, make this Election Day an educational one by learning more about presidents

You have a choice this Election Day. If the U.S. presidential election is as close as the pundits say it will be, you can teach your children about voter disenfranchisement, Florida voting debacles and provisional-ballot lawsuits.

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Disney unlikely to change 'Star Wars' brand

Naysayers would have you believe Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm can only mean one thing: Bambi and Mickey Mouse are sure to appear in future "Star Wars" movies taking up lightsabers against the dark side of the Force.

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Wreck-It Ralph Storybook Deluxe and Hero's Duty Interactive Comic

Wreck-It Ralph opens today in theaters and I am one excited fan! The trailer looks great and I think this will be a big hit for the Walt Disney Animation Studios ! But, in our digital age, just watching the movie is never enough.

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Disney's theme parks likely to feel the force of Star Wars

When the Walt Disney Co. bought one of the biggest movie brands in Hollywood history this week, it also triggered speculation about how Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Star Wars franchise might further manifest itself in Disney's theme parks.

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Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm the talk of the entertainment world

The Issue: The talk of the entertainment world this week was Disney's $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm, meaning the mega-network of Mickey Mouse and Pixar now has the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, and director George Lucas - previously the sole owner of his movie company - now has a very large, comfy pile of Disney shares to ... (more)

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Ticket price increase at SeaWorld Orlando

In anticipation of their new area "Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin" opening, SeaWorld Orlando has raised ticket prices for the second time in four months.

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DISNEYLAND: Christmas cheer spreads to California Adventure

Disney California Adventure's new Buena Vista Street will mirror Disneyland Park's Main Street USA when it comes to holiday cheer, according to the parks' official blog .

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Disney Cruise Line offers up military and Florida resident deals

Disney Cruise Line has deals for Florida residents as well as active and retired military for select departures.

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Disney scores high with 'Wreck-It Ralph'

Walt Disney Animation Studios GAME CENTRAL STATION -- Ralph ?tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, Jr.

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Zaki Hasan: Disney Buys Lucas, the Star Wars Saga Continues, and the Internet Breaks in Half

Yesterday afternoon my cell phone was buzzing with so many texts one after the other that I sort of felt like I was a character on The West Wing after some geopolitical crisis has just occurred.

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Sklar's In Charge

You may not know his name, but you most definitely know the result of his work. Why? Because Marty Sklar has influenced every single Disney theme park that has been built.

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TRANSFORMERS: The Ride 3D to open at Universal Orlando

Universal Studios Orlando has announced the opening of a new attraction, TRANSFORMERS: The Ride - 3D.

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Robert Bruce Smith: Memorable kickoff to 2012-13 Tupelo Symphony season

Area music lovers are in for a real treat if the [Tupelo](http://www.topix.com/city/tupelo-ms) [Symphony](http://www.topix.com/arts/symphony) Orchestra's new 2012-13 season lives up to its fine opening performance at Link Centre Concert Hall on Saturday, Oct.

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New faces at CMAs mark change in country music

A New Mexico police report says Gene Hackman had given clothes, money and rides to a homeless man he slapped this week after the man became aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife.

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VOTD: Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland

Earlier today, Peter posted on Twitter that rumors had been circulating about the Disney acquisition of LucasFilm for about a year.

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New 'Star Wars' Trilogy: Room for Hamill, Fisher, Ford?

Now that George Lucas has passed the torch onto producer and Lucasfilm vice chairman Kathleen Kennedy for the future of his " Star Wars " franchise, fans no doubt will be wondering what shape The Force will take under the House of Mouse.

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