Disney's Club Blast Now Advertising-Free.Business/Entertainment Editors &Internet Writers NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Disney Online today announced new initiatives to enhance its premium subscription service, Disney's Club Blast. Now in its third year, Disney's Club Blast offers guests first-rate premium games and activities, now in an advertisement-free environment. &uot;Parents have indicated an interest in ad-free online entertainment for their children,&uot; said Ken Goldstein, senior vice president and general manager of Disney Online. &uot;For a nominal subscription fee, we are able to offer families premier access to our latest and greatest Disney content and communication tools, without banner ads or commercial interstitials.&uot; Exclusive Features Currently Offered in Disney's Club Blast: -- &uot;It's a Small World&uot; Hands Around the World Mural -- With more than 1,000 Blast members around the globe having already participated, this virtual mural invites guests to paint a picture of themselves and add it onto this never-ending online mural, forming one giant cyberspace handshake. -- Peter Pan Pinball -- Fast-paced and action-packed, this online pinball game challenges guests to rescue Peter Pan and the gang from the evil Captain Hook
force Hook to surrender by controlling the flippers n. 1. A type of shoe with a paddle-like front extending well beyond the end of the toe, used an aid in swimming (especially underwater). and maneuvering the ball around Croc and Hook's drop wells. -- Belle's Interactive Storybook An interactive storybook (or CD-ROM storybook) is a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements (eg, word pronunciation). Such stories are usually published as software on CD-ROMs. -- Created specially for preschoolers, this online activity combines a compelling story involving Disney's &uot;Beauty and the Beast&uot; with interactive components that help teach subjects like shapes and colors. The storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. engages kids with sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros , narratives and simple activities for them to solve in order to locate the Beast. -- D-Mail Disney's Millennium Calendar Maker -- What day did your birthday fall on in 1888? What day will it fall on in 2040? Now Club Blast members can find the answers to these questions and more, with their very own unique Disney Millennium Calendars that they create, decorate and print out themselves. -- D-Mail -- This Club Blast exclusive equips kids with the coolest tool to communicate digitally with D-Pals. With D-Mail, guests can decorate their messages with their favorite Disney character, add some Disney tunes and send a personalized message to any one of their parent-approved D-Pals. Subscriptions to Disney's Club Blast still cost only $5.95/month or $39.95/year. Parents of Club Blast members also enjoy a 10 percent discount on any merchandise purchased at disneystore.com. For more information, or for a free 30-day trial subscription, click on the Club Blast channel located on the disney.com home page. For more information about this year's announcements, log on to www.disney.com or http://disney.go.com/pressinfo/. About Disney Online Disney Online is part of GO.com, which was created as part of the recent merger of Infoseek Corp. and The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, DisneyStore.com, ESPN.com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz. |
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