Kyle Petty, NASCAR driver, team owner, and son of racing legend Richard Petty, has decided to trade his tires rubber for the sole of a pair of running shoes. An avid runner, Petty will run in the 2006 Walt Disney World Marathon on Jan. 8. The Richard Petty Driving Experience is one of the little… Read More »When Disney and NASCAR collide
Someone explain to me how I didn’t know this From the Balcony website existed. Here for all to see are short little Muppet episodes featuring the crotchety old men Statler and Waldorf as they dissect Hollywood for Movies.com. The latest episode is a look at stage hands Larry and Oliver as they reenact every Christmas… Read More »Muppets: From theBalcony
Over on the Discussion Boards at LaughingPlace.com member Darkbeer has broken down the top 25 ranked US theme parks in a more useful manner, visits per operating day. This gives a slightly different top 5 and pushes California Adventure all the way down to 14th.
Let’s look at the AB/ERA 2005 numbers from a Average Daily
Attendance viewpoint. (I am going to the parks operating schedule to
figure out the days open, and then dividing it into the year
attendance, then rounding).
1. Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 44,110
2. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. 39,725
3. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland in Maple, Ontario, 28,350 (127 days)
4. Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 27,125
5. Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, 23,560
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Interesting to note the huge drop off between the two big boys and everybody else. I’d also like to see the AB/ERA judged against total estimated
capacity for each park. ie, which parks are consistantly meeting their
goals. These are numbers I’m sure industry insiders have.
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Were you unimpressed with the recent airing of the Christmas Parades at Disney World and Disneyland. Well so was Nicholas at Cinemazement. Tell me, how is it possible that with millions of dollars worth of television equipment, “professional” television producers, cameramen, sound people, editors, they were totally unable to accurately capture the feel of the… Read More »Not impressed with Disney Xmas Parade Coverage?
Comingsoon.net adds a few more details to the rumors coming out of the Disney and Pixar negotiations. Looks like Bob Iger’s openess is making inroads for the Disney company with Steve Jobs. MovieGeekz is happy to see a deal nearing but is worried that it will end up in a Disney buyout.
I really don’t have anything to back this up other than intuition, so perhaps some insider would like to shoot me the news, but I think that based on the success of Chicken Little’s 3-D theater appearance I have to wonder if Toy Story 3, won’t be the first Disney Animated Feature to take full… Read More »Toy Story 3-D?
You may remember when Roy Disney, Walt’s nephew, was leading the fight to oust Michael Eisner from the company Walt founded. Roy may have given up the fight, but one man is picking up the gloves and continuing the fight to Save Disney. Tom Hignite is keeping an eye on the Walt Disney Company and… Read More »Can the Disney Co. Really be Saved?
Amusement Business has released their estimated theme park attendance figures for 2005 and once again the Walt Disney Company has cleaned house. Disney owns the top five spots with Orlando’s Magic Kingdom claiming top spot with 16.1 million visitors, an increase of 6.5%. Anaheim’s Disneyland placed second with 14.5 million, an increase of 8.5% (bolstered… Read More »Themepark Attendance Figures with Disney on top