Union officials leafleted the opening of Disney’s NYC ‘World of Disney’ store yesterday. “We knew we had to do something to get the company’s attention,” said Juleeann Jerkovich, secretary-treasurer of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Local 1625, which is one of six unions that make up the Service Trades Council Union. “It’s… Read More »Disney World Union Protests in NYC???
Remember when I said that Disney would be foolish to let LibbyLu dominate the ‘tween’ dress up and party market, well the folks at Disney have things well in hand. An experiment at the 5th Avenue New York store features a place for the ‘tweens to come and release their inner princess. The New York… Read More »Remember LibbyLu?
Well, now that Mark Wenzel is no longer working at Disneyland as Lagniappe the Mime it’s safe to post this link to pictures of him on and in various attractions around the park. The Pirates ones are pretty funny. I mean come on, who hasn’t wanted to do this exact stuff. Wenzel himself will no… Read More »Disneyland’s ex-mime
“The new Disney Appliances are technologically savvy with special safety features and lots of Disney magic,” said Randy Hales, president of Back to Basics. “Whether for single or family use, these appliances allow users to enjoy time in one of the favorite rooms of the house — the kitchen. The Disney Smoothie Maker and Disney… Read More »Disney Kitchen Products
Board thumbs nose at Roy E Disney and SaveDisney.com and says all looks sunny from where we’re sitting. At this point I have to wonder if anyone on the Disney Board of Directors even cares what SaveDisney has to say. This whole affair is beginning to remind me of the Presidential Election. Both sides are… Read More »Board to Disney, butt out!
“Goofy is clways playful,” said Kaufman, who himself portrays characters at Disney part time and said he has played Goofy “hundreds of times.” “Of course he was goofing around because he was Goofy!” Kaufman said. … “That’s the joke about this,” Kaufman said. “You’re supposed to fool around, be animated. I knew for Michael it… Read More »Tigger’s Goofy Side (more on Tigger Suspension)
Never let it be said that no one is investing in Disney themepark improvements. Oriental Land Co, the owner of the Tokyo Disney Themepark properties has announced a 1.28 Billion dollar plan to spruce up the parks and attract new visitors. I think it would be nice if Eisner announced a similar program for the… Read More »Themepark Investment
This is slightly off topic. Except for wondering when the Star Tours attraction film will be updated, there really is little way of sliding Star Wars in under the Disney banner. That said, here’s an interesting interview with Mark Hamill, yes Luke Skywalker himself, where… Read More »Star Wars 7,8,9?