Monthly Archives: November 2020

What’s New at Disneyland in 2020



It has been months since Disneyland was open to the public, and we are pleased to find out that they have been hard at work while we were away. Disney has used this time to their advantage and made some significant repairs. We discuss that today on the podcast.

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The end of Quibi



Former Studio Chairman of Disney in the late 80s and early 90s, playing a part in the Disney Renaissance. Jeffrey Katzenberg’s newest venture Quibi is shutting down.

The news marks a stunning turnaround for a mobile-oriented company that had raised some $1.5 billion, and far more in Hollywood’s alternative currency of hype. Quibi spent years building buzz but will not survive its seventh month; it was launched boldly at the start of a pandemic that will end up easily outlasting it.

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Is This the End of the Disneyland Annual Pass



The home to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea has been conducting a lottery to determine which annual pass holders may visit the park on any given day, due to overwhelming demand while the parks’ capacities are limited. The resort will stop conducting the lottery for assignments after December 2020 and will begin issuing refunds for pro-rated annual pass holders. The resort also will not extend annual passes for the period that the parks were closed, as it had offered during the pandemic shutdown.

Tokyo Disney said that it will provide an update on the future of its annual pass program by the end of March 2021.


Disney Layoffs Hitting Live Shows at Walt Disney World and Disneyland



Some Walt Disney World street performers and other park entertainers were among an undisclosed number of Disney employees who found out Tuesday night they were being laid off.

Some of the affected workers took social media to share that their time with the company had come to an end. Among those being let go is part of the acting troupe at Disney’s Hollywood Studios known as the Citizens of Hollywood.

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