When we last left this story, former workers of the VR Services hospitality group were suing the properties, including the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resorts, they had worked at to collect lost wages. Now we learn that many more hotels used those workers… Read More »Feds Seize Money in Unpaid Disney Resort Worker Case
Disney has finally filled the new position created to unite the operation and maintenance sides of its transportation fleets. The new Vice President of Transportation at Walt Disney World will be Samuel Lau. Lau worked most recently at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which… Read More »Disney World hires San Francisco Transportation Exec to Run Its System
Disney Imagineer Joni Van Buren sculpts a model of King Triton from Disney’s animated classic “The Little Mermaid.” King Triton, in his final form, will be 35-feet-tall and tower over guests at Disney Parks newest resort hotel, “Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.” Disney’s Art of… Read More »More details on Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Back by popular demand, three of Downtown Disney’s hottest restaurants, Portobello, Fulton’s Crab House and Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe are hosting a one day, progressive kids cooking class on Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Whether you child is a hopeful culinary master, or you just need… Read More »Kids can learn to cook from Downtown Disney’s top chefs
What good is a Boys & Girls Club without a place for the kids to play? More than 250 volunteers from the Pine Hills community, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida, the non-profit KaBOOM!, and Disney lent some elbow grease toward building a new,… Read More »Disney VoluntEARS Build Safe Place to Play in Less Than a Day
One of the great new traditions of Star Wars Weekends is the wonderful advertising posters that place Star Wars characters in situations at Disney theme parks that you might not otherwise suspect. Typically these are given to cast members who work the event as a… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Advertising Art
FoxFurr, in one of her best written and well researched posts ever, finally answers the lingering question, “why is the Haunted Mansion in Liberty Square?” The gothic architecture is set apart from the rest of Liberty Square. It was previously thought that the reason the… Read More »Why the Haunted Mansion is in Liberty Square
I love the Harmony Barber Shop at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Whenever I need a few inches chopped off, I make sure to see Michal. In fact, Michal’s gave my son his first hair cut when he was 2 and a half and has… Read More »Disney’s Harmony Barber Shop – A Cut Above