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Crowds in Orlando…

…So says the Orlando Sentinel.

No doubt this means they’ll not rely on the “bad economy” excuse and unfreeze some of those expansion plans that are sitting in deep freeze – right? RIGHT MR. RASULO??

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Seven Years of… Ennui? Disney Studios Paris…

Oh, dear.

It’s hard to believe, but the Walt Disney Studios park in Paris just celebrated its seventh anniversary. This disaster of a park, the most egregious product of former CEO Michael Eisner’s failed policies, marked the nadir of his tenure and in fact of all Disney parks. It’s bad. Really, really bad.

Ironically, I […]

Uh-Oh…

I’ve got a baaad feeling about this…

Breaking news from the South China Morning Post:

30 jobs go as Disney halts HK expansion

No timetable for growth, park told

Dennis Eng Mar 17, 2009

The Walt Disney Company has halted all creative and design work on the expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland, cutting more than […]

Tomorrow, Yesterday – Disneyland 1967

We don’t usually cover Disneyland history around these parts, because so many others do it so much better than we possibly could. And, after all, what could I uncover than Bruce Gordon and David Mumford missed? But I found something cool that I have to share – I’m not usually intrigued by construction photos but […]

Visiting the Village, Summer 1976

Have you ever watched a potter at work – from the time he mixes the clay til he removes the finished pot from the kiln?

Have you ever sampled a fine wine in the wooden-casked surroundings of a wine cellar?

And when was the last time you tasted a piece of sourdough bread – […]