2007

January

• Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment team up to distribute Disney films in Russia. [1144.42]

January 28

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A scene in a prison cell is similar to the one in Disney's Aladdin, where an old man helps a younger man escape out of a loose brick in the wall. [1086]

(month unknown)

• The Walt Disney Company renames Buena Vista Games to Disney Interactive Studios. [1143.22]

February 11

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. The spaghetti kissing scene from Lady and the Tramp is mocked, with a girl kissing a dog looking like Tramp. [1087]

February

• Newly updated web site Disney.com is unveiled. [1180.40]

February 16

• Disney releases the film Bridge to Terabithia to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$135.7 million.) [1076.40] [1188.53]

February 25

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Achievement in Visual Effects) to John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [890]

March 2

• Disney releases the live-action feature film Wild Hogs to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$253 million.) [1076.41] [1188.53]

March 4

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child wears a broken Mickey Mouse Club hat. [1088]

March 27

• Disney Interactive Studios releases the Meet the Robinsons video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA. [1157.86]

March 30

• Disney releases the animated film Meet the Robinsons to theaters in the US. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$169.2 million.) [1165.37] [1178.99] [1188.53]

(month unknown)

• Buffalo Technology releases three Disney-themed USB flash drives in Japan: Steamboat Willie, Stitch, and Pooh. Each has 512 MB capacity. Limit of 5000 each. [1150.6]

May 12

• Disney debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl. [1216.12]

May 14

• Business Week magazine publishes an article listing the World's 25 Most Innovative Companies. Number 8 is the Walt Disney Company. [1151.55]

May

• The ice show Disney on Ice performs in Russia for the first time. [1144.42]

May 18

• Ten wireless hot spots are opened at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Users with a Nintendo DS and the game Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End can download extra content at these hot spots not available anywhere else. [1103]

May 19

• Disneyland hosts the world premiere of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. All attendees are given a limited-edition "At World's End" Nintendo DS portable game player and Nintendo DS game. [1103]

May 20

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. One of the ingredients of a stink bomb is "sweat from a walkaround Goofy suit". [1135]

May 21

• Business Week magazine releases results of a survey by Universum Communnications of 40,000 students on the Most Desirable Undergraduate Employer. Number two on the list is the Walt Disney Company. [1152.14]

May 24

• The film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opens in Moscow, Russia. [1144.42]

May 25

• Diney releases the live-action feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$961 million.) [1165.25] [1188.53]
• The Pirates Lair area opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. The area was formerly Tom Sawyer's Island. [1103]

June 29

• Disney releases the Pixar animated film Ratatouille to theaters in North America. (Worldwide gross theater receipts: US$620.4 million.) [1172.16] [1173.12] [1177.88] [1179.40] [1188.53]

July

• Hollywood Records releases the second Jonas Brothers music CD Jonas Brothers. [1243.51]

August 3

• Disney releases the film Underdog to theaters in North America. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$61.8 million.) [1173.18] [1188.53]

August 6

• BusinessWeek magazine publishes the Interbrand ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands. Number 9 is Disney. [1153.56]

August

• The Walt Disney Company acquires online Internet site Club Penguin. [1176.73]

August 16

• The United States Postage Service issues four 41-cent postage stamps entitles Art of Disney: Magic, depicting Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, Dumbo and Timothy Mouse, Aladdin and Genie. [1166.65] [1174.26]

August 17

• Disney film High School Musical 2 is shown on TV in the USA, becoming the single most-watched basic cable telecast, with about 17.2 million viewers. [1181.11]

September 24

• Business Week magazines publishes an article on The Best Places to Launch a Career. At number 7 is the Walt Disney Company. [1154.51]

September 27

• The Walt Disney Company announces it will cease operating its mobile phone service in the USA at the end of the year. [1103]

September 30

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An advertising billboard makes a reference to The Lion King film. [1191]

October 14

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An amusement park has a ride called "Mr. Toad's Mild Ride", and "It's a Long Line" (It's a Small World). [1192]

November 6

• Disney releases the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille on DVD in the USA. [1186.88]

December 4

• Disney releases the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD in the USA. [1185.90]

2008

January 27

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone asks: "Did you know that every US President has been a straight white man?" The reply is: "Even Walt Disney?" [1193]

February 17

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.

"Shady and the Vamp" is a reference to Disney's film Lady and the Tramp, complete with spaghetti at the restaurant scene.

The walking dog seen in the dog pound during the "Shady and the Vamp" segment is a reference to the Disney character, Goofy.

After surviving a gas chamber, the dog says "This place is no picnic, but it sure beats working for Disney".

[1194]

February 19

• At Walt Disney World, Epcot's Spaceship Earth officially re-opens after a major makeover, with new sponsor Siemens. [1210.29]

April 5

• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opens at Disneyland Paris, in France. [1210.49]

April 8

• Disney announces plans for ten new animated films over the next four years. [1189.73]

April 21

• The Walt Disney Company announces the launch of a new film label, Disneynature, dedicated to producing wildlife and environmental documentaries. [1103]

April 27

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. DVD copies of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 are made from manure. [1195]

May 15

• Disney Interactive Studios formally launches DGamer, a free avatar-based community for U.S. buyers of Disney-developed Nintendo DS. [1103]

May

• The Disney Channel launches the reality TV series The Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream. [1243.50]

May 18

• The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The "Krustketeers" is a reference to the Disney Mouseketeers. A song also mimics the "Mickey Mouse" song. A modern-day reunion of members includes an angry "Cubby". [1196]

May 19

• Belgium issues a #1 (54-cent) postage stamp depicting Mickey Mouse for the 80th anniversary. [1234.61]

May 20

• Disney releases the film National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets on DVD. [1221.88]

June 17

• Disney releases The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Special Edition DVD in Canada. [1182.27]

June 20

• The Disney Channel airs the premiere of Camp Rock on TV. [1182.40] [1243.50]

June 27

• Disney announces it will close all six Pleasure Island clubs, to be replaced by other shopping and dining options. [1224.30]
• Disney releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film Wall-E to theaters in Canada. [1182.5] [1183.16] [1214.46]

July 3

• New Mark VII Monorail Red engine at Disneyland begins transporting guests. [1220.49]

July 17

• Tony Baxter and Chris Merritt announce the return of the Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through attraction in Disneyland. [1242.43]

July 26

• The Family Channel airs the premiere of Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 3-D movie on TV in Canada. [1182.40]

August 7

• The US Postal Service issues the Art of Disney: Imagination postage stamps, four 42-cent stamps themed by films Steamboat Mickey, 101 Dalmatians, Cinderella, The Jungle Book. [1231.26] [1234.56]

August 19

• Disney releases the Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour on DVD in Canada. [1182.28]

August 22

• The Family Channel airs the premiere of The Cheetah Girls 3 on TV in Canada. [1182.40]

August 26

• Disney releases The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning on DVD in Canada. [1182.28]

September 27

• All six nightclubs close in Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World. The areas are to be replaced by other shops and dining restaurants. [1220.48] [1224.31]

October 24

• Disney releases the live-action feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year to theaters in Canada. [1182.38]

December 5

• The Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through attraction re-opens in Disneyland. [1242.43]

2009

January

• Mayor Han Zheng of Shanghai, China, announces at a press conference that all major issues had been worked out with Diqney for a new park in mainland China. [1245.49]

January 19

• Jonas Brothers perform at Disney Channel's Kid's Inaugural: We Are the Future concert. [1242.57]

February 6

• The It's a Small World attraction re-opens at Disneyland with new boats, new Spirit of America scene, re-recorded soundtrack, and 29 Disney characters added in their home worlds. [1245.49]

February 12

• Grand opening of The American Idol Experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. [1242.57] [1245.19]

February 22

• The 81st Annual Academy Awards show is held. Director Andrew Stanton wins Best Animated Feature Film award for WALL-E. [1242.57]

March 2

• Disney Cruise Line begins construction on two new ships, with a steel cutting ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. [1240]

March 10

• The Walt Disney Company releases the first issue of Disney Twenty-three magazine. [1242.3]

March 11

• At the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, Disney announces the names of the company's two new cruise ships: Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy. Each ship will have 1,250 staterooms and will each be 128,000 tons. [1240]

April 19

• The Space Mountain attraction at Walt Disney World closes for refurbishment. [1245.11]

May 1

• Kidani Village opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in Walt Disney World, part of Disney's Vacation Club. [1246.50]
• The Animal Kingdom Lodge building in Walt Disney World is renamed Jambo House. [1246.50]

May 6

• Stitch's SuperSonic Celebration officially opens in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. [1246.42]

May 12

• The Cannes film festival opens in France, with a preview of the Disney-Pixar 3D animation comedy film Up. [2322]

May 31

• The Virgin Megastore at Downtown Disney in Walt Disney World closes. [1245.10]

June 1

• The Treehouse Villas opens at Disney's Sarasota Springs Resort and Spa in Florida, part of Disney's Vacation Club. [1246.52]

July 3

• The Hall of Presidents officially re-opens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, with new speeches by Barack Obama and George Washington. [1247.16]

August 4

• The Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort opens in Florida, part of Disney's Vacation Club. [1246.17]

August 15

• Death of Virginia McGhee at age 90 in Corona, California; at age 4, as Virginia Davis, played the role of Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies films in 1923. [1241.A2]

August 26

• Disney Cruise Line celebrates the keel laying of the Disney Dream cruise ship (1250 staterooms, 128,000 gross tons), scheduled to join the current fleet in 2011. [1240]

August 31

• The Walt Disney Company agrees to buy Marvel Entertainment for US$4 billion. [1103]
• The Walt Disney Company announces enhancements to its Castaway Cay private island in the Bahamas, extending the Castaway Family Beach by more than 700 feet, with a new family lunch buffet location, new beverage bar, new beach rental location, new merchandise location, new 2400 square-foot water feature called Pelican Plunge, new 2400 square-foot water play area on land called Spring-a-Leak, new 1200 square-foot soft wet deck for youngsters, 20 new private beach cabanas, new Hide Out area for teens, new In Da Shade Game Pavilion, and three new massage cabanas at Serenity Bay Beach. [1240]

September 11

• Disney Cruise Line announces it will offer Alaskan cruises during a four-month season of seven-night sailings aboard the Disney Wonder in summer 2011, departing out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1240]