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Property is part of Disney Vacation Club The newest property of Disney Vacation Club mixes Victorian architecture, modern technology and a spoonful of "Mary Poppins." View the full article

Valet parking is now available at Downtown Disney, where two new parking garages are planned as the retail complex transforms into an area to be known as Disney Springs. View the full article

Mickey Mouse squeaked and whistled his way into pop culture, but until now, he hasn't said a word to visitors at Walt Disney World. View the full article

The silence has been broken. Mickey Mouse is now talking with guests at a meet-and-greet at Walt Disney World. View the full article

We’re a few weeks away from the theatrical release of the Marvel Studios-produced “Thor: The Dark World,” and the fall film epic distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures illustrates just how successful the Marvel brand is for Disney’s bottom line. View the full article

A guidebook to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, a popular after-hours event at Magic Kingdom, will be available for free on Amazon for one day — Saturday, Oct. 19. View the full article

The Disney Magic has gone under the knife and is on its way to Miami. The re-imagined cruise ship spent four weeks at the Navantia Shipyards in Cadiz, Spain and is set to show off its new gams so to speak at its winter home of PortMiami before repositioning to Port Canaveral in January 2014. View the full article

There are still three Party for the Senses nights remaining in this year's Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World's Epcot. View the full article

Disney's latest version of mouse-ear hats, which include lights that strobe, surge, flash and flicker, debuted Tuesday night in the "Fantasmic!" show at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. View the full article

Disney's latest version of mouse-ear hats include lights that strobe, surge, flash and flicker, debuted Tuesday night as an enhancement to the "Fantasmic!" show at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. View the full article

Sometimes it's good to be a fan. That's what D23 Expo members in Japan found out when they were served up a glimpse of what the "Avatar"-inspired land at Disney's Animal Kingdom is going to look like when it opens in 2017. View the full article

Disney has unveiled new details about its proposed "Avatar" - themed land at Disney's Animal Kingdom. View the full article

All eyes will be on the ears when the "glow with the show" edition of "Fantasmic!" debuts at Disney's Hollywood Studios on Tuesday night. View the full article

"Escape From Tomorrow" is a film shot at Disney World, without Disney's cooperation or permission. View the full article

Veterans of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival may notice an upgrade in their surroundings this year. Disney has been enhancing the marketplaces, the small kitchen outlets where the fest's global fare is made and sold. View the full article

WHAT: "Fantasmic!," the nighttime spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park, shifts into "glow with the show" mode beginning Tuesday. The show will be enhanced by guests wearing new mouse-ear hats (pictured) that change colors and provide choreography synced to music and events within the production. As of Oct. 19, the ears also will participate in the "Wishes" fireworks at Magic Kingdom. Eventually, Disney plans to use the headpieces during the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at the Studios and "Celebrate the Magic" castle-projection show at Magic Kingdom. View the full article

It has been interesting reading about the reaction of people with disabilities to Disney's changing policy for those guests. Instead of moving to the front of the queue at certain attractions, guests with disabilities will be given a time to return commensurate with the wait time for other guests. View the full article

Disney Interactive and music-video website Vevo have united to present what they call "family friendly" video experiences. View the full article

Thomas Messemer found love by breaking the rules at Walt Disney World. View the full article

An Iron Man ride will open at Disneyland Hong Kong, marking the first major attraction based on a Marvel Comics character at a Disney theme park. View the full article

Characters from "Frozen," Disney's next animated feature, will make appearances at Epcot's Norway pavilion and in a Magic Kingdom presentation later this year, Disney World announced. View the full article

The weather is threatening to turn nice finally in Florida, and that means running season is upon us again. In fact, there's the return of racing at Walt Disney World this weekend with the second annual 10-mile race at Disney's Hollywood Studios. View the full article

Veteran eaters and drinkers of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, should notice an upgrade in their surroundings this year. Disney has been enhancing the marketplaces, the small kitchen outlets where the fest's global fare is sold. View the full article

Here is a recap of major-park activities, arranged from the friendliest of kid-friendly to the more intense, gory gatherings View the full article

WHAT: It's not just eating and drinking at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. There's listening and singing along, too, at the fest's Eat to the Beat concert series, featuring well-known artists three times a day. On stage soon: Air Supply (Friday), Sister Hazel (Saturday and Sunday), Sugar Ray (Monday-Wednesday) and Edwin McCain (Thursday and next Friday). View the full article