The world of news and connectedness is completely different today than is was as few as 6 months ago. This is particularly true for those partake in social media, and in particular facebook, friendfeed, plurk, or twitter, each of which can be updated by SMS… Read More »Aftershocks at Disneyland
The two major U.S. satellite radio companies have finally completed their merger after 16 months of regulatory red tape. One of the major concerns had been that Sirius and XM would be creating a monopoly. I say it is “good” news for customers because they… Read More »Good News For Satellite Radio Customers
A, earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 has struck just east of Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. CNN reporter Ed Lavandera just happened to be vacationing at Disneyland. CNN’s Ed Lavandera was at Disneyland in Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles, with… Read More »Quake in Los Angeles, Disneyland rides evacuated
This August 3rd, set your DVRs to the Disney Channel to record “Studio DC: Almost Live.” The Muppets look to return to form in a half-hour, music-filled sketch comedy show that will feature many of The Disney Channels current slate of stars, as well as… Read More »Muppets return to TV, woo hoo!
This weekend the Orlando Sentinel ran a long piece on experts opining about potential softness in the tourism market for central Florida. In short, things are softening, but so far, it’s not as bad as some thought. Major players like Walt Disney World, Universal, and… Read More »Cypress Gardens to switch to weekends only
Note: Disney has released this obituary for Harriet Burns. I’ve included it in full here. Harriet Burns, Disney Legend and Veteran Imagineer For More Than 31 Years, Dies at 79 Helped to Create Classic Attractions For Disneyland and 1964 New York World’s Fair Harriet Burns,… Read More »Harriet Burns, Official Disney Obituary
Hans Perk of A. Film L.A. Blog found the original patent filed from The Walt Disney Company for the Circarama camera technology. One of the very interesting details is that Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney both share the patent as its inventors. Click through to… Read More »Circarama Patent, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
The Walt Disney Company will report its 3rd quarter fiscal results this Wednesday. We await a look at how the weak performing Narnia: Prince Caspian affected the studios performance and if rising gas prices and reduced flight schedules have already begun to change the numbers… Read More »Disney to Report 3rd Quarter Numbers, will softening be revealed?