Midway Madness?

The latest juicy rumor surrounding the possible new attraction at Disney-MGM Studios. Supposedly, it is going to occupy a huge area, including the old Who Wants To Be A Millionaire building.

I'd say anything is better than what was there before. Disney-MGM Studios is in dire need of a major E-ticket attraction beyond Tower of Terror and Rock 'N Roller Coaster. Maybe this might not be it, but sounds like it might be something that would attract a lot of traffic to that part of the park.

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Halloween Celebration in Disneyland Paris

I posted a link earlier on the Halloween Celebration in Tokyo Disneyland. It appears that the one in Disneyland Paris is equally astounding. This blog, while not in English, has a wealth of pictures from the Halloween decorations at the Paris theme park.

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Tokyo Disneyland's 400,000th Visitor

While we are on Tokyo Disneyland, it received its 400,000th visitor on Wednesday (it is already almost the end of Wednesday over there even though this blog is posted early Wednesday in the US).

Tokyo Disneyland continues to be the most successful and popular Disney theme park outside of the US.

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Halloween Celebration in Japan

A news report on the Halloween celebration in Japan, something that was not known about 2 decades ago. This introduction of this celebration is "credited" to Tokyo Disneyland.

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Halloween Day/Night at WDW

A large collection of pictures of the Halloween festivities around Walt Disney World Resort.

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The Yeti Man Rode EE for the 1000th Times

OK, first of all, how do I get his job to be able to spend that much time at the parks?

:)

The infamous Yeti Man reached a milestone yesterday for riding Expedition Everest for the 1000th times.

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Happy Halloween!

BOO!!!

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Man Fell Off Walt DisneyWorld Tram

I was going to write a lengthy comment about how people who don't pay attention to safety warnings at WDW sometime deserves to get hurt, but John Frost already made a comment that reflected my sentiments, so I'm going to link his article directly.

Luckily, it appears that he didn't get hurt seriously, but it could have been a nasty incident just to retrive an item.

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Disney and Your Finger Scans

Another report (and concerns) regarding the biometric scan of your fingers as identification to gain entry into Disney theme parks.

Personally, I don't see this as an issue. Disney would be out of their minds if they give even a hint of an impression that our privacy will be violated due to what they're doing. This is the surest way to make people stay away. However, the lack of displayed information at the gates to what they do, and the alternative to having a biometric scan needs to change. They should at least inform their guests of their policy.

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The Man and the Mouse

Another take from the upcoming biography of Walt. This time, author Neil Gabler thinks that Walt would have been disappointed with how Epcot turns out.

I kinda agree that Epcot feels rather "strange" and inconsistent, especially with the presence of the World Showcase. However, you tend to like (or maybe tolerate) something that you have become familiar to, and that is how I feel about Epcot nowadays. It has gotten very familiar, and so I enjoy it more. Besides, Illuminations is my most favorite night time show.

So Epcot may not have been what Walt had a in mind, but I'm willing to accept what it is today.

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Excerpt from Walt's Biography

Kansas City Star has an excerpt from the upcoming Walt biography. This excerpt highlights the Missouri years.

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An Animated American

Can Disney resurrect the live action + animation movie? They certainly broke new grounds with the huge hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Now they are going to try again with the new movie Animated American.

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Sleeping Beauty Castle

A snapshot of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, CA, taken in May 2006. This was from our "Mini Grand Tour" trip, where we started at Disneyland, and then flew directly to Orlando to finish the rest of our vacation at Walt Disney World. It was a memorable trip, to say the least.

It was my first ever trip to Disneyland, and I was glad that I could do it while they still had their Golden Anniversary celebration. We hope to go back to Disneyland again in a couple of years.

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Mary Poppins Flying Again

After having force to stop on Wednesday the stage production of Mary Poppins both in London and on Broadway, both shows went off without a glitch on Thursday.

Let's hope it stays that way.

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New WDW Trivia

Take this Walt Disney World Trivia and see how well you scored (hint: if you score less than 50%, what are you doing reading this Blog?) :)

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#1 Cable Network

Guess what is the most watched cable network last week? One would think "ESPN", especially now that Monday Night Football is on that network. Well, you would be wrong. The non-commercial supported Disney Network scored a major coup as basic cable most watched network.

This is fine with the Walt Disney Company since they own both of them!

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New Disney Postage Stamps for 2007

The new Disney postage stamps as part of the Art of Disney series scheduled for 2007 have been announced.

The art of magic stamps featuring Disney characters Dumbo and Timothy Mouse, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, Mickey Mouse as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and Aladdin and Genie.

I can't wait.

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Mary Poppins Stopped In Her Tracks!

Wow! A lot of news on Mary Poppins stage shows this week. Both stage shows - the currently-running production in London, and the previews on Broadway - had to be cancelled on Wednesday evening due to technical glitches. What a weird coincidence!

I hope they get this straigten out by the time the show opens officially on Broadway. Too many people have such high expectation and anticipation for this one.

Disney Theater Fans Stretch Too Thin?

Just after I posted that news regarding Mary Poppins on Broadway and asking how many Disney theater productions currently running on Broadway, along comes a news article from Variety that essentially asks the same question.

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Thunder Mountain Railroad

One of my most favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom. Don't miss my videos of this attraction from the Magic Kingdom, and the one at Disneyland!

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