Ratatouille cooked up another $18 million with third place at the box office this weekend bringing its domestic total to $143 million. It’s also the highest rated film of the year in movie critic polls. But will that be enough to earn it a best picture Academy Award? In this short interview Animation master John… Read More »Morning Round Up – July 16
Sarah Tully of the Orange County Register brings us another piece on the ongoing dispute in Anaheim between the tourist businesses and the housing developers over land in the Anaheim Resort District. This time, SOAR, the pro-tourism group, has offered a report showing that a hotel and retail complex would generate more tax money than… Read More »Anaheim and Long Beach
Today in 1925 Walter Elias Disney married Lillian Marie Bounds and together they set off on a great adventure. On this day in 1955 Walt and Lillian gathered friends and family for their 30th anniversary celebration and a special preview of Disneyland. They took the Mark Twain for its maiden voyage and celebrated with a… Read More »Morning Roundup – July 13
After a few aborted attempts to see the film earlier, I finally saw Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End yesterday. There were only three showings at the Pleasure Island AMC yesterday but the theater was more than half full. So there is still some life in the salty old sea legs of that Pirate.… Read More »Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Rick Aristotle Munarriz of The Motely Fool has yet another interesting idea ping-ponging around… Should Disney buy Cedar Fair? There was a fair amount of speculation, some by Munarriz himself, that Disney should have bought Six Flags when it was available. I don’t know why Disney would want to own all those smaller seasonal properties… Read More »Morning Roundup – July 12
The Las Vegas monorail initially ran between two MGM Casino properties and featured the old Mark IV cars from Disney World. About six years ago they decided to expand the line to include more hotels and build a bunch of new cars. However, they stopped short of making it useful. The stations were generally located… Read More »Las Vegas Monorail struggling with debt
Tales from the LaughingPlace, the fan magazine that best covers the present and past of the Walt Disney Company’s many facets, has announced the details of their best issue yet. Volume 10 is so amazing it requires two covers to convey the excitement. The first cover is a tribute to the 15th anniversary celebrations of… Read More »Disney Magazine, Tales from the LaughingPlace, hits a home run
Kevin Yee has a new column up with a long list covering most of the rumors, changes, and announced projects expected at Walt Disney World. Let nobody say Disney is resting on their laurels right now. Via Upcoming Pixar we learn that Jared’s wife crafted up a Remy the Rat needled felt doll. Very cute!… Read More »Morning Round Up – July 11th