Random Disneyland and Walt Disney World tidbits too time-sensitive or inconsequential to cram into a formal article.
Effective last Tuesday, September 2, food service facilities across the Disneyland Resort stopped including tomatoes on hamburgers. According to a memo from Foods management, tomatoes are not be put on hamburgers to cut costs. However, if guests do detect the missing ingredient, they can have two slices added for 99 cents. A week into the change, one Foods cast member said that guests seem not be have noticed the difference. “I can see us eventually selling a bun and charging ...
My last article, “Broken Bridges,” unveiling Team Disney Anaheim’s plans to prostitute one of the sweetest, most intimate corners in all of Disneyland, New Orleans Square’s Court of Angels, by turning it into an extension of the adjacent Christmas shop sparked a firestorm in the online community. The uproar evidently wasn’t loud enough to dissuade management. “Your article exposing TDA’s plans has really ticked off the suits, as well as guests,” a cast member wrote. The overlay remains ...
Though it's still three weeks away, the next Skipper Stand Up Show is more than two-thirds sold out. The all-new stand-up comedy show, featuring nine current and former Jungle Cruise skippers, takes place at 7 p.m. Sunday September 7 at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton, Ca. (For more info and cheap tickets, go to www.skipperstandup.com.) Some good news: If the 7 p.m. show sells out quickly, a second show will be added at 9:30 p.m. One note of caution: Adam Rotella ...
Disneyland has decided upon Sunday August 17 as the final day for Triton's Garden. Construction will begin next week on converting the area to Pixie Hollow and Tinker Bell Meet & Greet. "So," encourages one cast member, "if you want a photo taken with Ariel as a mermaid, this is the last week to do it until 2010... when her new greeting location opens next to her new attraction at DCA."
Yesterday's NFFC Disneyana Show & Sale was another great success. My mouse ears are off to the hard-working crew that puts so much time and effort into always making this one of the highlights of my year. As promised, I cornered several other vendors during the show to get answers to the burning questions of the day ... Jack Jantzen, publisher of The E-Ticket Magazine: Yes, after 20+ years, he's winding down the E-Ticket. This was likely his final convention. ...