LaughingPlace.com was at the Magic Kingdom today to cover the appearances of Coach Dungy and Running Back Rhodes from the NFL Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts. They played a little football with some kids then did press interviews. Later there was a parade down main street with all the victory trimmings. I wish they would… Read More »NFL World Champion Colts visit Walt Disney World
On this day 6 years ago my future wife and I were camping out waiting to be among the first official guests of Disneyland Resort’s second gate the following morning. Tens of thousands of guests were expected to camp out over night for the chance to get in the next day. Less then 2000 chose… Read More »California Adventure turns 6
One of the little bits of information that came out when Disney met with investors tonight, was that Jay Rasulo announced Disney was considering building a series of upscale Disney themed hotels in major vacation destinations around the nation, and perhaps the world. This does not sound like that bad of an idea to me.… Read More »Disney considering building hotel chain
The LA Times has an interesting look a the John Lasseter/Randy Newman duo that has worked to provide so many of Pixar’s films with wonderful soundtracks. John Lasseter and Randy Newman both grew up in Southern California, but they couldn’t possibly come from more different worlds. Lasseter is from Whittier, son of the parts manager… Read More »Lasseter, Newman: two peas in a pod?
The Imagineering Re-birth blog continues its examination of where Disney has strayed from the path set out by Walt and his original Imagineers. This time they take apart the arguments for updating various attractions and compare them against the original apocryphal story. Walt was roaming Adventureland disguised as a floppy-hatted tourist when he overheard an… Read More »Re-Imagineering “Be Yourself”
Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and add to that list Bahrain, all lists of places where Disney has been rumored to be building future themeparks. Usually it’s a government agency making the claim, but sometimes it’s a private individual. In almost every case, Disney denies that they’re in talks to build a themepark then eventually down the… Read More »Here we go again… Disney Bahrain? or not?
A little bird told me the new Disney.com site might be opening this morning. Looks like they were right. I haven’t had any time to really explore, but it at first glance it looks good, if a little slow loading. Plenty of goodies to explore including a ‘XD’ interactive area (still in beta). The whole… Read More »New Disney.com Debuts
Chuck over at O-Meon, posts a round up of the latest rumors for the Disneyland Resort. Seems like Tony Baxter’s idea of opening up California Adventure has been moved aside in favor of Tom Fitzgerald’s idea to expand the place-making efforts with the eventual goal of a new overarching theme for Disneyland’s neighbor. Maybe then… Read More »Disneyland Resort Rumors