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Walt Disney World News

• Disney’s Pirate & Princess Party now has official

  dates for its winter return.

• Annual Passholder discounts and Magic Your Way package ticket upgrades have

  been announced for most nights January 1 to February 13, 2008.

• Last Wednesday, Hanesbrands Inc. and The Walt Disney Company announced a

  10-year partnership that includes

  Hanes becoming the presenting sponsor of the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring

  Aerosmith and Champion gaining naming rights for the stadium at Disney’s Wide

  World of Sports Complex,

• As part of the kickoff of the 2008 Year of a Million Dreams promotion, Disney

  commissioned famed photographer Annie Leibovitz to create a

  second series of images where celebrities take on the role of a Disney

  character.

• A couple claims that they were

  robbed at Downtown Disney on Halloween night at around 1:20 a.m.

• Stephen Ames held off a surging Tim Clark on Walt Disney World’s Magnolia

  Course to win the Children’s Miracle

  Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart.

• Construction Updates:
  • Mayday Falls and unspecified bridges are the latest areas of Typhoon

    Lagoon to be targeted for work during the refurbishment.

  • Restaurantosaurus and Pirates of the Caribbean are slated for roof work.
  • Fire-rated AED cabinets will be installed and rewired on the first,

    fourth and fifth floors of DisneyQuest.

  • Walt Disney Imagineering filed three permit applications, for a Mexico

    Show Lighting Package, a refresh of the ABC Theater at the Disney-MGM

    Studios, and an Innoventions Waste Management Exhibit facility package.

  • In an administrative corporate action, the Walt Disney World Hospitality

    & Recreation Corporation merged into Walt Disney World Co. in September.

• Quick takes:
  • It’s a busy weekend coming up as Disney prepares to change the seasons

    over.

  • Annual Passholders will receive a discount of 10 percent on table-service

    entrees and 15 percent on merchandise at the Yak & Yeti Restaurant when

    it opens.

  • Andie MacDowell has replaced Isabella Rossellini as narrator for the

    Candlelight Processional December 14-16.

  • Alamo Rent A Car has renewed its sponsorship deal with Disney Parks

    & Resorts as the official rental car company of Disneyland and Walt Disney

    World Resorts.

  • Shannon McAleavey, formerly Walt Disney World’s Vice President of Public

    Affairs for Government Relations, has been promoted to Senior Vice President

    of Public Affairs for the resort.

  • Hurricane Noel blew past Castaway Cay, leaving only minor damage in

    its wake. When the storm forced the Disney Magic cruise ship to

    detour to Nassau on Friday, it was apparently the first time ever that

    the Magic and the Disney Wonder were docked side-by-side.

    MousePlanet reader Tommy Livingston was kind enough to provide photos

    of the historic event.

The Disney Magic and Disney Wonder sit docked side-by-side for the first time

ever. Photo by Tommy Livingston.

This and other news can be found in this week’s Walt

Disney World Park Update.

Disneyland News

• Thanks to a light news week, the Park Update had space for a great photo

  tour of the new Christmas decorations going up around the resort.

• There will be a special reunion

  show of the stars of the Golden Horseshoe Revue at the Anaheim Sheraton

  Hotel on March 29, 2008 starring Disney Legends Wally Boag & Betty Taylor,

  along with Dana Daniels, Kirk Wall, Dick Hardwick, Stan Freese and original

  Golden Horseshoe Can-Can Girls. You can buy tickets here.

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

Park Update.

The Walt Disney Company News

• The soundtrack

  for Enchanted will be released on November 20, the day before the movie hits

  the big screen

• Hollywood Records will be releasing more new albums with CDVU+ technology.
• A factory producing Disney-licensed goods for a merchandising partner has

  been accused of violating

  labor standards.

• The Hong Kong government is considering investing

  additional funds for the expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland.

• The cast of the Spanish-Language ?Desperate Housewives? was

  announced.by Disney and Univision.

• Former Disney Channel and Disney film star Shia LaBeouf was arrested

  for trespassing at a Chicago Walgreens when he refused to leave the store

  after 2 a.m. when asked by a security guard.

• Microsoft is now selling

  ESPN videos on the Xbox 360 Live platform.

• Disney?s Pirates

  of the Caribbean Online is now finally live. Mike reviewed the game, and

  was extremely disappointed with the game and its performance on his computer.

  He rated it as a 2 on a scale of 1-5. He has hopes that it will improve in

  the future as they continue to develop it.

• Michael Eisner now apparently expects

  Bazooka Joe to serve as a Mickey Mouse-like icon for the Topps Co. that

  he recently purchased.

• Disney movies slipped slightly, still placed four movies in the top eleven

  in last

  weekend’s box office, three from Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and

  one from Miramax.

• In news breaking as we went to post-production, popular Imagineer and author

  Bruce

  Gordon passed away over the weekend. MousePlanet will soon run a full

  tribute to Bruce. Our condolences go out to his father, his sister, his friends

  and his fans.

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