FEATURES
By Orlando Sentinel | December 29, 1991
ORLANDO, Fla. -- In the mid-1980s, astute Walt Disney World observers noted that the world's No. 1 resort was moving quickly to duplicate, within its borders, the most successful attractions outside its property.Disney is continuing that strategy, even though one of the attractions from which it has borrowed ideas -- Boardwalk and Baseball near Haines City -- closed in 1990.Across Crescent Lake from the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels, Disney has begun site work on Boardwalk, a waterfront specialty-retail and entertainment complex that it's billing as "a classic '30s boardwalk experience."
NEWS
By Liz Atwood and Liz Atwood,SUN STAFF | March 3, 1998
The Baltimore County Council last night voted to enlist the help of Mickey Mouse to help ensure that youngsters receive their immunizations on time.The council gave its approval for a contest in which parents who have their children fully immunized by 18 months can be eligible to win a trip to Walt Disney World and other Florida attractions.Officials hope publicity about the prize will increase immunizations for hepatitis, diphtheria and other childhood diseases from from 62 percent to more than 80 percent for children younger than age 2.State officials say the immunization rate for school-age children is nearly 100 percent.
NEWS
By Christina Bittner and Christina Bittner,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | March 26, 2000
"MOM, CAN we go to Disney World?" I'm sure that many parents have been asked this question at one time or another. Justin Jones of Brooklyn Park asked his mother the question in October. Mary Jones' simple response: "The only way we will get to Disney World is if we win tickets." Justin took his mom at her word. Having lunch at a Glen Burnie McDonald's, where a promotional Monopoly contest was under way, 12-year-old Justin opened his game piece, looked at it, and, well, guess what? "He called me at work and told me," Jones said, "but I didn't believe it. I told him that I would check it out when I got home."
NEWS
By Mark Hyman and Mark Hyman,Sun Staff Writer | March 18, 1994
The Orioles' six-year search for a permanent spring-training home could be ending soon in the backyard of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.Team officials are negotiating with the Walt Disney Co. to move their Grapefruit League headquarters to a planned 100-acre sports theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., according to sources familiar with the talks.The Orioles complex -- including a 10,000-seat stadium and four practice diamonds -- would be built by Disney at no cost to the Orioles, with the parties to split revenues from tickets, concessions and advertising.
NEWS
By ROGER SIMON | November 30, 1990
ORLANDO -- I am sitting by a fantasy lake at Walt Disney World trying to figure why so many people bother clinging to reality.The perfect aquamarine lake sits inside something called "Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort," which is supposed to be a replica of several Caribbean islands.Having been to several real Caribbean islands, however, I much prefer these fantasy ones. For one thing, everybody smiles at you here when they take your money and they often say, "Thank you."If this happens in the real Caribbean, I must have missed it. I don't wish to be an Ugly American, but if I wanted to deal with surly people who resented my presence, I wouldn't go on vacation.
FEATURES
By Orlando Sentinel | November 11, 1992
The morning of the Bandell-Strachan wedding dawned cloudy and gray.By mid-afternoon, as the bridal party assembled at Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Beach Resort, the talk was of rain.The air was misty as the guests were shepherded onto a triangular lawn bordered by the ornate, white tiers of the Victorian-style hotel, the soaring concrete arches of the Magic Kingdom monorail and the willow-dotted shores of Seven Seas Lagoon.A languid breeze stirred the white cloth covering a boardwalk that led between rows of gold chairs to a low platform.