Herb Ryman’s legacy lives on and continues to make a difference, as featured in this piece by Garen Aliksanian in Los Angeles Times affiliate The Burbank Leader. Who is Herb Ryman? During his time at Disney, Ryman worked as a Disney Imagineer and served as art director for classic Disney films such as "Dumbo"and "Fantasia."… Read More »See Herb Ryman Art and Art Made Possible by Herb
Any of you readers from across the pond care to share the reasons why you are or aren’t making a trip to Walt Disney World this year? I have my theories and so does Disney. Disney, and a coalition of other tourism businesses, have petitioned the government to provide some extra money for relief at… Read More »So Brits, don’t be a stranger…
Good news for all your Pirates Of The Caribbean fans who just can’t wait for May 25th, now you don’t have to. Disney has moved up the date of the first showing to 8PM on Thursday. If those sell out, don’t be surprised to see even more shows added. This will give Disney a full… Read More »Disney pushes up release for Pirates III
The Orlando Sentinel has more details on the labor agreement between Disney World and the largest group of unions at the resort. It appears that both sides are getting a little bit of what they want. Disney gets to keep a growth cap on wages and the unions get better pensioning, scheduling, and health care. … Read More »One union holds out, others agree with Disney World
There have been some recent rumors that Disney will extend it’s latest theme park promotion, The Year Of A Million Dreams, from 15 to 24 months (making it more like the Two Years of Two Million Dreams). This will allow more great prizes to be awarded and will also let Disney spend a little of… Read More »Disney to extend Year Of A Million Dreams promotion?
Central Florida News 13 is reporting that UniteHere and Disney World has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract. The new contract reportedly includes: pay increases, affordable health coverage, and enhancements for the pension plan for union members. No word if the major issues of job outsourcing and better scheduling based on seniority are… Read More »Disney World, Largest Union reportedly reach agreement
Someone has gone through a lot of trouble to make a Google Maps mash-up of the Magic Kingdom. View it with the Satellite option for the most fun. It has every restaurant, restroom, and attraction highlighted on it. If you could get a bit more data on each item and then get this on your… Read More »Magic Kingdom Google Map
It’s unclear if this is a late addition to the movie or simply a casting change, but Disney Legend Julie Andrews revealed to SciFi Channel that she will be recording the narration for the upcoming Disney film "Enchanted." I had heard that filming for the movie was done so they must have found something in… Read More »Julie Andrews to narrate Disney’s Enchanted