What started out as a seasonal thing a couple years back has turned out to be quite a success at the Magic Kingdom -- and there's really no rocket science involved, as it involves two of my favorite things: Wishes and dessert!

A wrongful death lawsuit filed by a deceased monorail pilot's mother has been dismissed. Twenty-one-year-old Austin Wuennenberg died July 5, 2009, as the result of two monorails colliding at Disney's Ticket and Trasnportation Center.

Wuennenberg's mother filed the lawsuit against Disney last year, and accused her son's supervisior creating an unsafe situation by leaving his post. Both the family's and Disney's attorneys have said the lawsuit has been settled, but no specific details about the settlment are available.

It's a nice feature to save time on beloved Magic Kingdom favorites like Space Mountain, and now it can be used to skip the line to meet Mickey Mouse. You read that right: guests at the Magic Kingdom can now use FastPass to meet the Mouse himself in his new digs at the Town Squre Theater.

FastPass to see Mickey works the same as for any other attraction: grab a FastPass ticket and come back between the times printed on top of the ticket to jump the front of the line.

She's coming off an incredible season of awards and critical acclaim associated with the movie "Black Swan," and now she's set to appear in Disney's prequel to the "Wizard of Oz." It's been reported Mila Kunis has signed on to play Theodora in "Oz: The Great and Powerful.

At this year's Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Walt Disney World is celebrating the upcoming release of Cars 2, which opens this June!

Those of you lucky enough to be headed to Epcot this summer: mark your calendars! Epcot will be kicking off the Sounds Like Summer Concert Series June 12. Running throughout June and July, this year's lineup is full of tributes to some of the best-known artists and music out there. The detailed schedule is:

• June 12 - 18: Hotel California - A Salute to the Eagles
• June 19 - 25: Stayin' Alive " A Tribute to the Bee Gees
• June 26 - July 2: Slippery When Wet " The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute
• July 3 - 9: Little Queen " The Music of Heart

Our favorite newlyweds are back with more He Said/She Said, Disney-style!

Our last newlywed battle seemed to go pretty well, so we have found another Disney experience we disagree on to share with you! We will let the Pro side go first.

The Tokyo Disneyland Resort is still closed in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan earlier this month and will remain closed until further notice.

Thorough inspections were conducted in Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySEA and found that structures and guest areas inside both parks were safe and sound. The same cannot be said, however, for the outside of the parks. More specifically, the parking lots of the parks have sustained damage from soil liquefaction which occurred when the earthquake's tremors caused the soil under the parking lots to act like liquid.

"If we can dream it, we can do it." That's the mantra of the classic Horizons attraction at the EPCOT Center of the 1980s and 1990s.

Whether it's chocolate, cherry or anything in between, most of us seem to have a favorite pie. Get ready to celebrate what some might deem "slices of heaven" at the Great American Pie Festival in Celebration, Florida, April 9 and 10. (The Disney connection here? Celebration lies just outside the maingate of Walt Disney World and also was a community planned and built by Disney.)