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.
Hong Kong Disneyland had been getting some flack for their low pay and harsh conditions for their walk-around character actors. Now they’ve take a few steps to better their situation including higher pay and longer breaks. See Disney can change if they want to.
Update: Looks like the video has been removed from Google. Oh well. Traditionally one of the most difficult places to get into at Disneyland, even more exclusive than Club 33, has been Walt’s Main Street Apartment above the Fire Station. Toonfinder has posted on Google Video a 7 min documentary filmed sometime during the 80s,… Read More »Walt’s Apartment Documentary
A picture has surfaced of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow that purports to be from the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Given that the plot of the third film, rumored to be called ‘World’s End’, involves pirates from the Orient with Yun-Fat Chow brought in to play Pirate Captain Sao-Feng… Read More »Early Pic of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack in Episode 3?
The fight for higher wages at Walt Disney World makes it into the papers. Disney is now offering the lowest starting wage of the three major themeparks in Central Florida and continues to having staffing woes. These woes are putting the pressure on current employees who have to work longer hours. Now the unions are… Read More »Demanding Higher Wages
Okay all you Donny Osmond fans, get your airmiles coupons ready. The man with the purple sock will be making his return to Broadway to star as Gaston in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. He will begin performances on Tuesday, September 19th at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) for a limited 9-week engagement.… Read More »Donny Osmond on Broadway for Disney
The new tame, non-spinning, option for Mission:Space guests at Epcot will open today. I’ll try and make it out there this weekend to get a first person report for you, but this is what I’m reading will happen: There will be two Mission: SPACE experiences, Orange Team (spinning high G version as before) and Green… Read More »New Milder Version of Mission:Space to Open Today
A rumor is going around that as part of the Pixarfication of Disney the name of Walt Disney Imagineering might be returned to WED Enterprises. WED being the initials of the company’s founder Walter Elias Disney. The Imagineering Rebirth blog has a look at exactly what that means and why a name is sometimes more… Read More »WDI to WED
One of the last things Michael Eisner did during the second half of his career at Disney, aka. the reign of terror, was to sell off the rights to The Disney Store. Children’s Place snapped them up and has now whipped them into profitable shape. 1st quarter results looked so good they plan to open… Read More »Children’s Place opens strong