LaughingPlace.com has video and photos of the new Peace on Earth Holiday Fireworks Spectacular ending to the mainstay Illuminations night show. Of course celebrating Peace on Earth with fireworks is akin to celebrating the Eiffel Tower by tearing it down and casting souvenirs from the scrap. But hey, they’re pretty.
Disney failed to disclose relationships between the board and other family members who worked for the company or its subsiduaries. In a concent agreement with the SEC, Disney will avoid any fines but could be subject to stiffer penalties should they fail to make proper disclosures in the future. So much for clean corporate governance.… Read More »SEC faults Disney for failure to disclose relationships
Continuing with our hunt for maps of Disneyland and Disney World I direct you to Themeparkbrochures.com (Note: Website is now defunct 02/06) where they are trying to amass a digital history of the brochure maps for all amusement and themeparks. Their collection of Disneyland and Disneyworld maps are kind of skimpy, but still quite interesting. If you happen to have a map that they don’t, I’m sure they’d appreciate a good scan of it for their archive.
All I have to say is, maps sure have come a long way. No wonder people used to get lost all the time.
Sarah Sands of the Telegraph opines on the exact nature of Mary Poppins, the Musical and what makes it child unfriendly. There are some spoilers, so chose wisely.
More rumblings between the Weinstein brothers and Disney regarding the future of their company Miramax. Eventually these rumblings are going to build upto an earthquake and Disney is on much more stable footing. The whole issue comes down to how much money a profit center makes for the company. Corporate hands out goals for the… Read More »Miramax Rumblings
Well, the word is in from the first few days of shows – Mary Poppins the musical is a smash hit. Broadway.com has collected snippets from many reviewers (almost all positive). Playbill ponders how fast they can get a production going in the states (New York, of course) and where the could put it (perhaps… Read More »Nanny on the port side alert!
When the Imagineers build Euro Disneyland (now known as Paris Disneyland) they built the most marvelous and beautiful magic kingdom yet. Alas, the Disney Company built about twice as many hotel rooms as they needed. The cost of the hotels, and to a lessor extent, the cost of building a fully realized magic kingdom, left… Read More »Euro Disney back on steady ground?
This project has been a dream of ours for many years. The concept was first considered over two years ago, when all four of us were talking about the future of the printed word with the continuing rise of the internet. We all reached the same conclusion: firstly, that there was a huge untapped market… Read More »Tales from the Laughing Place Magazine: Press Release