The Orlando Sentinel recently sent one of its Theme Park Rangers (how do I get that job?) to Gatorland and they report that the classic Florida road side attraction continues to provide a great value for the dollar. look all around, and you see a down-home, folksy attraction that bills itself as the "alligator capital… Read More »Gatorland, nothing but a day of fun!
And March will get a boost a big movie month. Josh Friedman reports in the Los Angeles Times that DreamWorks Animation, which has its films distributed by Viacom’s Paramount, is moving the release of "Monsters vs. Aliens" up to March 27, 2009 to give it some time on the limted number of 3-D screens before… Read More »May 2009 3-D Film War Averted
Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch (home page), after being told he only has a few months to live since being diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer, gave a motivational and moving final lecture as a professor at CMU. Pausch found CMU’s influential Entertainment Technology Center. His Alice program was responsible in large part for the… Read More »Disney Imagineer and CMU ETC Founder talks about his cancer fight
Disney announced yesterday that they’re making money in the theme park business. Who’da thunk? Apparently if you spend a money to do things right, you’ll reap gobs of it. MouseKingdom blog lays it out. At least Disney plans to do something good with part of the profits. They’ve committed to providing at least $10 million… Read More »Wednesday Roundup – September 19
Vanessa Hudgens, star of Disney’s High School Musical films, is in the news again. This time she is being sued by a lawyer who claims she owes him money. Promised 5 percent of her profits, her lawyer is now suing for $150,000 dollars. This probably would not have even made the news had Hudgens not… Read More »Vanessa Hudgens to star in lawsuit over unpaid lawyer fees
Walt Disney Co. President Bob Iger spoke at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference today. Iger started by addressing the many emerging markets for Disney. “We see a great increase in media consumption on a global basis,” he said, pointing out the obvious positive effect this would have on the entertainment giant. “We believe the internet… Read More »Bob Iger at Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference
Disneyland Resort has finally announced an expansion of the Grand Californian to include over 250 new rooms. 50 of those rooms will be Disney Vacation Club Villas. I’m sure I don’t have to mention that 50 is not nearly enough. How are they going to assign these rooms? By lottery? Kevin Yee breaks out the… Read More »Tuesday Roundup – Sept 18th
The Orlando Sentinel reports on expanded plans for observing EPCOT’s 25th Anniversary on October 1st. After the former park VP announced there would be no public observance of the date, fans took it upon themselves to organize events at the park that weekend. Now, the park is coming through with a ceremony, a new exhibit,… Read More »Was Epcot Spurred to do more by Fans Plans for 25th?