AUTHOR: Leah Zanolla

Leah grew up in a little farming town in Illinois, right on the Mississippi River. Her Chicago-born husband, David, left the city for her, and they're now raising their three children (Jacob, Jonah and Lydia) just 12 miles from her hometown. As the Senior Editor of the DIS (wdwinfo.com), Leah spends a lot of time writing about, reading about, and discussing Disney. So, it should come as no surprise that one of her family's favorite ways to spend time is going to Walt Disney World and traveling on Disney Cruise Line. She also enjoys shopping, watching movies with her husband and doing crafts with and for her kids.



Filming details for Disney’s Christmas Day parade and stage shows

Disney’s Christmas Day parade taping will run a little differently at the theme parks this year. Instead of the actual parade down Main Street, there will be stage show performances that are filmed at Walt Disney World. The parade portion will all be filmed at Disneyland. At Walt Disney World, filming of the performances will Filming details for Disney’s Christmas Day parade and stage shows

13 Nights of Halloween movies on Freeform channel

Freeform (formerly ABC Family) has released its schedule for “13 Nights of Halloween. لعبة فلوس ” For 13 nights, beginning tonight, October 20, the channel will broadcast Halloween classic films, and a few new ones as well. NIGHT ONE – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 5:30 P.M. TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 7:00 P.M. R.L. STINE’S MONSTERVILLE: CABINET 13 Nights of Halloween movies on Freeform channel

Contractors who worked on Disney’s Polynesian Resort pool refurb sue each other over payment

Contractors who worked on the recent pool renovation at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort are fighting about who should get the money. Balfour Beatty, based in Dallas, was the general contractor; Balfour subcontracted with Lake Mechanical Contractors of Eustis. موقع 888 Lake Mechanical hired additional subcontractors, including “Auburndale-based Petroleum Compliance Solutions; Charlotte, North Carolina-based Unitherm; Pennsylvania-based Contractors who worked on Disney’s Polynesian Resort pool refurb sue each other over payment

Television Hall of Fame display removed from Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is being removed from the park and will be replaced with a food and beverage marketplace. The area, which featured busts of TV stars and other actors who had been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, has been Television Hall of Fame display removed from Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Contract discussions may finally be over for Disney World firefighters

Walt Disney World’s firefighters’ union may finally get to put their contract issues behind them. A magistrate, James Stokes, sided with the union on many of the issues they’ve been fighting Reedy Creek Improvement District over for the past two years. The Reedy creek Fire & Rescue IAFF Local 2117’s president, Tim Stromsnes, said the Contract discussions may finally be over for Disney World firefighters

Disney CEO Bob Iger to pen business leadership and management book

Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Co., will be writing a book for Random House on business leadership and management. العاب روليت Iger said, “For eleven years, I’ve had the privilege of running one of the world’s most well-known and admired companies, interacting with countless creative geniuses, innovators, and almost 20,000 enthusiastic, Disney CEO Bob Iger to pen business leadership and management book

Conde Nast recognizes Disney in Readers’ Choice Awards

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The 29th annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards have been announced, and many Disney destinations have been honored with awards. Included on the list are: Walt Disney World Resort: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Disney’s BoardWalk Inn Disney’s Contemporary Resort Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Disney’s Yacht Conde Nast recognizes Disney in Readers’ Choice Awards

Judge dismisses IT workers’ lawsuit against Disney

Back in January, former IT workers at Disney filed a lawsuit against the company and two outsourcing contractors, alleging “that the Disney employees were the victim of a racketeering scheme to terminate them and replace them with immigrant, outsourced workers through the federal H-1B Visa program.” The 250 laid-off workers were also made to train Judge dismisses IT workers’ lawsuit against Disney