You probably don’t know the name Kevin Rafferty, but you’ve experienced his work. An Imagineer with forty years at Disney, Rafferty has conceived of or worked on such theme park favorites as the Tower of Terror, Cars Land, Typhoon Lagoon, MuppetVison 3D, and Mickey’s Philharmagic, but now he’s produced something a little different – an … Read more
Kevin Rafferty started his Disney career at the bottom washing dishes at the Plaza Inn, but before too long he found himself over at WED assisting the first generation of Imagineers. But Kevin was eager to make his own mark and eventually, as a show writer and developer for Imagineering himself, he would certainly do … Read more
Flo’s V8 Cafe, over in Disney California Adventure’s Cars Land, updated their lunch menu mere days ago. Come 11 a.m., the counter service location now serves items like fried chicken, pot pies, and cheeseburgers. There are rotating Blue Plate Specials, the first of which are BBQ Spare Ribs (from the old menu) and Strawberry Cream … Read more
Disneyland News Today Reporter Tim Alcoser visited the Disneyland Resort on Saturday (6/29) and caught a few bits of news in and around the resort. The Steam Engine from the upcoming film, The Lone Ranger, is on display east of the Esplanade at Disneyland’s East Transportation Center. A fairly obvious hidden mickey is seen inside … Read more
In an interesting twist, a new 9″ Vinylmation shape has been announced, but not on Disney’s official Vinylmation Blog. We first saw the news on Noah’s Fine Art blog, then on the Disney Parks Blog. The mold will be in the shape of Lightning McQueen and is called “Vinylmation 95.” At first I thought this … Read more
Attractions Magazine posted a video interview with Steven Miller at last week’s merchandise showcase at WDW. In the video, we see numerous upcoming figures that we have been sharing over the past few days. Thanks to one of our readers Kevin, we have more to share. Unfortunately the camera does not get close to these, … Read more
by Zoe Today begins the three-day event for Annual Passholders to experience some of the new and exciting things coming to California Adventure in the upcoming months! The Merchandise Showcase event was centered on Cars Land and the merchandise that will be available when the land opens June 15th, 2012. The event also had information … Read more