Thinking outside the toy box ... a Pixar playdate at the Parks. -- May 20, 2008
What happens when Andy's toys want to party their pull-strings off? Do they invite all their friends? Indeed they do -- and you're included! Toy Story Mania!, Disney's latest interactive undertaking, ...
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A Prince Takes the Throne -- May 13, 2008
Lovers of Narnia, rejoice! "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" arrives in theaters May 16, and fans who have been hooked ever since "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" can hardly wait to see...
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Celebrate Mother's Day, the Disney Way -- May 6, 2008
Mouse ears? Check. FastPass for Space Mountain? Check. Churros and popcorn? Check. Mom having fun? Oops ... Where is Mom?
The Disney Theme Parks are places where everyone can go to feel lik...
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Nine Old Men Remembered -- April 29, 2008
They weren't old -- at least, not when they got the name. But there were nine of them, and they were Walt Disney's right-hand men. With the passing of Ollie Johnston on April 14, the Nine Old Men, the...
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A Big Anniversary for Disney's Animal Kingdom, and a Big Hand for Wildlife -- April 22, 2008
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is turning ten -- it's been a lucky decade for Park Guests, and also a lucky one for wildlife, thanks to the efforts of the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund. Establ...
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From Mickey to Mommy ... Keeping It All in the Disney Family.com -- April 15, 2008
Renowned for entertainment magic worldwide, Disney has been sprinkling pixie dust around another arena to bring families closer together while making life more manageable. Disney Family.com, part of T...
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Peek Through the Doors of the Walt Disney Family Museum -- April 8, 2008
Disney fans around the world have been waiting on tenterhooks for the Walt Disney Family Museum to expand from its virtual home on Disney.com to a physical presence on San Francisco's Presidio. The In...
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Orchestrating Magic in Narnia ... All Over Again -- April 1, 2008
Telmarines, talking mice, and Minotaurs ... it's a wrap for the second installation in C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, according to director/producer/co-writer Andrew Adamson. "We're in the U.K. tying up t...
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Making "The Little Mermaid" Sing on Broadway -- March 25, 2008
The world's most beloved mermaid has a new song on her lips these days -- and so do her friends and foes. When "The Little Mermaid" made its triumphant debut on Broadway, the beloved and familiar tune...
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Spring in Bloom, Disney Style -- March 18, 2008
Have you ever wondered what it's like to enter a lush garden aflutter with hundreds of butterfly wings? Or how about escaping into a serene water garden? These are just some of the adventures await...
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A Parade of Surprises -- March 11, 2008
On March 14, a whole new adventure will begin at Disney's California Adventure Park. It will be colorful. It will be exciting. And, sometimes, it will be ... wet.
It's the Pixar Play Parade, ...
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Saving Disney Animation -- One Spot at a Time -- March 4, 2008
This week, we have reason to celebrate -- well, 101 reasons, to be precise! Because on March 4, "101 Dalmatians" debuts as a Platinum Edition DVD, in a beautiful digital restoration loaded with specia...
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Hail to the Chief at the Happiest Place on Earth -- February 26, 2008
Since it first opened Disneyland has been a genuine American institution - and so have the Disney Parks that followed. So it should come as no surprise that the history of another American institution...
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Big Pin Hunting at Disney -- February 19, 2008
Ask any Disney Pin enthusiast and they'll confess there's no sweeter jackpot than scoring that elusive, must-have pin from the most magical place on Earth -- Disney Theme Parks. The amazing camaraderi...
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Who's Your Disney Dream Date? -- February 12, 2008
Looking for the perfect love match this Valentine's Day? Take our quiz to see which Disney Character best suits your personality, then celebrate with flowers, chocolate, and your favorite heartthrob!
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50 Years Later, a Dream Comes True -- February 5, 2008
As the Year of a Million Dreams continues, the surprises keep coming. And nothing could be more surprising than the latest "dream come true" -- because the dreamer was Walt Disney himself! Walt had or...
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Adults Afloat -- January 31, 2008
It's no secret that a Disney cruise can be the perfect getaway for a family traveling with kids - activities, tropical islands, and Disney Characters are just a few of the elements on a cruise that al...
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Fairy-Tale Gowns for Real-Life Brides -- January 22, 2008
Attentive footmen...pumpkin carriages...a dashing prince. Growing up with classic Disney animated films leaves many little girls dreaming of their wedding, where they get to be a princess for a day. ...
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Snow White Turns 70 -- January 15, 2008
In 1937, movies cost a dime and the country was in the depths of the Great Depression. Radio was an exciting new phenomenon, while TV was hardly a gleam on the horizon. And a young princess was about ...
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Put Fun on Your Resume -- January 8, 2008
For many fans, a Disney job is the ultimate fantasy of them all. Think you have what it takes to make the magic? This year, you have the opportunity to prove it to the world. There's a very special ...
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Resolve to Have the Best Vacation Ever in 2008 -- January 1, 2008
With the new year at hand, many of us are making resolutions. This year, rather than resolving to begin another diet or keep the checkbook register up to date, why not resolve to have fun? Planning yo...
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A New Year's Created by Kids -- December 25, 2007
This New Year, Disney Channel is going, not to the dogs, but to the kids. Young viewers have spoken, and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, they'll be watching their favorite episodes of Disney Channe...
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Behind the Book of Secrets -- December 18, 2007
"Around Thanksgiving or Christmas, it's nice to be able to enjoy a movie with your entire family -- one that kids and grandparents and everyone can go to," says Jerry Bruckheimer. And that is the film...
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A Very Disney Christmas -- December 11, 2007
Disney and the holidays have always been a natural match: they're both about magic, fun, and families. It's not surprising that from the very beginning, the holiday spirit has had a home at Disney....
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Sail the Virtual Seas as a Pirate Bold -- December 4, 2007
Ah, the life of a buccaneer! The danger, the excitement, the loot -- and the freedom. The call of the open sea is irresistible, even for armchair adventurers who would never hoist a flag or swing a...
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Under the Sea, Onstage at Last -- November 27, 2007
"Ariel is such a beloved Disney Princess -- I always loved her, and all the people who come to the show who I meet afterwards, they just love her. It's because she's so independent and has such a big ...
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Making Beautiful Music Together – Again -- November 20, 2007
"Enchanted," opening November 21, is many things -- a comedy, an adventure, a spoof, a love story ... and a fairy tale. So perhaps it's appropriate that it brought about a real-life wish come true ...
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The Newest Disney Legends Join the Family -- November 13, 2007
It felt like a family reunion. On October 10, when the 2007 Disney Legends were inducted at the heart of the Disney Studios, there were no paparazzi on the red carpet, and no posh posturing. The cr...
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Become an International Treasure Hunter -- Online -- November 6, 2007
The glitter of coins and precious metals ... the thrill of discovery ... the lure of becoming rich overnight. It's no wonder so many of us daydream about finding hidden treasure. And it's one of the r...
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A Family Finds Adventure with Disney -- October 30, 2007
"It seems to me that Disney is all about that magic moment - like the fireworks over the castle in Disneyland or Disney World," says 19-year-old Billy Joe Marrero. "And Adventures by Disney really ...
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Ten Ways to Spook It Up Disney-Style -- October 23, 2007
It's October and Halloween is in the air. This year, why not take some family-friendly Halloween tips from Disney? We've got some sparkling suggestions for Halloween fun that won't spook the little...
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A Prince of a Guy -- October 16, 2007
They say there are no princes any more, but not too long ago one was walking the streets of Manhattan -- dancing, singing, and bumping into passersby with his puffy princely sleeves.
The roya...
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Another Year of Dreams to Come! -- October 9, 2007
2007 has seen families entering a fairy-tale realm within the Magic Kingdom to spend a night living like princes and princesses. It's found Guests throughout the Disney Parks gifted with surprises ...
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Making "The Jungle Book" Swing -- October 2, 2007
Like Rodgers & Hammerstein or Lerner and Loewe, Robert and Richard Sherman are one of the great American songwriting duos, with a parade of memorable hits penned for Disney. Sherman brothers' songs...
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How Well Do You Know Disney Showbiz? -- September 25, 2007
Give our regards to Broadway -- it's a banner year for Disney on the Great White Way. With "The Little Mermaid" coming in November, "Mary Poppins" wowing audiences and critics alike, and "The Lion Kin...
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Disney.com Among Web Top 10 -- September 18, 2007
Disney.com has been The Walt Disney Company's home on the Internet for more than 10 years – an eternity in Web time, when trends come and go in the blink of an eye. But that doesn't make Disney.com...
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Every Day a New Adventure -- September 11, 2007
Most likely right at this moment, somewhere in the world, families are exploring, laughing, and learning. Maybe kids are rolling pastry with an Italian chef, or maybe adventurers are kayaking throu...
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Making the Haunts Even Happier -- September 4, 2007
That old, creepy, uninhabited mansion -- you know, the one where you sometimes hear mysterious sounds and see eerie apparitions? I think something's going on up there. Ever since June, I seem to hear...
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The Eternal Allure of the Disney Princess -- August 28, 2007
Ever since "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" first graced the screen in 1937, little girls everywhere have been enchanted by Disney Princesses. But don't be fooled into thinking that these ladies,...
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Great Disney Art on Call -- August 21, 2007
The Walt Disney Company is dotted with archives holding the assembled creative treasures of nearly a century of creativity. From the treasure troves of Feature Animation to the Imagineering Library...
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A Star, Enchanted by "Enchanted" -- August 14, 2007
It's about magic. It's about music. It's about what happens when dreams meet the real world.
But, for "Enchanted" star Amy Adams, it was especially about The Dress.
"Enchanted," com...
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It Could Happen to You! Lucky Dreamers Tell Their Tales -- August 7, 2007
"Nobody ever wins those things. And besides, I certainly wouldn't win." Is that how you feel about sweepstakes, contests, and prizes in general? Many of us do - especially when the prizes are as fabul...
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Underdog Has His Day -- July 31, 2007
This summer, Disney's really going to the dogs. Or, at least, to "Underdog"! The heroic caped canine is soaring on to screens nationwide on August 3, and you'll never look at your pup the same way ...
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Billy Ray Cyrus Sees Stars -- July 24, 2007
If there's a Renaissance man in these opening years of the 21st century, Billy Ray Cyrus has got to be it. In addition to his award-winning career as a country music artist, he costars with his daught...
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Room for Imagination -- July 17, 2007
For every kid who's ever dreamed of having a special place of his or her own, with amazing pets, games to explore, and rooms to decorate in any way imaginable, a new kingdom online has opened its door...
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Plan a Swashbuckling Summer -- July 10, 2007
We're well into summer vacation, and across the land the dread forces are gathering. Wild-eyed, destructive hordes ready to rise up and create chaos wherever they appear – looting and pillaging and sp...
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Red, White, and Disney Trivia Challenge! -- July 3, 2007
This Independence Day, let the mental fireworks fly as you tackle some tough trivia. Disneyana and Americana just naturally go together -- Walt himself was a product of the American heartland and disp...
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Brad Bird Whips Up a Little "Ratatouille" -- June 26, 2007
"You're trying to get a lot of different ingredients to work well together -- that's what moviemaking is. It's very much like cooking and trying to make the ingredients balance just right," says Brad ...
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The Double Life of Miley Cyrus -- June 19, 2007
"I think everyone has a dream that they want to become. What's cool about 'Hannah Montana' is that it shows that a girl can live her dreams. It might not be becoming a rock star, but they can relate t...
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Best-Kept Secrets of the Disney Parks -- June 12, 2007
You've come, you've seen, you've experienced. Every Disney Park has its "must-dos." Soarin' Over California. Mission: SPACE. The Haunted Mansion. Expedition Everest. Pirates of the Caribbean. If you'r...
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Keeping the Magic in the Family -- June 5, 2007
Parents looking for information on family dilemmas in this digital age have no problem finding it -- the problem is that these days, there's so much information out there that it's hard to know where ...
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Hanging with the Rat Pack -- May 29, 2007
Mickey and Goofy. Buzz and Woody. Ariel and Flounder. Pinocchio and Jiminy. Marlin and Dory. Both Disney and Pixar have given us many great duos --friends through thick and thin, good times and bad .....
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At Trilogy's End -- Writing the World of "Pirates" -- May 22, 2007
"How often do you get to watch something that no sane person would ever even attempt to film?" asks Terry Rossio. Thanks to Terry, his writing partner Ted Elliott, and the rest of the team that has cr...
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Dive Into Disneyland's Newest Attraction -- May 15, 2007
Behind a wall of secrecy at Disneyland Park, tantalizing sounds have emerged for months now to tease Disney fans. There's something big going on in the old lagoon where the Submarine Voyage once embar...
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"Star Wars" Weekends with Star Warwick Davis -- May 8, 2007
For a few weekends every year, Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park becomes an outpost of a galaxy far, far away -- unearthly characters in getups beautiful and bizarre roam the streets, browsers congregate ...
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Throw Mom a Marvelously Mad Tea Party! -- May 1, 2007
Burned out on the same old brunches and cards for Mother's Day? This year, why not get a little wild, a little funny -- go a little mad, in fact? She'll go crazy for our "Alice in Wonderland" inspired...
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Daniel Powter's Disney Dream Come True -- April 24, 2007
Ever wonder what it would feel like if you were living in "The World You Dreamed of Lately"? Singer/songwriter Daniel Powter should know -- his song "Bad Day" has become an international sensation and...
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A World of Excitement Approaches -- April 17, 2007
It's looming on the horizon -- the Jolly Roger fluttering from its mast. It's the adventure of the summer. Although it won't make landfall until May 25, anticipation is already growing for "Pirates of...
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Short, Shining Moments with Disney -- April 3, 2007
Every day at the Disney Insider, we hear wonderful stories from the biggest Disney fans of all -- you, our readers. We spotlight your tales of Disney Park proposals, lost-and-found children, and helpf...
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Wilbur and Walt - the Disney Touch in "Meet the Robinsons" -- March 27, 2007
"I've been a fan of Disney ever since I could remember -- dare I say that I was a 'Disney nerd.' I loved everything, but especially animation and Theme Parks. As a kid, I had two dreams -- one of them...
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Peek at the Latest Walt Disney World Attraction -- March 20, 2007
Ever seen Turtle Talk with Crush at Epcot® or Disney's California Adventure Park®? Kids are spellbound as Crush interacts directly with them -- somehow, the big sea turtle knows they're there ...
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Looking Deeper into "Meet the Robinsons" and the Future of Film -- March 13, 2007
Phil McNally looks at things a little more deeply than most people do -- but then, that's his job. As the "stereoscopic supervisor" for the upcoming Disney film "Meet the Robinsons," it's his job to b...
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Tink and Wendy -- Together Again -- March 6, 2007
Fifty-four years ago, a young woman and a young girl met on a large, clammy, empty soundstage to inspire a group of artists to create a masterpiece. The masterpiece was "Peter Pan." The young woman, M...
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Catch the Boys of Summer This Spring -- February 27, 2007
Well, summer may still be a long time off, but you can catch the boys of summer right now, up close and personal -- and take in some glorious greenery and family fun into the bargain. It's all happeni...
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Get Pepped Up with "High School Musical" Spirit -- February 20, 2007
Just like its spunky online couple, who keep following their dreams past all obstacles, "High School Musical" just won't quit. The Disney Channel original movie has become a genuine pop-culture phenom...
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Friendship and Magic - the Road to "Bridge to Terabithia" -- February 13, 2007
Kids who discover a wonderland where friendship comes first and anything is possible -- that's the heart of the new Disney film "Bridge to Terabithia," which opens this Friday, February 16. And accord...
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Plan a Sweet Valentine's Evening for the Whole Family -- February 6, 2007
Ah, Valentine's Day -- hearts and flowers, chocolate and champagne, x's and o's. But love doesn't just mean grown-up romance. Parents love kids, children love their parents, and siblings love each oth...
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