Posted on Monday, 31st October 2011 by Nancy Johnson

First impression: you thought Gingerbread Houses were just for the Christmas season, right? Well, the folks at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney didn’t think so, and for the second year running, they have hosted a Haunted House Building Workshop!  I missed it last year, so this year, my friend Cheryl and I decided [...]

Tags: Candy, Disneyland, Downtown Disney, Downtown Disney District, Edible art, gingerbread, Gingerbread house, halloween, Haunted House, Haunted Mansion Holiday, jazz Kitchen, October, Ralph Brennan's, Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen, Workshop
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Posted on Sunday, 30th October 2011 by Wayne Toigo

As the Halloween season comes to its climax, I thought I’d offer some scenes and impressions of my recent visit to one of the best Halloween entertainment events in Southern California.  Halloween Horror Nights 2011 at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together some of Hollywood’s most creative designers with the movie studio that is well known [...]

Tags: Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure, Eli Roth’s Hostel, halloween, Halloween Haunt, Halloween Horror Nights, La Yorna, Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpuses, The Thing: Assimilation, The Wolfman, Universal, Universal Studios Hollywood
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Posted on Saturday, 29th October 2011 by Nancy Johnson

For the last 10 years, from the end of September until after the New Year rings, Jack Skellington has brought the Haunted Mansion Holiday to delight Disneyland Resort guests with his “vision” of Christmas.   This year, I thought it would be fun to share some of the unique and wonderful sights that guests will find [...]

Tags: Christmas, Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, Haunted Mansion, Haunted Mansion Holiday, holidays, Jack Skellington, Nightmare Before Christmas, Spiral Hill, Zero
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Posted on Friday, 28th October 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Many Disney enthusiasts take time out during their Disneyland Park visits to stand below the fire station, paying their respects to Walt Disney by stopping to view the eternal lamp in the his apartment window.   However, many feel personally led to visit his final resting place in Glendale, California’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park.   I [...]

Tags: Chapel of the Resurrection, Court of Freedom, Disneyland, Forest Lawn, Forest Lawn Glendale, Hall of the Crucifixion-Resurrection, Memorial Park, Michelangelo, Sculpture Garden, Stained Glass, Walt Disney, Walt Disney death, Walt Disney Grave, Walt Disney Memorial, Wee Kirk o' the Heather
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Posted on Thursday, 27th October 2011 by Nancy Johnson

I was strolling through D-Street, in Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District, and stumbled on some fun items for my friend, the Vinylmation addict.  For those of you that try to avoid the collectibles scene, Vinylmations are little figures that have Mickey Mouse’s shape, but way different appearances.  For those who couldn’t resist the temptation, they are [...]

Tags: D Street, Disney Collectibles, Disneyland, Downtown Disney District, Vinylmation
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Posted on Wednesday, 26th October 2011 by Jack Burgin

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has issued a press release saying that it intends to file a lawsuit against SeaWorld (San Diego and Orlando) on behalf of five orca whales naming the whales as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.  The whales, Tilikum, Katina, Corky, Kasatka, and Ulises, will be represented by their “next [...]

Tags: lawsuit, PETA, SeaWorld, Tilikum
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th October 2011 by Dave Parfitt

In August, Disney opened its first hotel outside mainland USA not associated with a theme park.  Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa is a stand-alone Disney Vacation Club property located in Hawaii.  Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde was one of the lead designers of the new resort, and took time to talk with the DIS Unplugged about [...]

Tags: Adventurer's Club, Aulani, Avatar, DIS Interview, Hawaii, Imagineering, Joe Rohde, Walt Disney Imagineering
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