London Christmas Lights Switch-On & Celebration 2009

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3

On Tuesday November 3 London will be brought to life with three sensational
free concerts from a wide range of recording artists in The City, Regent
Street and Oxford Circus, before the World Premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas
Carol' in Leicester Square as part of London's biggest ever coordinated
Christmas lights switch-on and celebration, London's Christmas Carol.

OXFORD CIRCUS
with Jim Carrey turning on the Christmas Lights

ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
with Bob Hoskins turning on the Christmas Lights

REGENT STREET
with Colin Firth turning on the Christmas Lights

LEICESTER SQUARE
World Premiere Event featuring performances from Andrea Bocelli

Celebrated Italian superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli will then lead a world
record breaking Christmas Carol sing-along joined by St Paul's Cathedral Choir
in London's Leicester Square to open proceedings for the World Premiere of
Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'.

Footage from all four locations will be available via satellite feed
(Details of Satellite Feed Coordinates to follow)

Photographs available viawww.image.net

VNR #1 Satellite Coordinate
November 2: Countdown to Red Carpet
13:00 - 13:30 EST / 10:00 -10:30 PST
Transponder Galaxy 28 C-12
UL FREQ: 6165.000 (V)
DL FREQ: 3940.000 (H)

Switch-on Timings:

5:00pm Performances start
6:15pm (approx) Switch on moment
6:20pm - 6:30pm Christmas Carol World Record sing-along
6:30pm Oxford Circus & Regent Street event ends
6:45pm (approx) St Paul's cathedral event ends

FOLLOWED BY THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DISNEY'SA CHRISTMAS CAROL IN DISNEY DIGITAL
3D In Leicester Square

Odeon Leicester Square, Odeon West End & Empire Leicester Square in London
Tuesday, November 3rd

With: JIM CARREY, COLIN FIRTH, BOB HOSKINS, Academy Award® winning filmmaker
ROBERT ZEMECKIS Producers: STEVE STARKEY and JACK RAPKE and Christmas
Carols sung by ANDREA BOCELLI

Additional UK celebrities attending premiere: Alice Temperly, Daniel
Merriweather, Denise Van Outen, Faryl Smith, Lisa Butcher, Little Boots, Meg
Matthews, Ozwald Boateng, Peter Andre, Phil Tufnell, Richard Hammond, Saffron
Aldridge, Spandau Ballet, Taio Cruz, The Noisettes, The Saturdays and many
more TBA.

DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical
essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture
event.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual
miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery
nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet
to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is
reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before
it's too late.

Disney's A Christmas Carol, the classic Dickens' tale, is re-envisioned by
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in a groundbreaking 3-D
motion picture event starring Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and
Bob Hoskins.

Tickets for the premiere are now on sale at www.londonschristmascarol.com
supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. A donation will be
made to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (Registered Charity
no. 235825) as part of Disney's partnership with the hospital, to help towards
an ongoing Disney campaign to raise an invaluable 10 million pounds Sterling
towards their much-needed redevelopment appeal.

Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' will be released through The Walt Disney Company
In the United States - November 6, 2009

9:00am - 5:00pm Press Office Open (location upon accreditation
confirmation)
3:00pm Leicester Square press pens open
5:30pm Leicester Square press pens close
6:20pm - 6:30pm Andrea Bocelli performance
6:45pm Doors open

To request accreditation for Premiere and Christmas Lights Switch-On for US
based media outlets, please contact: Derek Del Rossi 917-434-9106
derek.del.rossi@disney.com

VNR #2 / TRANSMISSION #3 -SATELLITE COORDINATES
November 3rd:
RED CARPET ARRIVALS
17:00-17:30 EST / 14:00 - 14:30 PST
TRANSPONDER Galaxy 28 C-15
UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)
DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)
12:00 MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME

VNR #3 / TRANSMISSION #4
November 3rd:
RED CARPET VNR and Extra B-Roll
19:00-19:30 EST / 16:00 - 16:30 PST
Transponder Galaxy 28 C-15
UL FREQ: 6225.0000 (H)
DL FREQ: 4000.0000 (V)

"Intelsat Technical Assistance Phone Number: 800-321-3959"

IMAGES FROM THE LIGHTS SWITCH-ON AND THE RED CARPET WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH
WWW.IMAGE.NET.

/PRNewswire -- Oct. 28/

SOURCE Disney Motion Pictures