LAKE BUENA VISTA -- Visitors to Downtown Disney can design custom T-shirts with Disney characters and personal messages in an interactive concept developed in partnership by Hanes Brands Inc. and Walt Disney World. Shirts cost $20 to $30 and take 15 to 30 minutes to be produced after the buyer makes design selections on devices similar to large-scale ATMs. ...more

December 16, 2008

I'll Have The Brontosaurus Walt Disney World was slated Tuesday to open its dinosaur-themed restaurant called T-Rex at its Downtown Disney resort area in Lake Buena Vista. The restaurant is the first project in Disney's pursuit of more family-oriented dining and shopping in an area that until recently had a strong focus on its Pleasure Island nightclubs. Disney closed most of its clubs last month. ...more

October 15, 2008

Walt Disney World is scheduled to open a dinosaur-themed restaurant today at its Downtown Disney resort area in Lake Buena Vista. T-Rex is the first project in Disney's pursuit of more family-oriented dining and shopping in an area that until recently had a strong focus on its Pleasure Island nightclubs. ...more

October 14, 2008

Pleasure Island, the lounge-heavy party zone of Walt Disney World that caters to young and restless clubbers, is shuttering its saloon doors this weekend. Disney officials say the place is being "reimagined." ...more

September 27, 2008

Pleasure Island, the lounge-heavy party zone of Walt Disney World that caters to young and restless clubbers, is shuttering its saloon doors this weekend. Disney officials say the place is being "reimagined." ...more

September 26, 2008

Walt Disney World, home of Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Tinker Bell, has banned young children from its fanciest restaurant. ...more

January 6, 2008

TAMPA - Occasionally disruptive and often confrontational, John Russell recently had been banned from a Pasco County Democratic fundraiser, even though he was the party's nominee in last year's race for a congressional seat. ...more

October 30, 2007