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Lalo Alcaraz at the Fullerton Public Library Tells of Mickey Mouse Flipping Off Roy Disney!

​Over 60 people went to the Fullerton Public Library last night to hear Lalo Alcaraz, the great cartoonist and occasional Weekly contributor. Instead of his usual act--a lecture in which he flips through some of his favorite editorial cartoons and offers one-liners--I proposed something a bit more ... More >>

Rapunzel Takes a Haircut

Disney's latest looks and feels great, so why is the studio selling 'Tangled' short?

Beauty and the Beast

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Ten Most Ridiculously Expensive Tron Products

DisneyQuorra Couture Platform Sandal designed by Jerome C. Rousseau retailing for $795​Yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Disney was launching a high-end accessory and shoe line inspired by Tron: Legacy. While every ultra-hyped Disney movie release goes hand-in-hand with an ... More >>

Union Blasted for Distributing Flier Warning of Pedophiles at Disneyland

​The union that represents Anaheim Disney Resort motel workers is being criticized for a flier being distributed to guests of the theme parks that warns, "Keep Your Children Close! Places Like Disneyland are a Magnet for 'Pedophiles.'""Has Local 11 gone too far?" begins a thread on Mouse Planet, a ... More >>

Happy Tron Tuesday!

​If you're not sick of all the Tron: Legacy news yet, here's more: On Oct. 28, you can save a spot to watch a 20 minute preview of the much awaited sequel on IMAX 3D by heading over to a special Tron Night website today at 10 a.m.Disney announced the event as the kicker to the ... More >>

What to Expect from Disneyland's New ElecTRONica Spectacle

​As we mentioned earlier today, tonight marks the opening of Disney's California Adventure's "ElecTRONica" attraction, which ties in with the forthcoming release of TRON: Legacy in theaters on Dec. 17.What, exactly, is ElecTRONica? We're gonna say "PG version of the Electric Daisy Carnival." And d ... More >>

Disney's Hotel-Workers' Union Is Still Trying to Bring Down the Mouse

After some two-and-a-half years of stalled negotiations and street theater, a new labor deal still seems like Fantasyland

Commenters Blow Up Heard Mentality

[Mental Notes] Controversial issues include Daft Punk at Disney, Dirty Projectors disliking jam bands and the question of an OC music scene

[UPDATED] Daft Punk Playing Disneyland on October 8 for elecTRONica Opening?

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyNot Daft Punk, although the boom box is a dead giveaway. The rumor mill is definite about them playing Disney though.​UPDATE: At 5:30 p.m., Disneyland Resort tweeted, "Daft Punk is not currently scheduled to perform at Disneyland Oct. 8." What about other dates??! Hmm ... More >>

Four Ways to Make Mickey Mouse More Mexican

The title says it all...​Mickey Mouse was at SanTana's Mexican Independence Day Festival yesterday, wearing a costume of imperceptible ethnicity and a sarape. That's the best you can do, Disney, to Mexicanize the Mouse? Even Minnie wore a baile folkórico dress, for chrissakes.Disney should've con ... More >>

Killer Quince

Happy Quinceañera to us! A look back at 15 years of telling the other side (that is, the real side) of OC's story

[UPDATED:] Imane Boudlal, Battling Disney Over Head Scarf, Suspended Without Pay?

​UPDATED: As promised, the Disney statement (see end of post) . . . Sorry to disappoint the commenters demanding the Weekly to drop this story, but the Muslim restaurant hostess who has clashed with her Anaheim Disney Resort employers over the right to wear a religious headscarf on the job has bee ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Muslim Employee Accused Disney of DiscriminationComment by caseclosed: She needs to get off her camel and wipe the sand out of her eyes she's in America now.Comment by bg: If I saw someone dressed in Islamic garb working anywhere (and that includes Disneyland), I'd run and duck for cove ... More >>

Imane Boudlal, Muslim Fighting Disney for Right to Wear Hijab: "We Should Just Accept Each Other and Respect Each Other"

Keith May/OC WeeklyImane Boudlal​Imane Boudlal made national headlines Wednesday when she challenged the famously--and extensively--strict Disney dress code, which included a ban on the hijab. Speaking with the Weekly today, the 26-year-old Anaheim resident said, "we should just accept each other ... More >>

Muslim Woman and Her Support Team Allege Disneycrimination in Hijab Flap, Suggest Top Brass Ride "It's a Small World"

All photos by Keith May/OC Weekly​As we reported earlier, a Muslim woman who works as a hostess in the Grand Californian Hotel at the Disneyland Resort was not allowed to come to work today because she was wearing her hijab, a traditional Islamic headscarf.This was the fourth time that the woman, ... More >>

New Book Alleges Walt Disney Was A Gay Pedophile

​There's lots of bizarre lore surrounding the legend of Walt Disney. Just off the top of our heads, we've heard he's a Communist (despite him being a founding member of the anti-communist Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals), a Nazi, a fascist, a racist, a homosexual, a ... More >>

Horses, Anti-Arizona/Pro-Jesus People Outnumber Anti-Mexi Loons at MLB All-Star Game Protest

​Unsurprisingly, the area around Angels Stadium in Anaheim was a slow, baking crawl before the baseball All-Star Game, airing rightnow on television. Unsurprisingly, the Aztlanistas came out in full force--about 125--to bring awareness to their campaign to move next year's All-Star Game from Phoen ... More >>

Three Randy Newman Songs Rejected For the Toy Story 3 soundtrack

Disney/Pixar​Singer-songwriter Randy Newman has charmed audiences with his sweet songs and scores featured on the soundtracks of Disney/Pixar movies such as A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., Cars and the Toy Story trilogy. Who doesn't get a warm feeling after listening to "You've Got a Friend In Me"?Bu ... More >>

Federal Panel Accuses Disneyland Resort of "Unfair Labor Practices"

Photo by Megan BresciniHotel workers and supporters picket Disney in February.​Disneyland Resort is engaged in "unfair labor practices" with its hotel workers, charges the National Labor Relations Board, which has scheduled an August hearing on the matter.Disney, which has three hotels in Anaheim, ... More >>

Five Awesome Disney Songs to Karaoke To

Flickr user gwenYou go, Ariel!​ You don't have to be a cast member of "Glee" to enjoy occasionally bursting into song.  We've all uttered, "Ga-Ga, Oo lala," at least once in the past 12 months, whether or not it was against our will. But when it comes to pumping out catchy-as-hell hooks, epic ... More >>

Saying Good-Bye (Again) to Disney's Electrical Parade

Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland​I know we've been through this before but it's time to say good-bye again to Disney's Electrical Parade. After its final show on Sunday night, every float and costume will be dispatched over to its new summer home, Disney World.

Fastpass to Hunger: The Final Days

The Disney magic is dead for these young activists.​The Disney workers from UNITE HERE Local 11 union haven't taken a rest. They haven't eaten either so it's hard to tell exactly how eight of the original 10 fasters are still standing, let alone marching in picket lines. You read right; we lost an ... More >>

Fastpass to Hunger: Day 2 of the Disney Workers Fast

No pillow mint for you.​Watching a kid cry about how Disney is destroying his dad feels like watching the death scene in Bambi for the first time. The 10-year-old son of Disney worker turned faster, Jorge Iniestra, was in tears last night after the evening's demonstration in the Simba parking park ... More >>

Disney Parks Experience Improvement in Attendance--Anaheim Comes Out on Top

Flickr User coconut wireless​The Orange County Business Journal is reporting that the Walt Disney Company's theme parks all around the world experienced better attendance this last quarter, with attendance rising 15-percent in the last three months, bringing in a revenue of $2.7 billion. Both Disn ... More >>

A Fastpass to Hunger Pains for Disney Hotel Workers

disneyisunfaithful.orgWhat would Walt do?​The UniteHere Local 11 union is set to stage a fast, starting at 5 p.m., in front of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Anaheim to bring attention to the workers unresolved contractual issues with the resort industry giant. A candlelight vigil w ... More >>

Ducks vs. Red Wings

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Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy

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Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild

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Five Places at Disneyland Resort to Get Your Booze On

Flickr user ExpressMonorail...And a bottle of rum.​So between the $368 it takes just to get your family of four in the park and the screaming kids, teenagers awkwardly making out on rides and the $3 churros, sometimes--just sometimes--one just needs to relax while at Disneyland Resort. And sometim ... More >>

Dishney: New Images and Clip From 'Tron Legacy' Released!

Walt Disney Studios​Walt Disney Studios has just released new images from Tron Legacy, the 3D sequel to the 1982 classic, Tron. With a release date of December 17, 2010, Tron Legacy promises two returning cast member from the original film: Tron Legacy is produced by Steve Lisberger, who co-wrote ... More >>

Some Fairy Tale! Disney's First Black Princess Can't Escape the Ghetto

Dishney: New 'Up' Posters Go Retro!

Disney/Pixar​​Disney and Pixar have released a series of eight posters in celebration of the release of Up on DVD and Blu-ray this week--which we promptly purchased, of course. And then we cried while watching it. Again. (We defy you to not during the first 15 minutes of the film.) The post ... More >>

Disney Praised for Wastewater Treatment in Anaheim, Spanked For It in Burbank

Paradise Bay: drink it in.​Sarah Tulley posts on Orange County Register's Around Disney blog today that Paradise Bay lagoon at California Adventure in Anaheim will soon be refilled with 16 million gallons of water that was recycled through central Orange County's Groundwater Replenishment System, ... More >>

Dishney: More "The Princess and the Frog" News

The Princess and the Frog - First 5 Minutes Previewby theanimationblogThough it's been since removed from YouTube by Disney, the first five minutes of the forthcoming The Princess and the Frog has been released--and luckily for you, The Animation Blog still has it available. Verdict? We're pleasant ... More >>

Dishney: Give a Day, Get a Disney Day

David Roark/Disney​ Hoping to generate the same enthusiasm this year's "What Will You Celebrate?" campaign has received, Disney announced this morning their "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" program. Disney is working with the HandOn Network, the nation's largest volunteer network, to bring you a sim ... More >>

Dishney: Disney Launches Official Theme Parks Blog

Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog​Perhaps in an effort to curb all the crazy rumor mongering (heh) being slung around by the squillion Disney fan blogs out there, the House of Mouse has decided to launch an official blog to document all the latest (official) happenings at their theme parks. The blog w ... More >>

What You Missed: D23, Boston Buddies Tea Party, KCRW Summer Nights

Keith May​Hell yeah, is that fall weather we detect!? So what'd you miss this weekend? The Fourth Annual Boston Buddies Tea Party took place at the always dog-friendly (complete with dog menu!) Park Bench Cafe in Huntington Beach on 9/12. It's exactly what it sounds like: A whole lot of Boston Ter ... More >>

Dishney: D23 Revelations!

Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney​D23: It's all over! On September 10-13, the massive D23 Expo converged all things Disney--films, theme parks, merch--into one convenient building. And to be honest? We were kinda bored. Sure, some major announcements were made (stay tuned for that) and we got to see some cool ... More >>

Dishney: Muppets, Wizards and Other D23 Delights

Duck-on-duck violence.​Sunday at the D23 Expo: a day promised to be filled with cartoons, Muppets and Disney Channel sitcom stars. A day I looked forward to like few others. I am 26 years old.

Dishney: Timeshares Coming Soon, Says Disneyland Insider

The actual House of Mouse, Toontown, Disneyland​Ever wanted to visit any Disney park you wanted to, whenever you wanted to? Ever wanted to own a piece of Disney real estate? Well, now you can, kind of: A Disneyland insider tells us that the park has plans to sell timeshare residences at the Grand ... More >>

Dishney: Disney Seeking to Acquire Marvel Comics in $4 Billion Transaction

Flickr user KingKong21Nemo finding Doctor Doom.​Just this morning, the Walt Disney Company released a press release announcing their intention to purchase and acquire Marvel and its portfolio of 5,000-plus characters--including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, the Fantastic Four and more--for $4 billi ... More >>

Dishney: D23 Full Schedule Revealed!

​How much do you like Disney? Annual Passport holder? Fine. But are you dedicated? Or rather: Are you 23? Like we discussed previously, the first ever d23 Expo is coming to town September 10-13. It's four whole days dedicated to all things Disneyana at the Anaheim Convention Center. The schedule f ... More >>

Dishney: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

Scott Brinegar/Disneyland Studio Disney 365With the recent announcement of the July 2009 Downtown Disney arrival of overpriced-boutique-to-the-stars (and their privileged offspring) Kitson Kids, it seems to us that Disney's starting to cater to--and cultivate--a whole new sect of Paris Hilton-obsess ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Disney's Mexican Heritage?

More Disney Dirt: Headless Dragon, Contract-less Workers

Summer Nightastic: cue the headless dragon."A BOLDER FANTASMIC!" blares the Disneyland's hired promotion guns (uppercase and in boldface, just as we've done here) about after-dark entertainment they're calling "Summer Nightastic!" around the Anaheim rat hole. Promised are a new fireworks specta ... More >>

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How to Spend Disney Bucks? Let Mickey Count the Ways

Everybody has cash to spare these days, so the big question is how to blow it to get the most bang for your buck. This is especially true, of course, of Mouseketeers. I mean, should those with valid Orange County addresses spend $99 for a three-day pass to visit Disneyland and/or California Adventur ... More >>

Does Promotion Draw 'Questionable' People to Disneyland?

As part of its What Will You Celebrate? promotion, Disney Resort in Anaheim allows free admission to one of their theme parks on your birthday. Simply sign up. But this, ahem, guest-pool expansion has "backfired," a poster claims today on a MousePlanet.com dis ... More >>