Gina Piccalo of the Los Angeles Times examines a recent trend of some major studios to cater to or at least market to specialized markets, such as religious communities, and families in general who are looking for cleaner entertainment. Instead of focusing only on what the critics in Los Angeles and New York say, they… Read More »Studios Discover the Spending of Families, Faithful
According to China Hospitality News, Hong Kong Ocean Park is doing well even with competition from Disney, but they are still postponing plans for mainland China. Looks like China is the new hot market to consider opening up a theme park. Allan Zeman said that a lot of cities from the mainland are contacting them… Read More »Ocean Park Thriving With Hong Kong Disneyland Competition
Every so often, usually before the busy summer season – not after, newspapers run a string of these Family Travel Planning articles for Walt Disney World. I guess it let’s reporters write-off some of the cost of the vacation. (Not a bad idea now that I think of it.) Inevitably there are a few small… Read More »Tips for planning your family vacation to WDW
Sarah Tully of The Orange County Register brings us a short update accompanied by an informative map pointing out recent and new projects around the Disneyland Resort. A big-time building boom is under way by the Anaheim Convention Center and Disney parks as a record number of tourists visit five years after 9/11 spurred a… Read More »Investing in Anaheim
Entertainment Weekly comes up with a list of the 25 most controversial films ever and #25 is a Disney Animated Film. Just off the top of your head, what would you think is the most controversial Disney Animated Feature: Fantasia, for the blackface segments; Song Of The South, for its depiction of post slavery America;… Read More »The 25 Most Controversial Movies of All Time
Christopher Reynolds of the Los Angeles Times asks if the Disneyland Matterhorn could be Orange County, California’s defining structure. It’s actually a story related to the opening of a new concert hall. Sydney has its Opera House. San Francisco has its bridge and Transamerica pyramid, St. Louis its arch, Seattle its needle. New York had… Read More »Disneyland Matterhorn as Architecture
The Advertising is Good For You blog points to this ad using Mickey Mouse’s loyal dog friend Pluto and the recent declassification of the planet pluto, now a dwarf-planet. I think it’s cute.
Yesterday marked the official beginning of the 1st annual Half-Marathon weekend at Disneyland Resort. There was also a 5k fun run this morning and various races for smaller children, including crawlers. The 5k course can be seen here (requires Adobe reader). The half-marathon course can be seen here (more PDF). My family and I were… Read More »Inagural Weekend Half-Marathon at Disneyland Resort.