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I love it when something so wholesome as Disney embraces its dark side. It's why I loved Mr. Toad's Wild Ride back before Pooh squashed him in 1998. What other ride at Disney took you on a ride to hell? (And no, it's a small world doesn't count.) View the full article

The latest piece of the Fantasyland puzzle is set to open to the public this week, but visitors to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party got an early preview of the Princess Fairytale Hall. View the full article

Several weeks ago, an editor asked how to beat the long line at Universal Studios' new Transformers ride. The answer was easy enough: Wait for September. View the full article

Disney villains will be in the spotlight at Disney's Hollywood Studios on Friday, which, appropriately enough, is Friday the 13 t h . View the full article

World-renowned Toronto band, 'Elevation,' saluting Bono & Co. for more than a decade They have fans all over the world. They've performed in 187 cities, including in Japan, Bosnia and shows across Europe. With an extensive playlist from more than a dozen albums that includes classics like "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," "With or Without You," and "Where the Streets Have No Name," you might assume we're talking about Bono and the boys from the legendary, Dublin-based band, U2. View the full article

"Glow With the Show" ears will be introduced to a handful of Walt Disney World productions beginning next month, the company announced Monday. View the full article

All three major Central Florida theme-park companies plus the owner of Fun Spot took home Golden Ticket Awards this weekend. Winners of 25 categories were determined by an international poll of Amusement Today, a trade publication. View the full article

Tickets are on sale now for a charity tennis event featuring Andy Roddick, Venus Williams, Billie Jean King and Elton John at Walt Disney World. View the full article

Princess Fairytale Hall, a meet and greet area for royal Disney characters, will open at Magic Kingdom on Sept. 18, Disney World said Friday. View the full article

Disney's California Grill , a long cool drink replete with swank, sizzle and sass, reopens Monday. View the full article

Set designers are used to challenges. A theater might not be tall enough for a multistory structure. A stage might not be wide enough to accommodate a designer's grand vision. View the full article

WHAT: Disney World kicks off its spookiest season with the return of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, an after-hours, separate ticket event at Magic Kingdom theme park. Among the activities are Halloween-themed parade and fireworks, character-hosted dances and actual trick-or-treating throughout the park. New this year is the chance to meet Jack Skellington and Sally, characters from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." View the full article

More than three dozen Christian-music acts are descending at two Orlando theme parks this weekend View the full article

Disney villains will increase their presence at Magic Kingdom when they are incorporated into "Celebrate the Magic," the nighttime show that projects moving images onto the façade of Cinderella Castle. View the full article

The official Theme Park Rangers list of top rides and attractions in Central Florida's theme parks has been updated View the full article

WHAT: Raglan Road, the Irish pub and restaurant at Downtown Disney, is bringing back the Great Irish Hooley, a weekend jammed with live music and dancing on two stages. Among the entertainers will be Scythian (rock-infused Celtic and world music, pictured), Lisa Canny, Elevation (a U2 tribute band), Creel (Raglan's house band), Farrell Brothers, Raglan Rebels and Johnny Norton & Justin Murphy. The event also includes Irish dance workshops and face painting. View the full article

Apple TV today added Disney Channel and Disney XD to its lineup of television content offerings. View the full article

A weekend trip to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom confirmed that this is a good time of year to visit: Children across the South are back in school, and Northerners are preparing to return to the classroom. View the full article

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the video posted here doesn't come with an official Disney endorsement. View the full article

The Walt Disney Co. had to charge lower cruise prices during the third quarter of the company's fiscal year, in part because Disney was moving some of its ships to new ports. View the full article

MyMagic+ is a billion-dollar technology project that’s currently in testing at Walt Disney World. Its central elements include “MagicBands,” which are rubber bracelets that function as all-in-one theme park tickets, hotel room keys and credit cards, and “FastPass+,” a new ride reservation system that will allow visitors to book times for experiences such as rides, shows and parades weeks before they leave on vacation. View the full article

Disney has come out with another in its Disney Dream Portrait series shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz. View the full article

Don't fall into the trap of thinking Halloween is Oct. 31. In Central Florida, the theme parks get their pumpkins primed early. Just about two weeks from now, the trick-or-treating and a certain amount of sugar rush will begin. Here's a quick guide to Halloween activities at the parks. View the full article

When the online multiplayer video game “Pixie Hollow” came out in 2008, I almost could believe in the power of pixie dust because of how much my elementary-age kids enjoyed playing the game. View the full article

A GoPro camera over Main Street USA provides unusual perspective at Magic Kingdom Like a scene from the Pixar hit movie "Up!," wouldn't it be cool if you could float like a balloon down Main Street USA at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom? Team OSPhoto, always looking for ways to get creative with our fleet of GoPro Hero 3 mini-action cameras, recently was on assignment at Disney World, using a GoPro as a "fly-cam." The result was an unusual perspective about 12 feet above Main Street, with the camera navigated high above guests, bunches of character balloons and the iconic statue of Walt and Mickey at Cinderella Castle. View the full article