Last night I was lucky enough to be among the 2010 International Pow Wow attendees who were invited to preview the exciting Wizarding World of Harry Potter themed land at Islands of Adventure. Alas photos were prohibited, so you’ll have to do with my poor… Read More »Wizarding World of Harry Potter preview for Pow Wow Attendees – Part 1
Cheri Thomas was an early adopter of Twitter. She’s also a fan of the Walt Disney Company, so when she saw that the @Disney handle was available, she took it, and thousands of Disney fans, myself included, have been jealous ever since. A few days… Read More »Twitter takes Disney handle away from user
Disney Imagineer Joni Van Buren sculpts a model of King Triton from Disney’s animated classic “The Little Mermaid.” King Triton, in his final form, will be 35-feet-tall and tower over guests at Disney Parks newest resort hotel, “Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.” Disney’s Art of… Read More »More details on Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Disneyland has always been close to the community of Anaheim (the politicians is sometimes a different matter). Each year since 2005, the resort has recognized 10 outstanding Orange County high school seniors with a $5,000 scholarship. This year’s “prize patrol” visited students at their schools,… Read More »Disneyland fetes grads with grants
Back by popular demand, three of Downtown Disney’s hottest restaurants, Portobello, Fulton’s Crab House and Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe are hosting a one day, progressive kids cooking class on Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Whether you child is a hopeful culinary master, or you just need… Read More »Kids can learn to cook from Downtown Disney’s top chefs
Changes we want to see come to The Carousel of Progess, changes coming to Toy Story Mania and changing our life by running the Disney Marathon are just a few of the topics discussed in these 9.5 hours of Disney Podcasts. WDW Today (iTunes) Episode #713 Listener… Read More »Mickey Heads-Disney Podcast Review 4-12-10
In one hand Disney holds over 5,000 new characters acquired when it purchased Marvel Entertainment, in the other the Power Ranger brand. The power rangers were like the cherry on the top of the sundae that was the Fox Family channel purchase. Sweet, but not… Read More »Disney sells Power Rangers back to Saban
Back in August of 2007 this whole econopalypse was still ahead of us. Disney had just decided to spend up to $700 million to buy Club Penguin, an online MMORPG for tweens and pre-tweens. They structured the deal so that half would be paid upfront,… Read More »Club Penguin deal works in Disney’s favor