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.
It’s ESPN the weekend right now at Disney-MGM Studios; so it makes sense that the Orlando Sentinel has two stories that look into the affects EPSN is having on the sports world and its fans. The division continues to make tons of money for the Walt Disney Company since it acquired it in 1996 as… Read More »ESPN, the profit machine, comes to Orlando
Fans of Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom get ready. The movie premiere for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be at Disneyland on June 24th. This time they’re going to close the whole park at 5pm rather than deal with the crowd control mess that the premier created last time. To… Read More »Pirates Red-Carpet Event at Disneyland Confirmed
With St. Patty’s day coming up it’s time for me to get another reservation at the newest restaurant on Disney property, Raglan Road. Raglan Road proves that there is good food to be had in Ireland and I’m very happy it made its way here. Magical Mountain has recently uploaded the transcript from an interview… Read More »Kiss me I’m Irish
According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel, the woman who claimed to have been raped by five international program Disney employees at Disney managed apartments has been arrested for filing a false claim. Previously blogged here and here.
As part of the fall out from the merger of WB and UPN networks, I’m sure there will be tons of talent flight. For instance, Disney was just able to sign, Greg Berlanti, the creator of Everwood, one of the WBs most successful shows, to a three year deal. This makes me happy. I enjoyed… Read More »Disney Snags Everwood Creator
ToonFinder.com recently added some 10 minutes of documentary style footage of Vintage 1956 Disneyland to Google Video. It contains some great footage I’ve never seen before, including plenty of horse drawn vehicles that are either gone or nearly forgotten now. This film focuses mainly on Main Street with only brief introductions to the other lands,… Read More »Vintage Disneyland Video ~1956
David Wyld at SecureID News pens an indepth look at the technology and methodology behind the Biometric Scanners that Disney theme parks use to associate you with your admission media. Operationally, finger or hand scanning systems capture the physical, geometric characteristics of an individual’s hand – with most systems having the capacity to do so… Read More »Biometrics at the Disney Gates
Robyn at Tinselman has a wonderful post that connects the dots between the 1900 Paris Expo and Walt Disney’s transportation systems of Tomorrowland and EPCOT (the original design).