Disney Deaths

So far us Disney Dorks have been hit really hard with 3 tragic deaths of three iconic Disney legends since the May of last year. On May 18th last year Wayne Allwine- a.k.a. the voice of Mickey Mouse- passed away. Speculations have of course risen that Disney has already begun looking for a replacement (of course released like the next day) but so far I have heard nothing. Mickey is still silent for the time being. Of course the second death was slightly more tragic- Walt's nephew, the famous, Roy Disney passed away on December 16th. Of course one of the main names left in the Disney family this was an incredibly depressing thing to hear, though everything stayed basically the same as far as Disney's staff, so that's good. Finally the third Disney Death in recent times is Mr. Eddie Carroll passed away April 6th. Carroll of course being the voice of Jiminy Cricket since 1973 will dearly be missed, especially in the theme parks where he tended to reign more prominent. There has been a lot of tragedy in Disney of late and I hope everything will work out. And things are indeed looking up because June 11th is the premiere of Disneyland's World of Color show at California Adventure, so be on the look out for more info on that coming soon.

Harry Potter World

Ok, so I have really mixed feelings about this upcoming section of Unversal Orlando's Islands of Adventure Park. Near the back of The Lost Continent section of the park, they are set to open Harry Potter World this summer. Now honestly my feelings about this are mostly negative unfortunetly- does Harry Potter really deserve his own mini-theme park? I think not. He's got 7 books and 8 movies and about a million video game counter-parts and even multiple book spin-offs...he does not need a theme park. A lot of people's response to this would be: what about Mickey Mouse? He has all that crap, why does he have his own park- my answer is this: he doesn't. He is a character at a Disney theme park, just because he happens to be the main emphasis does not mean he has his own theme park. Now I admit I enjoyed Harry Potter for a while, but then his books got so damn boring I quit reading them and I haven't bothered to see the last couple movies because the books were so boring I saw no point in paying money to see them acted out. My other main negative thing is they are tearing down the park's iconic roller-coaster in order to build a Harry Potter related one. That's right coaster maniacs- Dueling Dragons is going to be no longer- they're getting rid of it to theme it to Harry Potter dragons and are starting from scratch. This you just don't f***ing do my friends- that coaster was world-renouned for it's amazing-ness and they are just tearing it down for Harry F***ing Potter. WOOO! NOT! Now the good thing (only one of them!) is the technology that's going into the exploring Hogwarts ride is phenomenal- it's a robotic arm that can flip you, twist you, shake you, and essentially make you fly without an airplane and that is pretty awesome- so that's one (count it- ONE) thing I'm looking forward to with this "world." I'm not sure how J.K. Rowling got the Harry Potter theme park contract but it's not really something I'm looking forward to a whole lot...