Hot on the heals of the Korean Disney park ‘announcement’ comes a bit of speculative news from Shanghai. The article states "the sources said the park will be four times bigger than Hong Kong’s Disneyland," which sounds like someone’s wet dreams to me. Disney Corporate claims to have very valid business reasons for building these… Read More »Wet Disney Dreams in Shanghai?
a film maker will usually in some way attempt to communicate the thematic or symbolic undertones of a novel he is converting- if only to prove he’s not some dumb hack. But do videogame developers share the same concerns? I mean, I’m not expecting them to put a little pointer above Aslan saying ‘Look, it’s… Read More »No God in Narnia?
Pamela exposes a flaw in the strategy of Bookcrossers, people who frequent the Bookcrossing website, who leave their books at Disneyland… sweepers.
SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove is an early leader in the next generation of Theme Parks. Guests enjoy a unique experience with a really high ratio of staff to guests (sometimes it’s 5 to 1), no crowds (attendance is capped around 1000), in a highly themed environment. Well, as you might expect, that sort of experience is… Read More »Cove of wonders at SeaWorld
More evidence of Hand Drawn Animation’s continuation as an art form is appearing at the studio of former Disney animator Sergio Pablos. Greg tracks down the trailer for Pablos first release Giacomo’s Secret. Yes, it’s in Spanish. But it looks great!
"We were stopped for about 60 seconds. We had never stopped that long," Bromagen said. "I could hear the other car coming. We couldn’t do anything but get ready to be hit. We couldn’t move and we couldn’t see it coming." Then, he said, he "heard a tremendous smack and then people screaming," The LA… Read More »Further Details while coaster remains closed
The OC Register has a listing of most of the major injuries and deaths that have occured at Disneyland since 1990. (Registration Req’d)
I personally doubt it was either operator error or mechanical failure. I actually think this was a software problem with the system. I believe the ride cascaded (backed-up) into zone 7 (the zone just before the picture is taken) and the train was captured and released too early. It also might not have been captured… Read More »More speculation from former ride operator