Two different Walt Disney World vacation planning stories in the news yesterday. First we have the Mikkin Family (pictured left) of Long Island, NY. The lucky bums were the winners of a $34.5 million lottery in New York. At their press conference when asked what they’re going to do next, the winning family yelled out… Read More »We’re Going To Disney World!
Btw, I figured out part of what I don’t like about the new Disney Online. There is no space just to chill. Disney should seriously look at Second Life and this upcoming product from Sony to see what us more mature Disney fans are looking for. VMK is nice, but you can’t say or do… Read More »Virtual Sonyland
Jean Baudrillard (wikipedia), the French philosopher famous for his theories on Hyperreality and Simulcra, which was the inspiration for the Matrix movies and many fiction writer’s concepts of cyberspace, has died at the age of 77. In Disney circles Baudrillard was known for his 1988 article where he examined Disneyland as an example of the… Read More »Jean Baudrillard, dead at age 77
I think a lot of the time we Disney pundits forget there is just a business man or woman trying to expand the bottom line and grow profits behind nearly every decision. Beth Kassab at the Orlando Sentinel posts a brief interview with the man behind nearly every major business decision at Walt Disney Resorts… Read More »Jay Rasulo, force of nature
Have you ever wanted to work for the mouse, but didn’t want a front line job at the themeparks and can’t draw worth a lick. How good are you at Flash, Javascript, or Ajax? If so, Disney has a job for you. You’ll probably have to work in North Hollywood, CA. But all jobs can’t… Read More »Flash Experts needed at WDIG
Here is a Flickr photoset containing rare photos from the "Once upon a Time Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios" exhibit in Montreal that is about to open. I’m already drooling over some of the merchandise available in the museum’s shop. Hopefully this will make a stop in the states at… Read More »Pictures from Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney in Europe” exhbition at Montreal’s Musee de Beaux Arts
If you build it they will come. That’s what Disney CEO Bob Iger is hoping with the newly revamped Disney.com. Disney is now serving over 100 million videos a week, but so far the advertising revenue isn’t there. "The advertising industry is behind where it should be," he said, and Disney intends on educating them… Read More »Disney CEO expects ad money to come to internet this year
Remember Scary Mary? Well now I’m pleased to introduce Scary Sully. Someone has taken the Pixar Animated Feature Monsters, Inc. and remixed it into a horror film trailer. Okay. Admittedly that wasn’t much of a stretch. But still a good mashup.