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I’m planning a bachelor party for a friend of mine at Disney World I could use a little help. I know Disney World very well myself but have never traveled with a group like this. First I’ll give you some background. It’s a group of 16 guys ages 25-30. We have 2- 2 bedroom Villas at the Boardwalk...

Do DVC members qualify for free $750 gift card promotion? I have two rooms booked for the end of May and we are booked for four nights. I was wondering if it is worth extending the rooms a night so we get the gift cards. Any one know if DVC qualifies for this promotion?

Screamscape is reporting Michael Roddy, director of Show Development at the Universal Orlando Resort has left Universal. He is the man responsible for their Horror Nights. A very talented guy. This now leaves the question, Where is he going next? Is their a possibility Disney stole him away for...

The annual Report is now available on Disney's corporate site. There's not much as far as the parks. I found this paragraph to be the most interesting from Iger's letter to shareholders. "Given the environment, we will likely see some interesting acquisition opportunities, and given the...

This past week I had the pleasure of catching up with some old CM buddies and I got a few interesting pieces of news to share. Well it looks like Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean will be going into the old Verenda restaurant in Adventureland. Its been empty for years and with the new...

Last night SNL ran a really funny Disney skit. It starts out with two kids watching a Bambi 2 commercial and wondering how they can also go into the Disney vault. Mickey grants their wish and gives them a tour of the vault. The people that made this really know there Disney history. There are...

This was posted over at Laughingplace.com in the discussion boards. This was apparently posted by a CM who received this. It looks like all of the clubs are safe, for now. DOWNTOWN DISNEY is heading into an exciting phase of growth and urban development. A few projects that are...

http://www.wesh.com/news/7630418/detail.html I posted the link. I didn't see this posted any where yet. It only goes to show don't rush to judgment.

Over at the discussion boards at Laughing Place a memo from Jay Rusolo has been posted discussing Marty's new job as the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Imagineering Ambassador. Go check it out it sounds pretty interesting. In my opinion it sounds like a nice way to move him to the side. It...

"Iger said Disney would release about two Pixar films each year, an increase over Pixar's earlier goal of about one per year. Pixar will take over production of ``Toy Story 3,'' a sequel that Disney's in-house animators had been working on, Iger said." This was announced yesterday at Disney's...

Recently I have been reading a lot about club 33 at Disneyland in both California and Tokyo and I was wondering why there was never one built in Florida? It seems the club is used by a lot of company executives and with the large amount of corporate conventions at Disney World I thought it...

Does anybody have any idea why Disney didn't pick up Corpse Bride, Tim Burton's new claymation film. The film looks extremley similar to The Nightmare Before Christmas, which Disney still makes giant sums of money from. I was just surprised that WB got it and not Disney, at least Touchstone...

Has anyone heard any information about possible tie-ins with the parks. If you haven't seen the new behind the scenes over at aint-it-cool-news.com go take a look. This movie is a huge undertaking and is screaming for Beastly Kingdom. I'm sure the imagineers are drooling over the possibilities...