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In Disney's adaptation of the J.M. Barrie books, Tinker Bell is a Pixie, not a Princess or a Fairy. Nothing in the Peter Pan film suggests that she has a royal lineage or a gaggle of Fairy friends (or a magic wand for that matter...).

To date, Disney has been pretty consistent in calling her a Pixie, and most Disney merchandise that refers to her in any manner does so as a Pixie. According ...

Another gem in a sea of boring forwarded emails...

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning ... uphill BOTH ways

yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how ...

Yeah, so Walt Disney World has announced that they will be building an "American Idol" attraction in the old Monster Sound Show/Superstar Television theater row. I guess it fits in with the "Hollywood Studios" theme.



While it seems to go along with the "more interactive attractions" push, it just doesn't seem "Disney" to me. I guess they want to give the Studios park more of an ...

As expected, Disney announced their free dining plans this morning. The time period is much shorter than the free dining at Universal, but that's not entirely surprising (and, of course, Disney can always add more dates later, if necessary).

Details are below. Thanks to Sue Pisaturo of MousePlanet sponsor Small World Vacations for the info.

Disney Visa Cardholder Booking Dates:
Today through June 22

Magic Your Way Package FREE Dining Plan ...

A few hours ago I read the news that Disney has decided to close the Virtual Magic Kingdom game, a FREE! (and that word will become important later) online multiplayer game created around the time of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary and "designed for 8-14 year olds."

Thinking this must be a late April Fool's joke, I quickly checked the VMK home page and yes, there it was, the official word right from Yavn's mouth. (Yavn is the screen name for one of the VMK producers, a nice guy I've ...