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Activists contest Disney's Segway use settlement

Jun. 3, 2009
Activists for the disabled brought their Segways into a federal court Wednesday to urge a judge to reject a settlement between Walt Disney World and three visitors restricting the use of the personal transporters at the resort. Two-dozen activists parked...
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Walt Disney World settles 5-year-old suit

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Walt Disney World has settled a prolonged legal battle with a Pennsylvania company that designed one of its more controversial rides, officials said.

Disney World upgrades campground

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Walt Disney World says it's starting a large-scale renovation of its Fort Wilderness Campground in Florida, improving its Internet and cable television access.
Cook appears in Disney commercial

Cook appears in Disney commercial

LOS ANGELES, May 23 (UPI) -- Newly crowned "American Idol" winner David Cook has become the first singer to star in an "I'm Going to Disney World!" commercial, Walt Disney World said.

Disney World eatery bans kids

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Walt Disney World has banned children under 10 from its nicest restaurant, the five-diamond rated Victoria & Albert's.

Disney launching on-demand cable channel

ORLANDO, Fla., May 15 (UPI) -- Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will launch an on-demand cable channel later in May, focusing on Walt Disney World in Florida and other Disney vacation spots.

Disney World drops CD machines

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Chalk up another loss of a bygone era as Walt Disney World closes an obscure attraction that burned old Disney music from a gentler time on to CDs. The Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday that tucked away in the corners of Walt Disney World were "Wonderlan

Former Disney chief Walker dead at 89

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The first Walt Disney Co. chief executive who was not a member of the family -- Card Walker -- has died in California at age 89.

Walt Disney Japan reaches settlement on film

KYOTO, Japan, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Walt Disney Japan has reached a settlement with plaintiffs who sued over the color of the DVD version of the animated film "Spirited Away."

Disney to make Narnia film

HOLLYWOOD, March 2 (UPI) -- Disney is planning a big-screen adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's book "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

Plaintiff, Disney try to settle suit

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Walt Disney World and for a Venezuelan physician injured on a thrill ride met Friday to try to iron out a settlement of the doctor's lawsuit. Jesus Romero suffered a head injury during a ride on Disney's Space Mountain Sept. 10, 1998.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic