Next to his own most intimate self-concerns, man is most fascinated by creatures of the animal kingdom. — Walt Disney In 2006, two white rhinos, both born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, became the first-ever to repatriate from the United States to Africa. The two white… Read More »Repatriating White Rhinos – 10 Years of Caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Fair warning to the men in the room you may want to avert your eyes in sympathy for our fellow mammalian males during this story. Southern Africa has an elephant over population problem. Specifically in South Africa and Botswana Elephant overpopulation in wildlife parks and… Read More »Elephant Population Control Project – 10 Years of Caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
For the first story of good work done by the fine folks at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, I thought I’d start with a story you don’t hear much about, but is very exciting to me since it involves re-introduction of a species to Florida. You see,… Read More »Operation Migration – 10 years of caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Last week Disney Auditions launched a new website for entertainment roles at all the parks around the world. Now no matter what location you audition at, you’re potentially auditioning for any role Disney might offer you anywhere in the world. That means, if you audition… Read More »Disney Auditions Revamps – It’s a Whole New World
Now that things are getting to be a little more stable about The Disney Blog, it’s time to start the links roundup again. I think I have a few good ones for you tonight. Disney Gossip has an interesting story about the real reason for… Read More »April Showers – Monday Night Roundup
One of my favorite sayings about people on vacation at a Disney theme park is: “There’s no worse thing than a child scorned at Disney World… especially when that child is an adult.” The alleged facts of a May 2007 incident that left one woman… Read More »Tea Cup Fracas goes to Trial
Although as of publishing time this morning the regular website hasn’t yet been updated, Brady MacDonald at the LA Times has posted the final three qualifiers for the ultimate Disney Dream position of Chief Magical Official.
The finalists are: David Hawley of California, Justin Muchoney of Pennsylvania and Tripp West of Georgia.
While none of those were my favorites, I wish them all luck as they enter the head-to-head competition portion of the contest. They’ll all travel to Walt Disney World and compete in such challenging events as:
Stroller mix-up — Match the stroller with the correct accessory bag.
Towel folding — Create a towel animal following a training session.
Noise making — Generate the loudest crowd reaction.
Park information — Offer assistance, directions and tips to visitors.
Face painting — Create a design following a training session.
Voting will then be opened to the public again and a winner crowned on April 22nd. (Why did they choose that day… it’s the anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Earth Day. The Dream CMO position has nothing to do with either of those events and will either get buried or take away from the other events. Poor planning on someone’s part.)
(Via the LA Times)
Updated to add Press Release below…
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Walt Disney World has sponsored MSNBC’s Ultimate Family Road Trip website. That means you get to enjoy a bunch of new Walt Disney World video clips including one all about Toy Story Mania. Check out the ‘firing action’ for the games. You’re essentially pulling a… Read More »Toy Story Mania video on MSNBC