I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.
Commercial Alert, a nonprofit public health and consumer group, says Disney’s new healthier food guidelines have large loopholes through which a whole fleet of twinkies could be driven. “Disney’s new food guidelines are more notable for what they omit than what they include. Conspicuously absent was any mention of standards for products marketed on ABC… Read More »Commercial Alert, Disney’s new Food policy weak
Experiencing its best fall start since 1993, ABC has clinched first place in the 18-49 ratings race for the fourth straight week. That’s a valuable demographic for advertisers. "Greys", "Housewives," and "Lost" continue strong from last season, while "Ugly Betty" is Disney’s breakout hit this year. Is anyone still watching "Six Degrees" or "The Nine"?… Read More »ABC Television experiences strong start to fall season.
Walt Disney World has turned off the ‘Wonderland’ Custom CD Burners at their Downtown Disney Toy Store location. I had no idea they still had those things. If I recall correctly, Disneyland closed theirs down a few years ago. When they first opened at Disneyland I made a dozen CDs with great attraction soundtracks and… Read More »Disney shutters Custom CD Burners
The Press-Enteprise has a lovely story about Don Edgren, a key figure in the history of Disneyland’s major construction from the Matterhorn through to Tokyo Disneyland. Construction on the Matterhorn, which opened in 1959, required extensive research, including lots of photos of the Swiss peak and scale models. Disney people visited the real peak to… Read More »Disney Engineer Don Edgren, now a Disney Legend
Disneyland Hotel’s Granville Steakhouse looks to be getting a name change to Steakhouse 55. The restaurant was named after original hotel owner Jack Wrather’s wife. Bonita Granville (one of the hotel towers has her first name) was a child-actor who was once nominated for a best supporting actress oscar. She also played Nancy Drew in… Read More »Granville’s Steakhouse to change name
Now that some time has past and damage estimates coming in reveal no deaths, I think it’s safe to report on some of the less important aspects of the quake. Was the set for ABC’s hit TV show LOST affected? Apparently not. ABC’s spokesman says all the cast, crew, and set pieces have survived the… Read More »LOST Actors, Crew, and Set OK after Hawaii Quake
In a move that will eventually spread across every Disney property and promotion the company will shift its focus to foods and snacks that meet healthier guidelines. For example, total fat under the new policy will not exceed 30 percent of calories for main and side dishes and 35 percent for snacks. Disney will also… Read More »Disney to shift to healthy foods and snacks
One of my son’s favorite attractions at Epcot is the long audio-animatronic heavy ride inside the giant geodesic dome of Spaceship Earth. Epcot Central Blog has found a 1982 video that looks at the genesis of Epcot and the construction of Spaceship Earth. There’s a great speech in there from Ray Bradbury on Walt’s idea… Read More »Spaceship Earth and the Genesis of EPCOT