One of the last things Michael Eisner did during the second half of his career at Disney, aka. the reign of terror, was to sell off the rights to The Disney Store. Children’s Place snapped them up and has now whipped them into profitable shape. 1st quarter results looked so good they plan to open… Read More »Children’s Place opens strong
"Prince Caspian" — the sequel to Disney’s hit film "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" has been pushed back to a summer 2008 release from the 2007 holiday season. Reuter’s reports this is to give the Director more time to finish the special effects. The first film grossed $742 million… Read More »Prince Caspian Waylaid
DeadSpin quotes Sports Business Daily’s look at Mobile ESPN. Apparently the new mobile phone service is already $25 million in the red. Mobile ESPN has lost $25M so far after launching a $30M ad campaign that included an ad on ABC’s Super Bowl broadcast, according to Alice Cuneo of AD AGE. Disney President & CEO… Read More »ESPN Mobile in the red zone
At least two Disney publications, Vacation Magic and Disneyland Backstage Pass, for Disney Vacation Club members and Disneyland Annual Passholders respectively, are releasing teasers about the upcoming changes in Pirates of the Caribbean. The magazines interview Disney Imagineer Kathy Rogers, who is overseeing the revamping of the ride in both the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom… Read More »Pirates Arrrr Back (Almost)
Way back in 1981 Walt Disney Feature Animation had the chance to become a leader in computer generated animation. If they listened to the younger John Lasseter then, they could have owned Pixar for $20 million and kept Lasseter on to lead it. Instead, office politics got in the way and a 25 year slow… Read More »John Lasseter Interview in Fortune
ABC announced their new fall schedule. TV Squad has the goods and descriptions of the new shows. Commander in Chief, which I liked but saw room for improvement, did not make the list. Interestingly, it looks like all the complaining about LOST repeats has worked and the show will now be seen in three 7… Read More »ABC’s New Fall Schedule and the talents of one man
Life size models of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Sally Carrera, a snazzy 2002 Porsche 911 (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) will be on display at Downtown Disney® West Side on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21 from 10:30 AM-10:00 PM each day. Everyone is invited to attend with their… Read More »Cars Models Coming to Downtown Disney
This hurricane season has been predicted to be another big one. June through November promises to see a least a few big storms come through the Central Florida region, possibly a hurricane. CNN reports that most tourists seem to not really care about the storm possibilities. If anything, I would think that Hurricanes would mean… Read More »Active Hurricane Season not discouraging Orlando bound tourists