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Family sues Disneyland after dog attack
A family is suing Disneyland, claiming their toddler was mauled by a dog at the park's petting zoo.
The suit filed Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif., says the German shepherd-Labrador mix attacked two-year-old Lena Dickerson during a visit in 2006. It says she was bitten several times on the face in an attack that left her permanently scarred.
The suit said the six-year-old dog was adopted from a local shelter by a Disneyland employee and brought to the theme park two weeks before the attack. It claims the shelter described the dog as "not very social" and said it had a history of aggression.
Disney declined to comment, saying they do not discuss pending litigation. A family is suing Disneyland, claiming their toddler was mauled by a dog at the park's petting zoo. ... more -
Tragic Kingdom
Tragic Kingdom... a tribute to all Disneyland Cast Members with great music by No Doubt!
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Cinderella Arrested in Labor Protest
Disneyland hotel workers banned together in a protest opposing unfair, nonliving wages and drops in benefits. Compared to comparable companies, Disneyland hotel workers make $2-$3 less an hour, on average, the article reports. The 32 protesters donned Disney costumes and sat in the road in front of Disneyland, sending a message not only to their employers and Disney as a whole but to the thousands of Disneyland visitors who continue to put money into a machine that exploits its workers.
There has been much needed attention lately to labor conditions in foreign countries, mostly controlled by American corporations, but what about what is happening right here in our own country? Corporations like Wal-Mart and Disney, among many others, do not offer provide their employees with living wages, enough benefits and often take measures to prevent them from joining unions, as has most recently been seen with Wal-Mart.
Read the story above for more information.
Thoughts on this? Disneyland hotel workers banned together in a protest opposing unfair, nonliving wages and drops in benefits. Compared to comparable c... more -
Italy plans 'Roman Disneyland'
Italy is reportedly planning to build a 'Disneyland-style themepark in the capital Rome, in order to boost declining tourist numbers.
The visitor attraction would depict the "sights and sounds of ancient Rome". Italy is reportedly planning to build a 'Disneyland-style themepark in the capital Rome, in order to boost declining tourist numb... more -
Mickey Mouse, Aladdin, Tinkerbell Arrested
ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- A labor protest outside of Disneyland ends with 32 arrests, including people dressed up like Disney characters.
The group is involved in a labor dispute with Disneyland.
More than 600 protesters marched from a Disney-owned hotel to try and block the entrance to the park.
The employees were waving placards and chanting slogans, calling on Disneyland to provide better wages and benefits. Some of the protestors dressed as Disney characters like Tinkerbell, Aladdin and Mickey Mouse. ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- A labor protest outside of Disneyland ends with 32 arrests, including people dressed up like Disney characte... more -
Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, arrested outside Disneyland!
Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth.
Images from the scene showed Peter Pan, with bowed head, being led handcuffed to a police cruiser. Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into polic... more -
Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland
Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common.
Steve Hymos is a blogger over at the LA times. He interviewed blogesphere celebrity (in the cycle-chicness world) Mikael Colville-Andersen -aka- Zakkaliciousness in Flickrland and his series of Cycle Chic blogs from Copenhagen (links posted @story link) whom, has inspired a myriad of blogs, Flickr™ groups and people around the globe to ride a bike, relax and look good while at it. Mind you, Copenhagen & Europe are quite different in traffic structure than here in the US, but we can still look good trying, right?
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He notes an interesting history facts from both cities, Los Angeles and Copenhagen.
"There is no part of the world where cycling is in greater favor than in Southern California, and nowhere on the American continent are conditions so favorable the year round for wheeling. -It's from a 1897 newspaper article, back during Bicycle Culture 1.0 and back when 20% of all trips were made by bike in Los Angeles. Impressive stats and an impressive cycling history in L.A."
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists on the roads. Ironically, the world's most impressive separated bike path was built to connect Pasadena to Los Angeles in 1900. At that time 20% of all trips where made by bicycle in the Los Angeles region so the construction of the eight-mile Arroyo Seco Cycleway -- an elevated, multilane, wooden bike path, complete with streetlights and gazebo turnouts -– was a given.
Copenhagen was a congested, polluted city in the 1960s and more and more cars were being bought.
Now, 40-odd years on, a progressive network of separated bicycle lanes blankets the city. Doctors, students, parents with kids in a cargo bike, lawyers and shop assistants are all apart of a pleasingly aesthetic flow of human-powered goodness. Fifty-six percent of Copenhageners say that they ride their bikes because it's easy and fast.
Bicycles are normalized transport vehicles and they are the lifeblood of the city, not the domain of impenetrable subcultures with political leanings. With my Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog I try to show how my fellow citizens ride each day. In style, with ease and every day of the week.
- click on link for full article & find out what these 3, have in common - Bikes, Copenhagen and Disneyland: what we have in common. ... more -
35 Hot Insider Tips to Visiting Disneyland
Get the most out of your vacation to Disneyland. Here are some little known bits of information to make your trip to Disneyland the best ever! Get the most out of your vacation to Disneyland. Here are some little known bits of information to make your trip to Disneyland the be... more
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Mother & Daughter Banned for DisneyLand
Banned for life?!
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$45 million, 300 mph train. Tell me what you think.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
Derided by critics as pie in the sky, the train would use magnetic levitation technology to carry passengers from Disneyland to Las Vegas in well under two hours, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. It would be the first MagLev system in the U.S.
The money is the largest cash infusion in the project's nearly 20-year history. It will pay for environmental studies for the first leg of the project.
The money had been delayed by a drafting error in Congress' 2005 highway bill, which was corrected along with some other changes by the legislation signed Friday by Bush. The delay had allowed a competing and cheaper diesel-electric plan to emerge as an alternative, but with the money now freed up supporters hope to move forward with the MagLev plan.
The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. There is no train on the route—Amtrak's Desert Wind between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was canceled in 1997 because of low ridership.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised passage of the law, saying the MagLev project "will safely and efficiently move people between Southern California and Las Vegas."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20... WASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by Pre... more -
U.S. backs $5 billion scheme for "Disneyland" in Iraq
Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center, and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. That's all part of a five-year development "dream list" or what some dub an improbable fantasy to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece for Baghdad's future. But the $5 billion plan has the backing of the Pentagon, and apparently the interest of some deep pockets in the world of international hotels and development, the lead military liaison for the project said. For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated during the next year. Last week, a Los Angeles-based holding company for equity firms, C3, confirmed that it was starting a $500 million project to build an amusement park on the outskirts of the Green Zone in an area encompassing the Baghdad Zoo. The first phase, a skateboard park, is scheduled to open this summer. Developers are clearly looking many years ahead and gambling that Baghdad could one day join the list of former war zones, such as Sarajevo and Beirut, that have rebounded and earned big paydays for early investors. One diplomat, who asked not to be named in the absence of authorization to speak to the press, said they did not think Iraqis would want Washington to "turn this area into downtown Kansas City." Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center, and ... more
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Baghdad to get ‘Disneyland’ style amusement park
At the cost of nearly $500 million, a Los Angeles-based company is “developing the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, a massive American-style amusement park that will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum.” The park “is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland.” The company’s owner says “the time is ripe” for profit and entertainment to collide in Iraq:
Mr Werner, who has been sold a 50-year lease on the site by the Mayor of Baghdad for an undisclosed sum, says that the time is ripe for the amusement park. “I think people will embrace it. They’ll see it as an opportunity for their children regardless if they’re Shia or Sunni. They’ll say their kids deserve a place to play and they’ll leave it alone.”
“I wouldn’t be doing this if I wasn’t making money” he said. “I also have this wonderful sense that we’re doing the right thing – we’re going to employ thousands of Iraqis. But mostly everything here is for profit.”
A Pentagon official has said that Gen. David Petraeus is a “big supporter” of the project.
via Think Progress At the cost of nearly $500 million, a Los Angeles-based company is “developing the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, a massive... more -
Disney to go back to the "House of the Future"
Well if you didn't get to see before it closed its doors in 1967; you'll soon be lucky enough to see it again, this time with a little facelift!
Disneyland's original "House of the Future," a pod-shaped, all-plastic dwelling, quickly seemed quaint and included oddities included handsfree phones, wall-sized televisions and electric razors will soon open a new dwelling in Tomorrowland - this time in partnership with 21st century technology giants.
The 5,000-square-foot home, scheduled to open in May, will look like a suburban tract home outside. But inside it will feature hardware, software and touch-screen systems that could simplify everyday living.
I will only go if I know Doc Brown will be there to personally great me! Just call me McWoody! Well if you didn't get to see before it closed its doors in 1967; you'll soon be lucky enough to see it again, this time wit... more -
Disney World Bans Children
Well, at least from one of their restaurants.
Beginning this week, children under 10 are no longer welcome at Victoria & Albert's in the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Victoria & Albert's is Walt Disney World's only restaurant with an AAA five-diamond rating.
Only about three families a month ever brought young children to Victoria & Albert's, said Rosemary Rose, Disney's vice president for food, beverage and merchandise operations.
Men are required to wear jackets, and women must wear dresses or pantsuits. The hushed atmosphere features live harp music, and the menu, which changes daily, offers seven-course dinners that can last as long as three hours. Prices start at $125 a person.
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Realityland: the Secret History of Walt Disney World
The trials and tribulations associated with the launch and operations of Walt Disney World
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Court orders Tweety and Mickey to take the stand
ROME - Your honor, I thought I saw a pussycat!
In what lawyers believe was a clerical error worthy of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a court in Naples included the cartoon characters Tweety Bird, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend, Daisy, in a summons, officials said.
In fact, it's a criminal trial of a Chinese man accused of counterfeiting products of Disney and Warner Bros ROME - Your honor, I thought I saw a pussycat! ... more -
Walt Disney's Secret Hideaway at Disneyland
Once, as an executive at Disney, we got a VIP "backstage" tour of Disneyland, that included a walk through this space, which I had always heard about and been curious about. It sounded so friggin' cool. Well in reality, it was very small, and a bit of a dump. Sort of kitschy faux-Victorian-early-century-American-spartan-apartment-above-the-store. Even as a teenager walking by the place, it seemed like the coolest thing imaginable, so it was sort of sad and disappointing to finally have my curiousity satisfied. But Walt Disney--that was a cool guy, the real deal, who really got it. And if he liked it up there, good for him. What I would have given to have a grilled cheese sandwich up there with him, and talk about his amazing dream-come-true. Once, as an executive at Disney, we got a VIP "backstage" tour of Disneyland, that included a walk through this space, which... more
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Disney-inspired designer wear auctioned for charity
One-of-a-kind fairytale frocks inspired by Disney characters were auctioned at Christie's in Paris to benefit UNICEF. Top designers created modern-day dresses to celebrate Disneyland Resort Paris's 15th birthday (has it really been that long?).
click through to the article... there's a photo gallery link on there and the designs are really cool! One-of-a-kind fairytale frocks inspired by Disney characters were auctioned at Christie's in Paris to benefit UNICEF. Top designe... more -
Dearly departed - on Disneyland rides!
The 999 ghosts at Disneylands Haunted Mansion have apparently found room for a few more residents.
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America! You're too fat to ride "It's a Small World"
They have to remodel the ride to accommodate today's heavier Americans!!
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