Disney News Feed for July 26

MousePlanetWatch 29 – news feed for July 26, 2007

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In the Walt Disney World news, most of the news came from this past Monday’s
Walt Disney World Park Update, and
links to the various information reported can be found there.

• A woman was arrested for
  a “line rage” attack on the Mad Tea Party.
• We gave a roundup of all of the upcoming dining
  changes around the resort.
• On Tuesday, an uncooperative 40-ton sign and truss caused major disruptions
  on Interstate 4 at Osceola Parkway, causing major headaches for many tourists
  trying to get to Walt Disney World.
• Rumors indicate that much of the interior of the Wonders of Life pavilion
  may be dismantled in time for the empty pavilion used for the Food & Wine
  Festival.

In the Disneyland news, some of the news came from this past Monday’s Disneyland
Park Update.

• A Blue
  Sky Disney Blog entry discussed the huge investment in Disney’s California
  Adventure. You can join
  the ongoing discussion on the topic on MousePad.
• Information on the Art of Disney Parks event is available
  online.
• More information about the 17-year-old girl who abandoned a newborn baby
  in the trash at the Denny’s near Disneyland is in the Orange
  County Register.
• Kiwis might be interested in a new
  holiday package to Disneyland from New Zealand.
• The Jane Seymour event at the Disney Gallery has
  been cancelled.

In The Walt Disney Company news:

• Disney is looking to start selling fragrances to pre-teen boys, especially
  in Hispanic communities.
• Hollywood Records
  will introduce its new CDVU+ format on August 7 with the first album by the
  Jonas Brothers
  for that label.
• The 18 stops of “Disney’s Magical Blu-Ray Tour” will take it to malls
  around the country from August 17 – December 23. Here’s the schedule:

Disney’s Magical Blu-Ray Tour will be coming to 18 malls between now and Christmas.
Photo © Disney

• Disney
  celebrated as the Disney-ABC Television Group earned 85 nominations for
  this year’s Emmy Awards.
• The
  Little Mermaid begins its pre-Broadway
  shakedown run in Denver today, while Beauty
  and the Beast closes its doors on Broadway on Sunday.
• Ratatouille
  dropped from third to fifth at the weekend box
  office with a $10.9 million, bringing its total since release to $165.5
  million.
• On the strength of Pirates, Ratatouille and Wild Hogs, Disney
  is the number
  3 studio at the box office so far this year.
• At the last minute, Roy E. Disney decided not to skipper
  his yacht Pyewacket in the TransPacific
  Yacht Race. His son, Roy Pat, skippered Pyewacket to the fastest port-to-port
  finish in the race this year, but missed taking back the record by just over
  9 hours. However, the boat did not win the overall title based on handicap times.
  At recording time, the Morning Light – a boat that Disney funded as part
  of making a documentary about its sailing team, was in a
  tight race for the Division 2 title.
• David Hilberman, one of the leaders of the animators’ strike
  at the Disney studio in 1941, died of natural causes on July 5 at age 95.
• Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, widow of Stephen Slesinger, died
  on July 19 at age 84. She was behind the ongoing lawsuits against Disney over
  the rights to the Pooh characters.

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