Virgin Megastores Sold
Looks like they are NOT facing the same fate as the Tower stores. So, you will still have them as an option for buying your Disney media.
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Whit Honea is the author of The Parents' Phrase Book. He lives in the L.A. area with his wife and two boys. You can find his writings and other works all over the Internets. Now available on Twitter.
Queen Mary/Long Beach Update
When Disney bought the Disneyland Hotel in the late 1980s, the Queen Mary attraction in Long Beach, California came along with it. In 1990, Disney unveiled plans for a theme park and more around the Queen Mary. Within a few years, Disney dropped plans for Long Beach and pulled out. The Queen Mary attraction has… Read More »Queen Mary/Long Beach Update
Blu-Ray vs. HD Update
Gary Gentile of the Associated Press brings us an update on the DVD format battle.
People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching "Spider-Man 3" in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will only be available in the Blu-ray DVD format. Likewise, people with Blu-ray players won’t be able to enjoy the action-thriller "The Bourne Ultimatum," which Universal Pictures will release only in HD DVD.
These exclusive arrangements, plus aggressive price cuts for high-def DVD players, are designed to persuade consumers to finally embrace one format or the other.
More after the jump.
Shameless Plug: My Latest Column Now Online
The latest edition of my Kenversations(TM) column was posted today at http://www.LaughingPlace.com. In this column, I lament the closure of the Disney Gallery by sharing my Disney Gallery memories from the past 20 years.
A Column on the Anaheim Zoning Fight
Dana Parsons of the Los Angeles Times uses today’s column to address the tourism vs. housing fight in Anaheim. He tries to put himself in the shoes of the different factions in the dispute. If you’re keeping score, that’s two initiatives and one referendum on the docket. Is that any way to run a city?… Read More »A Column on the Anaheim Zoning Fight
Submarine Voyage Cast Member in the Paper
Barbara Giasone of the Orange County Register gives us another profile of a Disneyland cast member. "Finding Nemo" captain/trainer Jeremiah Allen of Fullerton will tell you piloting the eight yellow submarines that circle a Tomorrowland lagoon is no easy task. "You have to continually make sure the audio matches the visual," said Allen, 27, who… Read More »Submarine Voyage Cast Member in the Paper
Anaheim and Long Beach
Sarah Tully of the Orange County Register brings us another piece on the ongoing dispute in Anaheim between the tourist businesses and the housing developers over land in the Anaheim Resort District. This time, SOAR, the pro-tourism group, has offered a report showing that a hotel and retail complex would generate more tax money than… Read More »Anaheim and Long Beach
Anaheim’s Neighbor to the South Still Trying
Deepa Bharath of the Orange County Register reports that the City of Garden Grove, which is directly south of Anaheim, is still looking to enhance the area along Harbor Boulevard. Garden Grove has been trying to hitch itself to the Anaheim Resort train for a… Read More »Anaheim’s Neighbor to the South Still Trying