Families can now experience the popular Disney attraction it’s a small world anytime they want on the iPad, iPhone and iPod with a new animated storybook app that was released on iTunes today.
The storybook application features music, beautiful artwork and plenty of other special Disney features, including the innovative ride-and-explore technology, as well as an “it’s a small world” sing-along, tap and play interactivity, and a finale where readers can learn to say “Hello!” in sixteen different languages.
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An iPhone app from TimeStream Software allows you to have the Walt Disney World Resort literally in the palm of your hand. Dubbed Disney World Pro, this app has recently been updated for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and allows guests to make the most of their visit to the park.
In addition to over 500 images of the park, Disney World Pro features park hours, parade and event descriptions, wait times, Walt Disney World restaurants, attractions and tips, complete park maps, hotel descriptions and important phone numbers. In addition …

If you are all about the apps when you visit Disney Parks, then this news is for you:  Disney’s official Parks App, Disney Parks Mobile Magic, is now a free download for Verizon Wireless customers.
The same technology that provides wait times and FASTPASS return times within the parks also powers app, so guests should receive the most accurate, up-to-date information available anywhere.  Through the “magic” of GPS-enabled maps, you and your family may also quickly find your favorite characters, and play games.  You can even use a dining reservations feature …

With all the buzz circling around England’s royal wedding, a popular Disney app has been updated to include a magical wedding theme. The Disney Princess Dress-Up: My Sticker Book application will allow kids to choose from 25 brand-new outfits and accessories to help dress one of seven Disney princesses for her big day.
Additionally, other new story lines featured in the updated app include an exciting magic carpet ride, as well as the opportunity to use digital stickers to dress up Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Cinderella, Jasmine, Belle, and Snow White.  Then, …

Here’s one that should encourage parents everywhere: kids aren’t reading less. They’re just reading differently.
Disney Publishing reported Friday that they’ve hit a major milestone – the one million mark – in downloads of Disney book apps for Apple devices, such as iPhones, iPod Touches, and their wildly popular tablet iPad, which debuted last year.
If you aren’t familiar with how the apps work, well, let’s just say they take reading to the next level.  More than just text stories, like similar books for Kindles or Nooks (popular e-readers by Amazon and Barnes …

File this one under “Gifts to Get Your Favorite Gadget Lover Who Also Loves All Things Disney.”
We are a nation of gadget lovers.  Even those among us who swore we would never have need of a phone with a camera (let alone a smart phone) are understanding that we need to hop on the float before the technology parade passes us by. 
But just because we like, nay need, these gadgets, well, they don’t have to look so…gadgety.
Enter Disney!
This past summer, Disney began offering a limited selection of electronic accessories, things meant to …

Do you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch? It’s easier than ever to download applications for your Web-enabled Apple products, and more and more choices are available every day. The Disney-related choices available are mind-boggling – there is everything from Disney-themed puzzle sliders to interactive games based on Tinkerbell, Toy Story, Alice in Wonderland and more. It’s a whole new world of portable Disney fun. Read on for highlights of apps available from Apple in the iTunes app store.
Official Disney Apps
Your first stop should be the free official Disney …

The New York Times is reporting that Disney has announced the purchase of Tapulous, a company that makes games for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The start-up company is considered one of the more successful companies for creating games for Apple’s platforms.
Both Disney and the Tapulous employees are hoping that they can help each other prosper in the rapidly growing app market. From the article:
“We have been very successful on the iPhone,” said Bart Decrem, chief executive and co-founder of Tapulous. “We have been thinking, ‘How do …

Businesswire has reviewed Undercover Tourist’s new application for the iPhone, and it gets a thumbs up.  The app, which is called “Undercover Tourist Wait Times”, is much more than the basic wait time app, and is very interactive, featuring maps with integrated, up to date wait times and descriptions of attractions.  The option is also available for users to purchase theme park tickets directly from Undercover Tourist.  It also takes advantage of a new “Locate me”, “Find a friend” and “Where did I park” feature.
President and Co-Founder of Undercover Tourist …

Need more Alice in Wonderland?  Now available on the iPhone App Store is the Alice and Wonderland 2D puzzle game where you can play as Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the March Hare, and the White Rabbit, each with their own special abilities to help you navigate through the levels.  Freezing time and transforming objects are just some of the abilities your characters have.
In-game, there is a journal where all the things  you have collected like photos, riddles, and items are stored.  You can unlock these by finding …