“He won’t be playing Tigger for a while, and that’s not for Disney’s benefit — it’s for his benefit,” Kaufman said, adding that one day Chartrand might want to play Tigger again. Michael Chartrand has been given his old position back with back pay according to the Orlando Sentinel. Let’s hope this ugly chapter can… Read More »Acquitted Tigger Back to work.
It’s been so long since I’ve set foot inside Innoventions. Almost did last trip just to ride a Segway, but time did not allow. So I had no idea that they have set up an aging machine in there. Well, anyway it purports to give you a good idea of what you might look like… Read More »Disneyland’s Incredible Aging Machine
It’s a wild cry, but you hear it all the time on the various Disney Themepark discussion boards. Never in Disney’s history have they brought an attraction back from the dead. Okay, they did dredge up the old film for America The Beautiful, but the attraction itself (circlevision) was never really dead (of course, it… Read More »Bring Back Toad!
and I do mean poor. The Orlando Sentinal continues coverage of the Tigger Molestation sham, I mean trial, with a story on Chartrand’s request to return to work. But the real story is buried in the middle of the article: Chartrand makes between $6.35 and $6.85 an hour, and, like most characters, had been working… Read More »Poor Tigger
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe production is underway. Filmforce has an update (the first in a series) from the set. Additional links to past stories at the bottom of the page.
If there is one thing the internet is efficient at it’s collecting information. Recipe websites have long been a staple of the net and Disney recipies are no exception. AllEarsNet hosts the most complete recipe collection I could find. I’ve referred to it often (try the JIKO Mac and Cheese!) The OrlandoSentinal has also posted… Read More »Disney Foodie
Kevin Yee, of Miceage.com, has a new column where he rips into Seaworld Orlando’s new night show ‘Mistify’. Unfortunately his review is almost as tough to follow as the show. But at the very end he speaks about about Mission Space, the new space simulator attraction at EPCOT. Including this quote from a Nasa Engineer:… Read More »Yee calls Shamu out (and Mission Space!)
In light of the recent trial of Tigger for child molestation, The Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino has a funny look at “How to Avoid a ‘touching’ moment at Walt Disney World.” 12. When looking at Chip, be thinking about Dale: they work as a team. I can vouch for the accuracy of this… Read More »Avoiding Unwanted Character Attention.