Business Week Magazine does some analysis of the revenue machine that is The Mouse. Frolicking kids and free-spending parents will make Disney’s theme parks the biggest growth driver this year, figure most analysts I don’t know what oracle those analysts have been consulting, but the word I hear is that attendance is light at the… Read More »Business Good for Eisner?
If you live in Florida and have been holding out on visiting the mouse, or his friends, this summer, then this story is for you. It’s time to escape the rat race and live like a tourist for a weekend. SouthFlorida.com has the details on the late summer discounts being offered in the Orlando area.… Read More »Florida Attraction Discounts
Also note this update on the Florida High Speed Rail Project. Apparently the opponents have gotten an initiative on the ballot that would kill the project. Bad for Orlando if this passes ( An update on this post )
While the people at Disneyland Resort are worrying about what the effects to the bottom line are of having 600,000 Annual Passholders (that’s a story for another day), the management at Walt Disney World are busy making it a better deal to purchase one. The… Read More »WDW invites Florida Residents to visit
As part of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s role as a zoo (Nahtazu, I know) they started up the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund (whose webpage needs to be updated). A round of grants have just been given out including one to Jay Watch, a group charged with… Read More »Disney Does Good Things Too
Another article on the Bullet Train fight in Florida. (Update from this entry.)
Please excuse the slight slowdown in posting over the next few days. I’ll be visiting the Happiest Place on Earth to celebrate its 49th Birthday and attend a LaughingPlace.com meet. If you’re looking for some great Disney reading, I continue to recommend Barb and her… Read More »A Small Pause
As we approach the 49th Birthday for Disneyland (you’re going to be there, right?) it’s as good a time as every to look at one of the best Walt Disney related websites on the internet – The Walt Disney Family Museum. This most recent issue… Read More »Mary Poppins