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.
Sound & Communication Magazine is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary this year, so I guess it makes perfect sense that they’re doing an article on Disneyland Sounds, since the park also turned 50 this year. The author has been working for the park since 1977 and he’s seen a lot of changes. The Main Street Electrical… Read More »Disneyland Sound and Fury
The Walt Disney World version of the Johnny Depp plussed Pirates Of The Caribbean attraction has been soft opening and The Orlando Sentinel captures some of the reactions. I plan to visit it myself this weekend. Apparently the WDW management didn’t want to spring for all the upgrades and props that California got. So while… Read More »How does Orlando’s Pirate Ride Stack UP?
Happy 4th of July everyone. Please have a safe one and enjoy the fireworks tonight.
Reuter’s has a short feature today profiling Johnny Depp. In it Depp talks about his affinity for the Captain Jack Sparrow character. "It was funny just simply going through that process again" of getting back into the character," Depp told reporters recently. "Going through make-up and hair and buckling myself into the costume … just… Read More »Johnny Depp: A Pirate’s Life for him?
I just got the initial list of cities where you’ll be able to find the Once In A Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story Of The New York Cosmos soccer (AKA football if you live outside the US and Canada) documentary playing. I hope you’ll get a chance to see this great film and relive some of… Read More »Once In A Lifetime – Where Playing List
Original LaughingPlace.com reporter Kaz Liput came out of retirement to work the red carpet for the premier of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Rumor has it Kaz might have done a little ‘extra’ work on the movie herself… spill spill. LaughingPlace.com scored great interviews with Lauren Maher (Scarlett in Pirates), MacKenzie Crook and… Read More »Pirates Movie Premier Photos and Red Carpet Video
Crossposted from MouseGoods.com. I was a frequent vacationer while growing up. Via the magic of divorce, I have two great families. One loved to campout and one loved to travel (often to Disneyland!). Both loved to take tons of photos of the trips. If this sounds familiar to you, you probably have a number of… Read More »Scrapbooking the Magic
ThemeParkInsider.com ponders if we’ve seen the end of high g-force thrill rides. Traditionally, thrill ride fans measured the intensity of their favorite rides three ways: tallest, fastest, longest. But over the past decade, theme park thrills have added a fourth dimension. G forces. Not height, not speed, not length, but the pressure exerted on one’s… Read More »Have thrill rides gone too far?