This episode of Dateline Disney is from circa 1990 and features a list of upcoming projects at Walt Disney World. They were spot on about the new resorts, but that wasn’t tough since ground had been broken on all three new projects. But what’s interesting are the new attractions and greatly expanded themepark that is… Read More »The Future That Could Have Been: Dateline 1990
News Anchor Bob Woodruff returns to ABC with a documentary that follows his severe injury in Iraq and his ongoing recovery but also looks at the human cost of war. With body armor and modern medicine, the mortality rate is lower, but more and more of our soldiers are coming back having major injuries and… Read More »News Anchor Bob Woodruff returns to ABC
It’s no secret that Disneyland is surrounded by Urban Sprawl. This was in fact Walt’s goal, to be at the geographic center of Southern California. But this has resulted in many hours of sitting in traffic for frustrated locals and tourists. Well, now they’re finally doing a study to see what form of Mass Transit… Read More »Light Rail coming to Disneyland?
I totally wish I had known about the College Program when I went to school. I don’t think the east coast was on my radar yet. Disney is relying on the WDWCP even more these days as hiring enough regular cast members becomes an issue. So I’m always interested to see what life is like… Read More »Life in the Walt Disney World College Program
The ratings for last night’s broadcast of the Academy Awards was a slight ratings improvement over last year, but still not near the numbers the show has seen in the past. There was no real controversy this year and, sadly, hardly any entertainment value either. Still they must be doing something right if the numbers… Read More »Oscar Ratings a slight bump for ABC
Oy. Oy. Oy. Was the sound of thousands of traditional animation fans slapping their foreheads when "Happy Feet", a motion capture animated film, one for best animated picture last night. Cartoon Brew tries to make the distinction that "‘Happy Feet’ is an animated film – but it’s not a cartoon." But this definition would leave… Read More »Happy Feet and the future of animation
Strategic Name Development talks about the naming of cruise ships and is particularly interested in Disney’s announcement of the soon to be expanded fleet. As a naming consultant, I suggest that the name of the new ships resonate with passengers and reflect the size. I must say that Disney seems to be leaving its competitors… Read More »Naming the new Disney Ships
Despite winning Best Animated Feature at the Annies, usually a good indicator of who will win at the Oscars, Pixar’s ‘Cars’ lost to ‘Happy Feet’ (which didn’t win anything at the Annies) for best animated feature tonight. Having not seen ‘Happy Feet’ I can’t comment on the quality of that film, but I got the… Read More »Cars loses at Oscars, other Disney Oscar news