Subject: Walt Disney World Resort

• Ho, Ho, Oh No-- It's Disney

  You may believe there's a little bit of Santa Claus in all of us, as long as we keep the spirit of the Christmas season alive in our hearts. If you do, you better not mention that to Disney, because according to the BBC, some of the company's mouse-eared bah-humbuggers are claiming that Disney owns Santa. When James Worley paid a visit to Disney World in Florida his portly frame and white beard soon had kids asking: "Are you Santa Claus?" Not wanting to disappoint, Mr Worley, 60, played along

  December 19, 2006

• We're doomed, doomed...

  … or maybe not. The AP reports: Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007. "I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." Robertson said God told him about the impending tragedy du

  January 3, 2007

• Goofy: Why Are the Feds Giving Disneyland Special Anti-Terrorism Protection?

  KNBC's Chuck Henry recently scooped everyone with this: Oddly, the only two commercial properties in the U.S. that have gained federal no-fly-zone status after 9/11 are Disneyland in Anaheim and Disneyworld in Orlando. The play parks won the favor just days after President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, according to Henry. The ban keeps aircraft three miles away and at least 3,000 feet above the properties around the clock. So? Well, if you're thinking the feds are merely protecting sites where

  May 9, 2007

• The World According to Walt

  January 6, 2000

• Bitter Harvest

  March 25, 2004

• The Mouse House Takes a Hit

  A four percent drop in revenues from theme parks and lower occupancy at company-owned hotels ringing Anaheim's Disneyland and its resorts elsewhere, combined with declines in other company sectors, contributed to falling first quarter earnings for the Walt Disney Co. The Mouse House earned 41 cents a share in its first quarter ended Dec. 27, 2008, down from 63 cents the previous year. According to the company press release:Parks and Resorts revenues for the quarter decreased 4% to $2.7 billion

  February 3, 2009

• Read Curt Pringle's Lips: He'll Take New Taxpayer Dollars

  Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle has long been the golden boy among Orange County Republicans. He got elected to the party's Central Committee in 1986, and two years later became the GOP nominee for the Garden Grove area state Assembly seat. The party, under the leadership of then-Chairman Tom Fuentes, hired uniformed security goons to stand outside Latino-heavy polling places in Santa Ana and demand identification from the mostly Democratic voters while carrying signs in English and Spanish that

  March 3, 2009

• Ask Cannibal Corpse!

  December 5, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  Dec. 13-Dec. 19

  December 21, 2006

• How the West Was Pumped

  September 14, 2006

• Can Do

  August 10, 2006

• 'The

  September 22, 2005

• Medium-Cool

  March 3, 2005

• Letters

  February 10, 2005

• The Hives

  Sunday, Jan. 16 House of Blues, Anaheim

  January 20, 2005

• Sex with Parrots and Other Jokes

  November 25, 2004

• Fairies, Queens and handsome Princes

  September 30, 2004

• The Good Soldier

  September 9, 2004

• Kill Mike

  June 10, 2004

• Cruelty to an Animal

  January 1, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 9, 2003

• A Post-Sept. 11 Fourth

  July 11, 2002

• Shes a Man, Baby!

  August 30, 2001

• Mickey Mite Club

  June 21, 2001

• Now You See It, Now You Don't

  June 14, 2001

• California Misadventure

  June 15, 2000

• Man On the Beach

  September 23, 1999

• In the Shadow of the Mouse

  March 18, 1999

• This Year in Lost Letters

  January 7, 1999

• Letters

  October 8, 1998

• Dad Must be So Proud

  September 17, 1998

• Disneyland Women's Triathlon Lacks Water

  Photo by Rick Kent An Amy Poehler look-alike crosses the finish line at the Trek Women Triathlon in Austin, Texas, where she had to get wet first.The caps are their's as the Trek Women Triathlon Series bills itself as "the ONLY women's triathlon series CREATED BY WOMEN, RUN BY WOMEN, EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN." Nothing wrong with that. But it seems from our game-day broadcasting booth high in the sky over Anaheim that their triathlon at Disneyland Sunday morning is not a triathlon at all. Acc

  June 12, 2009

• Drummer Josh Freese Sells Himself, Famous Friends, Dinner at Sizzler to Promote His New Album

  June 25, 2009

• Dishney: The Princess and the Frog (And the Controversy)

  Matt Stroshane/Disney Parks​So when Disney announced some months ago their plans to release a full-length feature done the "old-fashioned way"--meaning 2D--who wasn't excited? While Pixar's miraculously long lasting hit parade have been major crowd pleasers, a return to the Broadway-style musicals that made Disney... well, Disney, seems promising. With a release date of December 11, 2009, The Princess and the Frog will be directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the duo responsible for Little

  August 12, 2009

• Dishney: Top Five Favorite Snacks at Disneyland

  ​Forget the long wait for Space Mountain--what about the long wait for a pineapple-flavored Dole Whip? Eating your way through Disneyland is allllll part of the experience: Whether it's the smell of fresh waffle cones wafting out from the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street or walking around with a giant turkey leg the size of your calf, everyone has their must-eats. It pains us that we had to omit a few longtime staples--the salty/sweet Monte Cristo sammie at the Blue Bayou, the virgi

  August 27, 2009

• 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 Californian Hotel to the public in the future. While the Florida Walt Disney World Resort is already partaking in a similar system, the timeshare program has plans to expand globally soon--Hawaii is a

  September 2, 2009

• 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 will cover Disneyland Resort, Disney World Resort, the cruise line and the Disney "vacation experiences worldwide." Chief blogger and social media director Thomas Smith promises readers exclusive behin

  September 28, 2009