By popular demand, the Main Street Electrical Parade, which returned to Magic Kingdom in June as part of Summer Nightastic!, will continue an open-ended run beyond its original end date of August 14. According to Park Vice President Phil Holmes, the parade's return has been "an overwhelmin

In addition to the previously released dates for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, other 2010 holiday happenings at Walt Disney World have been announced. The Magic Kingdom's Castle Dreamlights begin the same night as the first Christmas Party on November 8. Over in Disney's Hollywoo

Senior Editor Debra Martin Koma takes a look at the new "Spirited Beasts" exhibit in the Japan pavilion in Epcot in the AllEars Team Blog.

"Epcot IllumiNated" -- A different view of Epcot's IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth is captured in this week's Photo of the Week, taken by Brian Crawford, and submitted by Catherine Crawford of Opelika, Alabama.

The AllEars Picture This! Photo Bloggers (Barrie Brewer, Scott Thomas, and Lisa Berton) continue to share their favorite photos, tips on getting memorable Disney photos and even some fun and games! This week's picture of the week features ART at World.

About a week ago, my friend Diana (@Mulan1998 on twitter and a COOL person) mentioned how much she would love to see a Retro Disney Channel, or something like it. We got to talking, and then I mentioned it on...

Brodie is a illustrator, comedy writer, and Disney fan. He runs the excellent tribute site WorldFamousJungleCruise.com. Brodie has decided to take on Disney's Princess divas and re-imagine them as superheroes drawing inspiration from super-fashions of around the same time their Continue readi

For the last couple weeks, I've been hinting of an exciting new project. I've been working behind the scenes to get everything show ready and now I'm ready to draw back the curtain. "Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at Sharpe

So, it's been hot in my house the past few days. The air conditioner has been on the fritz here and it's been well into the 90s this week, so I've been sweating my little patootie off! So, I want to think about something cooler. Much cooler...and wetter... What better place to dre

The lead singer (and much of the background voices) behind The Archies (whose "Sugar, Sugar" edged out "Hey Jude" for the number one song of 1969), the vocals behind "I'm a Pepper, You're a Pepper," "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing,"

Congratulations, you made it to Wednesday. Here's are a couple funny videos to get you over the hump and moving toward the weekend. The Incredible Deflating President Lincoln I don't know about you, but that had me laughing for a Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com!

Herbert Ryman was working on Disneyland projects right up to the time of Walt's death in 1966, doing quite a bit of artwork for both the New Orleans Square and New Tomorrowland expansions. It seems only natural, then, that Herb would begin work on Walt Disney World when development began on the

Stephen McPherson who came to ABC in 2004 and is credited with leading the network to great ratings and excellent TV programs (like LOST and Modern Family) has abruptly resigned from the Walt Disney Company. This comes on the eve Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Expires

From the Disney Channel, in 1988: It's hard to believe that 1988 was the last time the Disney company publicly celebrated Mickey's birthday in this case, his 60th. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, Disney park celebrations were often centered on specific anniversaries or events. In 198

Last Wednesday on Late Show with David Letterman , among the show's highlights was Bill Murray going for a swim in a New York dumpster. But the highlight for me was the song Paul Shaffer and the band played right after "The Top 10 Things Overheard on Lindsay Lohan 's First Night in

As each day passes of your vacation, you begin to wonder if you are on vacation or in boot camp. The expression "I need a vacation after my vacation" has never rung more true than at Disney. I thought it would be fun to write about all of my favorite moments and places where I ...

Former participants and winners from Survivor, Amazing Race, and Big Brother assemble at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove A large group of past winners, heroes and villains of Survivor got together at Discovery Cove in Orlando for a day of outwitting, outplaying, Continue reading Take $10 off $

A visit to the Studio Ghibli museum is definitely on my bucket list. The museum, which animation master Hayao Miyazaki created to showcase the art and architecture of his films, is located outside of Tokyo, Japan which makes it the Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Expir

The 911 tape for the heavily reported on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey evacuation has been released. On it, one of the ride's passengers claims they had been kept waiting 15 minutes in an uncomfortable position without any notice Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage

I wrote in today's Disneyland Resort Update (http://www.mouseplanet.com/9331/DisneylandResortUpdate) about the confusing information Disney has published about this year's Halloween Party, with different pages of the official Disneyland site providing differentand in some cases contradictor

Oh Buzz, get over yourself By 1959, Herb Ryman had been working on Disneyland projects at WED Enterprises for several years. Walt's studio was always big on cross-pollination, though, and when the Studio side needed a fine art painting done for The Shaggy Dog they called Herb. The film was Disn

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Potentially interesting news from the excellent organization Monorails.org, mentions a new spurline to be added near the Ticket and Transportation Center. This short track extension will contain a new switch, a place to house a work tractor (used to push/pull Continue reading Take $10 off $5

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney's Ink&Paint women, has dug up another gem. This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Ex

Disney has made a big investment in Massively MultiPlayer Role Playing Games (MMRPGs) over the last 10 years or so. VMK, Pirates, Cars, Pixie Hollow, and Toontown have all be successes on various levels. It certainly made sense at the Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Ex

With it's sister property Disneyland in the middle of a three year dispute with Unite Here, one of its dozen or so labor unions, Walt Disney World has come to the table to negotiate a new contract. As you might Continue reading Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Expires 7-31-10 at mid

Ryman sketch for Adventures Thru Inner Space In my most recent piece about Imagineer Herb Ryman, I mentioned how Ryman initially designed the "Mighty Microscope" of Monsanto's Adventures Thru Inner Space to resemble an antique microscope that had belonged to his father. Ryman's fa

News and Rumors are gathered from various different websites. All rumors are rumors and are to be taken as such. Lot's of great News and Rumors this week! Plenty to discuss! News Via Napoli , the new restaurant in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot is expected to open Aug. 5 th . A

It's hard to believe I am nearing the 500 post mark, especially as I have been such a BAD boy with blog updates of late. I'm such a cyclical blogger, and it drives me CRAZY! I wish I was more...