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.
Mike Thomas, in his Orlando Sentinel column, speculates about Walt Disney World’s Mission:Space at Epcot and whether or not they toned in down in 2005. His evidence, a reduction in the number of reported injuries from guests who went on the ride. He also quotes a comment made in this blog without attribution, but I… Read More »Did Disney Tone Down Mission:Space in 2005?
Cars is less than a week away from opening in theatres and the reviews are coming in. Many people have been worried about the ability of Pixar to pull off another hit in a string of hits. Worried that the subject matter won’t lend itself to wide audiences. Phooey I said, people have been saying… Read More »Luxo Jr reviews Cars
When Rolling Stone guitarist Kieth Richards fell out of a tree and required surgery, his rumored cameo appearance in the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie was written off. But perhaps we jumped the gun a wee-bit. GigWise is reporting that Richards will make his cameo appearnce as Captain Jack Sparrow’s father.… Read More »Keith Richards to Cameo in POTC:III, rumor is yes
Monorails, Attraction Vehicles, Signs, Costumes, even Club 33 toilet towels, have all been auctioned off on eBay at one time or another. This one, however, takes the cake. A Walt Disney Life Size Wax Museum Figure is being auctioned off by MouseSurplus. Artist/Designer Pete Carsillo created the one-of-a-kind piece. Carsillo has worked in the past… Read More »Walt Disney Wax Figure on eBay!
Gorilla’s Don’t Blog is a great start of an amazing vintage Disneyland Photo blog in the spirit of Matterhorn 1955’s Stuff from the Park. Matterhorn 1955 is showing a ton of amazing Adventureland/Tiki photos and Gorilla’s Don’t Blog has this perfect Skyway and Viewliner pairing (detail above). The Viewliner occupies a unique period of Disneyland… Read More »Gorilla’s Don’t Blog, (or do they?)
From the notorious funny Dateline Hollywood website we hear of Al Gore’s take on the latest film from Pixar, Cars. “What kind of a message does it send to our children to teach them that cars, which account for 38.2348% of the past century’s global warming, are heroes?” he said at a press conference outside… Read More »Al Gore’s position on ‘Cars’ – cute little movie or global warming propaganda
The annual GayDays event is in full swing down here in Orlando. This is the 16th year for the event and it’s bigger and better than ever with over 140,000 event participants expected. This means huge swings in attendance at themeparks around the city. If you plan to visit Magic Kingdom on Saturday or Epcot… Read More »Gay Days at Walt Disney World
Bonnet Creek Resort, currently home to a time share resort, has just announced that it will soon build two hotels, for a total of 1500 rooms, and a convention center. Hilton Hotels will build a Hilton branded hotel and an upscale Waldorf-Astoria branded unit. What makes this so newsworthy is the proximity these hotels have… Read More »Bonnet Creek Resort builds out