Brandon sends us this trip report from his visit to Walt Disney World on the very days Ernesto was passing over the area. Brandon’s from the pacific northwest, so rain isn’t a big deal to him, even lots of it. But tropical storm Ernesto gave him pause… not enough to keep him from having fun,… Read More »Visiting Disney World during Ernesto
You may be wondering why I’m pointing out that Sumner Redstone fired Viacom CEO Tom Freston. Frustrated by Viacom’s lagging stock price and impatient with its progress on the digital entertainment front, the 83-year-old Redstone ousted Chief Executive Tom Freston, 60, and replaced him with his longtime advisors Philippe P. Dauman and Thomas E. Dooley.… Read More »Change at Disney’s Corporate Competition
Sarah Tully of The Orange County Register reports that Anaheim is the fastest-growing market for hotel occupancy. The hotel hike feeds the city’s coffers, as bed taxes make up the largest chunk of the city’s budget. In the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the city collected $58.1 million in bed taxes, a total that slipped the next… Read More »Anaheim Hotels Doing Well
Meanwhile over in Australia a bunch of kids were steered wrong by their drama teachers who led them to think they could produce an unlicensed version of Aladdin. When Disney found out they forbid them from showing it in public as it would violate their current exclusive license with another theatre. They did let the… Read More »Disney Bans School from producing Aladdin Musical
Seeing the Liberty Belle back on the river at the Magic Kingdom made me very happy Sunday night. A little bird told me that she’ll be loading passengers again as soon as September 9th. They’ll probably have to refresh the training of its cast members and finish up on the maintenance of the dock area.… Read More »Things that make me happy…
The Grey’s Anatomy season premier is September 21st. If you have never seen the show before or just want to brush up on your GA trivia, then you need to read the Grey’s Anatomy Insider Blog. Tons of great posts there including this one that predicts a little trouble for one of ABC’s new series… Read More »Grey’s Anatomy Insider Blog
All the news coming from Hong Kong Disneyland these days is bad. Now there is a sex-tape incident that resulted in the firing of 4 parade workers. The incident was caught on a cellphone video camera and circulated among employees before being forwarded to park management who then fired the employees involved. What’s next?
Experiencing very little dropoff from it’s opening weekend numbers Disney’s Invincible has kept it’s place at the top of the box office with a 4-day take of $15.2 million. That brings it’s 11 day total to $38 million. (Link)