Category: Disneyland

  • The Imagineer of Wasteland: Epic Mickey’s Warren Spector

    The highly anticipated new Wii video game, Disney Epic Mickey, was recently released.  With this game, Warren Spector, Epic Mickey’s creator, looked to create the video game equivalent of a Pixar film – entertainment for everyone.  Spector is well known and respected in the gaming world for creating popular video game series such as Wing Commander…

  • Happy Thanksgiving! The Ultimate Disney Parks and Resorts Feast!

    As the holiday season approaches, my mind is drawn to food and feasts.  I started thinking what would be the most decadent dish or meal on Disney property?  As I thought about it more I considered this, what if you were to have the ultimate pigout day on your Disney vacation, eating meal after meal of some of the most decadent dishes? …

  • Marty Sklar Talks Imagineering and the Passing of “Buzz” Price

    An Interview With Disney Imagineering Legend Marty Sklar Not too long ago I received an e-mail from Marty Sklar, retired Executive Vice President and Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering.  We had previously talked about doing another interview to hear more of his thoughts and perspective from working for 50+ years at the Walt Disney Company. …

  • Disneyland Hotel Refurbishment – Part 1, Hotel Rooms

    The Disneyland Hotel complex has been a part of the Disneyland Resort since the park first opened in 1955.  Since that time the Hotel has undergone many expansions and renovations.  In many ways the Hotel is nothing like what it was when it first opened, but keeping up with the times is no stranger for…

  • Disneyland Gems: Holidays at Disneyland!

    I can’t believe it’s that time of year again.  The joy of the winter holidays are by far my absolute favorite time of the year and how they celebrate them at the Disneyland Resort is one of the things that keeps me wanting to go back each and every year.   And now – Disneyland has…

  • Video: Miss Hawaii Discusses Aulani, Disney’s New Oahu Resort

    Construction rolls on for the stand alone Disney Vacation Club property Aulani in the Ko Olina resort area of Oahu, Hawaii.  Back in August, the 53 contestants for the Miss America pageant visited the Magic Kingdom, and during the visit Disney asked Jalee Fuseller, the current Miss Hawaii, her thoughts regarding the coming resort and…

  • Celebrate the end of Celebrate!

    Thursday, November 11 marked the end of the disappointing Celebrate! A Street Party and I was there to make sure that Disneyland wasn’t just pulling our legs.  Celebrate, which has been partying in the streets since March 2009, will be replaced next year with the Soundsational Parade.  Read on for a few pics from the final show.