Month: November 2010
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Disney’s 2010 Earnings – Good for Investors or Theme Park Guests?
post by Jack Burgin The Walt Disney Company released its final quarter earnings report on November 11, 2010. The report is, of course, chocked full of large dollar amounts (Disney’s figures start at a million dollars). Others can and already have better analyzed Disney’s earnings. I will try to go behind the numbers and…
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Pollo Campero opens at Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World
We happened to time it just right tonight for the grand opening of Pollo Campero at Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World. They had just opened for business. This restaurant replaces the McDonald’s that used to be there. It is near the T Rex Cafe restaurant.
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Culinary Quest: Mmmm…Cupcakes!
Mmmm…Cupcakes. Never have two words ever been so true. At the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, a new (kind of new) gourmet cupcake shop has opened to the delight of this blogger, his family, and all lovers of sugary goodness throughout the world.
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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2010
It’s hard to believe but last night Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (MVMCP) debuted at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It was less than a week ago that guests were celebrating Halloween in the park. The park feels even more magical with the holiday decorations up.
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#3 The New Disney Store: Stars Shine at Santa Monica Place
So in my last two blogs, we talked with Disney Stores Worldwide President – Jim Fielding, we discussed design with Jon Endicott – Director of Global Design and Construction, and now, we cover the star-studded Grand Opening of their Santa Monica Place store! I know. I did a blog on the Montebello, CA Disney Store –…
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Times Square Disney Store – The Magic is Back!
Submitted by our New York City DIS Correspondent Photos: Steven Klein When the New York City Fifth Avenue World of Disney Store closed its doors in December of 2009, many people thought their fix was over. Well, eleven months later, the Magic is Back! On Sunday, November 7, D23 held a sneak preview of…
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Rapunzel Lets Her Hair Down in Her New Cottage at Disneyland
We’ve told you it was coming. We’ve shown you the concept art. With the advent of having a Rapunzel in our own house for Halloween, we had to take a run down to the park to get some photos of the heroine herself – with our miniature version, of course! Therefore, we took ourselves on…