60 years ago, Toys for Tots delivered their first toys to needy children in the Los Angeles area. Since then, they have distributed over 370 million toys to over 173 million needy children all across the United States. But did you know their logo was designed by Walt Disney? It was created back in 1948… Read More »Toys for Tots and Disney’s Heart of Gold
Disney.co.uk is set to relaunch with an update that sounds very familiar to the extreme makeover Disney.com received here in the US a few months ago. Disney is launching an elaborate new version of its UK website on Monday, combining its retail and content offerings with virtual worlds, widgets and interactive tools as it tries… Read More »United Kingdom to get updated version of Disney.co.uk
The land portion of MouseFest 2007 begins today. Event registration is mostly closed, but everyone is welcome to the MegaMouseMeet on Saturday. I’m going to try and be there for at least a bit and look forward to meeting some of you. Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of media networks at the Walt Disney Company and president… Read More »Roundup, Woody’s
In case any fans hadn’t seen it yet, the trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian debuted last night and was rolled out across the web. NarniaWeb has the trailer as well as links to download it in HD. Overall it looks good. The CGI animals from the first movie were well done and… Read More »Trailer for Prince Caspian
Oyentes agradables de la Radio City BBC "El Aguacate" Why am I writing in Spanish (at least I hope that’s Spanish, I took French in school). I was just interviewed on "El Aguacate" a radio show on Radio City, a BBC affiliated radio station in Ecuador, South America. On the occasion of Walt Disney’s birthday… Read More »Welcome Radio City BBC listeners from “El Aguacate”
A few weeks ago I heard a rumor that the dog kennels at the Walt Disney World parks would be closing. A few days later someone posted that a cast member at the kennels was told they would be closing as well. That didn’t make sense to me as what would guests on the Disney property do with their pets. Many guests travel with their pets as they’re on the road for long periods of time. The nearest non-Disney kennel is a good 20 minutes away from Disney property and it will be closing in a year or so (I have inside information on that).
Today we got our answer to this conundrum. Disney is letting another company take over the pet-care business.
Best Friends Pet Care Inc. has signed an agreement to build and operate
a full-service, luxury pet "resort" at Walt Disney World Resort. The
one-of-a-kind facility will cater to park and resort guests as well as
Walt Disney World employees, providing a full range of pet hospitality
services including dog and cat boarding, day care and grooming
services, and doggy day camp.
The ‘state of the art’ facility will open in mid 2009. In the meantime Best Friends Pet Care will take over operations of the five existing pet kennels at the Walt Disney World parks and resorts (all four parks and Fort Wilderness). Disney always provided good service, a clean location, and cheerful employees at a reasonable rate. But there was nothing special about the kennels. I’m hoping that Best Friends can maintain the same level of great guest service (and pet service) while also improving the conditions for the animals who are stuck there while their owners play.
Now if we can just get Disney to add a car-wash option to their parking lots. Who wouldn’t pay a little extra for a premium spot (or Valet service) and get a car wash at the same time.
The full press release is below the cut:
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The diligent crew at the Orlando Sentinel tracked down the source of the confusing reports about exactly who died and where last week at the Magic Kingdom. Turns out there were two deaths in the Magic Kingdom area on the same day. Walt Disney World suffered a third death late last week but unlike the… Read More »Third Death in One Week at Disney World Confirmed
Congratulations to Michael Jordan, restaurant manager of Napa Rose at the Disneyland Resort’s Grand Californian Hotel, for his recently received title of Master Sommelier. The distinction marks the highest recognition of wine, spirits, beverage service abilities and professionalism in the hospitality trade. Jordan is one of two experts to be named Master Sommelier after the… Read More »Congrats to Michael Jordan, Master Sommelier at Napa Rose