R.A. Pedersen's Blog, page 45
May 13, 2011
Settlement In Donald Duck Groping Lawsuit | The Smoking Gun
The court filings do not disclose settlement terms, which presumably included a payment to Magolon, a 28-year-old Upper Darby resident. The settlement came prior to Magolon or Disney filing motions or pretrial memorandums in the case, which involved claims of … Continue reading →
May 12, 2011
Art of Animation resort building graphics going up soon
Walt Disney Imagineering has filed paperwork with Orange County to have the decorative signage at the Art of Animation Resort installed in the near future. This should alleviate much of the "ugly ghetto abandoned post-nuclear apocalypse wasteland" look the unfinished … Continue reading →
Star Tours holding private industry event May 17th
Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios is holding a private sneak-peek event for members of the themed entertainment industry on May 17, 2011. Consider this a cursory heads-up to anyone going May 17th and expecting to get into a soft-opening … Continue reading →
May 10, 2011
Permits filed for Spaceship Earth and Guest Relations kiosks
Disney filed paperwork for an interesting group of kiosks to be added to the parks today. These kiosks are all having electrical service run to them by Ermco – Disney's general contractor for all things electrical. What's most interesting is … Continue reading →
Animators tour the Little Mermaid ride at DCA
Lucky animators – they got to check out the Little Mermaid ride coming to Disney California Adventure. Their early preview was on foot as much of the work was still being finished at the time, but us lucky fans at … Continue reading →
Disney World gets a Crabby Tom's and Texas Roadhouse – sort of.
An interesting filing was done today by the environmental and planning people at Disney World today. In essence it reports the addition of a Crabby Tom's and Texas Roadhouse restaurants in a small parcel of land on the southern end … Continue reading →
BeadforLife returning Epcot with newly designed sales kiosk
Notices filed last week with the Orange County reveal that the BeadforLife sales kiosk at Epcot would be returning in the near future. BeadforLife at the Walt Disney World resort is a collaborative project between the Disney company and the … Continue reading →
May 9, 2011
New Fantasyland Construction Photo Update
Good morning! We got a chance to get out to the Magic Kingdom over the weekend. We took a small detour for exploring the park with some friends to try and get interesting new angles for photographs of the New … Continue reading →
May 7, 2011
Magic Kingdom Monorail Service Suspended
A quick update – Monorail service at the Magic Kingdom area has been temporarily suspended today. The cause of the downtime appears to be a small fire underneath the beam pathway.This photo from @r0gue on twitter shows emergency services underneath … Continue reading →
Epcot Norway's 3D film approved by WDI then cut due to budget woes
Did you know in 2003 there were plans for Epcot's Norway pavilion to get a renovated post-show film? And not just a simple update to the 5 minute film – it was to be a full 3D digital film to … Continue reading →
