February 8, 2012

Tips for Disney pin trading

“Your tips” is a feature where you can read and share your Disneyland Resort area tips with fellow Around Disney readers. If you have a tip to share, send it to [email protected] with the word ‘Tips’ in the subject line, or leave a comment below. Disney this year is celebrating the 10th anniversary of pin [...]

NOONWIRE: Fatal killer whale attack at SeaWorld

NOONWIRE features news about Disney and occasionally, other theme parks  from outside media sources. From the Orlando Sentinel: The fatal killer whale attack of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau continued to make international news this morning as word spread about a deadly incident at the theme park’s Shamu Stadium. Much of the debate on morning [...]

Heavy traffic jams Disney area this morning

Heavy traffic is clogging the streets and freeways around the Honda Center and the Anaheim Convention Center thanks to a sold-out business conference featuring Ret. Gen. Colin Powell and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, reports Register writer Alejandra Molina. Both venues are near the Disneyland Resort. The theme parks open at 9 a.m. today. The daylong [...]

Keeping Disneyland’s window displays fresh all year

As the last guest leaves the Disneyland Resort’s theme parks at night, a crew of 10 makes its way out and starts opening up the windows in front of the shops. The 10 make up the window-decorating crew of the Resort Enhancement team and they’re responsible for keeping the displays in the windows fresh and [...]

Disney’s overnight employees get honored

Those Disneyland Resort employees that are rarely seen by the light of day were honored early Wednesday morning by the resort’s management. In what has become an annual event for more than 10 years now, the resort threw a 3 a.m. bash for the more than 1,300 employees who toil the “third shift.” Disneyland Resort [...]

Major investor to say ‘no’ to Knott’s, Cedar Fair sale

Representatives of a Fort Worth, Texas, company that holds millions in Cedar Fair stock say they will vote against a proposed sale that would transfer Cedar Fair’s theme parks — including Knott’s Berry Farm — to asset manager Apollo Global Management. The move by Q Funding III is significant because the terms of the proposed [...]

NOONWIRE: Gas prices could hurt Disney parks

NOONWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. From the Orlando Sentinel: Even as they attempt to dig out from the global recession, Walt Disney World and other theme parks could face a new threat: Higher crude oil and gasoline prices. That’s a potential concern raised by stock-research analysts who follow the Walt Disney Co. [...]

Is a ‘Lost’ ride coming to a Disney park?

Lost Island photo illustration from Movieline.com Last week, we told you how “Lost” fans are circulating a petition to get an attraction based on the T.V. show at one of the Disney theme parks. Now, a movie Web site claims that Disney may already be working on such a ride. “A Lost ride is one [...]

Bride, groom ride Knott’s roller coaster

Lisa Specht had unusual requirements for her wedding dress: She needed something that would fit on a roller coaster. As their first act as husband and wife today, Specht and her new husband, David Michael Klawe, rode on the Silver Bullet roller coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm less than an hour after their wedding at [...]

NOONWIRE: Behind Jackson’s ‘Captain EO’

NOONWIRE features Disney news from other media sources. From MousePlanet: With Michael Jackson’s tragic death in June 2009, there was a flood of special magazines and media tribute projects that detailed the life and achievements of the innovative singer/dancer. I eagerly flipped through all of those magazines and watched the specials in hopes that there [...]