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NOONWIRE: Disney worker arrested for child porn
NOONWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. From ABC Action News: Orlando, FL — A Disney World employee is facing child pornography charges after images were found on his home computer. Officers with The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Orlando Regional Operation’s Center arrested 52-year-old Patrick McKenzie on March 5. Read the rest of [...]
UPDATE: Hotel workers get no promises from top Disney officials
Three Disneyland Resort hotel workers went straight to the top to ask Disney’s president and board to allow the union to keep its health-care program during the annual shareholders meeting. Both Bob Iger, the Walt Disney Co.’s president, and John Pepper, the board’s chairman, declined to state their opinions on the issue during the meeting [...]
Disney stops giving free tickets to volunteers
For those of you who planned on volunteering to earn a free Disney park ticket, you are out of luck. It’s too late. On Tuesday, Disney announced that it reached its goal of recruiting 1 million volunteers, who are earning free U.S. Disney park passes for volunteering for a shift with an accepted non-profit group. [...]
Disney-area con man suspected of striking again
Police are looking for a man they say posed as a hotel employee and stole more than $40,000 in jewelry from a billionaire businessman and his wife who were in Los Angeles for the Academy Awards. The suspect has targeted several upscale hotels in Los Angeles and Orange County, including Hotel Menage near Disneyland in [...]
Tips for building your own Potato Head at Disney
Your tips is a feature where you can read and share your Disney tips with fellow Around Disney readers. Got a tip? Email it to us at stully@ocregister.com with “Your tips” in the subject line, or leave a comment below. Last week, we told you all about the Make-Your-Own Mr. Potato Head souvenirs, which can [...]
Disney photo contest winners announced
One photographer had parties to get enough votes to win tickets to an exclusive Disneyland party. Another enlisted her friends and relatives in Colombia to vote. And another wants to surprise her mother and sister with tickets. By the Sunday night deadline, 1,363 photos were entered in a contest by Orange County Register’s AroundDisney.com blog [...]
Did you know? Disney’s Alice in Wonderland ride
“Did you know” is a feature where you can read and share your pieces of little known advice, tips or hidden treasures with fellow Around Disney readers. If you have a ‘Did you know?’ to share, leave a comment below or send us an email here with the words ‘Did you know’ in the subject [...]
