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On Sunday April 29, Disney Store celebrated the grand opening of its newly-redesigned store at Glendale Galleria, in Glendale, Calif., the location of the very first Disney Store. In 1987, Disney launched the concept known as entertainment retail, and today Disney...
cars land opening soon!
The Happiest Place on Earth will get even happier June 15, 2012, with the grand opening of Cars Land, Buena Vista Street and the Carthay Circle Theatre at Disney California Adventure park. The exciting, new additions will complete the five-year expansion of Disneyland...
tutto gusto wine cellar opens
Patina Restaurant Group officially opened Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar at the Walt Disney World Resort today, May 1. Located in a reproduction of the Medici Palace in the Italy pavilion at Epcot, the new wine cellar is a space that was “discovered” as Tutto Italia was...
happy birthday studios
Today is the birthday of Disney's Hollywood Studios; the third gate, or park, at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, FL. The park opened as the Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989 and has become one of the most popular theme park destinations in the world. On the...
keep dancing online
BBC Worldwide and ABC Entertainment today announced the first ever free-to-play online game centered on the juggernaut reality-competition television show, "Dancing with the Stars." Titled "Dancing with the Stars: Keep Dancing," the game is available to play now...
fantasyland news
This July and “Holidays 2012″ are the next two milestones for openings in the multi-year expansion of the New Fantasyland, announced Friday. A “What’s New, What’s Next” presentation to media detailed the next phases in the project designed to nearly double the size of...
starbucks in the parks
Starbucks Coffee Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts today announced that Starbucks will soon be available at all Disney theme parks at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., and Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. This summer, the first of six...
d23 treasures
D23 PRESENTS TREASURES OF THE WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES, which encompasses more than 500 historic artifacts from nearly nine decades of Disney history, opens at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum on July 6, continuing through April 2013. Presented by D23:...
storybook posters
We finally had a chance to head over to the Magic Kingdom and check out the recently opened portions of the New Fantasyland. Still lots of fences up blocking the view to the construction of the rest of the land, but in usual Disney fashion, they have made the fencing...
china’s animation industry
The Walt Disney Company in China, the Ministry of Culture’s China Animation Group, and Tencent, China’s largest internet service provider, have formed a partnership, “The National Animation Creative Research and Development Cooperation,” to advance the country’s...
the far east
Continuing its tradition of creating award-winning immersive experiences around the globe, Adventures by Disney announced today an all-new destination for 2013 – Southeast Asia. Featuring Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the 12-day, 11-night itinerary will give travelers...
fantasy’s maiden voyage
It is hard to believe that the day is almost here, when the Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Disney Fantasy, will make its maiden voyage. It is always a big deal for a new business launch at Disney, and this one is no different. To commemorate the event, Disney...
pixie manors
We attended the media day for the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival yesterday, and did we get wet! Normally, it does not spend the whole day raining here in Central Florida, but yesterday was apparently and exception. Despite that, we tried to have a good...
sorcerers of the magic kingdom
We visited the Magic Kingdom today to enjoy the nice weather and also play the latest addition to the parks; Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. The game itself is not really new, it is a Disney spin on the role playing card games of your childhood but to see how Disney...
fantasy christening
The Disney Fantasy, the fourth ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, was christened today during a star-studded christening celebration at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. On a night filled with celebrity performances from the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Neil Patrick...
leap day!
Disney Parks guests can get the most out of February 29 when Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California celebrate Leap Year by keeping a theme park on each coast open for 24 hours of nonstop memory-making fun. For the first time ever, both...
sorcerer’s of the magic kingdom
When the new “Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom” game debuts at Magic Kingdom on February 22, it will be up to guests to discover and defeat the Disney villains who are wreaking havoc behind the scenes at the Walt Disney World Resort theme park. In this role-playing...
pixiesafari AR update
When we got into development of iOS applications, it was the ability to provide location-based services and integration with mapping that really attracted our attention. With a background in destination tourism, all of our previous clients always wanted to include...