When I was in High School *cough* *cough* years ago, I spent a good portion of my junior and senior years lobbying to have the school participate in Disneyland’s Grad Nite program. Alas, I failed in my endeavor, and thus will always be incomplete in… Read More »Grad Nite at Disneyland Celebrates its 5 Millionth Student
On Earth Day of all days, it’s important to note that environmental impact is most often made incrementally. Disneyland Resort has recently opened a new green central bakery that will shift the famed attraction toward a safer, environmentally friendly, food experience. As with all new… Read More »Green Bakery Debuts at Disneyland Resort
That’s right – the tradition continued with an announcement of two Disneyland Resort Ambassadors today.
Sleeping Beauty Castle Forecourt
Click through if you care to see a bunch of pictures and read a little about today’s ceremony and the Ambassadors.Read More »2009 Disneyland Resort Ambassadors Announced
John Lucas, winner of this morning’s half-marathon at Disneyland, is a real fan of Walt’s magical kingdom. He proposed to his then girlfriend at Disneyland and later honeymooned there as well. Lucas was so excited to run the half-marathon, he even set a new course record. Congrats to the Eugene, Oregon resident. Eugene is still track and field headquarters.
I love this picture of Lucas crossing the finish line. It looks like Mickey Mouse is so excited he’s levitating right off the ground. And check out the size of Minnie Mouse’s sneakers, I doubt she could run 10 feet in those.
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Jennifer at Broke Hoedown reports on an email she received from the first same-sex couple to be legally married at the Disneyland Resort. Sarah and Robyn were married on August 2nd at the Disneyland Hotel in a the beautiful setting of the garden gazebo. Photographer… Read More »First Same-Sex Couple Legally Wed at Disneyland
Welcome Lisa Haines to the crown jewel of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the original Magic Kingdom — Disneyland. Lisa will be taking on the role of Vice President of Communications for The Disneyland Resort. That means media relations, cast member and guest communications come under her watch.
Haines is a relative newcomer to the Walt Disney Company joining the cast in 2004. So, if she hasn’t already, I hope she’s secured herself copies of these two important books, unfortunately both are out of print. First is “The Nickel Tour” by Dave Mumford and Bruce Gordon because you can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. Second is “A Window On Main Street” by Van Arsdale France because that book, more clearly than anything else in print explains why Disneyland is the success that it is today. When Haines is done with those, I hope she curls up with back issues of The E-Ticket and similar publications.
There are a lot of exciting things happening in the world of new media, social media, and online media. I hope she embraces each of those new tools and the relationships that come with it.
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Disneyland has released it’s “2007 Connecting with Our Community” report. It details the over $12 million in cash, in-kind donations, and volunteer service that the Disneyland Resort team has contributed and examples of some of the tens of thousands of individuals they’ve helped. Anyway you look at it that’s no Mickey Mouse contribution. Congrats to everyone at Disneyland Resort for this wonderful showing of how much you care.
Please visit www.disneyland.com/publicaffairs to download a copy of the report.
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The latest edition of my Kenversations(TM) column was posted today at http://www.LaughingPlace.com. In this column, I lament the closure of the Disney Gallery by sharing my Disney Gallery memories from the past 20 years.