Barbara Giasone at the Orange County Register tells us about the work of Shawna Tice-Miles, who designs Disneyland window displays: Boys tend to be attracted to weaponry at Halloween, while girls find costumes and characters appealing. These props will be used to emphasize the newest promotion, Disney’s HalloweenTime, in which the theme park will take… Read More »How Does That Stuff Get Into the Windows at Disneyland?
Australia – Lamb and Carmelized Onions, originally uploaded by indigoskye. Australian Lamb & Carmelized Onions. This can only mean one thing, the 2006 Epcot Food & Wine festival is underway again. I took a tour of the offerings on the evening of the 28th when the show was available for preview, so this may not… Read More »Australia – Lamb and Carmelized Onions
Kimi Yoshino of the Los Angeles Times takes a look at the Halloween-themed events at the Los Angeles/Orange County theme parks: At Knott’s, Universal and Six Flags Magic Mountain, the nighttime events are billed as super-scary, with park employees in macabre costumes doing their best to frighten visitors. Six Flags and Knott’s also have more… Read More »Southern California Theme Parks Love Halloween
I don’t know how much they pay the parking lot attendants at Disneyland’s giant parking structure, but I’m sure it’s not enough to deal with two armed robberies in the last two weeks. One more and it’s a trend. (Link)
Two stories today in the Orlando Sentinel signal interesting change in the workforce for Walt Disney World. The Orlando area unemployment rate is hovering somewhere around 3%. Disney has really increased the volumne of College Program/Intern workers it brings in from around the country and the world. They’re also bussing in employees from other counties,… Read More »Low unemployment and Wage Inflation hits Disney World
In an effort to boost attendance from nearby residents, Hong Kong Disneyland is going to offer annual passes for the first time. Let’s see if this tactic works. (Link)
As expected Disney has closed the door on their Mobile ESPN cell phone service. They will now attempt to license the content to other service providers. Good news if you like ESPN but don’t like Sprint/Nextel, I guess. I would love to have Mobile ESPN or Mobile Disney, I just don’t see paying the the… Read More »Mobile ESPN pulled from market
Living With The Land, the boat ride in The Land Pavillion at Epcot, has done away with the live announcer and moved to a recorded voice. Here\’s a selection of the new narration I heard on my ride on September 28th, 2006 (I’m experimenting with a new website called Jumpcut and videos shot with my… Read More »The New Voice of Living With The Land