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Ken Pellman

I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.

Disney makes accidental death lawsuit go away

Disney has settled out of court with the family of a woman who died 2 months after experiencing the Indiana Jones Adventure and claiming to have injured her head/brain during the ride. Disney, of course, admits no wrong doing (despite the fact that they changed some aspects of the attraction after the death was reported).… Read More »Disney makes accidental death lawsuit go away

A closer look at the P3 Preview

Warning post contains potential spoilers about the third Pirates film. The clip on the Disney Channel Movie Surfers site provided some better viewing of the Pirates Of The Carribean preview clips. So I’ve taken the liberty of capturing a few frames of the preview for further analysis. If you look closely, a lot is revealed… Read More »A closer look at the P3 Preview

Enchanted: New Hand-Drawn Animation from Disney

The 2007 movie preview clip on the Disney Channel that I mentioned below has made it to the Movie Surfers Website. So not only do you get a better look at the POTC: At World’s End footage, and an interview with Johnny Depp, but you also can see some examples of the first hand-drawn animation… Read More »Enchanted: New Hand-Drawn Animation from Disney

Quick Preview from The Pirates Of The Carribean: At World’s End

The Disney Channel ran a quick preview of Pirates Of The Carribean:At World’s End. You can find it on youtube, of course. I wish the picture quality was better. Still you get to see Johnny Depp returning in his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. So it’s not all bad. I don’t know why Disney doesn’t… Read More »Quick Preview from The Pirates Of The Carribean: At World’s End

Johnny & The Sprites: The Extended Dance Mix

Johnny & The Sprites, a very cute little show that has been airing in between regular shows on The Disney Channel will be expanded to a full length show this year. The series will premiere on Saturday, January 13th at 10:00am on the Disney Channel. Glad to see this happen. My son and I both… Read More »Johnny & The Sprites: The Extended Dance Mix

National Treasure 2 Picks up Title

ComingSoon reports that the official title for the second Nick Cage vehicle, National Treasure film has been released. How does National Treasure: Book of Secrets grab you? Apparently there’s a Civil War, Abraham Lincoln assassination related plot. (via Cinematical)

New Disneyland Sub Names and Pics

Over on LaughingPlace.com a lot more information has come to light concerning the return of Disneyland’s Submarine attraction, this time with Finding Nemo. First Darkbeer posted some great pics of the attraction under construction and included a partial list of submarine names. Later Leemac finished out the list: Nautilus, Scout, Seafarer, Neptune, Mariner, Explorer, Voyager… Read More »New Disneyland Sub Names and Pics

Disney’s Myspace – Will It Work?

Will Disney’s website revamp to provide more social networking options for it’s readers work? Techdirt doesn’t think so. There are a ton of parental controls. Chat rooms are limited (at times even to pre-selected phrases, apparently). And, users will be unable to add anything "from the outside world" to their profiles. This probably sounds good… Read More »Disney’s Myspace – Will It Work?