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A churro cart at Disney's California Adventure. Photo copyright 2018 Google / Street View.

Man using Street View billed for ‘virtual park admission’

Disney hails "virtual guests" as new revenue stream. PROVO, UT -- It's a fact of modern life that every one of us clicks to accept Terms of Service without reading or understanding what we are agreeing to. One Utah man found out the hard way that he should always read the fine print. The next best thing to being there? Edgar "Sonny" Larson of Provo, UT, recently had some time to kill, so he opened up Google Maps on his computer. As a Disney ...
August 2, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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Audio-animatronic of Jar Jar Binks arrives at Disneyland Park.

Animatronic Jar Jar arrives at Disneyland

Everyone's least favorite character will help keep crowds down. ANAHEIM, CA -- Another milestone in the construction of the new Star Wars-themed land at Disneyland Park: the arrival of a Jar Jar Binks audio-animatronic character. The life-size figure of the annoying Gungan will be positioned in the main entrance to the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge area, interacting with guests, telling bad jokes, and occasionally singing. And the placement is apparently intentional. Crowd control "We anticipate huge numbers of people trying to pack into Galaxy's Edge ...
July 31, 2018 by Marty in California
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Mug shot of Joe Rohde's Earring. Photo by alchetron.com [CC BY-SA 3.0].

Joe Rohde’s Earring implicated in more deaths

Rohde himself is not a suspect. BURBANK, CA -- Officials with the City of Burbank Police Department have confirmed that several recent deaths just outside the Imagineering headquarters in Glendale have now been officially attributed to Imagineer Joe Rohde's Earring. Rohde himself is not accused of any wrongdoing, and the deaths are being classified as "accidental." The Most Famous Earring in the (Disney) World? Most Disney fans are familiar with Imagineer Joe Rohde. Among many other things, he has worked on Spaceship Earth, The ...
July 10, 2018 by X in California, Florida
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A random building at Disneyland. Photo by Carterhawk [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

Lessons learned: 8 things I’ll never do again at Disneyland

Guest author Jay Donnchad of Reno, Nevada, shares his experience. Hi, I'm Jay, and I've been going to Disneyland for several decades. Over time I've learned a few lessons on things you should and shouldn't do there -- or really, at any Disney park. Hopefully this info will help you have a happier time when you go. So here are my: Top eight things I'll never do again at Disneyland: 1. Not eat a churro. Yeah, I know, "I'll never not eat a churro" is ...
June 20, 2018 by Marty in California
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Disneyland candy cane pulling. Photo by Loren Javier [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

Line begins forming for Disneyland candy canes

The popular made-from-scratch sweet now requires a wait of several months. ANAHEIM, CA -- Diehard Disney fans have known about the Disneyland candy canes for years. No ordinary Christmas treat, this confection is cooked, colored, stretched and shaped by hand one small batch at a time as you watch. And the simple recipe hasn't varied over the years: sugar, corn syrup, peppermint oil, food coloring, pixie dust, and shavings from the magical horns of baby unicorns. What has changed over the years? Television. ...
June 18, 2018 by Marty in California
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