Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been hinting of an exciting new project. Behind the scenes I’ve been working to get everything show ready and now I’m ready to draw back the curtain. “Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Other Tales” is a collection of short stories, essays, and rare trivia written in and about my favorite place on earth – Disneyland

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Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been hinting of an exciting new project. Behind the scenes I’ve been working to get everything show ready and now I’m ready to draw back the curtain. “Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Other Tales” is a collection of short stories, essays, and rare trivia written in and about my favorite place on earth – Disneyland.

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Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

Former participants and winners from Survivor, Amazing Race, and Big Brother assemble at SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove A large group of past winners, heroes and villains of Survivor got together at Discovery Cove in Orlando for a day of outwitting, outplaying, outlasting and out-and-out relaxing. Discovery Cove focuses on providing the type of memories you can only get by up close and personal visits with marine life and other animals

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Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

Former participants and winners from Survivor, Amazing Race, and Big Brother assemble at SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove A large group of past winners, heroes and villains of Survivor got together at Discovery Cove in Orlando for a day of outwitting, outplaying, outlasting and out-and-out relaxing. Discovery Cove focuses on providing the type of memories you can only get by up close and personal visits with marine life and other animals

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Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

TRON: Legacy – New Trailer

Here’s the new TRON: Legacy trailer that was shown at SDCC. Take $10 off $50 at SharperImage.com! Expires 7-31-10 at midnight. Exclusions apply.

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TRON: Legacy – New Trailer

Very Short Monorail Expansion planned at Walt Disney World

Potentially interesting news from the excellent organization Monorails.org , mentions a new spurline to be added near the Ticket and Transportation Center. This short track extension will contain a new switch, a place to house a work tractor (used to push/pull trains that have lost power back to the shop), and enough room to park a reserve train to be held for when demand requires it. Whether this is a reaction to an aging fleet that seems to require more maintenance and downtime every day, preparation to an expanded Monorail system, or perhaps a little of both, remains to be seen

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Very Short Monorail Expansion planned at Walt Disney World

The CalArts Story

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem . This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen

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The CalArts Story

Disney might acquire Social Gaming company Playdom

Disney has made a big investment in Massively MultiPlayer Role Playing Games (MMRPGs) over the last 10 years or so. VMK, Pirates, Cars, Pixie Hollow, and Toontown have all be successes on various levels.

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Negotiations for new Labor Agreement underway at Disney World

With it’s sister property Disneyland in the middle of a three year dispute with Unite Here, one of its dozen or so labor unions, Walt Disney World has come to the table to negotiate a new contract.

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Disneyland Paris Bastille Day Fireworks

Bastille Day is essentially the French equivalent of Independence Day in the US, at least as far as fireworks displays go. There is definitely a French style to this show. Many people don’t know that Walt Disney Imagineering is one of the leaders in innovation when it comes to fireworks

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Disneyland Paris Bastille Day Fireworks

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