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May 27, 2005

Students Wow Disney Three Paso Robles High School students might be on their way to careers as Disney Imagineers after creating a miniature roller coaster ride through an Egyptian pyramid. Students Matthew Gustafson and twin sisters Melanie and Elaine Silver won the fifth annual Roller Coaster Building Contest on May 20 at Paramount's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara with their creation "Shifting Sands." Afterward, a Walt Disney Co. Imagineering director approached the three and offered them internships and the possibility of jobs after college, according to the students and their teacher.

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Disney to Expand Hong Kong Park Hong Kong Disneyland doesn't open until September, but officials are already talking about expanding the theme park. The park has room to add new attractions after it opens on Sept. 12, Disney spokeswoman Esther Wong said. "We have not fully used up our land yet," she said. But Wong declined to give a timetable or other details for the plan, saying that the company is focused on a successful opening.

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May 18, 2005

Walt Disney Hall to be Featured on Postage Stamp Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Hall, the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be pictured on a postage stamp to be issued by the U.S. Postal Service on May 20.The stamp is part of a series titled "Masterworks of Modern Architecture." Disney Hall, which opened in 2003, is the most recent building to be honored.

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May 11, 2005

Disney Honors 100 Young Leaders There were many proud parents at Epcot on Tuesday, as Disney honored 100 students from Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties in a lavish ceremony with costumed characters and confetti, silver streamers and balloons shot into an Epcot pavilion.The Dreamers and Doers award honors students -- most of whom are academic successes -- who have shown exemplary leadership, character or community involvement. They were picked from the 500 nominated by public and private schools in the five counties.Some of the students had overcome family tragedies or were living with serious health problems, including cancer, burns, diabetes and spina bifida. Despite obstacles, they are tennis stars and dancers, student-council presidents and Boy Scouts, musicians and chess players. They tutor classmates, volunteer at their churches and help with pregnancy-prevention programs.

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May 06, 2005

Disney Officials head to Himalayas A team of Walt Disney World officials and more than 20 renowned scientists will spend two months in the Himalayas this fall, gathering geological and cultural data that they'll use to authenticate Disney's newest Animal Kingdom attraction, Expedition Everest.The coasterlike thrill ride, scheduled to debut next spring, will capture both the folklore and legend surrounding the yeti -- better known at the abominable snowman -- as well as true-to-nature elements discovered during the research trip.By studying the region -- and its insects, birds, plants and people -- Disney officials say they'll be better equipped to give visitors an accurate portrayal of the Himalayas."At the highest level, it's a thrill-ride attraction," said Joe Rohde, lead designer of Animal Kingdom, who will accompany the scientists during the research trip. "But it's still about nature and the sanctity of the land."

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Disney Begins New Service for Luggage Walt Disney World's new luggage delivery service, which saves travelers the hassle of checking bags at the airport, is the wave of the future, travel industry experts say.The system, which has the blessings of the new federal airport security watchdog agency, in essence extends the arm of the federal bag-checking system to hotel lobbies. It kicked off officially Thursday for hotel guests at the Disney resort.Both the Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Rep. John Mica, who chairs the House Aviation Subcommittee, support the concept of securing bags away from airports and having TSA-approved control of the bags to and from airports.In the Disney program, called Magical Express, Disney resort guests take their bags to their hometown airport as usual for the flight to Orlando. Disney then picks up the bags at Orlando International Airport and hauls them directly to the guest's hotel room.

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Disney's Party Spans the Globe Walt Disney World joined Disney parks on three continents Thursday in launching an 18-month-long marketing campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's original Disneyland in California.Legendary entertainer Art Linkletter, who presided at Disneyland's opening in 1955, walked slowly onstage to applause at Disneyland once again and helped kick off the festivities.Parks in Tokyo, in Paris and in Hong Kong, where the 11th Disney park is scheduled to open in September, also are participating, along with the Disney Cruise Line, in the company's first worldwide promotion. "It feels like only yesterday," Linkletter said of the opening a half century ago of Disneyland, the small park that launched the modern theme-park industry.With the same twinkle in his eye and smile that endeared him to generations of children and families, the 92-year-old Linkletter declared: "Over the years, it's been wonderful to watch Walt's dream spread."

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