Just a few months ago Disneyland bought the Carousel Inn hotel (in green). It’s rare that a Harbor Blvd hotel comes up for purchase and good news that Disneyland was willing to make the purchase. Word was that Disneyland was looking to make more purchases… Read More »Disneyland makes more strategic land purchases
It was a rainy day at the Magic Kingdom yesterday, but we stuck it out and had a lot of fun in the late summer crowds. The plaza/hub refurbishment is continuing, but most of the focus now is on Cinderella Castle and nearby garden areas.… Read More »Magic Kingdom Plaza / Hub Construction Update – Towers Revealed
Somehow EW obtained exclusive access to the first clip from Marvel and Disney XD’s new animated mini-series “Guardians of the Galaxy: Origins.” Disney XD will released a series of short animated prequels to the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy animated series that will run on… Read More »Preview “Guardians of the Galaxy” Animated mini-series
The big question left after last night’s debut of Descendants on Disney Channel, is how long before the sequel is approved? The Friday night premiere drew 6.6 million visitors. In addition to the great overnight numbers, the show had already racked up a record 1.4… Read More »Disney’s Descendants Premiere has Heroic Viewership on Disney Channel
A huge thank you to John Panda, host of “The Big Fat Panda” show on YouTube. He first invited me on the show almost a year ago, but we were unable to get our schedules to align until now. I’m very happy we worked it… Read More »That time I was a guest on The Big Fat Panda show
Would you believe me if I told you the voice of young Bambi from the Walt Disney animated classic grew up to be a war-hero, a decorated Marine and widely respected drill sergeant? I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I hadn’t heard Donnie Dunagan,… Read More »The secret behind the voice of Disney’s Bambi
Last year we were treated to two great shows from Marvel on ABC. The second season of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” and first year of “Marvel’s Agent Carter.” Both have been renewed for 2015 and I can’t wait for their return. In the meantime, here… Read More »Disney highlights the impact of Marvel on ABC in 2014
Congratulations to the Grammy, Tony & Oscar winning song-writing team of Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez who are debuting a new musical this week at the La Jolla Playhouse. “Up Here” is a musical that takes place entirely inside someone’s mind. It sounds similar to… Read More »Composers of Disney’s Frozen premiere new musical