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Disney, 'Star Wars' are out-of-this-world match
Those "Star Wars" nerds are a persnickety bunch. They castigated George Lucas for little tweaks to his original films before special-edition DVD releases. A light saber's glow was deemed too pink, a newly computer-generated Yoda was widely panned, and...Tags: John Carter (movie), Cinderella Castle, Entertainment, Titanic (movie, 1997), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Disney sheds little light on Pleasure Island
Sure, Pleasure Island has resembled a ghost town for two years, but now it's officially dead. Walt Disney World announced last week its plans to rename and reinvent the area, the center segment of Downtown Disney.
Coming up is the Hyperion Wharf name....Tags: Harley-Davidson Inc., Bars and Clubs, Restaurants, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Walt Disney
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Celebrating the Big 3-0: Making Epcot's big day bigger
Epcot could not have been feeling the love in early 2007. It was approaching a milestone — its 25th birthday — but a Disney World official was on the record saying that there would be no public celebration Oct. 1, the anniversary of its...Tags: Cinderella Castle, Walt Disney, Gardens and Parks, Amusement and Theme Parks, Travel
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Wasted words hang over return and leave little worth hearing
HE COULD have had us at "Hello" ... but that was 10 days ago. Rafael Palmeiro could have stood up on the day he was suspended and made a clean breast of it - either that or delivered some kind of explanation that passed the smell test and put to rest...Tags: Music Industry, National Government, Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Program grows 418 jobs in state
In exchange for a modest $1.4 million investment by the state, at least 418 jobs came out of a program that aims to help young Florida companies grow.
That's only about $3,400 per job – or less than the cost of a weeklong Disney cruise to the...Tags: Charlie Crist, Companies and Corporations, CEO Pay, Executive Branch, North Miami
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Universal needs Potter to outshine Marvel
Universal Orlando's announcement two years ago that it struck a deal with J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. to create a Harry Potter attraction was nothing short of a sucker punch to the Walt Disney Co. It was widely speculated that Disney went after Harry...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Steven Spielberg, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Walt Disney, J.K. Rowling
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Burnham's fundraising slowly growing
By now, if all had gone according to plan, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute would have attracted $15 million in local philanthropy dollars.
But as the economy ran dry, so did the big checks.
An effort by Sanford-Burnham to sell the...Tags: Valencia College, Breast Cancer, Companies and Corporations, Lake Nona, Jeb Bush
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Theme park discounts tough to stop
While Harry Potter's wave of the wand is jolting consumers' spending at Universal Orlando this summer, most of Florida's theme-park industry is still relying on markdown magic to prop up attendance. It's time again to ask if the industry is using this...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Barack Obama, Walt Disney, Harry Potter (fictional character), Labor Day
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Darden, Disney bank on big spenders
Darden Restaurants is coming up with new ways to cater to its richest clientele by keeping detailed notes on its top 10,000 customers' food and wine preferences at Capital Grille. Walt Disney Co. is forging ahead with plans to build lavish vacation homes...Tags: Darden Concepts, Inc., Consumer Confidence, Restaurants, Companies and Corporations, Walt Disney
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Volcano heats up local tourism woes
Just when it seemed like things couldn't get worse for Orange County's tourist tax, the region's largest overseas leisure market went up in a cloud of smoke. Mayor Buddy Dyer, meet Eyjafjallajokull. Ash from the tongue-twister Icelandic volcano that...Tags: Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Eruption (2010), Darden Concepts, Inc., Winter Park, Springs, Companies and Corporations
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Marvel execs win big with Disney merger
The magnitude of the Walt Disney Co.'s planned acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. began to sink in last week as speculation percolated from Wall Street to neighborhood comic-book stores about what the union will mean for Marvel's star characters....Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Economic Policy, Steve Jobs, West Palm Beach, Companies and Corporations
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Like Disney, Copperfield enjoys telling stories with his magic
A Mom and The Mouse - Orlando SentinelAlthough it might not be apparent at first, magician David Copperfield has a long history with The Walt Disney Co. “I started being a child of Disney certainly, and Walt Disney has been one of my inspirations my entire life. He took animation, a...
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