Archive for October 6th, 2008
Construction Around Walt Disney World
Monday, October 6th, 2008Here are some current construction photos around the world:
Tinker Bell’s Treasures in Magic Kingdom
NEW! Animal Kingdom Villas Construction Photos
Monday, October 6th, 2008Here are the latest Animal Kingdom Villas Construction Photos:
NEW! Bay Lake Tower Construction Photos
Monday, October 6th, 2008Here are the latest Bay Lake Tower Construction Photos:
Disney shares drop almost 7 percent
Monday, October 6th, 2008Shares in The Walt Disney Co., one of the components of the Dow Jones industrial average, were down 6.8 percent at $27.53 at midday Monday, the lowest they have traded since Jan. 23.
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Disney announces new European cruise tours
Monday, October 6th, 2008Disney is sending its cruise ships further afield than ever before.
The company is announcing this afternoon that it will send the 2,700-passenger Disney Magic cruise ship overseas for five months in 2010, for a series of sailings that will take it from Russia to Northern Africa. The April-through-September schedule will mark the longest stretch that […]
Was it worth the dough? The tweens think so.
Monday, October 6th, 2008Around Disney talked to several starstruck Miley Cyrus fans who were roaming the park after Cyrus’ big performance. They all said it was totally worth the $250 — surprisingly, some of their parents did, too.“I like the words to her songs, I like when she performed on the water,” said Bridget Grienke, 12, of Villa […]
Walt Disney Pictures’ Bolt to be honored at 3DX Premier
Monday, October 6th, 2008Bolt, Walt Disney Studio’s new animated feature set to open in the U.S. on 21 November, will be honored as the opening night film at the 3DX: 3D Film & Entertainment Technology Festival, the first-ever festival of its kind dedicated to stereoscopic 3-D. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi will be delivering […]
‘Chihuahua’ leads Disney’s domination at box office
Monday, October 6th, 2008One of Hollywood’s busiest weekends at theaters went to the dogs. Beverly Hills Chihuahua held off seven other films that either debuted or expanded nationwide. The family comedy did $29 million, according to studio estimates from box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI. The opening met most analysts’ expectations and gave Disney a lopsided win at […]
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights garners another kudos
Monday, October 6th, 2008Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights was named the nation’s top amusement park Halloween event for the second consecutive year by readers of HauntWorld The Magazine. The magazine’s poll, supported by its related website, HauntWorld.com, picked Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights over Knott’s Scary Farm, at Knott’s Berry Farm in Los Angeles, which got the top honor […]
Some Stars who celebrated Miley Cyrus’ Birthday at Disneyland
Monday, October 6th, 2008Here is a list of stars who helped celebrate Miley Cyrus’ birthday party at Disneyland:
Roshon Fegan, Meaghan Jette Martin and Anna Maria Perez De Tagle from “Camp Rock”, KayCee Stroh from “High School Musical”, Demi Lovato of “Camp Rock”,, and adult stars like Steve Carell, above, Tyra Banks, Jennie Garth and Sela Ward also showed […]
Sheesh. The purple carpet is hectic.
Monday, October 6th, 2008Miley Cyrus was a veritable ping-pong ball, bouncing back and forth between her screaming fans on one side of the purple carpet — that’s her favorite color – and the hordes of scrounging media-types. Billy Ray Cyrus, obviously wistful to be seeing his daughter grow up, was telling a gaggle of thrusting microphones about how Ed King, […]
