Couple Completes Mission to Visit Disneyland Every Day in 2012

California couple visits Disneyland every day for a year.

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Final Preparations for Roses Parade

We're just a day away from New Year's Eve celebrations. In New York, they have been testing dropping confetti for the big Times Square ball drop.

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Holiday parking restrictions at the Magic Kingdom-area resorts

Parking restrictions at the Contemporary Resort and the Grand Floridian Resort during the holidays.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/General_Disney_News/Holiday_parking_restrictions_at_the_Magic_Kingdom-area_resorts.htm

New designs to be featured on Disney Dollars

New Disney Dollar designs to be released January 1, 2013.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/General_Disney_News/New_designs_to_be_featured_on_Disney_Dollars.htm

Disney cuts back on discount for passholders

Walt Disney World is cutting back on a popular perk for customers who shell out for the giant resort's most-expensive annual passes.

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Best of the new -- and renewed at Orlando theme parks

Here are my picks for the best happenings at theme parks and attractions for 2012

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SeaWorld files to publicly sell stock

SeaWorld has filed to sell stocks and become a publicly traded company.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/seaworld/SeaWorld_files_to_publicly_sell_stock.htm

Dates revealed for Disney's Star Wars Weekends 2013

The dates for 2013's Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios have been announced.

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Disney cuts back on discounts for passholders

Walt Disney World is cutting back on a popular perk for customers who shell out for the giant resort's most expensive annual passes.

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Watch those FastPass return times

Here's a timely reminder for those using the FastPass system at Disney World during this time of year: Remember that Disney has become much stricter about enforcing the FastPass return times.

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Walt Disney completes Lucasfilm buy: Mouse reveals stock issue, cash payment

Walt Disney Co. has completed its $4.06 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm, two months after announcing its plans.

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Disney Sets August 9 Release for 'Cars' Spin-off 'Planes'

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Disney will release "Planes," a spin-off of Pixar's "Cars" franchise, August 9, 2013, in the United States. DisneyToon Studios is behind the film with Pixar/Disney Animation chief creative officer John Lasseter producing.

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Florida: Disney World's Grand Floridian spa gets a makeover

Walt Disney World recently revamped the spa at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Lake Buena Vista , Fla., and plans to do the same at a second Florida property next year.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/la-trb-disney-spa-20121223,0,2446773.story?track=rss

A look at what's on tap for Orlando theme parks in 2013

Expect at least five major projects to open at Central Florida theme parks and attractions in 2013.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-theme-parks-2013-rail-20121227,0,5197957.story?track=rss

Disney controls Winnie the Pooh trademarks, court rules

Walt Disney Co. has won an appeals court ruling that protects the Burbank entertainment giant's trademarks to the valuable Winnie the Pooh characters.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/la-disney-controls-winnie-the-pooh-trademarks-court-rules-20121221,0,2506709.story?track=rss

Disney at center of state-subsidized plan to attract pro-soccer fans

With a rich assist from Florida taxpayers, Walt Disney World and local sports promoters are hoping to make Orlando a magnet for soccer fans this February.

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Best of the new -- and renewed at Orlando theme parks

Here are my picks for the best happenings at theme parks and attractions for 2012.

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Dear America, Children Are Not Suppose to Meet in Heaven

She had just moved into town six months ago. A new start. A new beginning at a new school.

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Pixar's film Planes coming to theaters

The Pixar film Planes is being released in theaters instead of going straight to DVD.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/Television_and_Film/Pixar_s_film_Planes_coming_to_theaters.htm

Cedar Fair Growth Hits A Snag

Earlier this month theme park operator Cedar Fair, LP and The Walt Disney Company both presented at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference.

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'Brother Bear' and 'Brother Bear 2a 2 Come to Blu-ray March 3, 2013

March 13, 2013 is going to be a very exciting days for fans of Walt Disney Pictures , with the release of several of their most popular titles.

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Dear Santa: Please load some Disney apps on our iPads, iPhones, iPods and Android smartphones

Hopefully, on Christmas morning, Santa will deliver that Red Ryder BB gun - you know, the carbine-action, 200-shot Range Model with the compass in the stock and that will oh-so-easily shoot your eye out.

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-app-roundup-for-the-holidays,0,2554051.story?track=rss

Disney Cuts Racist Toon From Swedish Christmas

Three years ago, I wrote a piece for Slate explaining the peculiar Swedish tradition of coming together every Christmas Eve to watch Donald Duck .

URL: http://www.topix.com/who/walt-disney/2012/12/disney-cuts-racist-toon-from-swedish-christmas?fromrss=1

Animated character Franklin the Turtle comes to SeaWorld

SeaWorld Kids has entered into a new agreement with the Franklin & Friends brand.

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Rumor: New restaurant coming to Morocco in Epcot

Rumors of a new tapas restaurant coming to Epcot in 2013.

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NASA creates Buzz Lightyear-like spacesuit

NASA's new spacesuit looks strikingly similar to the one worn by Buzz Lightyear.

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Marinwood's Mickey Mouse Christmas House

What started as a hobby has grown into a full blown obsession for one man in Marinwood who decorates his house every year as the Mickey Mouse Christmas House .

URL: http://www.topix.com/who/walt-disney/2012/12/marinwoods-mickey-mouse-christmas-house?fromrss=1

Another Confused Dow Freak-Out

Political meltdowns have long been fodder for bears. The threat of war conspires to wipe out weeks of gains.

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Disneyland loses power due to high winds

Disneyland lost power Wednesday due to strong winds.

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One person killed in crash on Disney property

A death was the result of a head-on collision on Disney property Friday morning.

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Big things that were never built in Los Angeles

One of my lesser historical obsessions has been the grandiose stuff that's been proposed for the Los Angeles area and never built.

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Marinwood's Mickey Mouse Christmas house catches Disney's attention

A Disney Christmas-themed diorama covers every inch of Les MizeOs two-car garage on Tuesday, Dec.

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Club Penguin to launch annual charity event with biggest-ever virtual bake sale

Before school started this morning, I overheard my 10-year-old son talking about making a donation to needy children by using his "coins for change." I assumed it was an elementary-school project for the holidays.

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Disney announces Jonathan Groff to voice Kristoff in animated 'Frozen'

On Dec. 19, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced Jonathan Groff will lend this vocal talents to its upcoming animated musical comedy adventure, "Frozen." Groff is a Tony-Award nominee for the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" for the role of Melchior Gabor, which he originated.

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TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Presents Hot Homes: Madonna, Disney Designer & Frank Lloyd Wright

This week's Top 10 homes spotlight at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com includes a look at the Material Girl's New York apartment, now on the market at $23.5 million.

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More NextGen testing taking place at Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World begins two new NextGen tests this month.

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Travel cures for the winter blues

Fireworks punctuate the grand opening celebration at the Cinderella Castle for the New Fantasyland attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Thursday, Dec.

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Kodak and Disney to end partnership

Eastman Kodak will no longer have a sponsorship agreement with the Disney theme parks.

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RFID readers added to main gates of Disney theme parks

Guests will no longer have to go through turnstiles to enter the Walt Disney World theme parks.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/General_Disney_News/RFID_readers_added_to_main_gates_of_Disney_theme_parks.htm

Doc McStuffins and Sofia the First coming to the Disney theme parks

Characters from "Doc McStuffins" and "Sofia the First" will join the cast of Disney Junior - Live on Stage! at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure.

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Walt Disney demonstrated how great innovations take years to develop

People were astounded, when Disneyland first opened, at the uniqueness of the offerings, the richness of detail, and the emotionality of the experience.

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Better FastPass signs could ease New Fantasyland crowding at Disney

I braved the crowds at New Fantasyland this weekend at Disney World's Magic Kingdom to take another spin on the new Under the Sea -- Journey of The Little Mermaid ride.

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SeaWorld plans to file for an IPO

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to file for an IPO in 2013.

URL: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/seaworld/SeaWorld_plans_to_file_for_an_IPO.htm

Adventures by Disney receives award

Adventures by Disney is honored by the World Travel Awards.

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Five Million Butterbeers sold at Universal Orlando

Islands of Adventure at Universal has just served its five millionth Butterbeer.

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Disney's folly: 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'

That little folly was the first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which made its premiere Dec.

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On the Anniversary of Walt Disney's Death

Walt Disney died this day in 1966 from Lung Cancer. Many of his dreams changed the world and others, like EPCOT Center, still could.

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Wreck-It Ralph's sidekick stops for a boogie.

The bad-guy character in a classic game who longs to be a hero brings trouble to his entire arcade after game-jumping. Disney animated characters have been getting into mischief in the workplace since Mickey Mouse played up in his debut, 1928's Steamboat Willie , but they find a new angle, both enjoyable and clever, in the studio's latest release.

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Museum Gotta See 'Um

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: THE CREATION OF A CLASSIC, AT THE WALT DISNEY FAMILY MUSEUM.

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Epcot's Candlelight Processional shows off tuneup, same tunes

Audience members at Epcot's Candlelight Processional are experiencing new sounds this season. Among them is narration that describes a broken church organ, a spur-of-the-moment poem and an amateur guitarist, leading into a rendition of "Silent Night."

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What Would Indiana Jones Do?

In a real-life Indiana Jones adventure a lawsuit has been filed in the state of Illinois by Dr.

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New Fantasyland lives up to Walt Disney's original concept

Walt Disney's impetus in creating the original Fantasyland in Disneyland was to make guests feel as if they were being magically transported to another time and another world - right into a classic Disney movie.

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Disney Animation Reveals Frozen Concept Art, More Details

With Wreck-it Ralph firmly in the category of box office hit, it's time to turn our gaze toward the next film from Walt Disney Animation Studios - Frozen.

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Why Test Track is an important attraction, an interview with Imagineer and Epcot VP

Erin Youngs, Vice President of EPCOT, and Melissa Jeselnick, Walt Disney Imagineering, sat down with The Disney Blog at a roundtable interview to discuss the newly opened Test Track.

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How Plutocracy Operates Like "The Matrix"

The seminal 1999 film The Matrix was not, as it appears on the surface, about technological singularity AI or philosophical gibberish about the nature of being.

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To New Fantasyland -- and beyond: What's new at Walt Disney World

Disney World's grand opening of New Fantasyland came with three days of facts, figures and flirtations about the future

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"Babes In Toyland" Arrives On Blu-ray For The First Time

The 1961 classic Disney musical "Babes In Toyland" has arrived on Blu-ray for the first time! The film, directed by Walt Disney himself, has undergone a Digital Restoration process to make it look like a brand new movie! Here's a description of "Babes In Toyland," Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary.

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To New Fantasyland -- and beyond: What's new at Walt Disney World

Last weekend I woke up facedown in a pool of pixie dust.

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Walt Disney Studios Unveils the Full Trailer for 'The Lone Ranger'

Not too long ago, Disney unveiled the first teaser trailer for 'The Lone Ranger', a new adaptation of the popular character.

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Disneyland's Candlelight Processional

Kurt Russell was the guest narrator for the December 5, 2012 Candlelight Ceremony on Main Street USA in Disneyland.

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Netflix Instant adds Disney classics to streaming catalog

A recent deal with the Walt Disney Company has already brought an assortment of Disney films and television programs to the Netflix Instant catalog, just in time for the long days of Christmas break at home with the kids.

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Disney to Give Feature Treatment to 'Dolphin Boy,' Doc...

And now for something entirely different. Variety reports that Walt Disney Pictures have picked up the film rights to Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir 's 2011 documentary Dolphin Boy in order to turn it into a narrative feature.

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First bite: Splitsville Luxury Lanes at Downtown Disney

With sushi and gourmet burgers, Splitsville Luxury Lanes, is likely to be right up the alley for bowlers with discerning palates.

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New Dreamworks Movie "Need for Speed" is Speeding Into Theaters in 2014

Dreamworks studio is at it again! In association with Bandito Brothers they are in pre-production on the Walt Disney Studios movie "Need for Speed." This racing theme featured film is based on the Electronic Arts video game franchise that is the most successful racing game video series in the World.

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PGA Tour drops annual Disney tournament from 2013 schedule

Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill March 18-24 will be Orlando's sole PGA event

The PGA Tour has dropped the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic hosted annually at Disney World from its 2013 schedule.

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Ty Burrell Set to Star in 'The Muppets' Sequel

It looks like ' The Muppets ' sequel has finally found its star to takeover for Jason Segal in the new film.

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Netflix Signs Exclusive Deal with Disney for Theatrical Releases

Netflix announced a new and unique multi-year deal with Disney that will bring Disney theatrical releases exclusively to Netflix streaming, starting in 2016.

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Disney Developing Sequel to Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland'

It looks like a sequel to Tim Burton's ' Alice in Wonderland ' is currently in the works over at Walt Disney Studios.

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DISNEYLAND: Long lines for reworked Indiana Jones ride

Three minutes after Disneyland opened at 8 a.m. this morning, the standby line for Indiana Jones Adventure stretched back to Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.

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Netflix to stream Disney, Pixar and Marvel starting in 2016

Netflix aims a hard-hitting blow at pay-TV site Starz after obtaining the rights to stream Walt Disney Studio films starting in 2016.

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Streator students host first Worthy Hall of Fame induction ceremony

On Saturday, Dec. 15, [Streator](http://www.topix.com/city/streator-il) Township High School will conduct the inaugural induction ceremony of the Worthy Hall of Fame.

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Epcot's Test Track reopens

Epcot's Test Track is back in action.

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New Fantasyland Opens with Two Ceremonies

It took major star power and two ceremonies to officially open the newest area of the Magic Kingdom.

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Top Disney exec says Avatar Land remains on track

On the same day Walt Disney World formally unveiled most of the elements in its Fantasyland expansion, the head of the company's theme-park business reaffirmed Disney's faith in another project in Orlando -- a land in Disney's Animal Kingdom based on the "Avatar" film franchise.

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'TRON 3a 2 Moving Forward

Before 'Tron: Legacy' landed in 2010, it was supposed to be the start of a new franchise for Disney, by reigniting an old one.

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Disney + Netflix = Exclusive Deal

When the news that Netflix and the Disney . had entered into a new multi-year agreement that will start in 2016 hit the airwaves on Tuesday, everyone was happy and Netflix Inc.

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Disney's new Fantasyland opens in Orlando

After years of planning, it took just 12 minutes to officially open the latest addition to Fantasyland, the largest expansion in the Magic Kingdom's 41-year history.

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Disneyland Creating More Wonder With Fantasyland

Walt Disney made a promise that as long as there is imagination left in the world, Disneyland would never be finished.

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Dragon that flew above Fantasyland was 'a little sneak peek'

A dragon that soared above Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland on Wednesday night isn't scheduled to make a return trip, Walt Disney Imagineering officials said Thursday.

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New Fantasyland: Walt Disney World Debuts Largest Magic Kingdom Expansion Ever

New Fantasyland is touted as the largest expansion in the 41-year history of the Magic Kingdom, doubling the size of original Fantasyland from 10 to 21 acres.

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Disney's new Fantasyland opens in Orlando

Walt Disney World celebrated the largest expansion in Magic Kingdom history with a grand opening for portions of its "new" Fantasyland this morning.

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Lunch at Be Our Guest, a new Fantasyland restaurant in Orlando

With this week's opening of the new Fantasyland, dining options have expanded for guests at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park

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Court upholds $319M verdict against Disney over 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' profits

A federal appeals court has upheld a $319 million verdict over profits from the game show " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire " and rejected the Walt Disney Company's request to have a new trial for the case.Back in 2010 a jury decided that The Walt Disney Company hid the popular game show's profits from its creators, London-based Celador International ... (more)

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DISNEYLAND: Light always shines in Walt's office

I'm guessing more than a few Disneyland guests are pausing in front of the firehouse on Main Street USA today.

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Netflix scores US subscription service exclusive to Disney's first-run films in multi-year deal

Walt Disney studios and Netflix entered into a multi-year agreement that makes the online video distributor the only US subscription service with licensing to show first-run live-action and animated films from the studio.

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Disney makes exclusive deal with Netflix

Disney movies will be available on Netflix soon.

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Cars Land is coming to DHS!

The DIS has confirmed from multiple sources that Disney will officially announce this week that they are bringing Cars Land to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Lights, Motors, Action! and the Backlot Tour will be leveled to make room for an expansion of Pixar Place to include the new land.

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Dec. 5, 1901: Disney, Heisenberg ? Separated at Birth?

Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries that Made Our World.

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Magic Kingdom's King

He also planned and built Disneyland, a huge amusement park that opened near Los Angeles in 1955, and before his death he had begun building a second such park, Walt Disney World, near Orlando, Florida.

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Vintage Mickey Mouse Poster Sells for More than $100,000

The 1928 movie poster of Mickey Mouse was auctioned off to the highest bidder recently in Dallas, Texas.

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Huffington Post - The Tinker Bell drone that Disneyland almost got

Over the past week or so, there have been a number of stories out there about media companies and drone technology.

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Netflix inks Disney deal, but no new films 'til 2016

Netflix has inked a high-profile deal with Walt Disney Studios, but you won't see new releases in your streaming queue for another four years.

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Disney Signs Exclusive Deal to Stream Movies on Netflix

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Netflix gets exclusive pay TV rights for Di...

Netflix Inc signed a multi-year agreement with Walt Disney Co, gaining exclusive U.S. pay television rights to Disney movie releases from 2016.

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There's no place like home for Disney Cruise Line in 2014

Disney Cruise Line is bringing all its ships home to Florida in 2014.

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Lunch at Be Our Guest, a new Fantasyland restaurant in Orlando

With this week's opening of the new Fantasyland, dining options have expanded for guests at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park.

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Disney Cruise Line releases 2014 itineraries

Disney Cruise Line itineraries have been released for the first half of 2014.

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Dolphin bites girl at SeaWorld Orlando

During a feeding experience at SeaWorld Orlando, a dolphin bit an eight-year-old girl's hand.

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Disney/Pixar Lead Annie Award Best Picture Nominations

With "Brave," "Wreck-It Ralph" and "Frankenweenie" up for the top prize, it was a big year for the House of Mouse.

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Disney Names Jennifer Lee Director of "Frozen"

Walt Disney Animation Studios taps 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 Nov.

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Disney history: Walt Disney's birthday

Dec. 5, 1985: The City of Anaheim salutes Walt Disney's birthday with the spectacular SkyFest, a world-record release of more than one-million colorful balloons over the skies of Disneyland.

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Disney and Other Major Retailers Used Factory In Bangladesh Fire

A garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire over the weekend was used by a host of U.S. and European retailers, an Associated Press reporter discovered Wednesday from clothes and account books left behind amid the building wreckage at Tazreen Fashions Ltd.

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Disney design artist Mel Shaw dies

While playing polo on the fields of Southern California in the late 1930s, Mel Shaw met Walt Disney and was soon playing on his team, the Donald Ducks, that took on the president of Mexico's personal team in 1938 -- and won.

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