Epcot

At a slam-bang press event at Epcot in Orlando, Disney Parks announced that just six weeks into its 2010 promotion to give free admission for a day to anyone who volunteers for a day, some 600,000 people have already volunteered or signed up for the job. At this rate, the company's expressed goal...

The magic is fading for Disney, but for its customers, it's just beginning. This morning, after announcing that theme park bookings fell off a cliff in the last month and corporate income was down 13% last quarter, Disney's stock dropped 6.1%. Hotel bookings at the Walt Disney World resort are down...

Okay, I'll start by admitting that I've been to Walt Disney World a couple of times. Before our first visit, my sisters and I pored over pictures of the Hall of Presidents, the Haunted Mansion, the Disney Castle, and other attractions, plotting the perfect routes to every ride, the ideal sequence...