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January 17, 2008 by MouseStation Crew

MouseStation 122 – MousePlanetWatch news

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Walt Disney World News

  • Disney and CareerBuilder.com have launched
    another contest
    , this time to find a Chief
    Magic Official
    (CMO) for the domestic Disney Parks. Here’s one competitor’s
    entry video:

    See Mark’s personal
    commentary
    on the subject on his new
    blog
    .
  • The Disney Cruise Line has
    announced
    that a new show, Toy Story – The Musical, will replace Hercules
    – A MUSE-ical Comedy in the entertainment lineup aboard the Disney Wonder
    in April.
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom cast member Darren Scott Snyder was
    killed
    in the massive traffic accidents due to smoke and fog on Interstate
    4 last week.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays (no longer the “Devil Rays”) plan to hold
    another series
    of three regular-season games at Disney’s Wide World
    of Sports Complex.
  • While the Walt Disney World
    Marathon
    was another runaway for Brazilian Adriano Bastos, the Half
    Marathon was a nail-biter, with Chad Johnson edging out teammate C. Fred
    Joslyn by just one second.
  • We had a small update
    on the installation of iHome alarm clocks at the Contemporary and Grand
    Floridian Resorts.
  • There’s been lots of construction
    is going on around the resort, including exterior work at Disney’s Old Key
    West Resort, a new DVC kiosk at the Magic Kingdom, and some work on the
    Courtyard Pool at the Grand Floridian Resort.
  • Monday’s Orlando Sentinel ran
    a story
    as a “Sentinel Exclusive” stating that Disney is building
    a Disney Vacation Club resort adjacent to the Contemporary Resort. Since
    we’ve been reporting that fact since August
    2006
    , it’s uncertain what part of the story is an exclusive.
  • Quick Takes:
    • Star Wars Weekends will be held June 6-29.
    • The Tomorrowland Indy Speedway is testing two different alternative-fuel
      vehicles. Since recording the show, we’ve found out that the test vehicles
      have not been rolled out for guest use yet.
    • Spaceship Earth’s official reopening has been moved up by four days.
    • Journey Into Imagination with Figment will close for four weeks of
      refurbishment.
    • The NFFC’s World Chapter has announced its meeting dates for 2008.
    • WDWCelebrations.com has now officially launched. These are the folks
      that put on the Celebration 25 Epcot anniversary event in October.
    • Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede closed suddenly and was sold to the
      owner of Orlando Premium Outlets. It is unknown when or where Dixie
      Stampede may reopen.

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

Disneyland News

  • The Disneyland Update also talked
    about
    the new CMO
    contest
    .
  • Disneyland Senior Vice President of Operations Greg Emmer will
    retire
    effective February 8, 2008.
  • We clarified the policies surrounding the SoCal
    2fer offer
    .
  • There’s a new height requirement
    for sitting in the front seat at Splash Mountain.
  • Other stuff:
    • The new Pixar Play Parade will debut at Disney’s California Adventure
      at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, March 14.
    • The Mad Tea Party and Grizzly River Run both closed for last-minute
      refurbishments.
    • This week’s Park Update is a little brief because Update editor Adrienne
      Vincent-Phoenix was in Atlanta attending the America’s Mart gift show.
      For those Disneyana collectors out there, Adrienne has detailed all
      the great new Disney merchandise that will be released in the coming
      year in her
      new blog
      .
  • The annual NFFC Strictly Disneyana
    show and sale
    will take place Sunday. More details and a discount coupon
    are available at the NFFC web
    site
    . Steven Ng will be attending the NFFC Show and Sale in Anaheim
    this Sunday for a few hours. He will have his portable recording equipment
    with him, so look for him if you want to record a message for the podcast.
    You can find him or follow his adventures on his Twitter
    feed
    .

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

The Walt Disney Company News

  • Tokyo
    Disneyland
    cancelled parades
    for the first time since the park opened following an accident where a 660-pound
    pillar fell off of a float very near a group of guests.
  • Hong Kong Disneyland is meeting increasing
    resistance
    among Hong Kong citizens, despite the Hong Kong government’s
    willingness to continue to provide more money to help trying to vitalize
    the park.
  • Disney and four financial institutions are buying into NBA
    China
    , a developmental program.
  • A dozen Disney stories will
    be translated
    into a variety of Indian dialects for multiple series
    of books.
  • The
    Little Mermaid
    opened on Broadway last Thursday night. Tickets
    for the show
    are already on sale for performances through May 25. While
    Disney’s
    press release
    trumpeted the debut as wonderful, reviews
    did
    not
    agree.
    However, “Beauty and the Beast” did not get good reviews either,
    and it ran for 13 years.
  • The Children’s Place is re-evaluating
    the future
    of the Disney Store.
  • The Walt Disney Company will be holding its annual meeting of shareholders
    on March 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s likely that, for the first time
    in five years, MousePlanet will not provide on-site coverage of the meeting.
  • According to the proxy
    statement
    , Disney CEO Bob Iger had a pay increase of 7 percent, up to
    $27.7 million.
  • The first image from The Princess and the Frog appears on the last page
    of Disney CEO Bob Iger’s letter to shareholders in the company’s Annual
    Report
    . (It is not on the back page of the report, as we stated on the
    show.)
  • Enchanted will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 18.
  • Disney signed a video-on-demand
    deal
    with Cogeco cable, the second-largest cable provider in Ontario
    and Quebec.
  • Disney and Sony bought
    the rest
    of FilmFlex that they did not already own.
  • The Writers Guild of America signed interim contracts with United
    Artists
    and Weinstein.
    Long-term impact is uncertain.
  • Disney’s Pixar and Miramax studios did well at the Golden
    Globe Awards
    , picking up 5 nods for Miramax films and one for Pixar’s
    Ratatouille.
  • National Treasure dropped to number 4 at the box
    office
    this week.

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