A recent analyst call has Bob Iger explaining why the Walt Disney Company is moving toward the Blu-Ray DVD format and away from the HD-DVD format. High-Def Digest has the call transcript: We made our bed with Blu-ray because we believed more in that format for a variety of reasons; some technical in nature, some… Read More »Disney moves toward Blu-Ray DVD
Once upon a time, I had the pleasure and the honor of riding on Ward Kimball’s backyard railroad, the Grizzly Flats. Mr. Kimball was there (it was also an honor to be in his presence), as were lots of other Disney veterans and fans, such as a the late great David Mumford. Bob Pool of… Read More »Ward Kimball’s Backyard Railroad – The End
From 1962 to 1986 if you saw a performance of the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland then you probably laughed at the antics of Fulton Burley (wikipedia) and cried at his sweet irish Tenor. He also provided the voice of Michael, the Irish parrot, for the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction. Burley was honored as a… Read More »Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Performer Fulton Burley Passes Away
Customers of Cox Cable will soon be able to get the free Video On Demand feature from Disney’s television properties like ABC, ESPN, and The Disney Channel. The only catch is that the fast forward feature will be turned off. The goal is to ensure that viewers actually see the commercial spots that will help… Read More »Cox Cable Customers to get Disney Video on Deman, but there’s a catch
Last year, after the Viacom/CBS split, Paramount Parks was sold to Cedar Fair, which also owns the Knott’s theme park properties. Since then, it was announced that the formerly-Knott’s-like Camp Snoopy-thened theme park at the Mall of America, which has lost that theme, would gain a new theme – Spongebob Squarepants, a Viacom property. Now… Read More »Paramount & Theme Parks – Another Chapter?
Anaheim RV Village was a short term and long term RV park just off the back doorstep of Disneyland for over 30 years. When it closed last year the developer planned to turn it in to a 449 unit condo. The problem with that is that the RV park lays within the boundaries of the… Read More »Another Housing Project near Disneyland
Word has been going around the town of Greensboro, NC that Disney may be looking to make an investment in the community. Jon Lowder has a good summary of where the rumor started and what the potential investment might look like. Hint does "Downtown Disney" sound familiar? The rumor appears to have its origin in… Read More »Another Rumor: Disney to build in Greensboro, NC
Rodney Ho of the Cox News Service checks in on how the CW, the child of the defunct UPN and WB television networks, is doing. Replacing two networks with one gave Disney’s ABC Television Network less competition, but also meant Disney had one less network to bid on the rights to broadcast Disney films and… Read More »How is ABC Competitor CW Doing?