In case you missed it in my earlier post, the full autopsy report for the 5-year old boy who died after riding Rock n’ Roller Coaster has been released. The final results are that the boy died from an a-symptomatic condition that. His parents would have had no way to know before hand that he… Read More »Boy who died on Coaster in June had heart defect
Themed Attractions has a great look at Nightmare Before Christmas and it’s many facets in the theatres and in the theme parks. For the last two years I have attended Halloween time screenings of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. This film plays a very special part of my… Read More »Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
Local news is reporting that the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster attraction at Disney-MGM Studios was closed yesterday after a 59-year old man reported ill effects from the attraction. Closing the coaster was likley done out of an abundance of caution, but that’s a good thing when you’re dealing with 2000+ guests an hour roaring through… Read More »Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster closed yesterday after injury and June autopsy released
I’ll admit right off the bat that I have some emotional ties to Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island. My grandfather was one of the Imagineers who helped realize Walt’s plan for the area (he’s two seats behind Walt in this photo from the Disneyland 50th exhibit). So all this talk about a rumored switching over to… Read More »Tom Sawyer Island, some thoughts
Don’t know how long this is going to be up. But there is some great b-roll footage of the Spangler family while on their unique tour of the Magic Kingdom.
Along with the Magic Kingdom, Epcot had its birthday on October 1st. It’s been 24 years since the new concept in themed entertainment opened. Since then it has experienced a few changes to say the least. I really hope Disney decides to do something big for the 25th birthday (by contrast, this year the 1st… Read More »EPCOT Center back at the beginning
The Spangler family of Randolph, Ohio were the lucky winners of the DisneyParks.com contest to have a morning all by themselves in the Magic Kingdom. This AP story about the winners is funny because it gets so many facts wrong: "The Magic Kingdom was eerily quiet, with only the chirping of birds, piped in orchestra… Read More »Winners of Disney Dreams online contest visit Disney World
When I went to the parks this last weekend, I noticed that the biometric single-finger scanner has been rolled out to Epcot. That makes at least two parks with the new system. Eventually, it will be rolled out to all four theme parks and the two water parks. It certainly is faster than the previous… Read More »Disney Fingerprinting Guests? Not Exactly