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Offering Social Networking & Multiuser Online Gaming for the tween set, 8-14 years of age, Club Penguin is by far the most popular site out there. Many big players have been considered as potential suiters, but there is only one company that ever made sense to me, The Walt Disney Company. Now, the Mouse House [...]

Kevin Yee is out with another scoop. This time he reveals some interesting details behind Disney’s next themed entertainment foray outside the theme parks. Location Based Entertainment (LBE) is the concept recently hyped by Jay Rasulo, worldwide head of Disney’s parks and resorts. It had Disney fans and city developers yearning to learn more and [...]

Dvcloot DisneyMania was invited to the DVC members preview of the new DVC preview center in the Chicago area Woodfield Mall. The “Disney Doorway to Dreams” store is essentially a big ad for the Disney Vacation Club. DisneyMania takes you inside, but unfortunately, perhaps due to restrictions, doesn’t provide any pictures of the Animal Kingdom [...]

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We’re officially moving into peak hurricane season. With a tropical storm forming off in the Atlantic, it’s a good idea to review your packing list if you’re planning on a Central Florida vacation over the next few months. Ponchos are an absolute must, but realize you will be getting wet, so comfortable walking shoes and [...]

Carleen Hawn, editor of Found|READ has two columns up that look at the effect Disney’s purchase of Club Penguin will have on the kids it entertains. First she looks at if the sale will end up exposing Club Penguin’s members to more advertising. The answer is that Club Penguin will remain ad-free, but that kids [...]

When Disney bought the Disneyland Hotel in the late 1980s, the Queen Mary attraction in Long Beach, California came along with it. In 1990, Disney unveiled plans for a theme park and more around the Queen Mary. Within a few years, Disney dropped plans for Long Beach and pulled out.
The Queen Mary attraction [...]

Looks like they are NOT facing the same fate as the Tower stores. So, you will still have them as an option for buying your Disney media.

Andrew over at Puppetvision makes a very good point. Many people put The Dark Crystal (1982)(perhaps The Empire Strikes Back(1980)) as the first use of an animatronic puppet in film. But turns out it was probably another very innovative film — Mary Poppins. Walt was always looking forward an used animatronics in many of his [...]

People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching “Spider-Man 3″ in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will only be available in the Blu-ray DVD format. Likewise, people with Blu-ray players won’t be able to enjoy the action-thriller “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which [...]

Last week was my annual family vacation. We were all there - my brother took a week off from working at the clinic to come up, my sister gathered her two kids and brought them over, and I, of course, was home from school for the summer. Prior to leaving, we sent my 4-year old [...]