Bob Billingslea, Disney World’s Minority-Outreach VP, retiring

Bob Billingslea is the Walt Disney Co.’s vice president of corporate urban affairs, which puts him in charge of the company’s minority-outreach efforts.

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The Park with the Dragon in the Basement

Disneyland Paris has always been the most beautiful of the Magic Kingdom parks which leaves us U.S. theme park based fans jealous. The number one item that turns us green with envy is the dragon lair under Sleeping Beauty Castle.

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Season’s Greetings from The Disney Blog

I hope the holidays finds you and yours in the best of possible places. Christmas is always a special time for Disney fans. Our homes look extra bright, Mickey shaped wreaths mysteriously appear on doors, and those once a year collectibles are all spread out and hung on the tree with care

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Season’s Greetings from The Disney Blog

I hope the holidays finds you and yours in the best of possible places. Christmas is always a special time for Disney fans.

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Disney Cruise Line cancels December 2012 West Coast Cruises

I’ve been hearing about some pretty amazing cast member discounts on Disney Cruise Line vacations departing from Los Angeles. Apparently they’ve been having trouble filling the ships and now that softness in the market has resulted in DCL rethinking their west coast strategy a bit. Guests who had booked 7-day cruises leaving from Los Angeles in December 9, 16, 23 and 30 next year have been told to rebook for an earlier cruise.

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Disney Cruise Line cancels December 2012 West Coast Cruises

Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at Aquatica January 21st

SeaWorld Orlando’s Aquatica is usually warm and tropical, but for one day only they’re chilling down their wave pool so the brave of heart can experience the “thrill of the chill” by plunging into cold water, while supporting a great cause! Supporters of Special Olympics Florida can join the 3rd Annual “Polar Plunge,” which will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Aquatica from 10 a.m.

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Review: War Horse is Traditional, Sentimental

“I, Albert Narracott, do solemnly swear that we shall be together again.” War Horse easily ranks as one of my most anticipated films this year. Since reading the book by Michael Morpurgo back in February, I looked forward to seeing Steven Spielberg’s big screen treatment of the WWI-era story. Performances by the largely unknown cast are overly dramatic at times, reminding me of stage acting or the earlier days of cinema.

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Veteran ESPN Radio SportsCenter Reporter Dan “The Duke” Davis Retiring – Signs off for good tomorrow.

Veteran ESPN Radio SportsCenter Reporter Dan “The Duke” Davis will be signing off for good tomorrow as he retires after 20 years at ESPN. His final time at the mic will be 3:30 p.m. ET Friday at ESPN Radio’s Bristol, Conn.

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Disney World bringing back Tower of Terror Race in 2012

Disney’s popular runDisney division has some big news… a return of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror event. It features a new 10-mile race that will echo the original Tower of Terror 13K race held in 2009.

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Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree Now in Testing Mode

Over at California Adventure the area now known as Cars’ Land (the apostrophe makes it possessive, which I guess is an important clue to the theme) is getting closer to opening.

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