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.
My wife and I, enjoying her 9th month of pregnancy, dropped in to Disneyland Park to ride the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. It is a decent attraction and I think it will be a hit, especially with the kids. It’s nice to have the subs back, along with an experience that isn’t essentially duplicated at… Read More »Disneyland Submarines, Past and Present
I look at the recent management changes at Walt Disney Imagineering to be a good thing. Whether or not will end up taking WDI in a better direction will depend on many factors. Even if everything internally gets all hunky dory, WDI does not operate in a vacuum. It is part of a large corporation… Read More »Thoughts on WDI Management Changes
Yes, it’s shameless plug time. The latest edition of Kenversations(TM) was posted today at LaughingPlace.com. It’s all about the crossroads were now facing in Anaheim between "giving up" on the Anaheim Resort or upgrading the Anaheim Resort.
Herb Ryman’s legacy lives on and continues to make a difference, as featured in this piece by Garen Aliksanian in Los Angeles Times affiliate The Burbank Leader. Who is Herb Ryman? During his time at Disney, Ryman worked as a Disney Imagineer and served as art director for classic Disney films such as "Dumbo"and "Fantasia."… Read More »See Herb Ryman Art and Art Made Possible by Herb
Susan Chaityn Lebovits writes about an Imagineering contest and what two students at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham came up with. "Our idea was to create a video capture system throughout the park," said Michaelidis, who grew up in Hyde Park. “To take still-frame shots — like photos of visitors with Mickey… Read More »Engineering Students Participate in Imagineering Contest
This has to be the worse rumor I’ve heard in a long time. Imagineer and creative force behind many current Disney Attractions, Bruce Gordon, has been let go from Walt Disney Imagineering. Even worse, this may signal the impending layoffs of most of WDI. So says Kevin Yee of MiceAge and so says at least… Read More »Say it ain’t so, Bob.
Remember the opening sequence from The Wonderful World of Disney? Tinker Bell glides around the castle, waves her wand and ignites the sky behind Sleeping beauty Castle with a multicolor burst of fireworks. The team behind Disneyland’s new fireworks show … brings this and many other cherished memories to life. Disneyland has debuted their… Read More »Fireworks explode all over