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As part of the promotional tour for the much anticipated second season of “Pushing Daisies” you’ll be able to sample sweet pie and pick up some branded merchandise to show your support of this excellent show.

ABC is bringing the interactive experience of Ned’s bakery, The Pie Hole, to ten major markets across the country. Guests will be able to enjoy free pie and the company of an outgoing restaurant staff, all while experiencing charming décor from the show’s set. Balloons with the show’s logo, posters and daisy decals on the floor will be the icing on The Pie Hole.

In addition, “Pushing Daisies” footage will play on plasma televisions on site, and waitresses on whimsically decorated daisy bicycles will direct people to the restaurant prior to the event. Guests will also have the opportunity to receive branded “Pushing Daisies” magnets, pie-cutters and spatulas. Visitors will turn into fans as they fully immerse themselves in the fantasy world of “Pushing Daisies.” To top things off, a “Pushing Daisies” microsite will chart the mobile Pie Hole’s travels and offer fun send-to-a-friend Daisy messages online at www.PushingDaisiesTour.com. However, that website is not yet online for some reason.

“Pushing Daisies Touch of Wonder Tour” Dates and Locations:

Date Location
August 31 Anaheim, CA – Downtown Disney
September 7 San Francisco, CA – Ghirardelli Square– Chocolate Festival
September 10 Los Angeles, CA – Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade
September 12 Las Vegas, NV – Fashion Show Mall
September 14 Phoenix, AZ – Westgate Complex
September 17 Denver, CO – Larimer Square
September 20 Dallas, TX – Addison Oktober Fest
September 24 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Park
September 26 Philadelphia, PA – The Shops at Liberty Place
September 29 New York, NY – Times Square

Can someone tell me why Anaheim gets a tour spot, but Orlando doesn’t? Hello. Disney Theme Park here. October 1st would be a perfect tie-in to the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot and a great way to end the tour on the first night of the new season.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Sample Pushing Daisies Pies in a city near you

What’s next for Central Florida? Could Disney dominance be on the way out? Those are the questions addressed by Chad Emerson at BlooLoop.com a blog dedicated to amusement news.

Fight between two smaller International Drive area amusement parks draws near to its end. Fun Spot is likely to be declared the victor by buyout. Magical Midway is up for sale and it’s original rival is the main suitor. Stay tuned as consolidation continues among smaller Orlando attractions.

Cypress Gardens has announced a special Labor Day weekend festival “Belles, Blues, and BBQ” - Wish I could go. It sounds fun. Saturday night will even end in Fireworks.

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend that avoids the usual massive crowds at Disney, go support our local parks.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Central Florida Attraction News

Today, I have a brief post for you with two photos from the Park. We start with a shot from a Disneyland cast member that was reportedly taken in 1955 on Main Street. This is taken at the current site of the Carnation Cafe, though the building's facade is blocked from view by tables and umbrellas.
Next, a cast member's view of one of the Disneyland Railroad trains stopped at the Frontierland Station. Guests who end up on this side of the tracks are definitely in the wrong place! Even Disneyland trains take a long ways to stop, so crossing the tracks is NEVER a good idea!

I have much more to share, but not today, so I'll just mosey along for now.

Disney's Hollywood Studios is literally peppered with references to the golden age of Hollywood. One notable tribute goes largely unseen--a window advertising Geiger's Rare Books and 1st Editions. The window is located on the second story of a building facade near the Mama Melrose Ristorante Italiano.

The window sign pays homage to the classic 1945 movie The Big Sleep, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and starring Humphrey Bogart as private eye Philip Marlowe. In the film, Marlow is hired to investigate a suspected blackmailer named Arthur Gywnn Geiger. Early in the movie, Marlow visits Geiger's place of business, A. G. Geiger's RARE BOOKS and DE LUXE EDITIONS. Geiger's storefront is featured prominently in a scene where Humphrey Bogart dons a pair of dark glasses prior to entering the shop.

When I was working at a summer camp before I left home for College, I got a letter from my girlfriend telling me she’d helped my mom at the garage sale. Oh no, I thought, I didn’t know there was going to be a garage sale! My mom will sell all my comics, souvenirs, and other memorabilia. And you know what, I was right.

Some of the comics or other memorabilia she sold might have been worth enough today to pay for a Walt Disney World vacation for my family. But most families have to do it the hard way, socking away a dollar here, saving five bucks there until it all adds up to enough money for a vacation (as little as $1600 if you believe Disney’s ads).

The safest place to put this money is in a bank account or CD (where it can earn interest). But what if you’re trying to hide it from your spouse in order to surprise her with a vacation, you may be willing to give up that interest and just hide it somewhere your wife will never look. Like that Sin City DVD you haven’t watched in a few months. (You can see where this is going…)

Of course, the wife, thinking “gee we haven’t watched that Sin City DVD in a few months”, goes ahead and sells the DVD for $10 at a garage sale without telling you. And there goes your family vacation to Walt Disney World for the year. I hope they’re able to work that out, because that just sucks!

(Via WXYZ)

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

How to ruin your Disney vacation for $10

When The Walt Disney Company saw that The High School Musical series was a surprise hit and it appeared that musicals were “hip” again with young audiences, Disney knew they just had to tap into that gold mine. One of the ideas they came up with was a Movie Musical called “Camp Rock”. It would star some of the Disney Channel’s young talent, other than the well known Miley Cyrus, and with any luck it would bring in good ratings and make some money along the way.

Well was Camp Rock a success? Absolutely! It debuted as the number two movie ever on The Disney Channel and it’s stars Demi Lovato, The Jonas Brothers, Alyson Stoner, and Meaghan Jette Martin have all become bigger names with fans of Disney’s tween offerings.

So now the summer camp smash-hit Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock is out in an Extended Rock Star Edition on DVD and Blu-ray from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The DVD features well known recording artists the Jonas Brothers, and is packed with “Too Cool’” bonus features including a never-before-seen exclusive extended edition.

I am obviously not the target audience for this film. But it functioned well within the type of TV movie genre that has been a success on The Disney Channel in the past. Nothing goes too far, no boundaries are pushed. Just a solid effort from a team that knows what their audience wants. That’s teen based fun, good music, and popular actors. Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition DVD certainly has a lot of each of those.

DVD Bonus Features:

• How to be a Rock Star - Get ready to take center stage! Sing, dress and dance just like a Rock Star-with tips from Jonas Brothers and the cast!
• Jonas Brothers: Real Life Rock Stars - Think you know Jonas Brothers? Get ready to learn all about them from none other that the rock stars themselves!
• Introducing Demi Lovato - go behind the scenes with Disney Channel’s talented new sensation!
• Camp Rock Memory Book - One unforgettable summer is recorded in candid, personal shots of stars on and off the set of the movie, plus their most memorable moments from the filming of Camp Rock.
• From Rehearsal to Final Jam: “Hasta La Vista” Join Barron and Sander (aka actors Jordan Francis and Roshon Fegan) for a backstage look at the making of one of the movie’s hottest musical numbers.
• Setting the Stage for “Too Cool” - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, who plays Ella, takes fans on location for a peek at one of the film’s signature production numbers-from both sides of the camera!
• Sing Along Mode and Karaoke Mode
• Rockin’ Music Video

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato in Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition DVD

As much as anyone Dr. Randy Pausch embodied creativity and technology combined. His work founding and teaching at the Entertainment Technology Center for Carnegie Mellon University, his life long passions, including working for Walt Disney Imagineering, and his emotional “Last Lecture”, in fact a gift for his kids, are good models for us all. So it makes sense that Dr. Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and current President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, be awarded the first Randy Paucsh Prize.

Without the leadership and vision of Dr. Ed, Pixar would not exist; without his passion for excellence and creativity, Pixar would not have hit every ball out of the park with a perfect record of films out of the Emeryville Studios. Catmull will give a speech at CMU on September 26th when he receives his award.

The full press release is below the cut:

Disney/Pixar’s Ed Catmull To Accept First Randy Pausch Prize
At Entertainment Computing Conference at Carnegie Mellon

PITTSBURGH—Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will accept the first Randy Pausch Prize from Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) and present the keynote address at the 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC) on Sept. 26.

The award, which the ETC plans to present annually, is named for Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist and author of the best-selling book “The Last Lecture,” who died July 25 at age 47. Pausch was passionate about the need for technologists and artists to work together and unusually successful in making these collaborations work. The Pausch Prize will honor entertainment industry experts who embody his interdisciplinary spirit.

“We couldn’t think of a more fitting person to receive the first Pausch Prize than Ed Catmull,” said Don Marinelli, who co-founded the ETC with Pausch and is its executive producer. “Eleven years ago, when the ETC was just a vision that Randy and I were trying to make a reality, Ed generously shared with us his thoughts about how to prepare students for the new world of interactive digital media. His suggestions, including the idea of having everyone in the program study improvisational acting, were priceless. He helped us make the ETC a place where right-brained and left-brained individuals can work together successfully.”

Catmull co-founded Pixar, which has produced such films as “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” and “Wall-E,” and created two other leading centers of computer graphics research — the computer graphics laboratory at the New York Institute of Technology and the computer division of Lucasfilm Ltd. These three organizations have been home to many of the most academically respected researchers in the field of computer graphics and have produced some of the field’s most fundamental advances. Catmull is one of the architects of the RenderMan rendering software, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary and has been used in 44 of the last 47 films nominated for an Academy Award® in the Visual Effects category.

Catmull has been honored with four Academy Awards, including a Technical Achievement Award, as well as the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for his lifetime contributions in the computer graphics field. He earned the IEEE’s John von Neumann Medal for contributions to computer graphics and a pioneering use of computer animation in motion pictures. Catmull earned a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Utah.

Recipients of the Pausch Prize, which includes a $2,500 cash award, will present a lecture at Carnegie Mellon. Catmull will accept his prize and present the Pausch lecture at 9:15 a.m., Sept. 26 in McConomy Auditorium in Carnegie Mellon’s University Center, the site of Pausch’s famous “last lecture.”

The lecture also serves as the keynote address for the ICEC, which is hosted this year by the ETC. The ICEC is the largest and most prestigious conference for entertainment computing, where leading experts from academia and industry present their newest insights, products and demonstrations. In addition to Catmull, speakers include Stan Szymanski, senior vice president of Digital Production and Creative Resources for Sony Pictures Imageworks; Jesse Schell, assistant professor at the ETC, president of Schell Games and author of the new book “The Art of Game Design;” and Keiji Yamada, director of NEC Corporation’s C&C Innovation Research Laboratories.

About 300 researchers are expected to attend the ICEC Sept. 25-27. For information, please visit http://www.etc.cmu.edu/icec2008/.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

1st Randy Pausch Prize from CMU ETC goes to Pixar’s Ed Catmull

Michael Keaton newly cast as Ken doll in Toy Story 3

Disney spends $1.5 million in three months of government lobbying

Disney sells off land for Four Seasons Hotel to be built

I just noticed an interesting special feature listed on the specifications for The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition DVD arriving in stores today. Jack's Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour provides viewers with a virtual tour of Disneyland's annual holiday makeover of the classic attraction. An optional "Off Track" feature reveals a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the popular overlay.

Additional features new to this edition include commentary tracks by Tim Burton, director Henry Selick and composer Danny Elfman, and a Christopher Lee rendition of Burton's original poem upon which the film was based. I usually steer clear of DVD "double-dips" but I have to admit being especially intrigued by the Haunted Mansion Holiday feature. If anyone happens to pick up the set, let us know your impressions via the comments section.

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For a while there it looked like “Life On Mars” was going to be the only new drama added to the ABC Schedule this year. The Writer’s Strike caused a delay in this year’s Pilot season, and ABC decided to wait until it had time to view all the ‘pilots’ it was developing before deciding which to adopt. Good plan

So now we have two police procedurals, “Castle” and “The Unusuals”, to look forward to; a romantic comedy called “Cupid”; and two sit-coms, “Better off Ted” and “Single With Parents”. “Castle” starring Nathan Fillion holds the most interest for me, but then I’m a Firefly/Serenity fan.

Variety has more details.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Disney/ABC inflates schedule with five new shows

My review of the just-released book Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park by Jeff Kurtti is now up at LaughingPlace.com.  I really hope you’ll read my review - or at least pretend to.  In case you couldn’t tell or didn’t know already, the book is about the first Imagineers who created the first four Disney theme parks (and the Disney attractions for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York) setting off a revolution in placemaking that continues to evolve today.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Shameless Plug: Ken Reviews _Walt Disney’s Imagineering Legends_

Ever look at a book cover and know right away you have to add it to your collection? I just had that experience with “Walt Disney’s Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park” by Jeff Kurtti. That’s my grandfather Vic Greene right there on the cover next to Walt Disney (Thanks Jeff!). Of course, any book that reveals the history of WED, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, and the creative geniuses who worked at it, will get a prominant place on my shelf anyway. But it’s nice to see my grandfather there at Disneyland with Walt

I don’t have it yet, but it’s available on the LaughingPlace.com Store. I’ll get back to soon with my review, or you can read Ken Pellman’s review over on LaughingPlace.com.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

New Imagineering History Book for sale

The cast of the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars on ABC has been revealed and along with the usual roles (singer, athlete, boy band member, actor, actress, football player) there are a few choices that are bound to surprise. The three hour premiere is on September 22nd at 8pm EST.

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 7 Contestants

LANCE BASS - Lance Bass has sold over 50 million records as a member of the phenomenally successful pop group *NSYNC. He also executive produced and starred in a number of film and television projects. In 2002 he successfully trained to be a cosmonaut at Russia’s Star City and was certified by both the Russian Space Program and NASA for a mission aboard a Soyuz capsule. Lance has also released his memoir, Out of Sync, for Simon Spotlight Entertainment. The 2006 U.S. Youth Latin Champ and 2007 World Swing Dance Champ Lacey Schwimmer teams up with Lance to make her series debut.

TONI BRAXTON - The winner of six Grammy Awards, Toni Braxton is a Billboard chart-topping singer and actress, selling over forty million records worldwide. Her U.S. number-one hit Un-Break My Heart is the second biggest single by a female artist in history. She has also appeared in two Disney Broadway shows: Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Dancing with the Stars marks her return to the spotlight after a six-month health hiatus. She teams up with season one champion, Alec Mazo, who returns for his fourth season.

BROOKE BURKE - A host, actress, entrepreneur and celebrity mom, Brooke Burke has truly done it all. She has graced numerous magazine covers, has her own top-selling swimsuit calendars, and is regularly ranked in men’s magazines as one of the sexiest women in the world. Recognized worldwide as host of the hit travel series Wild On!, Brooke has since hosted several high profile network series, including Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova. On the acting front, she has guest-starred on such television series as Las Vegas, Less Than Perfect, Eve, It’s All Relative, The Bernie Mac Show,Monk, Rock Me Baby and That’s Life. Brooke is a mother of four and recently launched her own babystore BabooshBaby.com, a site where she shares her secrets (and some products she used) to get back in shape after giving birth. Brooke teams with Derek Hough who returns for his third season.

ROCCO DISPIRITO - The James Beard Award-winning celebrity chef and author Rocco DiSpirito combines his world-class cooking with a passion for empowering home cooks. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Rocco opened the 3-star Union Pacific in New York City in 1997. In 2003 he launched Rocco’s for the reality series, The Restaurant. Rocco will next appear on the A&E series, Rocco Gets Real, beginning in October, along with its companion cookbook, Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day. He teams with Karina Smirnoff who returns for her fifth season. Karina teamed with R&B singer, Mario, last season.

MAURICE GREENE - The winner of two gold medals, in the 100m sprint and the 4×100m relay at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics, track star Maurice Greene was dubbed the “World’s Fastest Man” during his career. In addition to being the former world record holder in the 100m sprint, and winning multiple world championships, he also won silver and bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. He is the current Indoor World Record holder in the 60m at 6.39 seconds. He teams up with two-time champion, Cheryl Burke. Cheryl returns for her sixth season.

KIM KARDASHIAN - Actress, model and reality television star, Kim Kardashian shot to stardom after the first airing of her hit E! reality series, Keeping up with the Kardashians. The series follows the exploits of Kim, her siblings, her mother Kris, and her stepfather, Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner. Kardashian recently completed her first feature film, Disaster Movie and will also be seen on The N’s series Beyond the Break. She teams up with defending champ, Mark Ballas, who returns for his third season.

CLORIS LEACHMAN - Actress Cloris Leachman’s storied career has been recognized with nine Emmys®, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award®. She has the distinction of being the only woman to win eight Primetime Emmy® Awards and one Daytime Emmy®. Leachman has starred in a wide range of theater, television and motion picture projects, creating such indelible characters as Phyllis in the TV series Phyllis and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Nurse Diesel in High Anxiety, and Ruth Popper in The Last Picture Show (for which she won an Oscar® and a BAFTA). In 2008 she has already completed three new films; The Women, American Cowslip and New York I Love You. She is in the process of writing her memoir and is currently touring the U.S. with her one-woman show CLORIS! Cloris teams with World Latin Champion and Mark’s father, Corky Ballas, who makes his series debut.

CODY LINLEY - Cody Linley will be the youngest contestant ever to compete on Dancing with the Stars. He is best known for his role as Jake Ryan on the wildly popular Disney Channel series Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus , a role in which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. He also helped the show garner an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children’s Programming.My Dog Skip, HOOT, Miss Congeniality, and Cheaper By the Dozen. He teams with two-time Dancing with the Stars champ, Julianne Hough who returns for her fourth season. Cody’s film credits include

SUSAN LUCCI - As the most famous face in daytime television history, Lucci has held audiences spellbound for years as the sexy, sassy, beautiful woman you love to hate, Erica Kane on All My Children. In May 1999, all of America stood and cheered when Susan Lucci won the Emmy® Award for Best Actress. While competing on the show, she will continue her work on All My Children, and celebrate her 10,000th episode this November. In addition to her performances on Broadway and in cabarets across the country, Susan is an entrepreneur, having launched successful cosmetic, fashion, and jewelry lines on HSN. She teams with Tony Dovolani who returns for his sixth season.

MISTY MAY-TREANOR - Beach Volleyball champion Misty May-Treanor and partner Kerri Walsh captured their second Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and became the first team ever to repeat as back-to-back champs. The victory also marked their 108th straight match win. Misty and Kerri were distinguished as AVP Team of the Year for four consecutive years (2003 through 2006). Misty was also named Most Valuable Player in 2005 and 2006, Best Offensive Player in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and Best Defensive Player in 2006. She now joins a new teammate, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who returns for his fifth season.

TED MCGINLEY - Actor Ted McGinley’s extensive television credits include Married with Children, Hope & Faith,Happy Days, recurring roles on the critically-acclaimed series The West Wing, Sports Night, Charlie Lawrence, Dynasty,The Love Boat. He has also starred in such films as Pearl Harbor, Daybreak, Dick, Major League: Back to the Minors,Wayne’s World 2, and the cult hit Revenge of the Nerds. Newcomer Inna Brayer will be paired with Ted. Inna is the current US Amateur 10 Dance Champion.

JEFFREY ROSS - Comedian Jeffrey Ross a.k.a. the “Roastmaster General,” has delivered numerous show stopping performances at celebrity roasts honoring the likes of William Shatner, Hugh Hefner, Donald Trump, Pamela Anderson Pamela Anderson , Bob Saget and Emmitt Smith, inspiring New York Magazine to crown him The Meanest Man in Comedy. As a comic, Jeff has appeared on several late night and morning shows Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The View. Jeff’s other TV credits include Weeds and C.S.I. He has also appeared in such films as the Farrelley Brothers’ Stuck on You, and the critical sensation, The Aristocrats. Jeff continues to tour regularly. He teams with Edyta Sliwinska, who is the only pro to compete in all seven seasons of Dancing with the Stars.

WARREN SAPP - Recently retired defensive tackle and Superbowl Champion Warren Sapp played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders during his 13 year career. His 96.5 career sacks are the second-highest career total sacks for a defensive tackle in the NFL. Warren was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1999, played in seven consecutive Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl XXXVII with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003. This Fall, Warren will co-host Showtime’s Inside the NFL and will be a studio analyst and game commentator for the NFL Network. He is teamed with Kym Johnson who returns for her fifth season.

I’m making my pick right now. Susan Lucci has the biggest pre-show following, so if she can learn the moves and put on a good show, she’s the early favorite.

Over here on The Disney Blog we’re lucky enough to have Mark Baker do a show by show recap. Please make sure to come back and catch every minute you may have missed of this hit show.

Originally posted on The Disney Blog.

Next Celebrity Slate Set for ABC’s Dancing With The Stars

Mickey Mouse shared the marquee at the Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles with what was one of the most popular films of 1931, Trader Horn. The adventure movie starred Harry Carey and was notable for being the first major Hollywood production to be filmed on location in Africa. The Mickey Mouse cartoon was likely The Moose Hunt, as both it and Trader Horn were released in May of 1931. Disney would parody Trader Horn the following year with the cartoon Trader Mickey.

A certain future Jungle Skipper brought his fashionable mom to Disneyland a while back.

It appears from the photograph that the old Grand Hotel was still standing.
It was later imploded by Disney.

It also appears that the Disneyland parking lot was still in place.
It was later "improved" by Disney.

As for the plaid pants, thankfully, unlike Disneyland, there are some things in life that you do grow out of.

In 1987, getting hired into Department 951 at Disneyland was a good thing.

It has been reported on many job hunting and career-coaching websites that a large number of Americans list "Jungle Cruise Captain or Skipper" as one of the jobs they would most like to have---if money were no object.

Indeed, there was even a contest in which people auditioned for a chance at the "Dream Job" of becoming a Jungle Cruise skipper.

Some of us were fortunate enough to get the job through the old "apply and interview" process.

Here is one of the documents you would have received as part of your packet of information when you hired into Department 951 back in the 1980s. Of course, many Disneyland cast members from that time period will read these excerpts with fond memories of "Harbor House" and the old time cards and punch clock located there.

I was given a reminder card for a couple of my shifts as an Adventure/Frontier Attractions Host in Department 951. Looks like I was working a 1:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Parade shift on a Sunday and a Thursday shift at Tiki Room. I guess I could call over to extension 4695 and confirm!
Also attached to your packet in 1987 would have been one of these cards announcing Disney Dollars and how to treat them. I remember handling tons of Disney Dollars while working the Frontierland Shootin' Arcade. I wore my Big Thunder costume and was assigned a money belt. I would make change, give refunds and show the guests that you really could shoot down all the cars of the wagon train in one pass---if you had hours of practice as a cast member!
I do not believe I have a single Disney Dollar in my possession today, but I sure handled enough of them during shifts at the Shootin' Arcade.

I can still drop the targets like a seasoned rifleman thanks to many slow hours and my ability to provide unlimited resets to the guns in my days as a cast member! My favorite target: the old mine---I love the explosion in the mine and the little ore cart that darts out around the bend after you hit the bullseye!

Disney to receive Entertainment AIDS Alliance Visionary Award

Among plans for Fort Wilderness is a themed pool area