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Disney News Stories
October 2008

Ongoing Coverage: The Princess and the Frog News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/18/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean - the film - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/3/2001   Most Recent Story: 11/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: A Christmas Carol News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 7/31/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pooh Heirs Sue Disney Over Royaties - (General)
Original Story: 6/21/2000   Most Recent Story: 11/13/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Mary Poppins the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 11/13/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/12/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Up News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 11/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Channel News - (Movies)
Original Story: 5/15/2008   Most Recent Story: 11/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Coming to Shanghai? - (OD)
Original Story: 6/3/2002   Most Recent Story: 11/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: CARS News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 10/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hannah Montana Phenomenon - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/10/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Toy Story 3 News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/29/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Song of the South News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 10/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney and eBay sign auction deal - (Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/8/2000   Most Recent Story: 10/26/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Rapunzel News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 9/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Beverly Hills Chihuahua News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 8/31/2009

Ongoing Coverage: High School Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 8/17/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Little Mermaid the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 8/14/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Cruise Line Adds Seven Day Cruise - (OD)
Original Story: 12/8/1999   Most Recent Story: 8/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Financial News for FY 2009 - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 7/30/2008   Most Recent Story: 8/4/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Resort and City of Anaheim at Odds - (DL)
Original Story: 2/13/2007   Most Recent Story: 7/28/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hong Kong Disneyland - (OD)
Original Story: 8/17/2000   Most Recent Story: 7/10/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Tarzan the Musical News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/15/2006   Most Recent Story: 5/5/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Bolt News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/13/2007   Most Recent Story: 3/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Race to Witch Mountain News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/28/2008   Most Recent Story: 3/25/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar / Disney Film WALL-E News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 3/16/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Lilo & Stitch - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/16/2002   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2009

Ongoing Coverage: The Chronicles of Narnia News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 3/2/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/29/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Child Critically Injured on Cartoon Spin - (DL)
Original Story: 9/24/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Space Mountain Accident Injures Nine - (DL)
Original Story: 8/2/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Bedtime Stories News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 6/12/2007   Most Recent Story: 12/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: 2008 Obituaries - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 1/6/2008   Most Recent Story: 12/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Films Weekend Box Office Totals - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/24/2001   Most Recent Story: 12/10/2008

Disney Interactive Studios Releases Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell for Nintendo DS - (DL) (10/28/2008)
Disney Interactive Studios today announced the release of Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell for Nintendo DS™. The game expands on Tinker Bell’s adventures in the all-new movie “Tinker Bell” from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment available now on Disney DVD and Blu-ray® Hi-Def and connects with the recently launched Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow (www.PixieHollow.com) virtual world from Disney Online. Players will be able to see environments and characters that are featured in the movie while playing the game, and also use codes found in-game to unlock items in the virtual world.

Regal Entertainment Group Presents Bolt in Disney Digital 3D at 140 Locations - (DL) (10/28/2008)
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced today that tickets will go on sale Friday for Walt Disney Pictures’ Bolt in Disney Digital 3D. Regal Entertainment Group will offer this digital 3D presentation at 140 locations across the country utilizing the RealD cinema system. The movie opens Friday, November 21.

Downtown Disney Becomes Lively Outdoor Gallery During Festival of the Masters, Nov. 7-9 - (DL) (10/28/2008)
The lakeside setting of Downtown Disney becomes the backdrop for more than 150 artisans displaying original creations during the 33rd annual Festival of the Masters at Walt Disney World Resort, Nov. 7-9, 2008. Festival of the Masters, presented by Sharpie®, is a nationally recognized art show which is ranked among the country’s best outdoor art festivals each year.

Disney-ABC Domestic Television Offers First Look at Highly-Anticipated Series, Legend of the Seeker - (DL) (10/27/2008)
Action-adventure fans can enjoy a first look of the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series "Legend of the Seeker" before its November 1st premiere weekend. Beginning today, Disney-ABC Domestic Television is offering an extended preview of the nationally-syndicated series as a free download, exclusively available on the iTunes Store ( http://www.iTunes.com). The free download, entitled "Legend of the Seeker: A First Look," will give fans the opportunity to view the first 30-minutes of the upcoming two-hour television event executive-produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the team that brought the characters of Hercules and Xena to life almost a decade ago.

High School Musical 3' Live Show Opens at Disney's California Adventure - (DL) (10/27/2008)

Fans of the "High School Musical" can join the fun as "High School Musical 3: Right Here! Right Now!" is rockin' at Disney’s California Adventure. The new, interactive street show invites Guests to dance, sing along and celebrate the music of the new theatrical motion picture "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."

New Consumer Products Extend Club Penguin Offline - (DL) (10/24/2008)
Club Penguin(TM), one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for children, will mark its third anniversary and celebrate the launch of a much-anticipated line of new consumer products by throwing a party tomorrow in Toronto.

Hanesbrands Inc.'s Champion Activewear Brand Celebrates Walt Disney Pictures' "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" with Limited Time Replica Apparel Line - (DL) (10/24/2008)
Hanesbrands Inc.’s Champion brand, which provided activewear that will appear in Walt Disney Pictures’ “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” celebrates the release of the film with a line of apparel inspired by the Champion items worn by characters in the movie, which opens tomorrow.

Disney Online Launches Pixie Hollow Virtual World; Magical Destination Brings Enchanting Fairy Adventures to Life - (DL) (10/23/2008)
Disney Online, part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, invites guests to depart the mainland and set off on unforgettable journeys in the meadows of Pixie Hollow. Today marks the official opening of Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow ( www.PixieHollow.com), an online virtual world where guests can create their very own Fairy to take flight alongside Tinker Bell and tons of Fairy friends. Inside Pixie Hollow, Fairies gather to help bring about the change of seasons through meeting friends, playing games and collecting items in nature.

Tales from the Laughing Place Issue #13 coming in late October - (DL) (10/13/2008)
Today Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine announced the contents for their thirteenth issue that is due for release at the end of October. Issue 13 will focus on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland and two of Disney Theatricals’ creative and commercial successes.

2008 Disney Legends - (DL) (10/13/2008)
Frank Gifford, Barbara Walters, Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, and Burny Mattinson were among the 11 Disney Legends inducted by Bob Iger today. 

El Capitan Theatre presents The Nightmare Before Christmas Oct 17-23 and Oct 30-Nov 1 - (DL) (10/10/2008)
Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” makes its highly anticipated annual return to its favorite haunt – Hollywood’s legendary El Capitan Theatre – for a special engagement from October 17 through October 23, with special late night Halloween weekend shows October 30 through November 1, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Breier said, “As always, the El Capitan is your ‘Nightmare’ headquarters, and we’ve got lots of new thrills and chills for our loyal customers who have made a tradition out of seeing the film here every year.”

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Welcomes Fourth Baby Giraffe This Year - (DL) (10/10/2008)
Walt Disney World Resort is having a bit of a baby boom this year with the birth of a fourth baby giraffe. Entering the world at 6-feet tall and 155 pounds, Bonsu delighted members of the animal programs team at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in the early morning hours, Sunday September 28. Bonsu’s name is inspired from the Akan language in Ghana and means biggest and strongest fish in the sea. He is the fourth male, and 11^th giraffe overall, born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom since the park opened in 1998. He is also the second calf for his mother Nikki, whose first offspring, a female named Rori was born in 2006. She can be seen today on the savannah at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.

A Frightfully Good Time Awaits Disney Cruise Line Guests this Halloween - (DL) (10/10/2008)
Disney Cruise Line will treat guests sailing over the Halloween holiday to a spook-tacular good time as the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder transform into a ghoulish wonderland filled with hair-rising events and activities. Guests of all ages will delight with special decorations, unique menu items in the restaurants and themed dance parties on deck The Halloween happenings take place on the Disney Magic cruise departing Oct. 25 and on the Disney Wonder cruise departing Oct. 30.

“Entertainment Facility Project” To Be Discontinued - (DL) (10/8/2008)
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. announced today that the “Entertainment Facility Project,” a project created to examine the business feasibility of developing a new entertainment facility outside of the Maihama area, has been discontinued.

The NAMM Foundation and Disney Channel Announce Sequel to 'Disney's High School Musical: The Music in You' Grant Program - (DL) (10/8/2008)
The NAMM Foundation and Disney Channel today announced that they will again team up to allow middle and high schools across the U.S. the opportunity to apply for a grant to put on their own school stage production of Disney's "High School Musical" or "High School Musical" 2. The public affairs initiative utilizes the popularity of the "High School Musical" movies and the licensed amateur theater adaptations to encourage more kids to get involved in music and the arts.

NFFC Honors Four New NFFC Legends - (DL) (10/6/2008)
The National Fantasy Fan Club (NFFC) today honored four former Walt Disney World cast members officially making them 2008 NFFC Disney Legends. The ceremony took place following the NFFC Lunch with a Disney Legend during the 3rd Annual NFFC Florida Convention, Florida Adventurer, taking place at the Regal Sun Resort at Walt Disney World.

Disney’s Race for the Taste 10K Field Near Capacity - (DL) (10/6/2008)
More than 4,000 runners are expected for the Disney’s Race for the Taste 10K and race organizers anticipate more entries then ever before. With a short time left to register for the Oct. 12 event, more 3,200 runners have entered the race at Walt Disney World Resort, surpassing last year’s record-setting total.

Disney Cruise Line Sets Sail For Russia, Northern Europe and Mediterranean in 2010 - (DL) (10/6/2008)
In response to guest demand, Disney Cruise Line will reposition one of its ships, Disney Magic, to Europe for an unprecedented five-month season of Northern European and Mediterranean cruises in 2010. With a wide variety of European itineraries in 2010, families have the ability to explore exotic and unexpected destinations with the safety and comfort of traveling with Disney Cruise Line, the leader in family cruising.

ESPN2 to Broadcast One-Hour Special on Oct. 8-9, 2008, Featuring the Prequel to Walt Disney Pictures' Upcoming True-Life Sailing Documentary 'Morning Light' - (DL) (10/3/2008)
Conceivers, producers and executive producers Roy E. Disney and Leslie DeMeuse recruited 15 young sailors to take on the challenge of a lifetime -- the 2,500-mile open-ocean Transpac sailing challenge featured in the upcoming true-life documentary "Morning Light," which hits theaters nationwide Oct. 17. The story of how those 15 made the team is captured in a one-hour special "Morning Light: Making the Cut," airing on ESPN2 Oct. 8-9, 2008.

Award-Winning Scene It?® Disney Channel Deluxe Edition is the Latest Game to Join Screenlife’s Growing Collection of Titles - (DL) (10/3/2008)
Screenlife, creator of Scene It?® The DVD Game™, announces the newest addition to its DVD game line-up, and recipient of Creative Child Magazine’s 2008 Toy of the Year Award: Scene It? Disney Channel Deluxe Edition. Scene It? Disney Channel Deluxe Edition comes complete with clips from your favorite Disney Channel TV shows and movies, including Hannah Montana, High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Wendy Wu and more. It’s the ideal game to play with friends and family, as players race to spot the difference between two on-screen images, or try to be the first to name theme songs from shows like Cheetah Girls by listening to a ringtone! Disney Channel Deluxe Edition also includes hundreds of trivia questions that will quiz players on all things Disney Channel.

Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine To Be Sold in Tokyo Disney Resort - (DL) (10/3/2008)
Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine announced today that all available back issues and future releases will be available at the Tokyo Disney Resort for the first time. Tales is a quarterly high-quality advertising-free magazine dedicated to the creativity of the Walt Disney Company and its business units such as the theme parks, movies and musicals. The magazine has a strong emphasis on photography and artwork from the Disney libraries and is printed on quality paper-stock to help preserve the publication for years to come.