Epcot, when it was founded, was ostensibly educational, or at the least, edutainment…the idea of entertainment that educates at the same time. Over the years, there has been a gradual move away from that as Disney adds its intellectual property to everything once original. When Epcot opened Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, it was…
During recent park expansion announcements, several new lands were announced for the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. This included a Villains Land and a Cars Land(oddly enough connected to Frontierland). The theming at Magic Kingdom is already confusing due the fact that Frontierland now has Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, which doesn’t quite fit in with the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDNIIZBdhk At the end of January 2024, the Country Bear Jamboree at Walt Disney World closed, to be rethemed into the Country Bear Musical Jamboree. This isn’t the first time, not counting the Vacation Hoedown and the Christmas Special that the act has changed. When the ride was closed in 2012, they cut 5 minutes…
A man performing at a Florida high school pep rally accidentally set himself on fire in front of a crowd of students, CBS News reports.
A soldier on patrol in Iraq had his life saved by this iPod. An insurgent fired at him at close range. and he was hit where his iPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it didn’t completely penetrate his body armor, and he escaped unharmed. More info and pictures…
Next Monday, the maker of Equal will take the maker of Splenda to Federal District court in Philadelphia. Since Splenda was introduced in 1999, it has replaced Equal as the Number 1 artificial sweetener in the United States with 62 percent of the market. The case centers on Splenda’s advertising, which states “Made from sugar,…
Someone placed a fake ad on Craigslist, inviting people to take whatever they wanted for free from a Tacoma, WA rental property. The owner, Laurie Raye, recently evicted her tenant and cleaned out the place. However, a phone call alerted her to the destruction caused. She found the outside trashed, the inside nearly gutted and…