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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

If owning a real life Disney princess-inspired gown would make you the happiest person on earth then you may be in luck. Some of the top designers across the globe teamed up with Harrods and Disney to design one-of-a-kind dresses with a fairytale twist to be auctioned off for charity. View the full article

NBCUniversal plans to spend about $1.1 billion on capital projects this year, driven primarily by ambitious expansion plans at its theme parks in Florida and California. View the full article

Has Orlando really gone crazy over soccer? View the full article

The end is near for Cap'n Jack's, a longtime restaurant at Downtown Disney. View the full article

The Walt Disney Co.'s U.S. theme parks set attendance records during the company's last fiscal quarter — and international travelers were a big reason why. View the full article

Walt Disney World cast members recently donated millions of school supplies for Central Florida students. View the full article

Pardon me for staring, young Disney World cast member. I was just admiring your name tag. View the full article

While you could still find a running spot going through a charity or a tour group, individual registration for the Walt Disney World Marathon has filled up, runDisney reported today. View the full article

"Planes," Disney's newest animated film, debuts Friday. It features an acrophobic cropduster named Dusty Crophopper, voiced by Dane Cook. Dusty dreams of becoming a high-flying racer. View the full article

One thing about the Disney princesses is that the franchise is so successful there is no shortage of copycats, wannabes and satirical takes. View the full article

Having run successfully at the Walt Disney World speedway since 2012, the company has expanded its Junior Ride-Along program to both Daytona International Speedway as well as Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. View the full article