No this is not a joke, and yes it is true. The Mouse is now the boss of Spiderman. Yes, I am just as lost as you are. Disney have bought Marvel for $4 Billion, yes that’s billion with a B. Disney will acquire the rights to 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel Chairman Mort Handel called [...]

Via. The Orlando Sentinal A little after lunch on a recent afternoon in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, after the spring-break travel rush and amid the global recession, the line to ride Toy Story Mania! was still 80 minutes long, and every restaurant in the park was booked full for dinner. But the crowd was not nearly [...]

Via. The Orlando Sentinel Analysts at Goldman Sachs are forecasting attendance at Disney’s U.S. parks will fall as much as 10 percent this year. The firm, which downgraded shares in the Walt Disney Co. from “buy” to “neutral” last week, expects attendance declines at Walt Disney World and Disneyland to accelerate later this year. Goldman [...]

A little time back, I posted the stock listing for Disney, well the good news is that it has not become any worse, but the bad news is that it’s not getting any better. Here is the listing: Disney$21.20 -0.66 / -3.02% If it’s anything, Apple is down -95¢ at $87.71

Here is today’s stock listing at closing for the Walt Disney Company for Dec. 8, 2008: Last Change Volume$24.92 +2.15 +9.44% 34.1 M Lets hope that this economy problem can be turned around very soon so we can all get back on with our lives!