Your Daily News from Around Disney 3/9/15

It's Monday again and I only have 76 more days until my trip to Disney World. The countdown is withering away and it will be here before I know it. Disney as always is in the news and I am here to bring it to you. So without much else to blabber on about I bring you your daily news from around Disney.

Smokejumpers Grill, Part of Grizzly Peak Expansion at DCA to Open March 20:

The Disney Parks Blog today announced that on March 20, the first phase of the Grizzly Peak Expansion at Disney's California Adventure will open with the Grizzly Peak Airfield and new a new quick-service restaurant in Smokejumpers Grill. Smokejumpers Grill will be themed to honor the brave men and women that fight wildfires in California forests. With a new look and an updated menu with featured tasty items such as a bacon cheddar burger, a grilled chicken and jack sandwich, as well as a chili cheeseburger.

This is just the beginning of the expansion of Grizzly Peak as their will be new building exteriors, landscape features, and much more to the former Condor Flats area of the park. The rest of the area is set to open later this spring with Soarin' Over California set to reopen as well. Soarin' will reopen with new screens and projector system a preview of what will be done for the same attraction at Walt Disney World set to be done next year in 2016. 

Disney Seeks to Create 'Super App" to Help Families Get Fit:

Disney has launched a campaign competition worth 95,000 euros in Europe to find developers to come up with new apps to use its characters, such as Marvel superheroes, to encourage healthy living. Disney has teamed up with the non-profit organization, Creative England, to target software specialists outside London's highly competitive development scene. Matt Carroll of Disney said the competition was seeking submissions that take advantage of the latest health technology trends, such as wearable fitness sensors. He said, "We hope developers will be inspired to come up with fun and engaging digital solutions using Disney's stories and characters-for families to use, which will positively effect a healthier way of life." Disney and Creative England's competition will award 5,000 euros to three regional developers in the first round to prepare a 'proof of concept'. One team will win 80,000 euros in funding to develop the final product.

New Trailer for Disney's Tomorrowland Released:

A new trailer for Disney's Tomorrowland was released today to the public. It gives a few hints of what to expect of the movie that hits theaters May 22, 2015. Also in the trailer Disney World's Epcot and Space Mountain are seen in the background in parts of the trailer. Here is the trailer that was released today:

This Day in Disney History:

On this day (March 9) in 1984, Roy E. Disney resigns from the central board of the Walt Disney Company, setting in motion takeover bids and maneuvering that by August will leave him in control of the company.

Also on this day one year ago in 2014, Disney World's Festival of Fantasy parade debuts at the Magic Kingdom.

Daily Disney Quote:

"We allow no geniuses around our Studio."

Walt Disney

Well that's it for today's news. I hope everyone got through this Monday and look forward to the new week. I certainly enjoyed the warmer weather that has finally arrived here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As always in the words of Mickey Mouse, "See Ya Real Soon."