Yes, it is time for a shamless plug. My latest media reviews were posted on on LaughingPlace.com today. This time, I review two DVDs featuring Disneyland Park. Each one is presented as an OAKFAN Production, meaning they aren’t official Disney DVDs. They are from the "Bringing Disneyland Home" series – "A Sights & Sounds Home… Read More »Shameless Plug – Ken Reviews 2 DVDs
Lots of coverage in the news about the Viacom situation. Remember that both Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg came to Disney by way of Paramount, and there has been speculation that Katzenberg may yet play a major role in the Viacom situation, on top of the recent acquisition of Dreamworks. Like I said before, nothing… Read More »Lots on Disney’s Corporate Rival Viacom
You may be wondering why I’m pointing out that Sumner Redstone fired Viacom CEO Tom Freston. Frustrated by Viacom’s lagging stock price and impatient with its progress on the digital entertainment front, the 83-year-old Redstone ousted Chief Executive Tom Freston, 60, and replaced him with his longtime advisors Philippe P. Dauman and Thomas E. Dooley.… Read More »Change at Disney’s Corporate Competition
Sarah Tully of The Orange County Register reports that Anaheim is the fastest-growing market for hotel occupancy. The hotel hike feeds the city’s coffers, as bed taxes make up the largest chunk of the city’s budget. In the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the city collected $58.1 million in bed taxes, a total that slipped the next… Read More »Anaheim Hotels Doing Well
Yesterday, my beautiful wife and I went to see the Titanic artifacts exhibit at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. I can’t recall having ever boarded the ship before. From newspaper reports over the last few years, it sounds like the operation is in trouble, and I can understand after having been there first-hand.… Read More »Visiting the Queen Mary, a Former Disney Operation
Adam Guren laments the state of Six Flags Magic Mountain in today’s Los Angles Times. The park is in the northern Los Angeles County area, and as such, competes with the Disneyland Resort for dollars from locals who want to get out of the home for entertainment. The problem isn’t necessarily the teens in the… Read More »Checking In on Local Disneyland Competition
Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times has given us a piece talking about the loooooong-awaited next Indiana Jones film, asking if it is too late to do another one. Although the films weren’t from Disney, the character and story elements have long been a part of Disney theme parks. Now, Empire magazine tells us… Read More »Finally, Maybe, Possibly Another Indiana Jones Film?
I’m getting quite a few inquiries on the website looking for any statements from the Walt Disney World Resort on closings or program changes related to Ernesto. Here’s their official response from Guest Communications: There is no immediate threat to the Walt Disney World(r) Resort from Tropical Storm Ernesto, though we continue to closely monitor… Read More »Ernesto related closures? None so far