Latest reports indicate that 48 passengers were on the two trains. Of those 15 were taken to the hospital with injuries. I’ve assembed this report from various people who were on the scene or heard about it from people who were there. But it seems a fairly likely scenario to me: California Screamin’ was running… Read More »Update: Disneyland Coaster Accident
This image from KNBC.com (more images with the story) shows the two roller coaster trains together. The Purple train ran into the back of the red train that sits to the right of the image. They are in a braking zone. The railing on the right of the track is an emergency unloading zone if… Read More »Images from KNBC.com of Coaster Collision
There has been a crash on California Screamin’ the big coaster at California Adventure, the second gate at Disneyland Resort. TV images and reports indicate that one train stopped partially out of the final braking zone and a second train ran into the back of it. The LA Times reports that over 60 guests were… Read More »Breaking: Crash at California Adventure Coaster
The ratings hit of the summer was ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, a reality TV show that paired dance experts with inexperienced TV ‘celebrities’ and pitted them against each other. The final show was widely viewed as fixed in ABC starlet Kelly Monaco’s favor. But in this new article ABC reveals that it was Monaco’s… Read More »Despite Controversy ABC re-ups Dancing With the Stars
Part of what makes LaughingPlace.com such an amazing internet community is the talent of its membership. Combine that with a bunch of disney oriented fun loving folk and you have a formula for some unique meets. Take the recent opportunity readers of the website had to go inside Disneyland’s famous and exclusive dining establishment –… Read More »Club 33 Scrapbook for Tinker Bell
If you’re an aspiring animation artist you probably spend at least a part of your time copying other people’s work. Well MagicalEars.com has a wealth of Disney Animation Model Sheets and sketches for you to practice on. Be sure to see the sketches from Aida and Don Quixote, two films that never made it out… Read More »Disney Animation Model Sheets
I don’t know if the Mouse Resort is having a string of bad luck or if the media is just finally reporting on these incidences, probably the latter, but here’s another near death to report — this time a drowned worker. A 16-year old diver doing shoreline restoration at the Dolphin Resort became entangled in… Read More »Another near death at Walt Disney World
Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida is facing a lawsuit from an amputee who wasn’t allowed to ride Montu, a roller-coaster where guests sit and legs dangle as they travel through multiple loops. This time its businessman Cary Frounfelter who manufacturers and sells artificial limbs. Frounfelter was taken off the ride while his 10-year old daughter… Read More »Busch Garden Denies Amputee, is Sued