I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.
It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that theme and amusement park operator Six Flags has filed for bankruptcy protection. Times are tough all around, and running a major park requires the regular infusion of large capital invesments (that new rides, to you and me). For… Read More »Six Flags Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
LaughingPlace.com has posted two reports from the Newport Beach Film Festival, and one of them is my column. Two screenings were of special interest to Disney fans. “the boys” (lack of capitalization intended) is a new documentary about the Sherman Brothers. It is fascinating and… Read More »Shameless Plug: My Thoughts on Disney at a Film Festival
In the Los Angeles Times, Hugo Martín writes about Precision Dynamics’ microchip wristband, which has uses at places like the Disney resorts. The wristbands use the same technology as electronic tollbooths, security key cards and the newest U.S. passports. But at Precision Dynamics, this sophisticated electronic know-how… Read More »Precision Dynamics’ Microchip Wristband
Richard Verrier of the Los Angeles Times takes a look at RealD, a company equipping cinemas with 3-D technology, how the technology got off the ground and works, and the finances involved. The privately owned technology company with 75 employees has emerged from obscurity to… Read More »More on the 3-D Ramp-Up
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is still promoting 3-D technology for cinemas. Installing the equipment has slowed down because of economic conditions, but he’s pushing, as reported by Associate Press writer Min Lee. Promoting the new DreamWorks 3-D animated movie “Monsters vs. Aliens,” Katzenberg told… Read More »3-D Rollout Slowed, But Katzenberg Says It Will Increase
My column on the Busch theme parks being for sale and who, including Disney, could buy them is now up at LaughingPlace.com. I really hope you’ll read my review – or at least pretend to. Since I wrote it, it has become clear that Six… Read More »Shameless Plug: My Column on Who Will Buy Busch Entertainment
Disney and DreamWorks Animation veteran James Baxter gets a too-short look in the Los Angeles Times. Cristy Lytal brings it to us. “I love doing the Disney stuff,” he says, “but it was nice to show that I could do other things, to get something… Read More »Animator James Baxter Featured in Los Angeles Times
The Queen Mary attraction in Long Beach, California, continues to struggle according to this story in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. In the late 1980s, The Walt Disney Company purchased the company that owned the attraction, which at the time, included the plane built and flown… Read More »Former Disney Property Continues to Struggle