In case any fans hadn’t seen it yet, the trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian debuted last night and was rolled out across the web. NarniaWeb has the trailer as well as links to download it in HD. Overall it looks good. The CGI animals from the first movie were well done and… Read More »Trailer for Prince Caspian
Oyentes agradables de la Radio City BBC "El Aguacate" Why am I writing in Spanish (at least I hope that’s Spanish, I took French in school). I was just interviewed on "El Aguacate" a radio show on Radio City, a BBC affiliated radio station in Ecuador, South America. On the occasion of Walt Disney’s birthday… Read More »Welcome Radio City BBC listeners from “El Aguacate”
A few weeks ago I heard a rumor that the dog kennels at the Walt Disney World parks would be closing. A few days later someone posted that a cast member at the kennels was told they would be closing as well. That didn’t make sense to me as what would guests on the Disney property do with their pets. Many guests travel with their pets as they’re on the road for long periods of time. The nearest non-Disney kennel is a good 20 minutes away from Disney property and it will be closing in a year or so (I have inside information on that).
Today we got our answer to this conundrum. Disney is letting another company take over the pet-care business.
Best Friends Pet Care Inc. has signed an agreement to build and operate
a full-service, luxury pet "resort" at Walt Disney World Resort. The
one-of-a-kind facility will cater to park and resort guests as well as
Walt Disney World employees, providing a full range of pet hospitality
services including dog and cat boarding, day care and grooming
services, and doggy day camp.
The ‘state of the art’ facility will open in mid 2009. In the meantime Best Friends Pet Care will take over operations of the five existing pet kennels at the Walt Disney World parks and resorts (all four parks and Fort Wilderness). Disney always provided good service, a clean location, and cheerful employees at a reasonable rate. But there was nothing special about the kennels. I’m hoping that Best Friends can maintain the same level of great guest service (and pet service) while also improving the conditions for the animals who are stuck there while their owners play.
Now if we can just get Disney to add a car-wash option to their parking lots. Who wouldn’t pay a little extra for a premium spot (or Valet service) and get a car wash at the same time.
The full press release is below the cut:
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The diligent crew at the Orlando Sentinel tracked down the source of the confusing reports about exactly who died and where last week at the Magic Kingdom. Turns out there were two deaths in the Magic Kingdom area on the same day. Walt Disney World suffered a third death late last week but unlike the… Read More »Third Death in One Week at Disney World Confirmed
Congratulations to Michael Jordan, restaurant manager of Napa Rose at the Disneyland Resort’s Grand Californian Hotel, for his recently received title of Master Sommelier. The distinction marks the highest recognition of wine, spirits, beverage service abilities and professionalism in the hospitality trade. Jordan is one of two experts to be named Master Sommelier after the… Read More »Congrats to Michael Jordan, Master Sommelier at Napa Rose
Disney’s merger with Pixar continues to pay off, this time with 13 nominations for Ratatouille at the Annie Awards. The categories Ratatouille received nominations for are:Best Animated FeatureAnimated Effects (twice! Gary Bruins & Jon Reisch)Character Animation in a Feature ProductionCharacter Animation in a Television ProductionDirecting in an Animated Feature ProductionMusic in an Animated Feature ProductionProduction… Read More »Ratatouille leads nominations for major animation awards
Finding Nemo the Musical – Disney’s Animal Kingdom Originally uploaded by hyku. Met up with local blogger and PR guru Josh Hallet and his wonderful family at Disney’s Animal Kingdom this weekend. Josh brought his camera with a low-light zoom, perfect for taking some pics at Finding Nemo – The Musical. His flickr set contains… Read More »Finding Nemo – the Musical in photos
It’s the holiday season and the time to whip out those good old Disney holiday animated shorts. While there are many great shorts like 1932’s “Mickey’s Good Deed” and its iconic depression-era tale of selfless giving, perhaps none are as festive and fun as the classic Chip ‘n’ Dale films. I personally have three favorites… Read More »Classic Chip ‘n’ Dale Holiday Shorts