A Week Of Adventures & More – Day 3: The Walt Disney Studios
Nothing better than healthy caffeine to start the day of big adventures! Over the years, it has been my pleasure to visit various studios and sets for assorted productions, both animated and live action. This particular Monday, June 22, promised to be different for…
Travel By Time Machine?
A 1937 Packard Business Coupe, said to have traveled across the Golden Gate Bridge, on opening day, May 27, 1937 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk into a photograph and go back in time to that day? Well… I…
Safety First! Words To Live By
It’s a sad fact. And an all together avoidable one. Every day, people are killed by trespassing on railroad tracks. As I write this today, several hours ago, a man in Ohio almost became one of those people. All in an effort to capture…
Good For Freight Or Cattle Passage
Note: This first appeared here on May 27, 2011. Way back when, the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad operated two trains around the Magic Kingdom. The first was the six-car passenger train, also known as Retlaw One. It’s canary yellow and brunswick green colors…
Classic Roger – The Disneyland Trademark
With the recent flap over the copycat theme park in China, Disney certainly has its corporate hands full when it comes to trademarks. Note: This column first appeared here on May 21st, 2007. Along those lines, I thought that you might find this Cast…