Well it appears the day went off fairly well, all things considered. The park was packed at times, but the gates never closed. Here’s a look around the net at some of the coverage. LaughingPlace.com kept sending photos of the event in real time via it’s ‘LIVE‘ cameraphone feature. The official 50th Anniversary Podcasts. The… Read More »Disneyland’s well-wishers
I’m not going to track the happenings at Disneyland minute by minute today. If you’re interested in that I recommend visiting LaughingPlace.com. But I thought it was interesting that reports have already surfaced about there being 20,000 people in line to get into Disneyland by 3AM Pacific Time. They’ve queued them up inside DCA and… Read More »Long Lines at 4AM Disneyland time
Dear Disneyland, There’s been a lot of celebrating going on. But I’m afraid the real real reason for the happiness has been lost amid the corporate boardroom battles, budget issues, marketing gobbledygook, and the need to appease the behemoth your legacy has become. But don’t worry, we fans remember you. We know that it’s your… Read More »Happy Birthday Disneyland!!!
One of the most frequent email questions I get is in regards to the finger scanning system that is now required for admission into the Walt Disney World properties. Tripp asked: Do you have any additional info on the story on local6.com – http://www.local6.com/news/4724689/detail.html – about Disney requiring the finger printing/scanning of ALL guests? I’ve… Read More »Disney requiring finger scanning for admission
Disney, as you know, is in the Coke camp. The Busch themeparks serve Pepsi. Disneyland used to serve both colas depending on what venue you were in (The Golden Horseshoe was a Pepsi joint). Well, with the proliferation of the Long Tail causing Coke and Pepsi to invent new products like so much celluler division,… Read More »Coke Zero? What is it?
I am hearing various rumors about the incident at Walt Disney World’s MGM/Disney Studios yesterday, none of which point to this being a problem with the attraction, but I won’t post any of them here as I don’t have confirmation on any of them. The Orlando Sentinel has posted a follow up story, however, with… Read More »More Details on Tower of Terror Incident
I love this collection of Bootleg Disney Toys. Some of them are so ‘on model’ that its hard to believe Disney didn’t release them, well except for the cheesy packaging and poor quality molds, etc… ‘Joe’ also has a wide collection of other bootleg toys to peruse. (Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Pixar’s A Bug’s… Read More »Bootleg Disney Toys
A few housekeeping notes. First, I’m thinking of switching my feeds from full to abridged. I know there are a few of you out there in feedland that read The Disney Blog. Alas, since so few click through I have no way of accurately counting. Plus, there is a huge trend for blog spammers to… Read More »Mousekeeping