My Disney Mania - DIS News has this post about attendance at California Adventure and other parks in 2012.  DCA attendance was up 23% no doubt due to Cars Land.  DLR was down about 1%, as more people focused on DCA.Disney's net income in the second quarter went up 32 percent to $1.51 billion, partially due to its reinvestment in DCA. Disney's Chief Financial Officer, Jay Rasulo said this is working exactly as planned. "We had a very uneven distribution where most people spent most of their time at Disneyland ... Read more

My Disney Mania - Following up on Zz's post about raised ticket prices, DIS News has this post showing the price of all WDW tickets and possible discounts.  There's an interesting thing in the myriad prices, namely that the price of a new annual pass is about the same as two 7-day park tickets, of the 1 park per day variety, or about the same as two discounted 7-day park hopper tickets.  Could it be that Disney is quietly making it less attractive to buy a pass?  It used to be that getting an annual pass was a... Read more

My Disney Mania - {Thanks to Gene for the news link}Disney has raised the ticket prices for Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, following Universal Studios steps and breaking the $90 barrier.Two weeks after Universal Orlando Resort became the first Orlando theme park to break the $90 threshold for a single-day, single-park ticket, Walt Disney World Resort has announced adult admission to the Magic Kingdom will increase $6, to $95 ($89 ages 3-9), effective Sunday.Single-day admission to its other Florida parks, Epcot, ... Read more

My Disney Mania - The Disney Family Museum in San Francisco is hosting an exhibition of works by Maurice Sendak. This posting at MiceChat.com talks about the exhibit titled  "Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 works, 50 reasons".Though the primary focus of the Walt Disney Family Museum is to showcase the life of Walt Disney, the institution frequently presents exhibitions with a much wider scope. Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons extensively covers the work of Maurice Sendak, one of America’s most beloved c... Read more

My Disney Mania - Thanks to Gene for pointing to the news.Even Disneyland is not immune to people who are stupid.A small explosion from an apparent dry ice "bomb" at Disneyland's Toontown on Tuesday afternoon forced officials to evacuate people from the popular area, law enforcement authorities said.No injuries were reported from the blast, which rocked the theme park about 5:30 p.m., the Anaheim Police Department said. Toontown, a popular area for families with small children, was reopened about two hours later, police... Read more

My Disney Mania - Wikipedia has this entry showing various parks, lands and attractions that were in planning stages through the years, but never made it into existence for various reasons.Theme parks that were being planned include Disney Sea at Long Beach and Disney Niagara Falls.Lands at Disneyland that never happened include...Liliputian LandA land that was to be located north of Tomorrowland east of Fantasyland. Everything would have been constructed on a greatly reduced scale.  Big City LandA New York-themed area ... Read more

My Disney Mania - DIS News reports in this post that Universal Orlando is about to open a new themed area based on "The Simpsons" TV show.Two of the biggest additions to the area will be Krusty Burger and Moe's Tavern, which is going to serve "Duff Beer," the well-known beer featured in the show. Other restaurants and shops added will be Lard Lad's Donuts, The Frying Dutchman, Luigi's Pizza, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, and Duff Gardens. Universal is opening Transformers in June and raised ticket ... Read more

My Disney Mania - The Orlando Sentinel reports that Disney's 1Q profits were up by 73%.  Disney recorded gains across its holdings. Disney World and Disneyland both set quarterly attendance records, with combined attendance up 8 percent from a year earlier. Visitor spending was up 10 percent on higher ticket prices as well as more food and souvenir sales.Talking about the new MyMagic+ system...Once it's up and running, Disney Co. Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo said, the project is expected to boost Disney's bott... Read more

My Disney Mania - We now have the official announcement.The DVC villas at the Grand Floridian will start selling exclusively to DVC members starting May 23, 3013. The sales will be opened to everyone starting June 19, 2013.So, if you have been drooling after a DVC ownership at the Grand Floridian, here's your chance!Zz.... Read more

My Disney Mania - Once again, the way Disney runs its business is being used as an example on how the US Govt. should conduct its business. An amendment to the Immigration bill proposed the use of the biometric scan used for entry into WDW parks as a means to track entry and exits of visitors to the country.“Senator Rubio, he happened to share with me that Disney World uses a biometric system to ensure people do not commit ticket fraud. If they are that easy, affordable and good enough for the Magic Kingdom, they o... Read more