I’ve ridden the Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror numerous times, But I’ll probably never ride it again. Not because of this recent incident, but because of a back injury I suffered when the vehicle I was driving was t-boned by a drunk driver. I know my limitations. The 16 year old from England may not… Read More »Tower of Terror: The Investigation Continues
CartoonBrew reports that Longtime Disney Animator Floyd Norman has released another of his sketchbooks. This one has an edge however. "How The Grinch Stole Disney" pokes fun at Eisner and the anti-animation policies that have infested the mouse house recently. Which brings up the question — Does anyone really think things will change at Feature… Read More »How The Grinch Stole Disney
I am hearing various rumors about the incident at Walt Disney World’s MGM/Disney Studios yesterday, none of which point to this being a problem with the attraction, but I won’t post any of them here as I don’t have confirmation on any of them. The Orlando Sentinel has posted a follow up story, however, with… Read More »More Details on Tower of Terror Incident
I love this collection of Bootleg Disney Toys. Some of them are so ‘on model’ that its hard to believe Disney didn’t release them, well except for the cheesy packaging and poor quality molds, etc… ‘Joe’ also has a wide collection of other bootleg toys to peruse. (Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Pixar’s A Bug’s… Read More »Bootleg Disney Toys
A few housekeeping notes. First, I’m thinking of switching my feeds from full to abridged. I know there are a few of you out there in feedland that read The Disney Blog. Alas, since so few click through I have no way of accurately counting. Plus, there is a huge trend for blog spammers to… Read More »Mousekeeping
The Orlando Sentinal is reporting that Disney World’s Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction today closed for inspection after a British Teen fell ill while riding. Tower of Terror is another high thrill attraction that can produce high g’s for the rider. Although these are vertical g’s which are different from the lateral kind experienced… Read More »MGM Studios: Tower of Terror closed
It’s still too far out to forecast accurately, but the National Hurricane Center has Emily taking a southern path that would likely avoid hitting the Orlando area, and therefore Walt Disney World, dead on. Still, keep an eye on the 5-day projection if you’re planning a trip next week.
I know Indiana Jones isn’t a Disney franchise, but there are Indiana Jones attractions at the themeparks, so we’ll let this one slide, okay. Cinephobia looks at exactly how close we are to a fourth Indiana Jones film? what it will take to get us there? some obstacles still in the way? and along the… Read More »Indiana Jones: IV – any closer to film?