Update: Preliminary Autopsy results indicate a pre-existing condition in the child. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith reopened with the rest of the Disney-MGM Studios themepark this morning. A ride inspection was completed last night and found nothing wrong with the attraction or its operation. State inspectors were there to observe Disney staff in the… Read More »Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster reopened this morning
It’s the end of another era at the Walt Disney Company. The honorable Senator George Mitchell is out as chairman and former Procter & Gamble CEO John Pepper is in. During the last 12 years of Michael Eisner’s reign at Disney a diplomat with the skills of Mitchell was needed to direct the Mouse House… Read More »Pepper to Chair Board of Directors
I think this most recent death, while tragic, needs to be understood with in the context of time. While it seems like there has been death after death at Walt Disney World there have been only nine deaths in three years (source, Orlando Sentinel) and 15 deaths since 1989 (source, the AP). Even more importantly,… Read More »How many people have died at Walt Disney World
Filming on Mel Gibson’s epic story of the Mayan people, Apocalypto, continues. But now that more details are making it out, historians and archaeologists are getting worried that Mel’s script doesn’t stick to history’s script. Focusing only on certain aspects of the Maya collapse such as violence or ecological disasters may create the incorrect impression… Read More »Apocalypto: Film or History Lesson, can you have both?
Flow, a publication of the University of Texas Austin, has a nice critique of the current ARG "The Lost Experience". Not sure I agree with all the author’s conclusions, but it’s worth a read if you’re wondering what’s up in the world of off-season LOST.
The Orlando Sentinel and Local6 news have both updated their reports with additional information on the tragic death of a 12 year old boy while riding Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at the Disney-MGM Studios park in Walt Disney World. Both now provide identities for the child and his family. His father, riding behind his son… Read More »Updated Report on Child’s Death at Disney-MGM Studios
Update: The story has been corrected CNN’s initial story on the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster tragedy contained at least one glaring error: One month ago, another child died on the Disney ride "Mission Space" at the Epcot Center. Actually, that would be a little over a year ago that a child died. One month ago… Read More »CNN in Error on story
Update: attraction has reopened the next morning and preliminary autopsy results indicate a pre-existing condition in the child. The Orlando Sentinel has breaking news that a Boy, age 12, died after riding the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney-MGM Studios today. Local6.com is reporting the child complained of being ill after experiencing the… Read More »Boy dies after riding Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney-MGM Studios