Joseph Menn of the Los Angeles Times takes a look at what Disney CEO Bob Iger has been doing, and how he’s been doing it. In his short tenure, Iger has amassed goodwill by patching up feuds he inherited from his predecessor, Michael Eisner. Yet he has limited his public exposure to carefully selected events,… Read More »What About Bob (Iger)?
Barb has begun posting on her Celebration, FL blog again. Sadly, one post is about the demise of the Barnie’s Coffee shop location and it’s eventual conversion to a Starbucks. This has been in the cards for a few months, but the reality of it still shocking. I’m going to miss the breakfast items they… Read More »Life in Celebration, FL
When the sister of a candidate rejected by ABC’s extreme makeover reality tv show learned her sister would not be getting the makeover after promises from the shows producers she committed suicide distressed by her role in the affair. The family and ABC have reportedly reached a settlement. I’m so happy that show is off… Read More »Suit over Extreme Makeover suicide settled
In case you missed it in my earlier post, the full autopsy report for the 5-year old boy who died after riding Rock n’ Roller Coaster has been released. The final results are that the boy died from an a-symptomatic condition that. His parents would have had no way to know before hand that he… Read More »Boy who died on Coaster in June had heart defect
Themed Attractions has a great look at Nightmare Before Christmas and it’s many facets in the theatres and in the theme parks. For the last two years I have attended Halloween time screenings of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. This film plays a very special part of my… Read More »Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
Local news is reporting that the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster attraction at Disney-MGM Studios was closed yesterday after a 59-year old man reported ill effects from the attraction. Closing the coaster was likley done out of an abundance of caution, but that’s a good thing when you’re dealing with 2000+ guests an hour roaring through… Read More »Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster closed yesterday after injury and June autopsy released
I’ll admit right off the bat that I have some emotional ties to Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island. My grandfather was one of the Imagineers who helped realize Walt’s plan for the area (he’s two seats behind Walt in this photo from the Disneyland 50th exhibit). So all this talk about a rumored switching over to… Read More »Tom Sawyer Island, some thoughts
Don’t know how long this is going to be up. But there is some great b-roll footage of the Spangler family while on their unique tour of the Magic Kingdom.