The closing of the only Disney Store in Vancouver, BC has raised the ire of Disney fans in the area and generated a petition to keep it open. According to numerous Internet posts, the store is set to close on Saturday, Jan. 23, or earlier… Read More »Disney Store closing only store in Vancouver
In a ceremony full of LEGO bricks, LEGO sculptures, and VIPs, Merlin Entertainments officially announced the 2011 opening of LEGOland Florida. After spending a few years skulking around Central Florida considering various options, they settled on Cypress Gardens based on its rich history and the… Read More »More LEGOland Florida Details at official announcement
Disney and OHSA have settled the fine situation that resulted from its investigation of the July Monorail accident. Under the agreement, Disney agreed to correct all four safety violations cited by OSHA, including one lapse that the agency said contributed to the monorail crash. The… Read More »Fine for Monorail Accident reduced, excuse me?
Disney just announced the name of their Hawaiian Resort and for good measure, launched a web site as well. Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawai‘i conveys the connection of the new resort to the islands. The new resort is scheduled to open Fall 2011.
Aulani, a Hawaiian phrase, means “the place that speaks for the great ones” or “the place that speaks with deep messages.” More updates and background information at the resort website: www.DisneyAulani.com
The full press release is below the jump:
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Disney’s second theme park in Asia, Hong Kong Disneyland, is still struggling to gain traction in its market. They’ve just revealed the latest negative numbers in a string of years of negative numbers. Disney’s troubled Hong Kong Disneyland theme park made a net loss of… Read More »Hong Kong Disneyland Reveals Loss, but closes gap
If you have enough money or are lucky enough to belong to a company with good taste, you can dine at one of the special ‘backstage’ areas Disney makes available for corporate events. Dinners between the dinosaurs at Universe of Energy or in the Haunted… Read More »Great Movie Ride Dinner
The Walt Disney Company is well acquainted with the island nation of Haiti. Many of the items sold in the theme parks and stores are manufactured there and when Walt Disney World needed to look outside the central Florida area for cast members when unemployment… Read More »Disney donates $100,000 to Haiti Relief
Once upon a time I belonged to a Men’s Octet group. I may still be performing if we’d been encouraged to do stuff as cool as the UC Berkely Men’s Octet is performing. Check out their interpretation of the most famous of Disney words –… Read More »Supercalifragisticexpalid-octet