Tugger, The Jeep Who Wanted to Fly was produced by Genesis Orlando, a tiny animation house in Celebration founded by a Disney veteran. And it will star another Disney vet: Jim Belushi will sing and talk as the voice of Tugger in the 3-D computer-animated cartoon Tugger is one of the first of a new… Read More »Tugger, an ex-Disney Film
Doobie at LaughingPlace.com is making me jealous with his live pictures from Star Wars Days at Disney MGM Studios in Orlando. Your inner geek unleash, Doobie!
Sad news from the zoologists at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Ibala, the 26-year-old African elephant that lost her baby last month, has died from an infection related to the pregnancy. A successful birth would have been Disney World’s third in the last three years. A very high rate for any elephant group in captivity.
The Orlando Sentinel has a story recounting Marineland’s tale of woe. Once the pride of the Florida Marine Animal Attractions, the park has suffered for the last few decades. Finally, Hurricane Frances dealt it a death blow. Or so it seems. Now new investors are hoping to turn the park around and make it a… Read More »Send a dolphin some love
As the Imagineers see it, Walt Disney was the original gamer. When he created Disneyland in 1955, he wanted it to transcend the carnival-type rides already familiar to consumers. Instead, he sought to marry technology and storytelling to take children and their parents, too, into virtual worlds. With the trend toward tech-savvy kids Disney is… Read More »Disney fights to keep kids attention
Although the parks in Orlando have long been a cash cow for the company — $4 billion would represent 13 percent of the total company’s revenue in fiscal 2004 — the division’s operating profit margin has been flat or falling for years. That means costs have been rising faster than the revenue coming in from… Read More »More Sunday Reading
If you answer they roam the earth today. Then you are correct. LaughingPlace.com has captured rare footage of a completely untethered, unleashed, Dinosaur being introduced to the throngs of tourists at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando. Don’t worry it’s not bioengineering, this Dinosaur won’t break loose of its pen and eat the guests. No, Lucky… Read More »When Did Dinosaurs Roam The Earth?
For the 6 weeks that I’ve been in Orlando and frequently visit the Disney themeparks here it has been easy to notice the presense of 500 workers from Hong Kong (CNN is running a story today). They all wear a bright red ribbon beneath their nametags. The ribbon identifies them as being from Hong Kong… Read More »Hong Kong Disneyland workers train at Disney World