Disneyland Donates California Zephyr Locomotive to Western Pacific Railroad Museum

Despite having California right in the title, the park known as California Adventure has never had a coherent theme. Was it a movie studio?

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Michael Broggie – his life with Walt Disney

It was fitting that as I interviewed Michael Broggie and his wife, Sharon, I did so next to a set of railroad tracks as a 1913 Baldwin 2-8-0 came chuffing into the Fillmore train station for the 12th annual Railfest held at the Fillmore and Western Railway in Southern California. Broggie’s father, Roger, was Walt Disney’s first Imagineer.

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Michael Broggie – his life with Walt Disney

Flash Forward, Episode 107: “The Gift”

Well, this episode was a good deal better than the last.  We finally get an answer to whether the futures seen in the flashes can be changed, as well as a heck of an unexpected cliff-hanger.  That and an almost word-for-word replay of a scene from the premiere of “V” two days earlier (perhaps they themselves were having a flash-forward…).  What more could you want? 1) Our Heroes’ private lives continue to be tossed in turmoil as the effects of their seemingly inevitable flashes continue to mount.  We find out who the Blue Hand group is, apparently – a “death cult” of sorts, made up of those who saw nothing during their blackouts and presumably have nothing to live for.  Mark, Demetri (still can’t get used to why people call him “Dem”) and Al attempt to infiltrate one such meeting.  We watch a quick Russian Roulette-type interrogation with an old codger of a gatekeeper and see Al step in to immediately pull the trigger on himself.  In light of events at the end of the episode, I wonder if even then he was seeking ways to “break the pattern” and prove to himself that he can prevent what’s to come.

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Flash Forward, Episode 107: “The Gift”

Bullet Train to Disneyland from Vegas mired in Controversy

The OC Register has a look at some of the controversy surrounding the Mag-Lev Bullet Train being planned for a route between Orange County, CA and Clark County, NV. Of course, everyone is calling it the Disneyland to Sin City Express

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Bullet Train to Disneyland from Vegas mired in Controversy

Wow! What a View!

This is one of my favorite views at the Disney Theme Parks.  I am sure this location is hard to guess!  Where do you think I am?

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Wow! What a View!

Walt Disney Pictures news and blogs - March 09, 2009

Below is today’s roundup of news and blogs that haven’t yet hit top story status by our community.

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Walt Disney Pictures news and blogs - March 09, 2009