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Oh Noes!! Pplz Iz Smrter Than Me!!1!

It’s been a long time since I’ve done an official roundup of notable links and stories from around the web. This is mostly due to the fact that I can now easily post links of note in Ye Olde Twitter Feed, but also due to my general tonal A.D.D. as I constantly drift the blog […]

Another Look At Fantasyland

Newly released concept art for Walt Disney World’s Fantasyland expansion

In an unexpected turn, Disney Imagineers have released this second version of their concept art for Walt Disney World’s upcoming Fantasyland expansion. There are no massive changes from the last version, which was released at the D23 Expo in September. The new painting appears to […]

They’re Toasted! Disneyland Ads, 1957

Disneyland wasn’t always an American institution. Strange, but true. And without the Internet, and its thousands of blogs and message boards and travel planning sites, those Eisenhower-era families trekking to Anaheim in their massive cars needed to know where they could find a big juicy steak or some cocktails and tomato aspic. Thankfully, once they […]

Is There An Echo In Here?

Disney put out a press release this evening, which has already led to an article in the New York Times, trumpeting the fact that a deal has been approved for Shanghai Disneyland.

But wait a minute.

No doubt pushed to show their hand by my shocking exposee from two days ago, Disney has done nothing […]

Obama’s Shanghai Surprise?

For nearly two decades, beginning with Frank Wells wining and dining Chinese officials in 1990, the Disney corporation has danced around the possibility of building a theme park in Shanghai. China’s largest city was long a target destination for former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, but despite frequent negotiations during the 1990s the park was never […]