Your Daily News from Around Disney 2/12/15

Another day down and another day closer till my trip to Disney World, 101 days to be exact. It is so exciting to count down the days until vacation. How do you celebrate your trips to Disney? Do you count down the days or do little events to show how excited you are. Anyways let's dive into your daily news from around Disney today.

Disney World Speedway to Close in July:

Yesterday it was reported that the Walt Disney World Speedway, home of the "Richard Petty Driving Experience" and the "Exotic Car Driving Experience" would stop operation as of July 1. Reports are Disney is making way for new transportation experiences, but details have yet to be announced. Petty Holdings in reports said they would look for another location in Orlando for its exotic car driving experience. Here is the full statement from Petty Holdings:

"Petty Holdings, operator of Richard Petty Driving Experience and Exotic Driving Experience, confirmed that starting July 1, they will no longer operate their experiences out of the Walt Disney World Speedway. Walt Disney World has plans to use the land to make transportation improvements.

“Our main focus at this moment is taking care of our staff and preparing them for the upcoming transition,” said Petty Holdings Vice President Bill Scott.  “Any reserved guests prior to July 1 will have the same fantastic experience that we have delivered since 1997 at Walt Disney World Speedway.”

Anyone booked after June 30 for Richard Petty Driving Experience or Exotic Driving Experience can call 1.800.237.3889 to reschedule their experience at any of their 14 locations nationwide – including the location at Daytona International Speedway. Petty Holdings currently has plans in process for exotics and stock car programs in Orlando."

I never experienced the Walt Disney World Speedway, but for those of you that have, are you sad that it is closing?

Disney Launches App Tied to Imagicademy Learning Brand:

Our next story is today Disney Publishing Worldwide launched an app, "Mickey's Magical Arts World", that gives children curriculum-based tools to explore creative arts by making and doing. Children are able to create their own character and bring them to life in real Disney cartoons alongside Mickey and his friends. They can also experiment in creating music with basic concepts as well as practicing art and design. The app is now available on the Apple App Store. It is the second of five subject apps to be released in correlation with Disney's Imagicademy focused on children ages 3 to 8. Disney Imagicademy Mickey's Magical Arts World provides children with a wide-ranging creative arts curriculum the features five experiences in one app. These experiences are: Mickey's Sketch Artist, Donald's Costume Play, Mickey's Music Maker, Pluto's Crafty Creator, and Minnie's Art-chitect. 

Disney Releases Second Trailer for Live-Action Cinderella Movie:

Today Disney released the second full trailer for its live-action Cinderella movie, which is due out in theaters March 13, 2015. Here is the trailer:

This Day in Disney History:

On this day, February 12, in 1934 Walt Disney Productions filed an application for a trademark of "Mickey Mouse" for use in books and newspaper comic strips.

Daily Disney Quotes:

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known."

Walt Disney

Well that is all for today short and sweet and as always in the words of Mickey Mouse, "See Ya Real Soon."