The Travelears

From the Disney Parks Blog… Let the vacation planning begin! Earlier today, leaders from the Walt Disney World Resort and Walt Disney Imagineering announced the projected opening dates for Walt Disney World’s new Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, which will debut in phases beginning May 31, 2012. Located near Disney’s Pop Century Resort, the new resort will offer 1,120 [...]

From the Disney Parks Blog… There is a bedtime ritual that takes place each night with my son. After he brushes his teeth, he selects two storybooks for me to read. I love reading to him, which is probably a result of my mother reading stories to me as a child. Soon, we will have [...]

Where will you find Mickey Mouse this Halloween season? If you’re here at Walt Disney World Resort, you just might spot him at any one of our parks, Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and character dining locations. But what if you’re not coming to the parks this fall? Each year, kids dress up for the holiday and many times [...]

With all of Steve Jobs’ achievements as the CEO of Apple (and they were many), some people forget his major involvement with Disney Pixar. In 1986, Jobs purchased the company that would later be called Pixar from Lucasfilm for $10 million. He invested $5 million into the company as capital. That means that on a [...]

As a special “thank you,” the Disneyland Resort is inviting members of our Annual Passholder family to experience an exclusive evening of fun and magic in Disneyland park. Join us Wednesday, Oct. 12, or Monday, Oct. 17, from 8 p.m. until midnight for a special, private performance of Mickey’s Soundsational Parade featuring: An up-close look at the parade floats. Meet-and-greet photo [...]

Yesterday, Disney officially welcomed Rapunzel as the 10th Disney Princess character at a high profile, star-studded celebration which took place in front of a global audience at Kensington Palace in London. Little princesses from across the globe watched Rapunzel be welcomed into the Disney Princess royal court by Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]