The Truth About Alice
DAPs Magic Disney News - by Mr. DAPs 07-21-10
  When The lights were down low in a movie theater, and up on the screen, Zac Efron was about to kiss a girl when a collection of shril...

Behind Disney's Digital Shopping Spree
BusinessWeek 07-29-10
Four years ago, Bob Iger, the chief executive officer of Walt Disney (DIS), tried to build a cell-phone business. Disney created a fa...

Tutor, Colony Said to Prepare Deposit for Disney’s Miramax Unit
BusinessWeek 07-29-10
Construction executive Ronald Tutor and private-equity firm Colony Capital LLC plan to make a deposit on their proposed purchase of Walt Disney Co.’s Miramax film division, said two people with knowledge of the situation. Against the worst economic backdrop since the Great Depression, Walt Disney World and the coalition of unions that represent half of the giant resort's 58,000 workers have begun negotiating a new employment contract.Th...

Pixar exhibit opening at Oakland Museum of California
KGO-TV Bay Area 07-29-10
OAKLAND, CA (KGO) -- Ever wonder how the geniuses at Pixar created "Toy Story," "Cars" or "Ratatouille?" Now you can get a behind the scenes look...

Marketing for ‘Tron: Legacy’: The Hardest Sell Yet
New York Times 07-29-10
SAN DIEGO — The futuristic movie “Tron: Legacy” is not just pushing the boundaries of special effects. It is redefining the Hollywood hard sell. By the time the movie arrives in theaters on Dec. 17, LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday became Hollywo...

Disney World plans small monorail expansion
Orlando Sentinel 07-28-10
Walt Disney World is preparing to expand its iconic monorail system — at least a little bit. Disney said Tuesday it will build a 62-foot maintenance spur off of the system’s Epcot line to serve as a permanent st...

Disney Says ABC Entertainment President McPherson Quits Before New Season
Bloomberg 07-28-10
Walt Disney Co. said 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally' Makes Linear Debut Sept. 7, Flanked By On-Demand, Mobile PresentationsA new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse primetime special slated to bow in September will gain prev...

Toy Story 3: How Pixar changed animation
Guardian Unlimited 07-28-10
Where the Disney-owned studio leads, the rest of Hollywood follows. And its latest film, Toy Story 3, is already a hitIn the notoriously precarious film industry, where nothing i...

Disney is likely to promote Paul Lee to ABC Entertainment president
Los Angeles Times 07-28-10
Lee, who led the turnaround of the ABC Family channel, would replace Steve McPherson, who resigned abruptly this week, just days before he was to hype the struggling network's new fall shows.Forget what you know about Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Princesses will give way to pirates, g...

Disney Acquires 'Million Dollar Arm'
Hollywood.com 07-28-10
Apparently, America's favorite pastime is also Walt Disney Studio's new business model. Not two months after the studio picked up an NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Walt Disney(DIS) ha...

Disney Seeks $40 Million Upfront for Miramax
New York Times 07-27-10
LOS ANGELES — An investment group that includes the construction executive Ronald N. Tutor must make a nonrefundable $40 million payment toward the purchase of Miramax Films from the Ronald Tutor and Colony Capital nears the deadline to complete due diligence on their $675 million ac...

Disney Sets ‘Education’ Site
MultiChannel News 07-27-10
Battle With Time Warner Cable Underscores Bigger Question: What’s Disney Worth?The carriage battle between Time Warner Cable and The Walt Disney Co. escalated last week as Disney launched its own “educational&r...

Euro Disney S.C.A. Reports a Significant Real Estate Transaction
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance 07-27-10
MARNE-LA-VALLEE, France, July 26, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Euro Disney S.C.A. (the "Company"), parent company of Euro Disney Associes S.C....

Disney - Hope Rises For Weinsteins In Miramax Sale
ContactMusic 07-27-10
Fortress Investments has forcefully denied a New York Post report that it has cut its ties with Bob and Harvey Weinstein and is pulling out of the deal to buy Miramax from Disney. In a statement issued on Saturday, a da...

Disney star Selena Gomez cancels state fair shows
AP via Yahoo! News 07-27-10
The Walt Disney Company India and UTV Motion Pictures announced an agreement Tuesday where by the former will handle home entertainment dist...

Selena Gomez says you won’t see her in the tabloids
Provo Daily Herald 07-26-10

Holiday Inn - Resort Area
DAPs for Disney Magic Hotel Reviews - Anne-Marie Pringle 03-31-05
Name: Holiday Inn - Resort Area Website: http://www.holiday-inn.com/anaheimresorta Address: 1915 S. MANCHES...

Ramada Limited Maingate North
DAPs for Disney Magic Hotel Reviews - Anne-Marie Pringle 03-03-05
Hotel Name: Ramada Limited Maingate North Address: 921 South Harbor Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92805 Hotel Phone: ...

Sheraton Anaheim
DAPs for Disney Magic Hotel Reviews - Anne-Marie Pringle 01-31-05
Name of Hotel: Sheraton Anaheim Website: www.sheratonanaheim.com Address: 900 South Disneyland Drive ...

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!