Davin’s Legoland Blog is full of great pictures from the Billund, Denmark park. It will be interesting to see if there are any major changes to the Legoland brand now that Blackstone has bought them out. I love this use of blogger where people go in and make one-off blogs that are just trip reports… Read More »LegoLand Billund, Denmark
The headline for this story caught my eye: Disabled girl barred from theme park rides I remembered one woman, an annual passholder at Disneyland, who drove her motorized wheelchair recklessly, was repeatedly warned about it, then was banned for a period of time. So I thought it might be something like that. Turns out this… Read More »Disable Girl Urges Theme park Boycott
Starfish is a recent transplant to the Orlando area. Like most the first thing she wanted to do was get to Walt Disney World and soak in some of the fun. Well, what would happen if that first day was a press junket and celebrity event like the one that happened May 5th of this… Read More »A Local’s view of Press Junket at Disney World
The 2005 Gathering of the Gargoyles – the only floating convention by fans, for fans of Disney’s Gargoyles is about to invade Las Vegas. Yes, that Disney Afternoon Cartoon series that debuted in 1994 still has a posse. With a list of voice talent that reads like a Star Trek reunion (Michael Dorn, Nichelle Nichols,… Read More »Looking Stone Faced
I hope somebody is considering offering all of Bob Gurr’s columns at www.laughingplace.com in some type of limited edition softcover book because Gurr influenced everything with wheels at Disneyland. And how come there hasn’t been a book about Morgan "Bill"Evans and how he transformed landscaping into an artform at Disneyland? As part of the series… Read More »Early Imagineers. Who were they?
Dave Stafford, another of the incredibly talented animators that the Disney Company let slip away, is interviewed in the VFXBlog (after you’re done with this interview, read the rest of the blog it’s great!). In addition to dishing the dirt on his most recent project, David Duchovny’s ‘House of D’, he waxes about his work… Read More »Behind the scenes with Dave Stafford
Foreclosed on in February of 2004, Joyland Amusement Park, the giver of many happy memories to the residents of Wichita Kansas, is now up for sale on Ebay. Includes a historical original Philadelphia Tobbogin 1949 Roller Coaster and 40 acres of assorted amusement park rides, eateries, and a Wurlitzer Band Pipe Organ. Anyone want to… Read More »Pssst. Hey. Wanna buy a theme park?
From the always fabulous Luxo, the Pixar Animation Blog, comes a link to this amazing tile work – a Finding Nemo pool.