Category: Editorials

  • Jack Hanna Encourages Everyone To Go To SeaWorld

    April 16-18, 2010 was Jack Hanna Weekend at SeaWorld Orlando – followed by another Jack Hanna Weekend at Busch Gardens Tampa April 22-25.  Celebrity animal expert Jack Hanna came specifically to celebrate Earth Day.  The weekend at SeaWorld included special shows and animal encounters as well as a breakfast buffet with Jack Hanna himself.  At…

  • Disney Legend to Legend: Marty Sklar Discusses Herb Ryman

    When I first met Disney Legend Marty Sklar, retired Executive Vice President and Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, he sat down to discuss a small portion of his 54-year career working with and for Walt Disney.  Marty is now president of his own company, Marty Sklar Creative, Inc., and is one of the founders of…

  • Wine Walks at Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival

    The Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival is soon upon us and each year brings a little more anticipation.  While it isn’t as famed as its older sister at Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park, it is gaining quite a bit of ground.   One of the favorite things to do at the Festival is a Wine…

  • Who Wants To Open a Theme Park? Disneyland Paris Style

    Have you ever wondered what all goes into opening a Disney Theme Park?  Knowing the eyes of the world are upon you, and 10,000 people are ready to descend for dinner?  I was able to sit down and talk with two friends of the DIS Unplugged: Lee Cockerell, former Executive Vice President of Operations for…

  • Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort Review – A great choice!

    Caribbean Beach Resort Review by Pete Werner Date of Review:  March, 2010 (Video of the resort is at the bottom of the review) Caribbean Beach Photo Gallery I’ve never been a fan of the Caribbean Beach – I’ll state that up front.  I don’t hate it – but it has always been one of those…

  • Disneyland Resort: What’s Worth Seeing in 2010?

    So it took me a while to think about my first blog of 2010. I had so many topics to choose from. Would it be food? Nope. Tony took that one by announcing his Disneyland Dining Quest. How about events? Nope- with all the events that Walt Disney World has in January, like the Goofy Marathon weekend, the…

  • It’s A Wonderful (Correspondent’s) Life

    I know, I know, it’s cliche to write the year-end retrospective article around New Year’s.  However, I can’t help it.  It’s my nature as a scientist to analyze, evaluate, and reflect, and it’s amazing to think about all the different experiences I’ve squeezed into 2009.  There were trips to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal…