Along with the Magic Kingdom, Epcot had its birthday on October 1st. It’s been 24 years since the new concept in themed entertainment opened. Since then it has experienced a few changes to say the least. I really hope Disney decides to do something big for the 25th birthday (by contrast, this year the 1st… Read More »EPCOT Center back at the beginning
The Spangler family of Randolph, Ohio were the lucky winners of the DisneyParks.com contest to have a morning all by themselves in the Magic Kingdom. This AP story about the winners is funny because it gets so many facts wrong: "The Magic Kingdom was eerily quiet, with only the chirping of birds, piped in orchestra… Read More »Winners of Disney Dreams online contest visit Disney World
When I went to the parks this last weekend, I noticed that the biometric single-finger scanner has been rolled out to Epcot. That makes at least two parks with the new system. Eventually, it will be rolled out to all four theme parks and the two water parks. It certainly is faster than the previous… Read More »Disney Fingerprinting Guests? Not Exactly
Kyodo News reports that Tokyo Disney Resort’s theme parks have experienced a rise in attendance. So far, this is my shortest post.
First CartoonBrew notices some weird relationship issues between master animator Hayao Miyazaki and his son Goro Miyazaki as detailed in this Reuter’s article. Now we learn that the elder Miyazaki has launched the work on his next animated feature. Earthsea, the son’s picture, is scheduled to be released in 2007 and his father’s film in… Read More »Miyazaki and Son
Want to spend a night in the new Cinderella Castle suite but can’t make it to Walt Disney World to try and win your way into the castle? Well, AOL has a promotional contest running this month where you’ll get one chance to win a trip to WDW that includes a night’s stay in the… Read More »A Night In Cinderella Castle
A recent beach party featured the season three debut of LOST. The entire cast of the show was there along with hundreds of the shows fans. The Lost Virtual Tour was there and provided a trip report, spoiler free for those of you who are concerned about that. For those of us not lucky enough… Read More »LOST premier in Hawaii draws fans, stars
Reuters reports that FX has secured the television broadcast rights to Disney’s summer hit Invincible. The cable rights have gone to Starz. Not exactly big news, but the article does provide some insight into the type of payments that go into determining who gets which film for their network.