Category: Disney
Disney may set up shop at JaxPort
From jacksonville.com:
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The Times-Union – Talk about a boatload of business. Disney might ship its Orlando goods through the port of Jacksonville.
Imported toys, blankets, stuffed animals and trinkets sold at Walt Disney World Resort could cross the local docks.
At least that’s what Roy Schleicher at the Jacksonville Port Authority told real estate brokers, developers and other professionals last week.
That’s because the Mitsui O.S.K. terminal under development at Dames Point will open a direct connection to Asia. He says Disney now ships into California and then sends items to Orlando by truck and rail.
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Adults, teens arrested in Magic Kingdom brawl
From orlandosentinel.com:
TweetThree teens and two adults were arrested at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom after deputies said they spat on guests, cursed and brawled with an Orange County deputy, according to a report released Monday.
The arrests took place at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday, after Rose Dipietro, 20, Brian Guilfoil, 19, and three teens, all of Shirley, New York, were detained by Disney security for being unruly and possibly drunk, according to a sheriff’s report.
The group threatened the security officers, who called for help from sheriff’s deputies. When one deputy tried to intercede, Guilfoil pushed the deputy while his companions rushed into the fray, the report states.
Security guards and deputies rushed to the deputy’s aid, and the deputy used his stun gun against a 17-year-old girl.
The five suspected brawlers were arrested for felony battery on a law enforcement officer and other related charges.
Dipietro and Guilfoil were booked into Orange County Jail, where they were released Monday afternoon on $2,300 bail each.
The teens – girls 17 and 16 and a 14-year-old boy – were taken to the county’s juvenile detention facility.
Disney mash-up explains copyright rules
From wired.com:
Disney lawyers’ heads must be spinning over this one. A movie posted on Stanford University’s site called “A Fair(y) Use Tale” mashes up all your Disney favorites to humorously and effectively explain copyright law.
Here’s a link to the video: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
TweetCalif. raisin packer teams up with Disney
From scrippsnews.com:
TweetFresno Bee Monday, May 21, 2007 – National Raisin Co. in Fowler, Calif., is hoping to take advantage of a new emphasis by Walt Disney Co. on healthier foods and will soon sell snack packs that showcase such characters as Mickey Mouse, Lilo & Stitch, Nemo and the Pirates of the Caribbean.The specially packaged fruit will be sold in grocery stores nationwide, said Jane Asmar, director of corporate accounts for the family-run company and daughter of one of its three founders, Krikor Bedrosian.
Asmar said Disney representatives approached National during a trade show in Chicago in late 2005, showing an interest in pairing Disney images with healthful snacks.
In exchange, National pays a licensing fee. Neither Asmar nor Disney representatives would state the cost or length of the licensing agreement.
Disney Adventures
From northjersey.com:
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May 20, 2007 – Arenal Volcano loomed smoking in front of us. Trees rife with orchids, ferns and bromeliads stretched for miles below our wooden platform in the clouds. But my attention was glued on my 8-year-old daughter, Annie, as she was strapped into a harness more than 660 feet above the rain forest floor on our third day in Costa Rica. A thin, steel zip line was snapped to her gear.
She jumped. As her pulley sped down the line linked to a platform 2,475 feet away, my firstborn receded into the distance with a heart-sinking “zzzzzzing.” My solace: This was a Disney-orchestrated trip, part of the new series of family adventures fanning out around the world. I knew this was no theme park, but surely Disney safety inspectors and a team of tort-minded lawyers had examined every bolt and screw in this series of platforms and cables. Right?
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