Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy takes flight this fall as Feld Entertainment's newest ice spectacular, featuring four fun-filled classic and current Disney stories. Set to launch on a 70 city, two-year tour on August 28 in Lakeland, FL, Worlds of Fantasy showcases beloved characters from Disney/Pixar's Cars, Disney's "The Lion King" and "The Little Mermaid" as well as a live debut of the magical cast of new fairies from the highly anticipated October 28 DVD and Blu-ray release of Walt Disney Pictures "Tinker Bell."

"Our re-creation of Pixie Hollow and the visual splendor on the ice sets the stage for the magical and diverse cast of Disney Fairies," says producer Nicole Feld. "Audiences will get to meet the fairies live for the first time ever as we open the door to this mystical fairy world deep in the heart of Never Land and unveil the secrets that lie within."

With a successful yet controversial 70-date concert tour and 3-D movie in the books, Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records are planning to release the new Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus "Best of Both Worlds Concert" CD+DVD for an exclusive period at Wal-Mart beginning March 11 -- one month before its full retail rollout. The special CD+DVD package, featuring 14 live tracks from her recent concert tour, will retail at $13.88 in all Wal-Mart stores and on the company’s website.

Multi-talented Miley Cyrus has proved to be a marketing cash cow for Disney over the past couple of years. Her comedy TV series "Hannah Montana" is the No. 1 cable TV series for kids age 6-14, and last year, Cyrus’ triple platinum Hannah Montana soundtrack became the first ever TV soundtrack to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. Cyrus also became the youngest artist to have two No. 1 hits in less than a year. In 2007, the 15-year old followed that record with a two-disc set, Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus, which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 and has since earned triple-platinum status.

It's tempting to dismiss Hannah Montana, aka 14-year-old actress/singer Miley Cyrus, as simply the latest Disney Channel-fueled tweener craze.

Tempting, but not entirely correct, according to MySA.com.

By Jane Cohen and Bob Grossweiner - TicketNews.com

It was downstream all the way for Disney’s pre-Broadway engagement of The Little Mermaid. After four weeks of previews and nearly three weeks of performances, the Broadway-bound musical sold 100 percent of its tickets in its run at the 2,245-capacity Denver Center for the Performing Arts. With nearly 95,000 seats sold in 47 performances, this pre-Broadway engagement has been one of the most highly attended events in DCPA history and the most successful out-of-town tryout for Disney Theatrical Productions ever. Its final performance was Sept. 9

Broadway previews will begin Nov. 3 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with an official opening on Dec. 6. The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. . .

By Stacey Willets
TicketNews.com

Disney’s Hannah Montana show gets sued, Céline’s upcoming album gets a name change, and the NFL charges forward without Michael Vick in a TicketNews Top Tens teeming with controversy.

Hannah Montana continues to make headlines, and not just because her tour is selling like U2, Madonna, or the Rolling Stones. With the teen queen enjoying a second week atop the TicketNews Top Tens rankings, writer Morris Taylor “Buddy” Sheffield is seeing dollar signs – money he feels is owed to him by Disney.

Sheffield claims that the empire that runs the Happiest Place on Earth ripped off his idea for a television show in which a teenage protagonist leads a double life as a middle-schooler hiding a secret rockstar identity. Sheffield’s case has the advantage of the suspicious coincidence that he pitched his Rock & Roland idea to Disney in 2001, Disney has the advantage of better lawyers and the understanding that there really are no original ideas left in the world, and both sides have the advantage that most Hannah Montana fans aren’t old enough to remember Jem. . .