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Deadline announced today that Disney has in the works a live-action/CGI collab project that will bring to life the popular Disneyland attraction Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Director Pete Candeland has been brought on board to develop the story in to a feature film. What's not clear from the original posting is how the movie would differ from "Wind in the Willows" story from which the popular Disneyland attraction is inspired.

New Disney-Pixar featurette features the TRIPLETS, who are princess Merida's brothers. The adorable little trouble makers are named Hamish, Hubert, Harris. The new clip offers new scenes and clips from the film.

A similar video was recently released centered around the lead character

The latest episode of D23's Armchair Archivist takes us to the archives for a look at some vintage merchandise featuring the beloved Orange Bird. In the video we get a visit from Richard Sherman who helped compose the original songs created for the characters debut at Walt Disney World in the 1970s.

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.

ElecTRONica finally came to an end this weekend with dozens of fans in attendance. The popular night-time dance party concluded for the final time on April 15 at Disney California Adventure with a special deresolution ceremony that included a count-down to the termination of the program

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.

Florida is often well known for two things: retirement communities and Disney. By no means are those the only aspects that make up the state of Florida and in no way are those the only things to do in the centrally-located city of Orlando.

While most travelEARS (that's what we like to call avid Disney travellers) may only visit Orlando to visit the Walt Disney World Resort, there's plenty to see and do outside of the world of fairy tales and enchanted kingdoms.

The new book, "After Disney: The Other Orlando," by authors Kelly Monaghan and Seth Kubersky brings to the forefront the other exciting elements to see and do while visiting in Florida once you've visited with Mickey Mouse.

Flying on to store shelves is Peter Pan's long awaited appearance on the Disney Junior hit show Jake and the Never Land Pirates. In Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Peter Pan Returns, Peter's shadow is captured by who else, but Peter's arch enemy Captain Hook and it is up to the viewers to help Peter, Jake, Izzy and Cubby rescue his shadow.

The DVD also contains five additional episodes, bonus features and a Digital Copy.

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.

Disney Cruise Line has informally announced that the Palo High Tea experience will be discontinued on all ships. With the cancellation of Tea, it enables Palo Brunch hours to be extended in an effort to accommodate more guests in the popular adult-only experience.

The effective sail dates when this change will take place are as follows:

Disney Magic® – 8/10/12
Disney Wonder® – 8/13/12
Disney Dream – 7/22/12
Disney Fantasy – 8/13/12