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Disney Raises Prices
Walt Disney World has increased ticket prices for the third time in two years,
company officials announced today. An adult, one day, one park pass
increased 6% from $67 to $71. Discounted packages will also be affected by
this price increase. The change is due to an annual planning cycle of travel
wholesalers, tour organizers and commercial publications, Disney officials
said. Walt Disney World last changed prices a year ago when a one day, one
park ticket went from $63 to $67.
Walt Disney World has increased ticket prices for the third time in two years,
company officials announced today. An adult, one day, one park pass
increased 6% from $67 to $71. Discounted packages will also be affected by
this price increase. The change is due to an annual planning cycle of travel
wholesalers, tour organizers and commercial publications, Disney officials
said. Walt Disney World last changed prices a year ago when a one day, one
park ticket went from $63 to $67.
DISNEY FAMILY.COM REACHES TRAFFIC MILESTONE; LAUNCHES
PARENTPEDIA, A WIKI FOR MOMS
NORTH HOLLYWOOD , Calif. , August 16, 2007 – Disney Online, a division of
the Walt Disney Internet Group, announced today that its recently launched
online parenting resource, Disney Family.com (www.family.com), has reached
a milestone of one million monthly unique visitors in July 2007.1 Disney Family.
com also has unveiled a new and unique site feature, ParentPedia, an
innovative “wiki” for moms that is comprised of hundreds of key parenting
topics as compiled by its advisory counsel, the site’s editors and the user.
Launched in March 2007, Disney Family.com provides content, search and
community elements for parents – in particular moms. Topics on the site
range from education, food and parenting, to advice on traveling with
children, entertainment and shopping. Traffic to the one-stop “best of the
Web” resource has been steadily growing, with more than one million different
visitors logging onto to the site in July alone. Additionally, Family.com’s
internal tracking shows the ParentPedia section has gained immediate
popularity, becoming one of the site’s top destinations.
“Our strong growth across the board demonstrates that we are fulfilling the
goal of Disney Family.com to provide parents everywhere with answers to
everyday questions while connecting them with other parents,” said Paul
Yanover, executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online.
“As we continue to expand the site with compelling new features like
ParentPedia, we provide our current and future community members access
to even more information in one place.”
The newest Disney Family.com resource, ParentPedia is an innovative family
online encyclopedia comprised of parenting topics from pregnancy through
college graduation. It was created for community members with questions to
ask, suggestions to give and real-life experiences to share.
The ParentPedia is divided into four, easy-to-navigate sections: What Experts
Say, What Parents Say, Tell Your Story and Helpful Resources.
What Experts Say provides the definition of each topic at hand and is
developed by Disney Family.com writers and parenting experts.
What Parents Say is a collaborative guide where parents offer suggestions
and solutions for each topic.
Tell Your Story captures true tales, often humorous, of community members’
experiences with a particular parenting issue.
Helpful Resources includes links to outside sites that provide information on a
certain topic.
A ParentPedia search is conducted according to a particular topic or by
searching all topics alphabetically. The ParentPedia search engine can be
found on the homepage of Disney Family.com.
About Disney Family.com
Disney Family.com is designed to present information on a variety of topics
important to today’s families in a manner that is compelling, comprehensive,
and entertaining. The goal of Disney Family.com is to provide parents with
answers to pressing questions, with practical and reliable information.
Disney Family.com joins WDIG’s family network of parenting sites, including
the award-winning FamilyFun.com and Wondertime.com. FamilyFun.com
serves moms with kids ages 3-12 with easy-to-do ideas for family oriented
activities. Wondertime.com celebrates the joys of parenting, serving moms
with kids 6 years old and under.
About Disney Online
Disney Online ( www.disney.com), a division of the Walt Disney Internet
Group, produces the number one kids' entertainment and family community
destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1996, Disney.com is the
online gateway to all of the company's Disney-branded entertainment
initiatives, providing comprehensive access to, and information about Disney
movies, travel, television, games, mobile, music, shopping and live events.
Disney.com also features Disney XD, a highly interactive broadband
experience, that lets Disney.com guests create their own customized online
channel with games, videos, music, and chat - all of which can be enjoyed
simultaneously in an immersive environment.
In addition, Disney Online develops and publishes a range of online products
and services including Disney Family.com, Disney's Toontown Online,
Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online, Disney Game Downloads, Disney
Game Kingdom Online, Disney Connection and Hot Shot Business.
PARENTPEDIA, A WIKI FOR MOMS
NORTH HOLLYWOOD , Calif. , August 16, 2007 – Disney Online, a division of
the Walt Disney Internet Group, announced today that its recently launched
online parenting resource, Disney Family.com (www.family.com), has reached
a milestone of one million monthly unique visitors in July 2007.1 Disney Family.
com also has unveiled a new and unique site feature, ParentPedia, an
innovative “wiki” for moms that is comprised of hundreds of key parenting
topics as compiled by its advisory counsel, the site’s editors and the user.
Launched in March 2007, Disney Family.com provides content, search and
community elements for parents – in particular moms. Topics on the site
range from education, food and parenting, to advice on traveling with
children, entertainment and shopping. Traffic to the one-stop “best of the
Web” resource has been steadily growing, with more than one million different
visitors logging onto to the site in July alone. Additionally, Family.com’s
internal tracking shows the ParentPedia section has gained immediate
popularity, becoming one of the site’s top destinations.
“Our strong growth across the board demonstrates that we are fulfilling the
goal of Disney Family.com to provide parents everywhere with answers to
everyday questions while connecting them with other parents,” said Paul
Yanover, executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online.
“As we continue to expand the site with compelling new features like
ParentPedia, we provide our current and future community members access
to even more information in one place.”
The newest Disney Family.com resource, ParentPedia is an innovative family
online encyclopedia comprised of parenting topics from pregnancy through
college graduation. It was created for community members with questions to
ask, suggestions to give and real-life experiences to share.
The ParentPedia is divided into four, easy-to-navigate sections: What Experts
Say, What Parents Say, Tell Your Story and Helpful Resources.
What Experts Say provides the definition of each topic at hand and is
developed by Disney Family.com writers and parenting experts.
What Parents Say is a collaborative guide where parents offer suggestions
and solutions for each topic.
Tell Your Story captures true tales, often humorous, of community members’
experiences with a particular parenting issue.
Helpful Resources includes links to outside sites that provide information on a
certain topic.
A ParentPedia search is conducted according to a particular topic or by
searching all topics alphabetically. The ParentPedia search engine can be
found on the homepage of Disney Family.com.
About Disney Family.com
Disney Family.com is designed to present information on a variety of topics
important to today’s families in a manner that is compelling, comprehensive,
and entertaining. The goal of Disney Family.com is to provide parents with
answers to pressing questions, with practical and reliable information.
Disney Family.com joins WDIG’s family network of parenting sites, including
the award-winning FamilyFun.com and Wondertime.com. FamilyFun.com
serves moms with kids ages 3-12 with easy-to-do ideas for family oriented
activities. Wondertime.com celebrates the joys of parenting, serving moms
with kids 6 years old and under.
About Disney Online
Disney Online ( www.disney.com), a division of the Walt Disney Internet
Group, produces the number one kids' entertainment and family community
destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1996, Disney.com is the
online gateway to all of the company's Disney-branded entertainment
initiatives, providing comprehensive access to, and information about Disney
movies, travel, television, games, mobile, music, shopping and live events.
Disney.com also features Disney XD, a highly interactive broadband
experience, that lets Disney.com guests create their own customized online
channel with games, videos, music, and chat - all of which can be enjoyed
simultaneously in an immersive environment.
In addition, Disney Online develops and publishes a range of online products
and services including Disney Family.com, Disney's Toontown Online,
Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online, Disney Game Downloads, Disney
Game Kingdom Online, Disney Connection and Hot Shot Business.
DISNEY'S TOONTOWN ONLINE HOSTS TOONFEST 2007
Fans Gather at Walt Disney World Resort for Sold-Out Event; Disney Channel
Stars from "Cory in the House" in Attendance
ORLANDO, Fla. - August 4, 2007 – Toontown fans from across the nation
donned their character costumes and geared up for today’s ToonFest 2007,
the third official Disney Online sponsored fan event dedicated to the family-
friendly game, Disney’s Toontown Online (www.toontown.com). Kids and
parents, along with Jake Thomas and Maiara Walsh of Disney Channel’s Cory
in the House, gathered at Fantasia Gardens Golf Course at the Walt Disney
World Resort to participate in a variety of themed activities and competitions.
“ToonFest provides a unique and fun opportunity for the rapidly growing and
diverse group of Toontown Online fans to come together as a real community
and celebrate everything they love about the game,” said Steve Parkis, vice
president of Premium Products for Disney Online. “Last year’s California-
hosted ToonFest was such a huge success, it convinced us to bring the event
to Walt Disney World for the first time.”
Designed specifically for kids and families, Disney’s Toontown Online is an
award-winning massively multiplayer online game filled with nonstop play, ever-
changing adventure and irreverent fun. The game has experienced continued
success with over 17.5 million Toons created since its launch in 2003.
Toontown Online is an endlessly evolving and immersive 3-D online world
where thousands of players live as Toons. Players can create personalized
characters, customize and drive race karts, care for and train Toon pets
called Doodles, and team up with friends to defeat the invading robot Cogs.
With an arsenal of gags to add to the fun, the Toontown experience is always
growing, always changing, and as wild as the imagination.
At the sold out ToonFest 2007, fans took part in exciting activities and
competitions throughout the day including carnival games, in-game racing on
Goofy Speedway, developer Q&A panels, a Toon costume contest, a
Toontown trivia competition, and more. Disney Online also unveiled an
exciting new in-game expansion at this year’s event – Toontown miniature
golf, featuring Chip and Dale.
Disney’s Toontown Online is available for download at www.Toontown.com.
Users can play a portion of the game for free for as long as they want and at
any time. Players then have the option of purchasing full premium access to
the game on a monthly (30 days for $9.95), semi-annual (6 months for
$49.95) or annual (12 months for $79.95) subscription plan. Each full
membership includes six separate “Toons” so that individual family members
may play as their own character.
Fans Gather at Walt Disney World Resort for Sold-Out Event; Disney Channel
Stars from "Cory in the House" in Attendance
ORLANDO, Fla. - August 4, 2007 – Toontown fans from across the nation
donned their character costumes and geared up for today’s ToonFest 2007,
the third official Disney Online sponsored fan event dedicated to the family-
friendly game, Disney’s Toontown Online (www.toontown.com). Kids and
parents, along with Jake Thomas and Maiara Walsh of Disney Channel’s Cory
in the House, gathered at Fantasia Gardens Golf Course at the Walt Disney
World Resort to participate in a variety of themed activities and competitions.
“ToonFest provides a unique and fun opportunity for the rapidly growing and
diverse group of Toontown Online fans to come together as a real community
and celebrate everything they love about the game,” said Steve Parkis, vice
president of Premium Products for Disney Online. “Last year’s California-
hosted ToonFest was such a huge success, it convinced us to bring the event
to Walt Disney World for the first time.”
Designed specifically for kids and families, Disney’s Toontown Online is an
award-winning massively multiplayer online game filled with nonstop play, ever-
changing adventure and irreverent fun. The game has experienced continued
success with over 17.5 million Toons created since its launch in 2003.
Toontown Online is an endlessly evolving and immersive 3-D online world
where thousands of players live as Toons. Players can create personalized
characters, customize and drive race karts, care for and train Toon pets
called Doodles, and team up with friends to defeat the invading robot Cogs.
With an arsenal of gags to add to the fun, the Toontown experience is always
growing, always changing, and as wild as the imagination.
At the sold out ToonFest 2007, fans took part in exciting activities and
competitions throughout the day including carnival games, in-game racing on
Goofy Speedway, developer Q&A panels, a Toon costume contest, a
Toontown trivia competition, and more. Disney Online also unveiled an
exciting new in-game expansion at this year’s event – Toontown miniature
golf, featuring Chip and Dale.
Disney’s Toontown Online is available for download at www.Toontown.com.
Users can play a portion of the game for free for as long as they want and at
any time. Players then have the option of purchasing full premium access to
the game on a monthly (30 days for $9.95), semi-annual (6 months for
$49.95) or annual (12 months for $79.95) subscription plan. Each full
membership includes six separate “Toons” so that individual family members
may play as their own character.
Disney Ends Cell Phone Service
The Walt Disney Company will pull the plug on its branded cell phone services
by the end of the year. Although many customers do seem to like the product,
especially the feature that allows you to determine the location of a child
carrying a Disney cell phone, it is having problems getting the service to be
accepted by larger retailers. Disney will end sales of the cell phones
immediately and will continue the service through the end of the year.
About 120 people may lose their jobs, but Disney is trying to find them
positions elsewhere in the company.
The Walt Disney Company will pull the plug on its branded cell phone services
by the end of the year. Although many customers do seem to like the product,
especially the feature that allows you to determine the location of a child
carrying a Disney cell phone, it is having problems getting the service to be
accepted by larger retailers. Disney will end sales of the cell phones
immediately and will continue the service through the end of the year.
About 120 people may lose their jobs, but Disney is trying to find them
positions elsewhere in the company.
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