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January 10, 2008 by MouseStation Crew

MouseStation 118 – MousePlanetWatch news

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Walt Disney World News

Since the news was quiet this week (but not the parks), we brought you a
look at the top Walt Disney World
stories of 2007
.

  • After the show was recorded, Disney announced their Dream
    CMO
    contest. We’ll have more on it next week, but in the meantime you
    can read Mark’s
    thoughts
    in his new blog.
  • Congratulations to MouseStation listeners Mike Shearin and Kate Tillan,
    who won the open and MouseFest divisions of our Virtual MouseAdventure!
  • On Monday, the Disney-MGM Studios became Disney’s
    Hollywood Studios
    . (The reason why I didn’t include this in last week’s
    list of top stories of 2007 is because it happened in 2008.)
  • Passholder and Florida resident
    discounts
    are available through March 6.
  • The Contemporary Resort
    is rolling out iHome alarm clocks, and is presenting the Online Concierge
    product.
  • Victoria & Albert’s
    has now banned children under the age of 10. (For more personal opinion
    on this, see this
    entry
    on Mark’s
    new blog
    .).
  • There’s been lots of construction
    is going on around the resort, including more prep work on the Kim Possible
    Interactive Adventure at Epcot, the start of work on Blizzard Bach, work
    on the Kilimanjaro Safaris load area and replacement of automatic doors
    at the Polynesian Resort’s Great Ceremonial House..
  • Quick Takes:
    • Winter refurbishment work cut over at the water parks over the weekend
      as Typhoon Lagoon reopened and Blizzard Beach closed..
    • The American Adventure closed Monday for its four-week renovations..
    • The Caribbean Beach Resort’s main pool closed for extensive renovations
      that are scheduled to take until fall..

This and other news can be found in this week’s Walt
Disney World Park Update
.

Disneyland News

  • The Disneyland Resort is offering another two-fer
    ticket offer
    this year.After the show was recorded, it was discovered
    that there will be two different ticket types, one that allows both parks
    to be visited on one day, and one that’s one park per day.
  • The second Year of a Million
    Dreams
    promotion is underway, with the big prize of the Disneyland Dream
    Suite being given away starting on January 31.
  • There’s a new Art of Disney
    display
    in the exit area from The Walt Disney Story. You can see many
    of the pieces at the Disney Gallery web
    site
    .
  • New Indiana Jones LEGO toys
    are now available and sold out at the LEGO Imagination Store at Downtown
    Disney. You can have them sent to you when they come back in stock either
    at the store or at the LEGO web
    site
    .
  • There are special showings of 101
    Dalmatians
    January 18-31 at the El Capitan Theater. You can buy tickets
    at the El Capitan web
    site
    .
  • The annual NFFC Strictly Disneyana
    show and sale
    will take place January 20. More details at the NFFC web
    site
    .
  • The 2008 convention
    calendar
    from the Anaheim/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau
    gives you some good information on times
    that it will be busy
    in the resort area.

This and other news can be found in this week’s Disneyland
Park Update
.

The Walt Disney Company News

  • Two rare pieces of concept art from Fantasia were found over 16
    years after they were stolen from the Internation Museum of Cartoon Art.
  • The
    Little Mermaid
    opens on Broadway tonight. Tickets
    for the show
    are already on sale for performances through May 25. Playbill
    Radio
    will broadcast a special, one-time only, “Virtual Opening Night”
    tonight at 9 EST, 8 CST, 7 MST and 6 PST. The original cast recording will
    officially be released on February 26th, though you can pre-order
    the CD
    now. A limited-edition picture disc version of the CD is available
    for pre-order exclusively at the Playbill
    Store
    .
  • Disney announced a portion of its Blu-ray
    DVD release schedule for the year. Also announced was a continuation of
    the Disney’s Magical Blu-Ray Tour mall tour.
  • More importantly to the high-definition DVD format war, Warner Brothers
    (one of the two remaining studios to be releasing movies in both formats)
    announced
    that, starting in May, they will stop releasing films in HD-DVD
    format and support Blu-ray
    only.
  • At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, Bill
    Gates announced
    that Microsoft and the Disney-ABC Television Group had
    come to an agreement whereby U.S. Xbox Live members will get access to select
    TV shows and movies from ABC, ABC Family, ABC News, Disney Channel, and
    Toon Disney.
  • When Disney/Pixar’s WALL/E is released later this year, it will launch
    with the support of video games on just about every major gaming platform
    out there.
  • National Treasure continued to lead the box office with another
    great weekend
    . Buena Vista Distribution came in at #3 in domestic
    box office for 2007
    .

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