DizNews: Star Wars Weekend Update, GM to Drop TT Sponsorship? and Online Subscriptions

Wednesday - Daily Dose of Disney 3.4.09

Star Wars Weekends Updates

This is a great site that follows the press releases for Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios. They have announced the first details of other merchandise coming out of Disney for this special event.


Test Track to Lose GM as Sponsor?

GM’s sponsorship contract for Test Track at Epcot is about to expire and rumor has it that GM will not renew it’s sponsorship deal with Disney. While Disney and GM are officially still in negotiations they have not been able to reach an agreement. GM is rumored to spend $5 million per year sponsoring the attraction. While this is an incredibly large sum, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Siemens is reportedly paying $100 million for it’s 10 year sponsorship of Spaceship Earth and the evening fireworks extravaganza Illuminations! There is some speculation as to whether Toyota might be interested in sponsoring the attraction, however, with the recession effecting almost all car manufacturers, it remains to be seen if there will be any takers. I hope that Disney can find some sort of agreement, while I don’t love Test Track it is a major attraction and I wold hate for it to go the way of Horizons.


Disney Considering Online Subscriptions

Disney CEO, Bob Iger announced in a presentation to Deutsche Bank that they are considering an online subscription service to watch online content at Disney.com. What do you think? Would you pay for an online subscription or would you prefer a service with commercials more like Hulu?



World Wide Disney: Where is Mickey and The Disney Village

Two super fun things for you today.

First, with a hat tip to Disney Dean, guess where Mickey is today.

Second, FoxFurr completes an exhaustive list of all the wonderfulness that was The Disney Village.


WDW Weather: Sunny. High of 67 F.


Disneyland Weather: Rainy. High of 63 F.