com Family
Vacation Sweepstakes," promoting its best rate guarantee for
reservations made online at Alamo.com
. Consumers can enter to win one of
300 trips to Walt Disney World(R) Resort or Disneyland(R) Resort
online at
Alamo. Disney Online has created a really entertaining and challenging
game that will
appeal to the adventurer in all of us.com
Among the many magical "neighborhoods" found at www.
Clear
Channel Radio stations across the country will begin running
a specially designed Disney promotion
on Feb.
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The "Happiest Celebration on Earth" begins
May 5, 2005 and is so huge it runs
18 months, all the way through 2006, and
brings exciting new attractions and events to Disney Parks
worldwide."
The game is being designed by the Walt Disney Internet Group's
acclaimed VR Studio
as a world of high seas action and adventure where
players will personalize their own pirate character
and organize with
other players to form a pirate crew.disneydirect.haunted imagineering
Those who have already entered
are automatically entered in
to the next month's drawing.
Disney Online
Disney Online
(www." Disney Online is a part of the Walt Disney Internet
Group, which provides integrated strategic
and operational services
for Internet, broadband, and mobile initiatives of The Walt Disney
Company
(NYSE:DIS).
Disney's Toontown Online
Disney Online's first MMO, the award-winning Disney
's Toontown
Online (www.attraction exemplary
In addition to theme parks and resorts,
the division comprises Walt Disney
Imagineering, Disney Cruise Line, Anaheim
Sports and ESPN Zone sports themed dining.disney imagineering
A good
time is what Alamo has in mind, too, with the Alamo.
MacDonald said the milestone Disney year
makes the sweepstakes'
destinations even more exciting.
For more details about Alamo.alamo
.com), Walt Disney Parks
and Resorts (www.disneyblast.
Business Editors/Entertainment Editors
SAN ANTONIO----Clear Channel
(NYSE:CCU)
-- National Campaign Celebrating 50 years
of Disney Theme Parks
to Air on More than 400 Clear Channel Radio Stations
Clear Channel Radio
today announced a major campaign to promote a
global celebration that marks 50 years of Disney theme
parks. with more than 110 million listeners
choosing Clear Channel Radio programming each week.theme attraction
"After all, Alamo is the official rental
car of the American vacation."
Each of the 300 packages
is for four people, and includes airfare, Disney
theme park passes, an Alamo rental car and hotel
accommodations at a Walt
Disney World Resort hotel or Disneyland Resort hotel for five days and four
nights.familyfun."
Festivities kick off on May 5, 2005, at all 10 of the Disney theme
parks
around the world with the premiere of exciting shows and
attractions at Disneyland Resort in California;
Walt Disney World
Resort in Florida; Tokyo Disneyland in Japan; and Disneyland Resort
Paris in
France.papercraft blueprints
"We think giving away 300 trips is a great way to celebrate the 2005 family
vacation season
," said MacDonald." The game is slated to debut in summer 2006, coinciding
with the theatrical premiere
of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest."
"We've learned through our experience with Toontown
that the
market for massively multiplayer online role-playing games can indeed
reach beyond traditional
gamers," stated Ken Goldstein, EVP and
managing director, Disney Online. Access to the game will
be available directly online
and players will pay a subscription fee for the service.com) and the
recently announced Playhouse Disney
Preschool Time Online (www.
"Disney and its much-loved theme
parks have introduced an entirely
new genre of family entertainment that now spans the globe," said
John
Hogan, chief executive officer of Clear Channel Radio.attraction haunted
"We want our
customers focused on
having a good time on their trip, not worrying about
whether they paid too much for their rental
car," he said.toontown.toad disney
com, and also earn four additional entries with each qualified rental
with
Alamo from February 7 through April 30, 2005.Disney Online Developing ``Pirates of the Caribbean'' Massively
Multiplayer Internet Game; Follow-up to Disney's Toontown Online Will Feature Interactive Adven
maynard toad
Alamo
Rent A Car Promotes Best Rate Guarantee By Launching Alamo.com Family Vacation Sweepstakes
This
game captures the same
swashbuckling sense of humor, spirit and action that moviegoers loved
in
the first `Pirates of the Caribbean' film, and which will continue
with the next installment of the
highly anticipated sequel in summer
2006.com
Certain statements in this release constitute
"forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
of 1995.mickeys defunct
com .
An
information site for the game has been launched at
www.
Launched
in 1995, Disney.radiodisney.zazu defunct
Trips will be given away at the rate of 100 per month, giving
customers
who may not win the first month, the chance to win again the
following month. Disney's "Happiest
Celebration on
Earth" celebrates 50 years of Magic at Disney Parks and Resorts which all
began
with Disneyland in 1955. Players will then embark on
swashbuckling missions to battle both each other
and the evil, undead
pirates of the high seas in an effort to become the Caribbean's most
legendary
pirate.preschooltime.com).movies.S.columnists maynard
MacDonald said Alamo is backing their best rate guarantee
with an
additional 10% discount, should a customer find a lower Alamo rate for the
same pick-up
location, reservation dates, times and car type. Plus, everyone can improve their chances of
winning
by continuing to earn additional entries with each qualified rental."
Dick Cook, chairman of The
Walt Disney Studios, added, "This is a
great way for game enthusiasts to experience the fun and excitement
of
playing the role of a pirate while competing against a wide variety of
opponents in a great
adventure. Popular Disney
Online places to visit include The Disney Channel
(www. More
than
400 Clear Channel Radio stations across the country have
committed to airing promotional spots that
provide event details for
the "Happiest Celebration on Earth. 28, 2005, along with the
participation
of Premiere Network's "Delilah" show and "American Top
40" with Ryan Seacrest. "The national
reach
of Clear Channel's radio network provides the perfect
opportunity to reach millions of families who
are interested in this
unprecedented global celebration, and with the vacation package
premium
, Clear Channel listeners have the opportunity to visit this
national entertainment treasure and create
lasting memories.zazu locates
com
Family Vacation Sweepstakes, log on to http://www.disney.com are
premium
subscription services including Disney's Blast
(www. Developed by the Walt Disney Internet
Group
's in-house VR Studio, Toontown has received numerous awards,
including 2004 Game Industry News Family
Game of the Year, 2003 MMORPG
Game of the Year by Computer Gaming World, 2003 Webby Awards People
's
Voice Award in the Kid's Category, 2003 Parent's Choice Silver Honor
and 2003 Children's Software
Review All Star Award.locates imagineering
com's best rate guarantee, or the Alamo.pirateslegend.com) produces the number
one kids'
entertainment and family community destination on the World Wide Web.Disney."
About
Clear Channel Radio
Clear Channel Radio is a leading radio company focused on serving
local
communities across the U. More information on the company can be found at
www.disney exemplary
300 Trips to Walt
Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort to Be Given Away
in Conjunction With Disney's
'Happiest Celebration on Earth'
TULSA, Okla.
Since Walt Disney opened Disneyland Park
on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim,
Calif.com (www.imagineering locates
Sweepstakes winners bound for Disneyland and
Walt Disney World are in for
a real treat and a bash extraordinaire.
Clear Channel Radio
is a division of Clear
Channel Communications, Inc.defunct mousetyme
, Alamo Rent A Car has launched the
"Alamo
. Fans
of the movies and theme park attraction will be able to live their own
unfolding pirate
adventure through the game, including searching for
lost treasures and battling numerous enemies
on land and at sea.com),
shopping at Disney Direct (www.toppers exemplary
com Family
Vacation Sweepstakes, which
will run from February 7 through April 30, 2005.com offering a registration service to sign up to
receive
future game updates and launch information.playhousedisney. Disney Online also
produces FamilyFun
.com), the premier online family
resource for "great ideas, practical advice, and fun stuff to do
" as
well as Movies. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the
actual results performance or achievements of the Company to
be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements.locates iago
----Disney
Online, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIS
), is
developing a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game based
on the popular theme
park attraction and franchise "Pirates of the
Caribbean.homage walt
, Disney Parks and Resorts have become the
most popular and highly
attended theme parks in the world.com), Walt Disney Pictures
(www.com
)
and Radio Disney (www. The company's
operations include radio broadcasting, syndication and independent
media representation.theme mousetyme
"When it comes to the ultimate family
vacation, Disneyland and Walt Disney
World consistently rank among the most
popular destinations of choice," he said.
The Alamo
Rent A Car brand is owned and operated by Vanguard Car Rental
USA Inc., a worldwide organization
with more than 3,200 locations in
83 countries and a domestic fleet of more than 217,000 automobiles
.
Business Editors/Entertainment Editors/Video Game Writers
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. "Pirates
of the Caribbean is the
perfect franchise for our second commercial effort in this arena.com (www
.mousetyme beak
com, that's exactly what they'll get, guaranteed," said John MacDonald,
Vice President of Marketing
for Alamo.com is designed to reflect the vision of an
"online theme park," providing an interactive
gateway to all of the
company's many Disney-branded Internet initiatives.disneydestinations. The
opening of Hong Kong Disneyland will add another
Disney park -- the 11th -- to the celebration in
September.clearchannel.haunted toad
"Our customers want the best value, and the best rate possible on their
Alamo rental car, and we want them to know that when they book through
Alamo. Since the 1950s
, the parks and resorts
division has grown significantly -- in the past 18 months alone, three theme
parks on three different continents have opened and Hong Kong Disneyland
begins welcoming guests
this fall.com), launched in 2003 as the first 3D MMORPG
created for kids and families. Designed as
an Internet-based world of
non-stop play, ever-changing adventure and irreverent fun, Toontown
combines
elements of traditional video games, online community and
strategic role playing games.maynard blueprints
Buena
Vista Games (BVG), the videogame arm of The Walt Disney
Company, will release additional titles based
on "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" for the PSP(TM) portable entertainment
system
and Nintendo DS(TM) in conjunction with the movie launch.disneyvideos.com), a leading site that provides
a
broad array of reviews and information to help movie fans "get movie
night right.Clear Channel
Radio Unveils Plans to Promote the Most Unforgettable Event in Disney Theme Park History
There will
be a call-in component of the radio
promotion that will award vacation packages for four people to
the
premiere of the "Happiest Celebration on Earth" at the Walt Disney
World(R) Resort and Disneyland
(R) Resort. (NYSE:CCU), a leading global media and
entertainment company.mousetyme columnists
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