The world of news and connectedness is completely different today than is was as few as 6 months ago. This is particularly true for those partake in social media, and in particular facebook, friendfeed, plurk, or twitter, each of which can be updated by SMS… Read More »Aftershocks at Disneyland
This weekend the Orlando Sentinel ran a long piece on experts opining about potential softness in the tourism market for central Florida. In short, things are softening, but so far, it’s not as bad as some thought. Major players like Walt Disney World, Universal, and… Read More »Cypress Gardens to switch to weekends only
Note: Disney has released this obituary for Harriet Burns. I’ve included it in full here. Harriet Burns, Disney Legend and Veteran Imagineer For More Than 31 Years, Dies at 79 Helped to Create Classic Attractions For Disneyland and 1964 New York World’s Fair Harriet Burns,… Read More »Harriet Burns, Official Disney Obituary
Hans Perk of A. Film L.A. Blog found the original patent filed from The Walt Disney Company for the Circarama camera technology. One of the very interesting details is that Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney both share the patent as its inventors. Click through to… Read More »Circarama Patent, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
Euro Disney SCA, the operating company for Disneyland Paris resort and theme parks, reported slower growth in the 3rd quarter. The softness was blamed on the early Easter Holiday. But hey, at least it’s growth, right. Plus other more important numbers were up: Sales at… Read More »Disneyland Paris still rebounding, just slower
The Orlando Sentinel has a roundup of last quarter’s injury reports from Central Florida attractions. Just your usual assortment of broken bones, heart attacks, and seizures. For instance: At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a man, 32, had neck and head pain on Tower of Terror on… Read More »Theme Park Injury Report
Ricky revisits Wall-E and Pleasure Island on Inside the Magic, has he changed his mind? From The WDWRadio Show, Jeff Pepper helps answer email and, wait, Lou smells? And we find Paul from Window to the Magic where else? Disneyland. All this and more on… Read More »This Week On The BIG 3 – Disney Fan Podcast Review
The Disney World Security Guard who was fired as part of an investigation into whether or not he possessed a firearm in his vehicle has fired a wrongful termination lawsuit against Disney. Edwin Sotomayor is seeking to have his job reinstated with all his previous… Read More »Fired Disney Security Guard Sues to get Job Back