A short blurb in the Orlando Sentinel announced that construction has begun on the next Luxury Resort to open at the Walt Disney World Resort. No, it’s not the Four Seasons Resort that was recently announced, instead it’s the Hilton owned Waldorf Hotel brand that will arise on the Bonnet Creek property that abuts the… Read More »Construction beings on new Luxury Resort at Walt Disney World
The first in a new series of "Ratatouille" Video Podcasts is now available. In "Brad Bird – The Big Cheese" meet the Academy Award-winning director and creative genius behind the hit films "The Incredibles" and "Iron Giant" and learn about his latest venture – "Ratatouille"! Watch as Brad Bird and voice actor Patton Oswalt (Remy) discuss the huge obstacles Remy must overcome in order to live his impossible dream of working in a French restaurant!
You can also subscribe to the entire "Ratatouille" Video Podcast series in iTunes by clicking here. "Brad Bird – The Big Cheese" Video Podcast is also available below the cut for your downloading pleasure.
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Disney-Pixar’s "Ratatouille" opens in theaters June 29th!
LaughingPlace.com has heard from a reliable source that two Disney projects set in Asia are now on back burners or ended all together. This includes the rumored Shanghai Concept Park and the Pirates themed land for Hong Kong Disneyland. At HKDL, the gov’t body in charge of the park didn’t want to pay for the… Read More »Kibbosh put on to two Asian Disney Projects
Nielsen figures show that ABC’s hit Television show is the most DVR’d of the primetime shows and picks up as many as 2.1 million households in DVR play over the following week. I know as many people who DVR lost as who watch it during its regular slot. This season that number is even higher… Read More »Variety: LOST benefits from DVR viewers
We’ve been waiting for confirmation that the new Siemens sponsorship of Spaceship Earth would bring more than just a new exit exhibit. Today Disney made it official that we should expect big changes soon. Inside the Epcot icon a re-imagined Spaceship Earth presented by Siemens… Read More »Epcot’s Spaceship Earth to be Transformed with a Time-Travel Story and a New Finale
One of my life long dreams has been to participate in setting a Guinness Book of World’s Record. So when I heard that Cypress Gardens would be organizing the world’s largest Easter Egg Hunt on April 1st, I knew I had to be there. It would give my son something he could boast about later, although he probably won’t remember the actual event. It also sounded like a lot of fun.
The event kicked off at 3PM with a speech from park owner Kent Buescher and some local dignitaries. A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records certified the event at having over 510,000 eggs (well above the previous record).
I caught up with Kent later and he was gracious enough to let me snap a photo of him holding the certificate given to Cypress Gardens by the folks at Guinness.
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The unions representing about half of the workers at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL has taken their fight for better benefits, better wages, and no more outsourcing to the web. At their new site WeAreDisney.info visitors can learn what it’s like to work as an employee at the Disney World’s parks and resorts, how… Read More »Disney Unions take fight online
Apparently the Pixar backdating of stock options was wider spread than we thought. It all occurred prior to Disney’s purchase of the Emeryville Animation Studio, but Disney is offering a settlement that could cost the company $33.5 million if all the options are exercised. If that absolves Disney from trouble with the SEC, then it’s… Read More »A Good Deal? Disney to pay upto $33 million to settle Pixar backdated options