Harry Potter’s Wizarding World through an Anthropologist’s Eye

Dr. K writes blog that looks at popular culture through the twin lens of fandom and an anthropological eye

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Time Warner and Disney Reach Agreement

Your ESPN is safe. Time Warner and Disney has reached an agreement that will keep the Disney owned channels live on the cable system. Additional deals were struck to carry ESPN3.com on broadband and additional video on Demand services.

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Disneyland Sign Shop Video

Every role is a Starring Role is a series of videos highlighting the work of different departments at Disneyland and how they each contribute to the magic. I love this stuff

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Finding Tiny Kline

Friends of ours were visiting Sarasota, FL this week and the Frost family took off a few days to head down to the beach and help entertain them. The beaches of Longboat Key, Lido Key, and Siesta Key (all adjacent to Sarasota) are some of my favorite places to chill.

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Alternatives to Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival

If you love the idea of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival but the high prices and pressing crowds aren’t for you, then Walt Disney World’s still got you covered with a couple similar options.

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Music added to Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain

All the usual suspects made their way to the Magic Kingdom on Monday evening once word leaked that Disney Imagineers had turned on the newly added background music soundtrack to Space Mountain. Instead of adding speakers to the cars, they’ve worked after hours, when the attraction was closed, to add speakers at certain spots along the track to give riders more of a surround sound experience. I haven’t had a chance to ride it myself, but the general feeling is that this is a good improvement

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Florida parks report injuries for last Quarter

The Orlando Sentinel has a list of injuries reported by Central Florida’s theme parks for the second quarter. It’s remarkable for two things.

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Florida parks report injuries for last Quarter

The Orlando Sentinel has a list of injuries reported by Central Florida’s theme parks for the second quarter. It’s remarkable for two things. First, all the injuries are somewhat unremarkable and second, apparently SeaWorld and Busch Gardens had no injuries.

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Former Disney Chief set to take over Tribune Company

Michael Eisner, who, you may recall, is the former CEO of the Walt Disney Company, has been drafted to run the financially troubled Tribune Company by bankers who aim to take over the company from its current leaders. Eisner, who has been active in online media companies since leaving Disney is expected to help recover as much of the bank’s investments as possible by moving the Tribune Company into new profit areas. Among its properties , Tribune owns a TV station in Los Angeles, and papers in Orlando and Los Angeles, both big Disney territories

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