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In addition to the paving operation that @Doberge spotted in January, it looks like additional site work has been going on recently. On Saturday, I spotted a backhoe (which wouldn't be stored onsite during an extended hiatus) visible over the vegetation from one of the MK boats, and concrete...

Lucrative appointments for which the property owners (mostly Disney) must finance, despite not having any say in who is appointed to the board or whether the board considers their best interests. While the appointments themselves may not be as appealing as they once were, they're still far...

I have to assume they were going for the mome raths, the silent Tulgey Wood dwellers who get less than 15-seconds of screentime and are just as obscure in-universe as they are to casual parkgoers: (Apologies for the cropped video and low quality audio; apparently the mome raths really don't...

If I had to guess, it’s probably going to be exposed glass aggregate that will be embedded in the concrete pavement. Looking at the way this is set up, these appear to be panels that will be cast face down (so the colors can be arranged before the concrete is poured), and then once the panels...

If this goes through, I would be curious to see what other changes beyond wages. Disneyland's entertainment department has long had a superiority complex when compared to their east coast brethren, often citing a higher level of talent and increased flexibility to perform more spectacular shows...

You have a lot more confidence in Iger’s ability to picture a creative endeavor before it’s complete than I do. Everything we’ve seen from him during his tenure indicates he’s a very literal person without much imagination for how something undefined could be. Just look at the types of projects...

It’s part of their plan to make the park “more Disney,” since obviously a park with a made-up name that has entered the popular lexicon could never stand on its own merits. It needs more branded IP from franchises that are past their prime! With these new benches, whenever somebody somebody...

Even if we assume that this was meant to be about the creation of some sort of park-wide mascot rather than an attraction-specific character (which, to be clear, was never Figment’s original intent), this claim doesn’t hold up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny. How quickly we forget Lagoona...

It may be a tribute to Walt, but is it a reference to anything he ever actually said? It certainly felt like a new quote to me the first time I crossed it during the initial Storyliving announcement. We all know how Disney PR likes to trot out old out-of-context Walt quotes to justify...

It’s a bold choice to put those adjacent to light-colored concrete, since over time rainwater will slowly stain the concrete with rust as it runs off the grates and toward the drains. Sure, some of the water will infiltrate to the planters, and sure, it won’t happen right away. But give it 5 or...

Yes, the current version is worse than the short-lived 2.0 version, IMO (though I’m personally not sure I would necessarily say it’s Disney’s worst ever, it’s definitely on that list). As one of the seemingly few people who actually experienced all three versions of the attraction, I often find...

"Once one dismisses the rest of all possible worlds, this is the best of the rest of all possible worlds." -Voltaire (more or less) It seems that it's been so long since Disney has had an original attraction in the US that the ex post facto logic has become that there is something inherently...

A monochrome color palette is a byproduct of brutalism, not a defining feature. Brutalism is typically defined by its exposed unfinished concrete structure (the "brut" right there in the style's name), which tends to be monochrome only because it's all the same material. It's a celebration of...

I seem to recall the area outside the windows was reduced during the same refurbishment that revised the changing portraits from slowly transitioning between multiple images in increasing states of 'decay' to synching up with the lightning flashes outside the windows across the hall. At the...

I assume they are waiting until the central core is complete (enough) that it will also be open. This gives them an opportunity to do a splashy ribbon-cutting ceremony for marketing, but more importantly it moves the main guest flow in/out of the park away from the entrance to the new...

Interesting stylization choice to fully capitalize "BET." I'm sure they wanted it to balance out with the capitalized "ESPN," but my brain immediately goes to another cable channel that tends to be nearby on the dial. On the bright side, I've saved them the trouble and cost of creating a custom...

It's not just that this is an additional steamboat presence, but it's that it's so clearly copied from the Mark Twain itself which is right there [**gestures toward the river**], rather than pulling inspiration from any number of other perfectly valid (real or imagined) steamboats. Even the...

Thematically, sure, it’s an odd fit. But when you look at the target demographics it makes perfect sense. Scentsy’s target audience (similar to other MLMs) seems to primarily be 20- & 30-something parents (particularly women) with young children and a little disposable income to play with. Who...

If the riverboat is in fact being removed, this may be a good time to reminisce about how, like so many other record-setting elements of the ride's original design that have since been forgotten, the Zip-A-Dee Lady herself held a record at the time: it was the largest moving prop in any Disney...

The White Rabbit can often be found on rollerblades in parades at Disneyland. He memorably had them for Parade of Dreams for (and after) the 50th, but occasionally also appears with them in other various small street performances Given that it's always the White Rabbit on rollerblades and...