The Genesis of EPCOT? Many Disney fans know that WDW owes a lot to the 1964 New York World's Fair. But did you know that WDW might owe a vast majority of its very existence to the mere fact that New York held the fair in the first place? Read on to see how rejected plans for a 1964 World's Fair in a different city played a role in sparking Walt Disney's ideas for EPCOT. Epcot Unplugged: The Lights of Winter In today's opinion piece, we discuss the decision to remove Lights of Winter from Epcot's holiday offerings. In Their Defense… Standing Up for D23 In today's article, we offer an opinion piece about why D23 is a good thing, despite some of the arguments you might hear otherwise. Merriweather Pleasure Sails Into The Sunset… In today's Tapestry article, Jackie Steele takes a look back at the rich history of Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, and how its origins were firmly rooted in the original plans for the Florida Project. Sizing Up EPCOT: How does it compare to the World’s Fairs? Epcot has been billed as a "permanent World's Fair." So how does it stack up in terms of size when compared to the World's Fairs of days gone by? Today's article gets out the measuring tape to find out. Cody Smith’s 9/3/10 WDW Photo Report WDWNT Network’s Cody Smith will be providing photo updates on a much more regular basis for WDW News Today, and he starts today with some interesting updates from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot: The Magic Kingdom is ready for Halloween What’s going on in Fantasyland? The Winnie the Pooh facade is still behind walls There [...] “My World” by Chad Smith So, as a committed Disney fan and lover of Walt Disney World, I often dream of Disney. When you’re sitting at work and things get a little stressful, you have those moments where your mind escapes. Where does it go to? Spaceship Earth at Epcot? The castle at the Kingdom? For a drop on the [...] New Character Leaked for “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue” While attending Disney’s Pin Celebration – Trade City U.S.A. last weekend, WDWNT Network staff member Cody Smith took a picture of an interesting “Disney Robots” pin set that will be released at the Disneyland “Sci-Fi Academy” pin event next year: The center robot is labeled as originating from Star Tours in 2011. If that is [...] Video of “Last Tour to Endor” Hyperspace Hoopla (Hoopla!) WDWNT Reporter Matt Paul brings us the last of his videos from “Last Tour to Endor” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios from back on August 14th. Time for some super-sized Hoopla!: We hope you enjoyed our coverage of Celebration V and Last Tour to Endor over the last few weeks, many thanks to WDWNT’s Matt Paul [...] Space Mountain On-Ride Audio Recordings! Yes you read that right we have an exclusive for you right here at WDW News Today we bring you straight from Walt Disney World a recording of the new on-ride audio from Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain! As announced today on the Disney Parks Blog: Listen up Space Mountain fans, there’s a new addition [...] Disney Channels Safe At Time Warner After Deal Disney and Time Warner Cable strike a deal for ABC, ESPN, and Disney channels. Disney, Time Warner Make a Deal Disney and Time Warner Cable strike a deal that will give cable subscribers access to ESPN3.com and keep Monday Night Football on air. Disney, Time Warner reach agreement LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Time Warner Cable Inc. and Walt Disney Co. said they had agreed to new contract terms that would continue programming without disruptions for U.S. viewers. Time Warner Cable - Walt Disney Company - Disney - Arts - Production Disney, Time Warner Cable Strike Deal, Includes ESPN3 Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable announced Thursday a long-term agreement that will provide cable customers with a wide array of Disney channels, including digital access to online content such as ESPN3.com, and expanded on-demand services. Disney Introduces Marathon Training Consultant Disney introduces Jeff Galloway, who is the new official training consultant to the theme park giant's series of endurance events.