National Treasure, staring Nicholas Cage, was a decent success ($173 million box office) for the Walt Disney Studios. Good enough that Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates Of The Caribbean) has just announced a January ramp up date for a sequel to the film. Cinematical reports that most of the original cast will return for the sequel… Read More »National Treasure 2 in production soon
The 2006 Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney-MGM Studios really kicks it up a notch this year. Here’s a video from an early preview of the show. They have now synchronized the Christmas lights to music and it’s quite a show!… Read More »2006 Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights. Now Synchronized!
AEGLive has the up-to-date list of where the tour is playing and when. They’ve also provided links to ticket locations. But tickets for most of the locations go on sale on November 4th, with some possibly having pre-sale events on the 3rd. The first show date will be November 29th at the ipayOne Center in… Read More »High School Musical: The Concert Tour Tickets go on sale soon!
Noah Bierman of the Miama Herald writes about the University of Central Florida Rosen School of Hospitality’s program studying theme park and attraction management. Theme-park industry executives help craft the school’s curriculum, meaning students aren’t likely to get too much skepticism about the industry. By the end of one class, students are required to explain… Read More »Want to Work in Theme Park Management?
Has the Country Bear’s Christmas Show been retired? So says a rumor going around the Disney fan boards this week. This is admittedly a rumor only. But it has some traction in the Disney fan community.
The rumor is that Walt Disney World management has decided to save a little money by not switching the costumes, audio-animatronic controls, and decor of the attraction to the holiday show. Not sure how much money this would save, but it can’t be worth the loss of the holiday spirit the show provides that area of the park. It’s a popular show that has fans returning to the park each holiday season to see it.
If anything, Disney should be adding holiday traditions instead of removing them and reverse a trend that has been going on since the early 90s. Disneyland learned the error of their ways and added on tons of Holiday spirit and has been rewarded with record crowds for five years running. If you agree consider writing the company and letting them know. The addresses are below the cut.
In April 1957 Disneyland opened up the Walk-Through portion of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Gorilla’s Don’t Blog has unearthed pictures of the original dedication ceremony with Walt Disney and Shirley Temple. Temple had previously presented Walt with the special 7 dwarves oscar statue in 1939. The Walk-Through existed for many years in its original form with… Read More »Shirley Temple Dedicating the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through
For years I’ve wished that Disneyland/DLR would have the sort of Halloween excitement that is available at WDW. I was going to come on here and cry, "Eureka! We’ve finally got it!" and then I saw the photos in the post below from Paris, and I still feel slighted.
However, it was fun. The claims that Disneyland Resort made regarding the new vigor with which they tackled the haunting holiday were mostly on target, although the comparisons to Christmas spirit fell a bit short.
That said, Christmas was apparently waiting in the wings and started rolling out shortly after the gates closed on October. November 1st greeted us with candy canes where once were candy corn. The season will become official on Nov. 10th.
Also, there are two new attractions at Disneyland, a Jedi training activity and a Princess Fairy Festival, both being added as part of the "Million Dreams" campaign. Speaking of which, we won a "Dream Fast Pass" that allowed us entry onto a handful of rides at both parks. Unfortunately, almost all were rides too big for the kids. Still, it’s cool to win!
More photos after the break.
LaughingPlace.com has just completed a redesign of their excellent Disney fan site. This new look makes it much easier to access whatever information your looking for. Since LaughingPlace.com covers more of the Walt Disney Company than any other Disney fan site, so there’s a ton of great information to be found. Movies, theme parks, television,… Read More »7 questions with LaughingPlace.com