It seems like every year some writer or another gets the assignment to visit Disneyland and write a story. More often than not that story takes the form of “how can a jaded reporter visit Disneyland and not come away even more cynical.” Here’s this… Read More »Is Disneyland for Grown-ups?
I feel a little bad for posting this. But I really can’t resist one last jab at California Adventure. After all, there is a reason it’s undergoing a multi-billion dollar upgrade. Plus it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.
Every year about this time Disneyland and Walt Disney World have been raising their admission prices, sometimes for the second time in the same year. Why would they raise prices when the economy is still recovering? Because they can. The cost of a single day… Read More »Disneyland and Walt Disney World raising admission prices tomorrow
When I initially thought about crowd funding my “Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Other Tales” book on Kickstarter.com, I was nervous about how long it would take to reach the goal. So I set my expectations low with a goal that would let… Read More »Crowd Funding the Dispatch from Disneyland Book – That’s What Friends Are For
The Orlando Sentinel has a short piece running on the adventures, or lack their of, of the giant Yeti mechanical beast at the end of Expedition Everest roller coaster at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The gist is that while Disney won’t disclose their plans, Disney fans… Read More »Expedition Everest’s Yeti Troubles Explored
click for larger version Some new concept art was posted on the Disney Parks blog today for a new parade coming to Disneyland next year – Mickey’s Soundsational Parade. I have to say I’m pretty impressed by the design here. Lots of characters, and five… Read More »Mickey’s Soundsational Parade coming to Disneyland in 2011
For the last couple weeks, I’ve been hinting of an exciting new project. I’ve been working behind the scenes to get everything show ready and now I’m ready to draw back the curtain. “Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Other Tales” is a collection… Read More »Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project
It’s a big year for Disney Channel’s hit animated TV show Phineas & Ferb. There’s a rumor that a new game that takes the Kim Possible adventure at EPCOT and changes it to Perry the Platypus at DCA. A new Phineas and Ferb Christmas DVD… Read More »Phineas and Ferb strike gold, and you can too