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By Michael - March 10th, 2009
The next item in our list of what I’d like to see taken care of this year in the Disney parks:
#6 – Disney’s Hollywood Studios… Oh, boy… What once was, can be again…
Just for fun, let’s torture an analogy. Let’s say that somewhere, just off-campus near Progress City University, there’s an infamous [...]
By Michael - September 16th, 2008
Magic Kingdom
We’ve mentioned already several of the rumors regarding the next few years as Disney ramps up for the Magic Kingdom’s 40th anniversary in 2011. If planning continues along current lines, and management steps up with sufficient funding, the park will finally receive a series of refurbishments that will begin to restore [...]
By Michael - August 4th, 2008
The recent flurry of discussion about future expansion of the new Pixar Place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios has borne some fruit. Message threads on prominent discussion boards have resulted in some very reliable sources confirming that WDI is, in fact, working on a new indoor coaster attraction themed to Monsters, Inc. Work seems [...]
By Michael - August 4th, 2008
The new gateway to Pixar Place. Photo nabbed from EpcotServo.
These are odd times for Disney theme park fans. After a decade of escalating affronts to the legacy of quality and good taste they had long taken for granted, relief came in the form of new CEO Bob Iger and the John Lasseter-led Pixar [...]
By Michael - March 10th, 2008
I’m not exactly a “parade” person – though I do like me a bit o’ paradin’ – but as many, many others seem to be I thought it worth mentioning that the “Block Party Bash” parade has premiered at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. The parade, previously of California’s Adventure, recently departed Anaheim’s sunny [...]
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Four Decades of Magic

Essays about the first forty years of Walt Disney World, including two pieces by yours truly. Available in print and for Kindle.
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