Not Mickey

PlayMickey

It's what Walt wanted all along...

Not Mickey

My Old Boss

The Mad Hatter in the Mushroom Forest

just one click and the picture will grow, and grow, and grow!

Minnie and Micky in France

Christina, Disney Pin-up

Tron 1.0

Snow

I Got Mickey's On The Brain

Mickey Tongue

Disneyland Submarine and Monorail Ride Construction

you can see the monorail tracks going up above the dry submarine voyage lagoon circa 1959.. click it to make it bigger

Why I Don't Do Drungs Anymore

Tron

Bad Duck!!

Disneyland Tongue

main street merchandise

area supervisor

Behind the scenes at Big Thunder Mountain

Sweet Dreams Captain EO

Never forgotten...

Snow White Directors Cut to be Released

Disney announced today that they will release a new the directors cut version of the classic animated film Snow White. This movie will contain recently discovered footage of what life was like for Snow a few years after marrying Prince Charming. Also discovered was footage for an alternate ending where Snow moves in with the Dwarfs. The studio decide against including it in this release because it made her look like a whore.

The Anti-Mickey

Tron's 60th Birthday

"Well, MCP has been dead for over 20 years so my live has been fairly easy" said Tron at his big birthday bash held at the Wiltern Theater in Hollywood last Monday.

"My only regret is all the pussy I could of had over the years... but those SOB's at Disney made me a eunuch from the get-go. I could of had Sabrina and both of her aunts multiple times!" he lamented.

Emo Minnie

Renovation of Disneyland's 'Small World' Complete!

As Walt Disney Co. set out to renovate It's a Small World at Disneyland, the company's Imagineers had one thing in mind: Don't mess it up.

Despite being one of the oldest attractions in the park, the ride is among the most popular -- drawing about 6.7 million riders a year.

The challenge was to give the beloved attraction new vibrancy without altering the stylized look created by the Disney artist whose childlike illustrations influenced such classic animated films as "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan."

The Imagineers consulted illustrator Mary Blair's original drawings for inspiration as they undertook one of the most ambitious updates of the ride since it opened at the Anaheim park in 1966.

After a yearlong renovation, it reopened with a new scene that depicts the "Spirit of America," a relocated rain forest and 29 added Disney and Pixar characters inserted in the countries where their stories take place.

Whether the public will embrace the changes remains to be seen. Some Disney purists have howled at the notion of Disney characters intruding on It's a Small World -- saying that their presence would destroy a historic work of art. Even the Blair family wrote a letter that labeled the move a "gross desecration."

Well, you decide for yourself...

New Ride Opens at Disneyland

Bathtub to the Moon

Kitten Mouse

Adorable!

New Disney Ride Simulates Disney�ABC Merger

ORLANDO, FL�Visitors to the Walt Disney World theme park stood in line for hours Monday waiting to get on the Whirly Merge, a new thrill ride that promises all the excitement of the 1996 merger between the Walt Disney Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Disney officials said Wednesday.

An animatronic Michael Eisner greets visitors outside the entrance to the Whirly Merge.
"This ride has been 12 years in the making," Disney CEO Bob Iger said. "Now you can experience for yourself the heart-stopping suspense when [former Disney chief] Michael Eisner tries to convince the board of directors to diversify its holdings and become the world's largest entertainment conglomerate."

Described in a Disney press release as "It's A Small World and Space Mountain meets Barbarians At The Gate," the Whirly Merge transports its riders, who are strapped in plush leather chairs to "boardroom tables," through a series of fast-paced and intricate business meetings, all leading to the climactic acquisition stage.

Riders are led by Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney and a longtime Disney executive and major shareholder, whose disembodied voice guides them through the experience via a speakerphone in the middle of the table. The voice recounts how in the early 1990s, "a time of legend and magic," the company was flush with profits from its animated film successes The Lion King and Beauty And The Beast. As holographic accountants dance in giant piles of cash, Michael Eisner conceives a plan to invest the money rather than pay exorbitant taxes on the new windfall.

"I felt a little sick during the arbitrage part, but I still want to go again!" Tyler James, 10. The boardroom table then takes a plunge into Herb Allen's media conference, where Eisner has put feelers out to see if either ABC or CBS is in a vulnerable position that Disney can leverage for a buyout. Figures like investor Warren Buffett and former Disney president Michael Ovitz lunge forward unexpectedly, but before riders can gather their bearings, the boardroom table plummets in an 80-foot "Due Diligence Drop." Riders are also treated to a dizzying laser-light e-mail exchange and a lightning-speed courier chase as they spin down the seemingly endless "Paper Trail."

"The Imagineers really outdid themselves this time," Iger said. "With so much attention to vivid detail, the Whirly Merge gives riders something new every time, from the subtle pink dots on the lawyers' power ties to the Dolby Digital Surround Sound�generated whoosh of legal-pad pages in your ear."

"And was that me in the background of the shareholder announcement?" Iger added. "You'll just have to ride again to find out." Park-goers clamored to get their pictures taken with the distinctive Whirly Merge characters, who roam the grounds in their trademark business suits and oversized heads. Meanwhile, Disney Stores nationwide reported that they have already sold out their stock of suit-patterned Whirly Merge T-shirts and Iger-themed stuffed plush toys.
The ride is getting a thumbs-up from perhaps the toughest critics of all: young children.

"I loved the part where they were integrating the databases," 9-year-old Pattie Dahm said. "And just when you thought it was all worked out, there was that system crash that lost tons of important corporate information and employee e-mail. It was so cool."

"The [boardroom] shake-up was really scary," Tyler James, 10, said. "I felt a little sick during the arbitrage part, but I still want to go again!"

The attraction has already proven popular enough to start production on a major motion picture, as well as a straight-to-DVD release, Walt & Son, a lighthearted animated reworking of the relationship between brash and spunky ABC and its parent company Disney. A sequel ride which details the ouster of Michael Eisner as CEO is rumored to be opening in 2009.

Infamous Disneyland Haunted Mansion Nude

This picture is for all those who refused to believe my story about the "Disneyland Haunted Mansion Nude Tombstone".



I always regretted not taking a picture of it when I was working next door on Splash Mountain. It is on the backside of one of the tombstones in the graveyard scene. It was drawn in the early 60's by a forgotten Imagineer. Done in charcoal it is a classic nude from that time. Note her hair style and voluptuous figure. Also note the aging foam material it was composed on.

This photo was taken in 1981 by Janet Mondragon (Walden). The guy's name is Dave. Click on the picture to make it mo'bigga.

Mouseketeer Reunion at Disneyland

Mousekateer Reunion at Disneyland - pictured (left to right) are Jay-Jay, Doreen & little Sharon.