As long as Re-Imagineering continues to say the hard truths, I’ll keep linking to them. Here JustinSpace echos my thoughts perfectly: As Randy Jackson from American Idol would say, "Dawg, I know you got it in you, I’ve seen what you can do." Show me you mean business. Exceed my expectations. I want to see… Read More »Throwing down the Gauntlet
The old grey lady looks at Bob Iger’s work so far, and some of the issue he will be dealing with at this Friday’s Annual Stock Holders meeting. It’s back in Anaheim this year, which just by itself is a sign that Iger wants to get back on the good side of the company’s core… Read More »Lots to do for Iger
This week marks the 20th Anniversary of Give Kids The World, a non profit organization (with a **** Charity Navigator rating) dedicated to fulfilling the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses whose one wish is to visit Disney World, see Mickey Mouse, swim with the dolphins, meet Spiderman, or any other amazing dream that involves… Read More »Give Kids The World 20th Anniversary
It’s ESPN the weekend right now at Disney-MGM Studios; so it makes sense that the Orlando Sentinel has two stories that look into the affects EPSN is having on the sports world and its fans. The division continues to make tons of money for the Walt Disney Company since it acquired it in 1996 as… Read More »ESPN, the profit machine, comes to Orlando
Fans of Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom get ready. The movie premiere for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be at Disneyland on June 24th. This time they’re going to close the whole park at 5pm rather than deal with the crowd control mess that the premier created last time. To… Read More »Pirates Red-Carpet Event at Disneyland Confirmed
With St. Patty’s day coming up it’s time for me to get another reservation at the newest restaurant on Disney property, Raglan Road. Raglan Road proves that there is good food to be had in Ireland and I’m very happy it made its way here. Magical Mountain has recently uploaded the transcript from an interview… Read More »Kiss me I’m Irish
According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel, the woman who claimed to have been raped by five international program Disney employees at Disney managed apartments has been arrested for filing a false claim. Previously blogged here and here.
As part of the fall out from the merger of WB and UPN networks, I’m sure there will be tons of talent flight. For instance, Disney was just able to sign, Greg Berlanti, the creator of Everwood, one of the WBs most successful shows, to a three year deal. This makes me happy. I enjoyed… Read More »Disney Snags Everwood Creator