
Disney’s Golden Gate No More
July 26, 2011 By CaliforniaSource Leave a Comment
(07/25/2011) Anaheim, California – Back in February 2001, The Disneyland Resort’s admittedly-failed second theme park, Disney’s California Adventure, opened with a unique twist on a theme park entrance: guests would “walk through” a giant California postcard. Included in this set up were giant block letters which spelled out “California”, a stylized version of San Francisco’s [...]

Michael Jackson’s “Captain E.O.” Permanent in Tokyo Disneyland
July 23, 2011 By CaliforniaSource 2 Comments
(07/23/2011) Tokyo, Japan – Executives at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort have recently announced that the 1980′s 3-D musical space adventure, “Captain E.O.” is now a permanent attraction at its Tokyo Disneyland theme park. The film-based attraction stars the late Michael Jackson as Captain E.O., a fledging space pilot who is charged with bringing the gift [...]

Disneyland’s “Tangled” Meet-and-Greet Now Open
October 18, 2010 By CaliforniaSource Leave a Comment
10/18/2010 – Anaheim, California – The two main characters from Disney’s newest animated feature length film, “Tangled” (opens November 24) are now available for meet-and-greets at Disneyland. Housed in a specially-crafted themed setting in Fantasyland at the site of the former Gepetto’s Candy Shoppe, guests can pose for pictures with and get autographs from Disney’s [...]
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Draining Your Client Base: Disney’s ESPN Zone Fails
(06/16/2010) – Anaheim, California – As reported last week, yesterday was the last day of operation for five of the seven formerly remaining ESPN Zones, a regional sports bar, grill and video arcade concept pioneered by The Walt Disney Company. The closed locations include of Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, New York Times Square and Washington, D.C. [...]
ESPN Zone at L.A. Live Taken Over by AEG
(06/10/2010) – Los Angeles, California – This week The Walt Disney Company, parent company of sports network ESPN, announced they would be shuttering five of the seven remaining ESPN Zone bars and restaurants throughout the country. The locations, which close June 16th, include Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New York Times Square, and Chicago. Two locations [...]