Disney has another hit musical on their hands. No, it’s not Tarzan on Broadway, that still hasn’t opened yet. Instead it’s High School Musical a made for TV musical that’s really scored with the ‘tweens. Not only is the show popular, but the High School Musical soundtrack is currently ranked #2 at Amazon and has… Read More »Disney’s Hit Musical… not what you think
Everyone has heard the story of how Walt Disney invented his famous mouse pal Mickey while returning to Los Angeles on a train from New York. What most people forget is that Walt had just had his first creation ripped from his hands and he vowed never to lose the rights to another character he… Read More »Oswald the Rabbit returns home
Newsweek has an interview with The former head of Walt Disney, Michael Eisner. It starts off normal, but by the end you can see that Eisner clearly still has issues with the way his career ended; not to mention Roy Disney (who orchestrated his ouster) and even ‘Sparky’ Katzenberg. If this is any indication of… Read More »Eisner on Ego, Roy Disney, Sparky
Millions of people enjoy SeaWorld and the Wet-n-Wild water parks every year. Almost all don’t realize that their fun was made possible by the ideas and efforts of one man. That man, George Millay, just passed away at the age of 76. I consider myself lucky to have seen Millay speak at 2004’s IAAPA expo.… Read More »George Millay: SeaWorld and WaterPark Pioneer Dead at 76
Famous Internet Geek Wil Wheaton scored some free tickets to The Disneyland Resort and wrote up a funny and touching report: You know what would be so cool? If Disney redesigned Tomorrowland to look and feel very similar to the way it did in 1955. Bring back the people movers, and move the rockets back… Read More »Wil Wheaton’s Disneyland Day
Five years ago on this day I was camping out in the new Disneyland Parking Structure (and then inside Disneyland) for a chance to be one of the first to enter (I was number seven) the second theme park to be built at the Disneyland Resort – California Adventure*. Management was expecting tens of thousands… Read More »California Adventure turns Five
Bloomberg analyzes Disney’s latest profit report, which looks good. But the big news is that Toy Story III has officially been handed over to Pixar for development. The good news just keeps on coming from Catmul and Lasseter.
Disney CEO Robert Iger recently confirmed that there have been ongoing talks to build a Disney Theme Park in Shanghai. If talks are successful construction will likely start in 2008. It is thought that any Shanghai park would not be in the ‘Magic Kingdom’ vein (Disneyland, CA being the original Magic Kingdom). If so, it… Read More »Talks for Shanghai Disney Park Official