Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The Wild West is going farther west. So far west that it's the far east. The newest roller coaster announced for Hong Kong Disneyland is Big Grizzly Mountain. Set to open in 2012, it will be the main attraction in Grizzly Trail -- Hong Kong's version of the original park's Frontierland. The ride follows a runaway mine train through the mining town of Grizzly Gulch, which comes decked out with a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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New to Hong Kong Disneyland: Big Grizzly Mountain
Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The Wild West is going farther west. So far west that it's the far east. The newest roller coaster announced for Hong Kong Disneyland is Big Grizzly Mountain. Set to open in 2012, it will be the main attraction in Grizzly Trail -- Hong Kong's version of the original park's Frontierland. The ride follows a runaway mine train through the mining town of Grizzly Gulch, which comes decked out with a ...Disney offers free park admission to volunteers
Sep 30th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
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Volunteer one day of your time next year, and you could receive a free day of admission at a Walt Disney theme park in return. The Disney company has announced that one million people who volunteer with the HandsOn Network can get into any Disneyland Park in ...NYC duo gets tapped for Orlando smile assignment
Aug 6th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Orlando has spoken! A pair of New Yorkers rose above hundreds of applicants to become Orlando's Smile Ambassadors. For 67 days, they will experience more than 100 attractions offered ... which includes a hell of a lot more than just a dance with the Mouse. Alligators will be involved, for example. Along the way, they'll blog and their experiences, giving the rest of the world an "in the trenches" ...Fun to get more expensive at Disney World
Aug 4th, 2009 at 5:00PM: Prices are about to go up at Disney World, but the company is keeping the increases reasonable. Theme park multi-day admission prices will increase by 2.5 percent to 5.3 percent, depending on the nature of the passes. In 2006, when the economy was strong, the park hiked prices 16 percent.
The money has to come from somewhere. Hotel bookings are down 7 percent for Disney's domestic parks this ...Disney World monorail driver killed in crash
Jul 5th, 2009 at 11:30AM: One monorail crashed into the back of another at Walt Disney World early this morning, killing one driver and shaking up a family of six. According to the park's statement, "Today we mourn the loss of our fellow cast member. Our hearts go out to his family and to those who have lost a friend and co-worker."
The monorail, according to a report by CNN, was shut down, as the park works with law ...$452 million to be invested in Disneyland Hong Kong
Jul 1st, 2009 at 3:30PM: The Walt Disney Co. said on Tuesday that it will be investing US$452 million in park expansions, seen as necessary to compete with a planned rival park in Shanghai. The expansion will include three new "lands," and thirty new attractions. A source familiar with the plan stated that two of the new lands will be exclusive to Hong Kong Disneyland for five years after opening. The park will have ...China's first adult theme park never able to open
May 18th, 2009 at 6:00PM: The first sexually explicit theme park to be erected in China will never welcome its first guest. The park was torn down because of criticism from public officials. In particular, the artwork was a bit much for the politicians' sensibilities.
Love Land, as the park was to be called, was scheduled to open in Chongqin in October. The park would have offered exhibits on sexual history and workshops ...Disney stops looking for breasts after a decade of trying
May 6th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Why do I always miss the good stuff?
Disney has announced that it's no longer going to scan riders on Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, Space Mountain and California Screamin ... for unfettered chests. Apparently, women are known on these rides from time to time to flash for the camera. Though I've looked for it on each ride, I've never witnessed these public displays of exuberance.
I'm not ...Mickey Sets a Course for Shanghai
Aug 2nd, 2008 at 12:00PM: Mickey Mouse has been planning to bring Disneyland to Shanghai for some time now. Details have been sketchy and the project has been put on the shelf several times. But people in one village are banking on the billionaire rodent to eventually get things off the ground. According to Shanghaiist, business people and home owners in Jinjia have been building on to current structures and establishing ...Disney plans an adult "Night Kingdom"
Feb 22nd, 2008 at 5:40PM: We all know where the mind wanders when a project that includes the words "adult" and "night" is planned. Add the word "Disney" to it and the very meaning of those two words together can go for a toss. Yes, the beans have been spilled: Disney is planning a $520 million, adult theme park called a Night Kingdom where the only 'hand job' on the list entails your hand doing the job of feeding a ...
