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That's the scary part. Wall Street hasn't yet figured out that Disney is shoveling money into Shanghai. When they have to actually account for the additional spending or attendance underperforms (which it will), the real budget cuts will start. Many of us want Disney to have new leadership...

This comparison with Universal is fascinating. I can't figure out why Disney's cost structure is so much higher-but it seems like it has to be the international parks. Universal spends 55% of their income from the parks on operating expenses Disney spends 60% of their income from the parks on...

This China censorship stuff is such a weird situation - and a bit conspiracy minded. I was thinking about the bizarre Yoda dress, and one thing that struck me as unlikely was putting a dress together in the four days between the Huffington Post story broke and the Oscars. However, Rodarde had...

They're definitely going to be mounting something big on the front of the boxes. You can see the mounting points on the top of the metal plate. These new effects should be fun!

Any thoughts on what's going on in this area? It looks like a hatch for maintenance access, but why is it so accessible? Prepping for Rivers of Light show infrastructure?

While skepticism is good, It's pretty easy to find financial data via a quick google search. We're on a forum here - do you expect PO4 to post a page of methods along with every graph? It seems more reasonable for you to do the work to come up with actual alternative explanations or questions...

Yeah, I was a bit surprised when I saw the list too. Splash makes sense because of the weather, but I guess they're doing work in slow season on the others. You'll have a great time none the less-there is still lots to do and the parks are really awesome.

I think the starlight passport is your best bet if you really want to do both parks in one day. You're buying two independent tickets, which is really the only way to do both parks. A bigger question is whether you really want to spend the evening in Disney Sea? It is a super pretty park at...

They have been replaced by Theme Park Connection: http://stores.ebay.com/ThemeParkConnection Same interesting assortment of Disney surplus stuff. There was some business disagreement between the folks that used to run Mouse Surplus that resulted in this new store opening up.

You're probably right. It's hard to make out, but if you look at the signatures on the good concept art they're similar some of the concept art for the Avatar movie. The style is also very close. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the industry can confirm. It this is the case, it's a...

Do you happen to know why they need the T-shape building for those TOT versions? I assume its for some part of the lifting mechanism, but why does it have to be positioned on the side like that? BTW, Thanks for the great thread Eddie!

Here's an aspect of Tokyo Disneyland I didn't cover-the merchandise. There are lots of shops, but everything is very tailored to the Japanese market. That means there are many fancy gifts packaged in colorful tins and boxes. Most of these packaged items are food and are really not that...

And the last big post! Tokyo Disney Sea at night is even more spectacular. This is the one time where a tripod would have been nice (they aren't allowed, sadly) So much great lighting... The nighttime show is Fantasmic-same storyline, but much cooler. The biggest advantage is that...

Last couple sets of photos. Thanks for the feedback everyone! Arabian coast has a lot of neat buildings. There is a two-level carousel. Some of the best flowers in the park I was there during the Duffy the bear clebration, so genie gets to play with Duffy. Also in Arabian Coast is the...

There is a elevated railway that runs through new york and gives the whole area life Tower looks familiar The staff at the Tokyo parks keep the park in excellent condition. One of the most ridiculous illustrations of this was the staff mopping up the rain with actual mops. It was raining...

Outside is the famous gyoza sausage bun cart. It always has a crazy long line, even on on a rainy day with few people ion the park. Very yummy... And they've got a Nautilus just sitting in port which overlooks the entrance to the amazing 20000 leagues under the sea ride. Not only...

And I'm back, now with Disney Sea. Words cannot describe the awesomeness of this park, so I'll let the pictures do it. You enter at the bottom of the fabulous MiraCosta hotel, off of a fairly small entrance plaza The park entrance is the coolest I have experienced. You walk through this...

So...to finish up Disneyland, I next got tickets for "One Man's Dream 2", the main stage show. You have to get tickets ahead of time via a lottery. It was an interesting show, fairly good dancing but not outstanding. A couple of interesting scenes involved tumbling ants.... And a pretty...

I unfortunately don't have too many photos, as it is fairly dark inside. However I've got one outside and one inside shot for you. It is a really neat setting...the entrance does a good job of transitioning you into the ocean environment, with a long, gradual ramp. The rides are fairly boring...

I started off towards Tomorrowland to get a Fast Pass for the newly opened Star Tours. I really lucked out-going in the middle of the week in June kept the lines down. It was also rainy when I went-nothing some rain gear couldn't take care of. As a result of strategic Fast Passes and Single...