DISNEY'S TOONTOWN ONLINE HOSTS TOONFEST 2007
Fans Gather at Walt Disney World Resort for Sold-Out Event; Disney Channel Stars from "Cory in the House" in Attendance
ORLANDO, Fla. - August 4, 2007 – Toontown fans from across the nation donned their character costumes and geared
up for today’s ToonFest 2007, the third official Disney Online sponsored
fan event dedicated to the family-friendly game, Disney’s Toontown Online
(www.toontown.com). Kids and parents, along with Jake Thomas and Maiara Walsh
of Disney Channel’s Cory in the House, gathered at Fantasia
Gardens Golf Course at the Walt Disney World Resort to participate in a variety
of themed activities and competitions.
“ToonFest provides a unique and fun opportunity for the rapidly growing
and diverse group of Toontown Online fans to come together as a real community
and celebrate everything they love about the game,” said Steve Parkis,
vice president of Premium Products for Disney Online. “Last year’s
California-hosted ToonFest was such a huge success, it convinced us to bring
the event to Walt Disney World for the first time.”
Designed specifically for kids and families, Disney’s Toontown Online
is an award-winning massively multiplayer online game filled with nonstop play,
ever-changing adventure and irreverent fun. The game has experienced continued
success with over 17.5 million Toons created since its launch in 2003. Toontown
Online is an endlessly evolving and immersive 3-D online world where thousands
of players live as Toons. Players can create personalized characters, customize
and drive race karts, care for and train Toon pets called Doodles, and team
up with friends to defeat the invading robot Cogs. With an arsenal of gags
to add to the fun, the Toontown experience is always growing, always changing,
and as wild as the imagination.
At the sold out ToonFest 2007, fans took part in exciting activities and
competitions throughout the day including carnival games, in-game racing on
Goofy Speedway, developer Q&A panels, a Toon costume contest, a Toontown
trivia competition, and more. Disney Online also unveiled an exciting new in-game
expansion at this year’s event – Toontown miniature golf, featuring
Chip and Dale.
Disney’s Toontown Online is available for download at www.Toontown.com.
Users can play a portion of the game for free for as long as they want and
at any time. Players then have the option of purchasing full premium access
to the game on a monthly (30 days for $9.95), semi-annual (6 months for $49.95)
or annual (12 months for $79.95) subscription plan. Each full membership includes
six separate “Toons” so that individual family members may play
as their own character.
About Disney Online
Disney Online (www.disney.com), a division
of the Walt Disney Internet Group, produces the number one kids' entertainment
and family community destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1996, Disney.com
is the online gateway to all of the company's Disney-branded entertainment
initiatives, providing comprehensive access to, and information about Disney
movies, travel, television, games, mobile, music, shopping and live events.
Disney.com also features Disney XD, a highly interactive broadband experience,
that lets Disney.com guests create their own customized online channel with
games, videos, music, and chat - all of which can be enjoyed simultaneously
in an immersive environment.
In addition, Disney Online develops and publishes a range of online products
and services including Disney's Toontown Online, Playhouse Disney Preschool
Time Online, Disney Game Downloads, Disney Game Kingdom Online, Disney Connection
and Hot Shot Business.
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Press Contacts:
Brandy Phillips
Walt Disney Internet Group
(818) 623-3764
Brandy.Phillips@dig.com
Katie Gerber
Walt Disney Internet Group
(818) 623-3886
Katie.Gerber@dig.com
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