Month: June 2009
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Book Review: “Creating Magic” by Lee Cockerell
OK, I admit I did not think “Creating Magic”, a book on leadership strategies, by Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Walt Disney World Resort Operations, would have much to say to me. I am not a businessman, and do not look at my day job as one needing the leadership strategies in…
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Remember this Michael Jackson 3-D film at Disney? Captain EO
Captain EO Part 1 Captain EO Part 2
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A Train, Christmas in Summer, Charles Dickens, and DISNEY?
Can you think of anything more American, that brings more old fashioned excitement, than a train pulling into your town, bringing the latest and greatest of everything? Well that excitement is what the folks at Disney are banking on with the development of the Christmas Carol Train Tour. It is making 40 stops at cities around…
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Disney debuts Magic Kingdom Wishes Dessert Party
UPDATE:The Wishes Dessert Party has been extended to December 29, 2010. The pricing has changed. Pricing depends on when you are attending. Some dates are considered peak pricing. Last night Disney debuted a wonderful new addition to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. They have created the Wishes Dessert Party. This event started June 23…
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A look inside Walt Disney’s apartment
In the life of a true Disney fan there are moments. Your first time at a Disney theme park, your first time seeing the castle, your first peek backstage. For some fans, luck smiles on them occasionally and they get to do things that a lot of people don’t get to do – dinner at…
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Apollo 40th Anniversary: Kennedy Space Center July 16, 2009
July 16, 1969. I was not quite 7 months old when three men were blasted into space atop a “monstrous machine” from Cape Canaveral, Florida (now the Kennedy Space Center). I certainly do not remember this event, but the Apollo missions had a profound influence on my life nonetheless. My father, Vaughn R. Parfitt, Ph.D.,…