The change that we all knew was coming has been announced. Once Disney announced that they would be offering severance packages to hundreds of Parks and Resorts Division Executives, I knew the next shoe to drop would be a further consolidation of the east and west coast management structures. Frankl...

Marketing There’s still more news coming from Disney’s American Idol Experience this week. A commercial for the attraction ran during tonight’s airing of American Idol. The tagline was “You can be part of the next Cinderella Story”, which is the same message they’...

Frontline Cast Members at Disney’s theme parks have been feeling the pinch of the economy since last year. Where 40 or 60 hour weeks caused by the inability to hire and train enough employees were common before, these days many are having a hard time getting the 32 hours required to maintain t...

Planning a wedding in these hard economic times can’t be easy. I’m sure it’s even more difficult if you want to have the ceremony at the most magical place on earth. And yet, people continue to get married at Walt Disney World everyday. Here’s one blog I’ve been followi...

While it may not be alright for employees to leave their guns in their cars while at work, it is apparently okay for guests to bring their guns, as long as they leave them in their cars (unless being used for self-defense apparently). We know this because a guest parking at Downtown Disney shot hims...

I can pretty much pinpoint the exact moment when food prices for sit down restaurants at Walt Disney World elevated beyond the reach of my budget. It was just following the first off-season offering of the free meal plan with your Walt Disney World vacation. Prices rose along with the increased dema...

A couple bad apples (well, accused bad apples) in the crazy bunch of cast members over at Walt Disney World this week. First a Disney Photopass Specialist was arrested and accused of having child porn on his computer. So you’re telling me that on a typical day at Disney’s Hollywood Studi...

Toy Story Midway Mania is a new 4-D video game opening soon at Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. Guests ride through a series of Midway games, each with a different concept related to a Toy Story character, and use a unique ‘pull-string cannon’ to launch various projectiles at va...

All these new baggage fees being levied by the airlines aren’t just affecting the traveler’s pocket book, they’re making it more difficult for Disney’s Magical Express free shuttle service for Walt Disney World resort guests to get its job done. The Orlando Sentinel writes th...

Jim Hill talks about "Expedition Everest" 's faltering effects. More importantly, WDW's long-standing tradition of bamboozling senior Disney officials whenever they come on property...(read more) This is a summary only, for more in depth info about the Walt Disney Company and the Entertainment Indus...