I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.
Blogs are often abandoned or neglected. As a publisher the real world steps in and takes away your avenue of fun. That’s the nature of self publishing. Of course, the nature of blogs means that when you’re ready to return, it’s really easy. You just star posting again. That’s pretty much what happened with Tough… Read More »Tough Pigs Muppet News is back!
Disney’s High School Musical had better watch out because Corbin Bleu’s Disney Channel Movie has knocked it off it’s spot at the top of the Disney Channel Ratings chart. Jump In! drew 8.17 million viewers making it the most-watched program in the network’s history. This surpassing the premiere numbers for last year’s Cheetah Girls 2… Read More »Disney Jump’s In to something big
The Walt Disney Company has released its annual report for last fiscal year (Oct 05-06). I believe this is the first time they’ve included the whole thing online in something other than a PDF format. For those of you who don’t want to read through all the corporate financial speak, you can jump right to… Read More »Disney Annual Report released, contains new concept art
Back in August ’06 we revealed that after Ratatouille Pixar’s next film will be WALL•E (was W.A.L. – E.?). It’s rumored to be a sci-fi fic with the main character being a robot. Now there’s another interesting rumor about WALL•E. We learn now that the director is Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo). It’s also possible that… Read More »Pixar’s Next Film: Big Rumor about WALL-E
Space Mountain has always occupied a soft spot in my heart. The Florida version was one of the last attractions my grandfather worked on. I’m not ashamed to admit that I was afraid to actually ride the indoor coaster until I was 9 years old (Of course, it didn’t open until I was eight). But… Read More »3D Wireframe Space Mountain Ridethrough
Disney has announced a new promotion where kids (ages 6-18) can get free tickets to three of Disney’s Broadway shows when accompanied by a paying adult. The shows are Tarzan, The Lion King, and Beauty & The Beast. Select performances are available between now and February 15th. See this story in Broadway World for the… Read More »Kids get in free to Disney’s Broadways Shows
Rachel from over at LaughingPlace.com has posted her experience with the High School Musical Concert Tour. What a concert! Any fan of High School Musical could not come out of that arena disappointed. Of course, this could be little biased coming from the girl who has Breakin Free as the ring tone for her cellphone.… Read More »High School Musical Concert Tour: A Fan’s View
Forbes Traveler Magazine has posted a story on the Top 10 Luxury Attractions at Walt Disney World. The usual point is made, If you have the money Disney can make your luxury dreams come true.
And Disney goes beyond special requests and random surprises. With the
VIP Tour Service, guides work with guests to customize their tours of
the park so they can hit as many attractions as possible in the least
amount of time. This of course means cutting to the front of the
endless lines, even for popular attractions like Expedition Everest.
The service can also score VIP seats for popular shows like Cirque du
Soleil’s "La Nouba" and "Finding Nemo — the Musical," arranging for you
to come in through the back door and be guided to your seat — the
complete star treatment. (If anyone mistakes you for Brad or Angelina,
don’t correct them.)
Let’s leave aside whether or not this goes against the egalitarian spirit of Disney World (I’ll just say that Walt started the ambassador program in part to give celebrities (and company executives he was courting) these sorts of experiences). But I have notice more and more ‘non-celebrities’ taking advantage of the service.
I was interviewed for this article and the author was gracious enough to include a small quote from me concerning the two can’t miss restaurants on property (Jiko and California Grill). But I was taking a different angle, How to have a luxurious experience at Disney World, even if you don’t have all the money in the world. That’s an article that still needs to be written.
In the interest of full disclosure I’ve included the full text of that interview in the extended post below.