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
The Orlando Sentinal is reporting that Disney World’s Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction today closed for inspection after a British Teen fell ill while riding. Tower of Terror is another high thrill attraction that can produce high g’s for the rider. Although these are vertical g’s which are different from the lateral kind experienced… Read More »MGM Studios: Tower of Terror closed
Larry E. Ribstein, who plays a law professor in real life, breaks down the Ovitz shareholder lawsuit and posts what he sees as the likely result and why it is such an important case in corporate law. First, … this case straddles several recent eras of corporate history. It has moved from the pre-Enron era,… Read More »Ovitz Case… prognosticating the results
Ward over at the Ward-O-Matic has posted another of his nostalic looks at a classic Disney animation, this time Melody. Melody was the first animated film to be filmed in the 3D process. You probably have this film at home already as the bonus feature on your copy of the Fantasia 2000 DVD.
AP stands for Annual Passholder. Barb is one of the APs who loved visiting Walt Disney World so much, they moved here. She has taken up residence in Celebration and keeps track of her experiences on her Celebration Blog, which longtime readers know I’ve linked to before. Her post from yesterday, which Dennis bearing down… Read More »The Life of a Disney World AP
At Scenes from a Hat Bigby wonders if Roy Disney sold out. He draws this list of items Roy himself said the company had to solve before Roy would end his campaign. 10 years of declining performance failing strategy lack of executive depth decline in working conditions and cast morale failure of ABC network failure… Read More »Roy Disney sell out or visionary?