Skip to content

Orlando Sentinel to ‘Twitter’ attraction grand opening at Universal Studios

The Theme Park Rangers over at the Orlando Sentinel are trying something new tomorrow. They’re going to ‘live blog‘ the opening of Universal Studios Orlando’s latest attraction "Disaster". Jump on over to www.twitter.com/themeparks and ‘follow’ the crew (you may also want to send their tweets to your twitter device via the notifications tab). The Rangers… Read More »Orlando Sentinel to ‘Twitter’ attraction grand opening at Universal Studios

Are Disney Waiters using dirty trick to encourage large tips?

Let me say up front that Walt Disney World’s dining situation has some serious problems. Among them are: ridiculously reduced menu options, extra-ordinarily high prices (pay $8 for a child’s meal recently?), a reservation system that requires you to plan 6 months ahead, confusing dining plan options, and weird rules that can leave the server… Read More »Are Disney Waiters using dirty trick to encourage large tips?

Wednesday Roundup

I really enjoyed this piece on one of Walt Disney’s early animators Wilford Jaxon over at Hans Perk’s blog. I hope this isn’t some form of method acting, but High School Musical star Zac Efron was hospitalized yesterday to have his appendix removed. Get well soon Zac. Disney can’t make the third film without you.… Read More »Wednesday Roundup

High School Musical Stars Reunite for Third Film

It’s time to get your head in the game as Disney has announced that the cast of High School Musical has been reunited for the third film in the series. Instead of debuting on The Disney Channel, like the previous two films, this installment will go direct to theaters hoping to capitalize on the fans… Read More »High School Musical Stars Reunite for Third Film

Dance War: Chosing Sides

I thought we might get some footage about this last week and the performers training, but they started right in with the dancing and singing tonight.  Fortunately, they did give us a brief bit about every dancer over the course of the evening, so we did get to know at little more about these people… Read More »Dance War: Chosing Sides

Russia Pavilion at Epcot?

Speaking of Epcot. There have been recent rumors that Disney is coming close to a deal with Russia to add that country to the World Showcase. Apparently things are farther along than many suspected. The question is where would the Russia Pavilion be located in the World Showcase? Here’s a map of the 5 potential… Read More »Russia Pavilion at Epcot?

EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Video

Thanks to YouTube user DISNEYVAULT we can all enjoy this great video of EPCOT Center circa 1984. Part two is here.

Monday Roundup

For various reasons I’ve decided to start listing some of my Disney collection on eBay. You can help support The Disney Blog and get a neat Disney collectible in return by checking out my Disney auction listings. It’s a short list today with some non-Disney stuff thrown in, but I have some signed artwork, hard… Read More »Monday Roundup