29 July 2010, 11:50 am
Wing Chao, most recently the executive vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering, has been elected to the board of directors of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
29 July 2010, 10:00 am
With its glittery galaxy of 23 illuminated floats, 80 performers, and trademark synthesizer music sweetened with Disney theme songs, Disney's "Main Street Electrical Parade" has been leaving Magic Kingdom guests aglow all summer.
28 July 2010, 11:56 am
Walt Disney World in Florida has begun negotiations with the unions responsible for its 58,000-strong workforce to put together a new employment contract.
28 July 2010, 9:02 am
As Florida residents, we've probably all been to the Disney parks a few times. Or perhaps there's someone in your family who isn't convinced that spending the day at a theme park is their idea of fun. Either way, I'm here to tell you there is so much more to the Walt Disney World Resort than just "It's a small world." In fact, it's quite a large world. Here are some of my top picks for some ...
28 July 2010, 1:40 am
Walt Disney World is preparing to expand its iconic monorail system at least a little bit.
27 July 2010, 1:56 pm
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) -- More than 80 years after Mickey Mouse piloted "Steamboat Willie" and whistled his way into the hearts of children across the world, he has finally reached the shores of Hawaii.
Disneyland or Disneyland Paris theme park is a large comprehensive entertainment and fun for young and old, hotels, shops, restaurants, attractions, an endless list of places that will make great family as we pass all the characters Disney.
Now to start the year 2010 all children under 12 admitted free until April 1 at almost all dates, will become new attractions such as a toy in the Toy Story Playland, where you pretend that you jump in parachute by joining the Andy troops falling from above in a simulated fall. Slinky Dog is also the zig zag which is attached to Slinky Dog on a tour of a lot of laps to try to bite the tail, or the fastest car Rc Racer Andy where we have an adrenaline rush on a ramp over 25 meters behind the wheel of Toy Story racing car.
But then there's the novelty of the Next Generation Festival in Disneyland Paris that add new characters to existing ones, as well as being able to meet the now legendary Mickey Mouse, now we can enjoy the Princess of Princess and the Frog, as already taken place within the Disney princesses in the parade Once Upon a Time displayed along with Cinderella, Snow White and Aurora.
In front of Sleeping Beauty Castle Showtime can see where Mickey will lead a performance of music and fun with all new characters, Disneys's Stars & Cars see Remy and Emile from Ratatouille in a motorcade in which they shall mounted on a mobile kitchen "food at home" full of kitchen utensils in tribute to his film. In Monsters Inc Sully Academy we know that invite us to become monsters and learn to scream as loud as him.
As if this were not enough, we express all stars Disney will go toward the Next Generation Festival Disneyland Paris, a train full of fairy tale characters that we will live unforgettable moments of magic and fun.
Land of Fantasy and destination of choice for thousands of families around the world, Orlando offers you more than the well-known theme parks of Disney World, Universal or Sea World. In recent years the city has sought to create other attractions to offer those who visit. One of the places not to be missed in Orlando is the Orlando Science Center, the largest planetarium in the world where you can also see exhibitions on natural sciences. You can also visit the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. In Orlando to the museums are fantastic: the Museum Ripley's Believe It or Not will see pieces that certainly will take you to think it is true or not, as a man with two pupils in each eye and a reproduction of a Rolls Royce in size made with a million matches of chopsticks!
For anyone who loves life and animal contact with wildlife, Orlando also offers several options such as Cypress Gardens Park, a space that combines a zoo and an observatory of animal life to over 50 m. the floor featuring circus and water ski, and Dolphin World, where you can swim beneath dolphins. There is also the possibility to travel by boat on the St. Johns River, to observe the characteristic of the marsh crocodiles in Florida, or visit the ecological reserve of the natural park of Blue Spring. Orlando is also a good destination for those who like to shop, with large shopping centers in it. There are also numerous restaurants, some of them quite original, as the Cheyenne Saloon, which recreates the atmosphere of the Wild West. Orlando is near Daytona Beach, a great seaside resort, with good hotels and restaurants, famous for Automobile Race of Daytona.
A world of charm, full of magic, dreams and emotion. Consists of five kingdoms fascinating: Main Street USA, Frontierland, Adventureland, Fantasyland and Discoveryland.
MAIN STREET USA - Located right at the entrance to the Disneyland � Park, back to the past, the main street of a small American town, with its colorful facades of houses, shops, restaurants, gas lamps and the old train station with steam, just as in good old times!
ADVENTURELAND - Put your hat in Explorer, because it the heart of the action. Climb to Robinson's Tree House tremelicantes or cross the suspension bridges on the waterfalls. Travel the seven seas in the middle of an attack by pirates ... Both the East and the Caribbean, guaranteed adventure!
FRONTIERLAND - The greatness of a legendary season, leads him to conquer the west! Meetings with heroes, cowboys, Indians, everyone will be here in Thunder Bureau. Inspired by the wild west town from the end of century. XIX. Will feel drawn by the gold fever, nostalgia, emotion, feeling strong, a surprise on every corner!
FANTASYLAND - Where the stories and dreams of childhood come true! Magical place where all living heroes of the tales of Perrault, Grimm, Lewis Carroll, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Cinderella, Pinocchio and many other friends waiting in the Disney magic and enchantment of the time in each corner!
DISCOVERYLAND - Prepare to travel to other galaxies where there imagination and creativity, history of inventions of the great visionaries and delirium. Tighten the belt ... and go to conquer the stars, a journey through time inspired by Jules Verne.