My Top Ten DCA Attractions
3-15-05 Dee Garcia
Hello again fellow Disney fans! It's time for my second top ten list. This week the subject is: Top Ten Rides/Attractions at Disney's California Adventure. Enjoy!

Mouse Adventure
3-14-05 Anne-Marie Pringle
The Mouse Adventure Invitational was INSANE… let’s just start there. Team Mickey News was comprised of Robert, Kevin, Tina and I.

A Disneyland Trip Report
3-14-05 Anne-Marie Pringle
My trip started early, early, EARLY Saturday morning… ok, so not too early but it was early for a Saturday

Dee's Top Ten
3-10-05 Dee Garcia
In the world of Disney there are many different characters to like, many different songs to dance to, and many different rides to experience. This series is my own personal top tens. This week, top ten rides at Disneyland. I chose this top ten first because the 50th is coming up soon so I thought rides would be the best place to start! So! Let's get started!

Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blaster
3-7-05 Robert A. Laird
Recently a new attraction opened at Disneyland USA. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go on this new ride, Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. Officially opening on May 17th, this ride had it's soft opening on Friday.

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GMA And Walt Disney World Offer Prize
Manhunt.com 3-25-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 23, 2005 – Thanks to the Gospel Music Association (GMA) and Walt Disney World Resort, a contestant in the Music in the Rockies Spotlight 2005, GMA’s official talent competition for unsigned artists, will be invited to perform at Night of Joy at the Magic Kingdom in September, announced John W. Styll, president of the GMA.

Disney Store Announces Expansion into Outlet Centers
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance 3-25-05
Disney Store North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. , announced today that it is expanding into the retail outlet arena and will officially open its first outlet location in New York this weekend.

Disney's new leader wooing Pixar
Arizona Daily Star 3-25-05
Forget what's going on with the Michael Jackson trial. Here's the most important issue in entertainment news: the future of Buzz, Woody, Nemo and Sulley. It was announced last week that the new

A 50th anniversary party, Disney style
Seattle Times 3-25-05
Disneyland turns 50 this year and a new parade, a new fireworks show and new attractions will be part of its long party that begins May...

Eisner says Iger 'boss' at Disney
CNN Money 3-24-05
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner told Wall Street analysts he was already the "junior partner" to his successor Bob Iger, one analyst wrote Wednesday.

That's 'Incredibles': Disney Powers Video Charts
Reuters via Yahoo! News 3-24-05
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's "Fat Albert" moved 1 million DVD and VHS units on Tuesday, its first day of release, according to industry sources. But for the week ending Sunday it was the Walt Disney Co.'s Buena Vista Home Entertainment that dominated the video sales charts.

Shyamalan quits Disney; to Warner
Rediff.com 3-24-05
Creative differences with Disney led to the parting of ways.

Three New Musicals Plucked for ASCAP/Disney Workshop
Playbill via Yahoo! News 3-23-05
Three new musicals have been selected for presentation at the second annual ASCAP Foundation/Disney Theatrical Productions Musical Theatre Workshop in Chicago, running April 6, 8, 20, 21 and 22, at 7:30 PM, at the Chicago Cultural Center.

On Eisner's rise and fall
Mickey News 3-23-05
For Pulitzer Prize-winning author James B. Stewart, the day has taken on the frenetic pace of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland: A TV gig just after the break of dawn in Oakland.

Disney launch their own 'Pirates of the Carribean' yacht
Elite TV 3-22-05
In a genius piece of marketing and promotion, Walt Disney Pictures have entered their own yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race. The yacht will tie in with their big Summer 2006 release Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and will bear the film's logo.

From the Silver Screen to McDonald's(R), Beloved Characters From Walt Disney Pictures Presentations of Pixar Animation
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance 3-22-05
Animated heroes from the highly- acclaimed collection of Pixar films presented by Disney are bringing action and adventure to McDonald's® restaurants nationwide in support of the recent release of The Incredibles DVD.

Disney reigns with empowered Ice Princess
Texas State University Star 3-22-05
Just when everyone thought they had seen enough ugly duckling transformation movies to last a lifetime, Disney takes another stab at the tired concept in its latest film, Ice Princess.

Walt Disney "equal weight
New Ratings 3-22-05
NEW YORK, March 21 (newratings.com) - Analyst Vijay Jayant of Lehman Brothers maintains his "equal weight" rating on Walt Disney Co (DIS.NYS). In a research note published on March 18, the analyst mentions that the company's recovery is exhibited through its record EPS levels at present.

Disney Digging DreamWorks?
The Motley Fool 3-21-05
Disney Digging DreamWorks? Is Disney (NYSE: DIS), soon to be dissed by Pixar (Nasdaq: PIXR), looking to make a play for DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA) on the rebound? A Business Week column is suggesting as much, but -- sorry -- I just don't see that happening.

Eurogamer News Disney announces Narnia developers
EuroGamer 3-21-05
Disney Interactive has announced its chosen developers for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

Disney Expands Award-Winning Kitchenware Collection with New Disney Ice Shaver, Disney Ice Cream Maker
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance 3-21-05
Disney Consumer Products will unveil two new additions to its award-winning Kitchenware Collection - the Disney Ice Cream Maker and Disney Ice Shaver - launched at the Chicago International Home & Housewares Show this week .

Mickey Mouse lets cat out of the bag
Mickey News 3-21-05
Western Sydney could house a new outpost of the Disney empire, with an amusement park and resort modelled on those overseas.

Critics: Disney CEO search 'disgraceful'
CNN Money 3-18-05
Former Walt Disney Co. board members and long-time company critics Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold wrote a scathing critique about the Disney board's just-concluded search for a CEO to replace Michael Eisner, published in Thursday's Los Angeles Times.

Disney's Iger, Eisner Sharing CEO Duties Until Oct.
Reuters via Yahoo! News 3-18-05
Walt Disney Co. said on Thursday that Robert Iger and Michael Eisner would share chief executives duties of the entertainment company until Eisner retires at the end of September.

Mancini leaving Disney
Display & Design Ideas 3-18-05
MARCH 18, 2005 -- Tony Mancini, senior vice president for global retail store development with Walt Disney Imagineering/Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, will leave the company on Tuesday, March 22. While Mancini says he expects to announce future plans within the next six months, he told DDI, "I have always been committed 110 percent to the company, and have recently been evaluating exciting

New Disney CEO Iger Must Strike Own Path
NPR 3-18-05
As Robert Iger prepares to take over the top position at Walt Disney Co., he must step out of the shadow cast by current chief Michael Eisner. Eisner is scheduled to step down in the fall after a period of transition.

"Damn Yankees" Future Dim in Wake of Disney-Miramax Break
Playbill 3-18-05
Lola won't get what Lola wants. The split of Disney and Miramax, the two companies who intitiated a projected high-profile remake of the musical Damn Yankees, has left the show without a future, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Workers begin taking shine off Walt Disney Concert Hall steel panels
KESQ 3-17-05
LOS ANGELES The Walt Disney Concert Hall is undergoing a face lift to tone down its shiny, polished steel panels. People have been complaining about the Los Angeles landmark's mirror-like exterior, which creates an unbearable glare.

What's new at Disney
Sun-Sentinel 3-17-05
To help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, Walt Disney World in Orlando has new attractions and new things to do and see that will officially debut on May 5 as part of Walt Disney Co.'s worldwide Happiest Celebration on Earth festivities.

Desperate Housewives, Lost, and Cinderella on DVD
Press Release 3-16-05
BURBANK, Calif, March 15, 2005 – Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Innc., the leader in the home entertainment industry, announces an exceptional array of sure-fire hits for 2005

Disney to Release Films for Sony PSP Game Device
Reuters via Yahoo! News 3-16-05
The home video arm of the Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday said it would release movies in the newly-developed UMD format for Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) PlayStation Portable handheld video game and media device.

The Happiest Haunts On Earth
3-21-05 Melissa Kratish
We know that there are 999 Happy Hants that reside in the Haunted Mansion, but have you ever wondered if any other spirits lurked at the Happiest Place on Earth?

Disney On Stage - Part Two
2-22-05 Shaun Finnie
In the final part of his look at Disney’s theatrical productions, Shaun Finnie examines some of the company’s less successful efforts, and looks at their plans for the future.

Changes – A Trip Report from February 13th
2-17-05 Kevin O'Neal
Change can be a good thing, a very good thing. In the case of the changes that have been made to the Haunted Mansion, it’s nothing short of outstanding. But on this trip, I discovered that some change is not good.

Disney On Stage - Part One
2-15-05 Shaun Finney
Disney Theatrical Productions have probably produced more stage shows than you think. In the first of a two-part article Shaun Finnie looks at the company’s formation and early productions.

DDM Review doesn't offer only Disney news! One of our very own members and contributers to our Disney News also regularly frequents the hotels around the Disneyland resort. We have added a Hotel Review section to our Disney News portion of www.dapsfordisneymagic.com that we will help you plan your future trips to the magic kingdom. We hope this addition to our Disney News will be both helpful and informative!