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Disney Publishing Worldwide lets girls around the world celebrate as Rapunzel becomes the 10th princess in the Disney Princess royal court. Disney Princess: Royal Party for Apple’s iPad app debuts today with crafts, stories, and more — just in time for Rapunzel’s royal celebration at Kensington Palace in London on October 2, 2011. Disney Princess: [...]

              Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, has named Walt Disney World Resort as one the 10 best companies in the United States for its support of the arts. Every year, Americans for the Arts, through the Business Committee for the Arts [...]

National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, the Jane Goodall Institute and World Wildlife Fund are among the more than 70 nonprofit organizations to benefit from the largest annual grants distribution to date. Burbank, Calif., September 21, 2011 – The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) awarded $2 million to conservation projects around the globe in 2011, [...]

More than 1,100 Cast Members from Walt Disney World Resort awoke before sunrise on a recent Saturday for the Orlando Start! Heart Walk. They laced up their walking shoes to show support for the American Heart Association and help raise more than $47,000 for research and education to help fight heart disease and stroke. “My [...]

A grand opening celebration was held Thursday for the 21-acre beachfront resort in Ko Olina, which is 17 miles from Honolulu International Airport and less than an hour from Waikiki Beach. When the resort is totally complete it will include 359 traditional hotel rooms and 481 two-bedroom Disney Vacation Club villas in two towers, each [...]

Hawaiian state regulators gave The Walt Disney Co. permission to raise fees by 33 percent for those who buy timeshares at its new $850 million Aulani resort in Hawaii, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The permission clears the way for Disney to resume timeshare sales at Aulani as the company works to fix a financial error [...]

Pack your bags, don your lei and get ready to say “aloha” to Hawai’i. Today Disney announced the addition of a second Hawai’i cruise to our 2012 Disney Cruise Line schedule! Earlier this year we told you about our first-ever cruise to the beautiful Hawaiian Islands sailing April 29, 2012. With such an overwhelming response, it was clear our [...]

Forget tricks, we’ve got a real treat this Halloween – an all-you-care-to-eat supper and an evening with favorite Disney characters, in the fun outdoor setting at Mickey’s Backyard BBQ at Fort Wilderness. Dress up and head for the Halloween-themed dance party from 5-7 p.m. on October 31. The Disney characters will be in Halloween costumes, with plenty of [...]

If you’re a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) member, you love how Disney creates great family memories and that’s one of the reasons why you became a member. You wanted to experience the magic as much as possible and pass the legacy on to those you love. For those of us in our “mature years” (wink wink), we [...]

Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom parking lot is getting a little bit of a makeover.  Disney is attempting to help park guests find their vehicles in a sea of thousands of others. Disney has started work on dividing the lot into two main sections — Heroes and Villains. Within each section will be smaller areas [...]