The DPB is on an entertainment rampage as they unveiled more offerings coming to the Disneyland Resort this summer for guests. In Carsland, two new events will have guests dancing to the beat and escaping the heat.

Red the Firetruck will be featured along with a Volunteer Firefighter

The DPB announced yesterday that starting May 3 the Festival Arena will once again be used for guests with entertainment, character greets, and other fun activities. BBQ appropriate snacks are also expected to round out the offerings.

For fans of the characters, you'll be able to meet with the Country Bears, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Clara Cluck and of course Mickey and his pals in their country finery.

Disney Cruise Line guests will join crew members onboard Disney ships and on Disney's private island, Castaway Cay, to participate in the "Walk for Wildlife." Disney Cruiise Line will donate $5,000 on behalf on guests and crew to the Jane Goodall Institute to support chimpanzee conservation efforts.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Apr. 19, 2012 – Two Disney Cast Members are the proud parents of children being honored next month in Washington D.C. as winners of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) annual ‘Safety-on-the-Job’ poster contest.

First-place honors went to Victor Fan, the 13-year-old son of Ming Fan, who works in merchandise at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, while 5-year-old Takoda Paschel, the son of Christie Paschel with Walt Disney Imagineering, placed third in his age group.
In addition to the awards ceremony and earning a savings bond, the winners will have their posters featured on billboards in Central Florida when North American Occupational Safety and Health Week kicks off May 6.

Mondo, the collectible art boutique arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, proudly announces the release of a series of 7 posters honoring MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS, in theaters May 4. Mondo will be releasing character posters for each of The Avengers: Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor and a poster featuring the full Avengers team.

Set to debut April 23, a new episode of the Disney XD program KICKIN' IT will feature the Harlem Globetrotters as a central part of the episode's plot. Two new clips featuring the famous basketball team have been released in advance of the debut.

From obscure to highly in demand, over 30 movie titles will be hitting Blu-ray shelves for the first time in 2012 from the Disney library. From Pocahontas and The Santa Clause to Hocus Pocus and Newsies to Ed Wood and Arachnophobia, there's bound to be something coming up this year that will get you forking cash over to Disney in the coming year.

The uptick in Blu-ray releases comes after last year's industry wide tallies of more than $2 billion in Blu-ray sales. The increase in consumer spending has dollar signs showing in the eyes of many an exec at Disney and with good reason as Disney had 5 films in the top 10 overall selling titles last year: The Help, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney’s The Lion King, Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 and Disney’s Tangled.

Disney Interactive just announced the new “Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure” game which puts you in power of the magic as an apprentice to the Fairy Godmother. Evil imps have run rampant in the stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle and Tiana so it's up to you to help save the day.

Along the way you'll be immersed in the various princesses worlds, meeting different characters along the way as you work to accomplish quests and mini-games, including platforming, hide and seek, and puzzles.

Slated for release this fall, the video game will be available for the Wii^TM system from Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS^TM hand-held system and Windows PC/Mac.

DPB has announced new character dinning at Ariel's Grotto starting June 15th. Now guests can join Ariel and her princess friends for breakfast,lunch, and dinner. With this new change, the World of Color dinning option will no longer be offered at this location.

D23 and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museaum have partnered up to present the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives. This exhibit will bring more than 500 artifacts and will be the largest exhiition ever curated by the Walt Disney Archives. This exhibit will jun from July 6 until April 2013.

D23's hit web series Disney Geek is back with a new set and a new team of hosts. This show is part of the new D23 Studios, a division of D23.

Walt Disney Studios has release new "Brave" stories. This newly released featurette features Merida. BRAVE hits theaters June 22.

Whether they’re headed to a Disney Park or staying close to home, members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club can save hundreds of dollars on their favorite activities, events and attractions when they present a D23 Membership card or use special member-only online codes.

DPB shared a special video from ABC's "Once Upon a Time" star Ginnifer Goodwin. The star was at the Magic Kingdom to tape a special Bonus Feature for the Cinderella Blu-ray Diamond Edition and made some time to speak with the Disney Parks Blog.