There have been more than a small number of complaints that the Disney’s Hollywood Studios attraction Toy Story Midway Mania went down for maintenance right in the middle of summer. Not just that, but with Toy Story 3 still raking in big bucks at the… Read More »Interesting Toy Story Midway Mania Rumor
Update: No injuries are reported and the driver of the PT Cruiser will likely be cited says FHP. Word is coming in of another Disney Bus accident. This time a with a PT Cruiser near Disney’s Hollywood Studios. 26 passengers were on the bus. Injuries… Read More »Another Bus Accident at Disney World
LaughingPlace.com has some interesting news about the changes coming to the popular Star Tours attraction. Pixar and Lost composer and Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino will be scoring the soundtrack for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, the new version of the attraction coming in 2011.… Read More »Michael Giacchino to compose Star Tours soundtrack
If you’re not in the right circles you could go years without reading about Walt’s grandniece Abigail Disney. But if you’re in the social justice, philanthropy and documentary world, then Disney has really made her mark. Forbes magazine has a great interview and video with… Read More »Abigail Disney profiled by Forbes
Okay, consider this a nomination for the Darwin Awards. A guest in queue for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction at California Adventure was joking about guests falling over a railing in the queue when he himself fell over. Yep. He was taken to… Read More »Guest falls 25 feet from queue of California Adventure Tower of Terror
When Star Tours closed for an update at Disneyland with a D23 event, it really closed. But here in Orlando, flights are still departing daily to Endor until September 7th when D23 is holding an event for the Hollywood Studios version of the attraction. ‘s… Read More »Flights still Departing to Endor in Orlando
In my opinion, the fan organized group WDW Celebrations is one of the great things going on at Walt Disney World right now. They organize great events, usually for a very affordable amount, around big days at Disney’s famous theme parks. Now they’ve come up with Holiday Hoopla – a four day celebration centered around the great holiday offerings at the parks, history, fun, food, and special surprises. If you’re going to be in town Dec 2-5 you should check it out.
Full press release below the jump:
Walt, CV Wood, and Buzz Price discuss the location of Disneyland.
Some would say that Harrison “Buzz” Price played as big a role in the success of Disneyland as Walt himself. After all, if Buzz hadn’t figured out the ideal location to build Disneyland, it might have floundered as a studio tour add-on, or been misplaced too far from what would eventually become the demographic center of Southern California, Anaheim. Buzz repeated that trick 20 years later when helping narrow down the final location of what was to become Walt Disney World.
We learned today that Buzz died after an illness at the age of 89. Buzz was a Disney Legend and continued to impact the theme park industry with his numbers based research.
In the last few years Buzz became a regular fixture at industry events like IAAPA or NFFC. His humor, wit, and feisty attitude were memorable and enduring. He was living history, not just a connection to the past, but a great insight into today and the future as well. A giant empty spot exists now.
The full obituary released by the family is below the jump:
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