It could have been Dwight Howard. Instead, Mickey Mouse was chumming it up with Los Angeles Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant as they rode down Main Street U.S.A. together. Disneyland in Anaheim, Ca., hosted a victory parade Thursday for Kobe and the...

The Walt Disney Co. will report fiscal third-quarter earnings just after 4 p.m. this afternoon, which will show just how tightly Walt Disney World and the rest of the company's theme parks are being squeezed by the recession -- and, perhaps, give an...

The Walt Disney Co.’s plan for a new theme park in Shanghai has been formally approved by China’s economic-planning agency, according to the Associated Press. China’s National Development and Reform Commission confirmed that Disney’s first...

Universal Orlando has begun airing its first television commercial promoting "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," the highly anticipated addition to Islands of Adventure that is supposed to open sometime this spring. Universal spokesman Tom Schroder...

Universal Orlando's debt ratings were raised today by Moody's Investors Service, following the resort's $1.6 billion capital restructuring earlier this month. Universal had been facing an April 1, 2010, deadline to refinance its debt. "The upgrades...

Universal Orlando has been slapped with a fine and forced to make changes following an accident this summer involving the resort's Dueling Dragons roller coaster. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Universal $3,750 for what it...

Hotel occupancy in Orlando fell for yet another month in October, and so did the rates that Orlando hoteliers are charging. Orlando hoteliers filled 57.5 percent of their rooms last month, a 6.7 percent decline from October 2008, according to...