It looks like Florida and the Orlando Attractions area has avoided yet another major storm. That has given me some time to find these great links for you to read: ABCFamily.com is adding a full-time video blogger to its site. Bridgitte Dale started at PopCrunch… Read More »Sunday Evening Sundries – Disney Links
Disney Cruise Lines isn’t just waiting for their order for two new ships to arrive, they’re continually working on improving their existing product. The Disney Magic is beginning a three-week period of repairs and upgrades to make future cruises that much more fun. The list… Read More »Disney Magic receiving upgrades during three-week makeover
Cinema Interruptus is the analysis of a film “one shot at a time” as described by Roger Ebert in his latest column. It’s incrediblyly information rich, as you can tell. visual compositions have “intrinsic weighting.” By that I believe he means that certain areas of… Read More »Cinema Interruptus by Roger Ebert
The 11th annual Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards, which are very coveted in the amusements and attractions industry, were awarded on Wednesday during a ceremony set at Give Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, FL. Give Kids The World Village is a 70-acre, non-profit resort in Central Florida that creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. This was their first time hosting the ceremony.
The Amusement Today newspaper covers international amusement and water park news and trends and in its 12-year history is a five-time winner of various awards from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Over the years, the awards have become the subject of much discussion by park aficionados the world over.
Some of the big winners were:
Disney’s only award was for IllumiNations: Reflections of the Earth at Epcot. While Universal won 4 separate awards.
Congrats to all the winners and all the nominees. The full list of winners is below the cut:
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A guest at California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort was injured attempting to board the Maliboomer attraction. It was a serious enough injury to knock him unconscious and send him to the hospital for stitches. What followed was nearly a year long effort to get… Read More »Injured Disneyland Guest Fights for Medical Reimbursement and Wins!
Ricky finishes Alien Encounter 101, Lou geeks out over the Muppets and another member of the Window to the Magic Dream Team takes over the airwaves, all this and more this week on My Top Picks from the Podosphere Well everybody, I’m back from a… Read More »Disney Fan Podcast Review – Jenn’s Top Picks
The Animation Guild Blog passes along the news that the third season of My Friends Tigger and Pooh has been canceled. This after the crew working on the show was told that the third season was a certainty. Looks like belt tightening is occurring across… Read More »Christopher Robin Usurper Given the Axe
Pixar’s robot love film has now passed $218 million at the US Box Office. Disney increased the theaters over the labor day weekend, the 10th week of it’s run, which resulted in a little bump. But if you want to help bump up the box… Read More »WALL-E Rolls On With Big Box Office Numbers