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AP Reporter “Wins” night in Cinderella Castle Royal Suite

An AP Reporter writes about how his company paid Disney to make him a winner of the Cinderella Castle Royal Suite in the Year Of A Million Dreams contest. A long description of what it’s like to be a winner follows, but there are no details as to how that night was arranged? Did it… Read More »AP Reporter “Wins” night in Cinderella Castle Royal Suite

Imagination Movers

If you’ve been watching Playhouse Disney on The Disney Channel recently then you’ve probably seen the interstitials with the band in the blue suits. Those are "Imagination Movers" a band formed to entertain and educate children. Imagination Movers came out of New Orleans and were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. So their tale of success… Read More »Imagination Movers

What do you think the LOST island monster is?

Over on Yahoo Answers producers of the ABC primetime show LOST have posted a question asking viewers what they think the ‘Monster’ really is. When the question period expires, the LOST producers will check out all the answers and then choose the winning answer! Will it be an answer close to the truth? Will it… Read More »What do you think the LOST island monster is?

FAQ:DLR Edition

I write for a few blogs besides The Disney Blog, namely DadCentric and DadBloggers, two sites that, you guessed it, are aimed at dads and the subsequent stuff that said dadness entails.

This combination of interests has allowed me to meet some really great people, mostly parents, that are planning trips to a Disney park.  Many of them have not been since they themselves were children, and they have questions. 

I’m going to attempt to address some of those, as well as provide my two cents on planning a Disney trip with small children.  I understand that this will not apply to all of you (Disney World reports that roughly half of their yearly visitors are adults sans kids), or that you might (probably) will have a different take than I do.  No worries.  If you have something to offer please add it in the comments.

Also, please keep in mind that I live in Los Angeles and that my trips to Disneyland Resort outnumber my trips to WDW by roughly 100 to 1, so my suggestions, while applicable to any family outing, are going to focus more on a California adventure than any other. Yes, I know I said California Adventure.

Time:

First and foremost, I think that the most important allowance that parents should make while planning a Disney trip is time.  Obviously Disney World screams for multiple days, in which you still won’t see it all, but people tend to overlook this ingrediant when coming west.  The longer you are able to stay at DLR the better.  There are lots of shows and parades that happen at set times throughout the day at any Disney park.  Making note of which you must see versus those you are willing to sacrafice, plus the time and location of each, will give you a strong axis to float the rest of your stay around.  Don’t try to see them all in one day.  Not only is this bordering on
impossible, but it will greatly increase already high levels of fatigue in
both the parent and the child.

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Business Week on Former Disney Exec

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Louise Lee at Business Week tells us about "Paul Pressler’s Fall From The Gap."  Paul Pressler was at The Disney Store before becoming Disneyland Resort President, and then to Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, which included the Disney Cruise line and Walt Disney Imagineering.  Some of this article sounds awfully familiar. The immediate post-mortem analysis:… Read More »Business Week on Former Disney Exec

Investing in Disney?

Rick Munarriz writes about the choices investors face when looking at the entertainment industry. Not a big surprise that he signals out The Walt Disney Company as a good buy. Disney hasn’t wasted any time in cashing in on the goodwill of Pixar’s beloved characters. If Disney’s troubled California Adventure park can be saved, it… Read More »Investing in Disney?

Interesting Disneyland Rumor

It appears there will be some announcements made about future enhancements to the Disneyland Resort area soon. They were probably waiting for that recent decision by the Anaheim City Council not to allow a housing project right across the street from a potential 3rd gate location (and next to the Anaheim Stadium zone too). Sounds… Read More »Interesting Disneyland Rumor

Disney Loses Round in Winnie-the-Pooh Case

A judge rejected surviving AA Milne family members claims on the Winnie The Pooh Characters against the Slesingers, current copyright holders. Disney was not a party to the case, but they had bankrolled the family members hoping to do an end run on other litigation dealing with license fees and proper payments for the rights… Read More »Disney Loses Round in Winnie-the-Pooh Case