About: John J. Marchese
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Disney Parks, Headline »
The sentence was vague and fleeting, like the glow from a light that shines for a moment, and then vanishes. That it lacked an attribution as to source made it even more indefinite. It was exactly what it purported to be, a rumor, yet even the mere possibility sent my heart racing.
It was buried in the December 21, 2011 “WDW News and Rumors” rundown from a popular Disney community website and it read:
“There’s a possibility that SpectroMagic could return in October 2012.”
Craving something more definitive, I searched for corroboration. If …
Disney Corporate, Disney Media, Headline »
Editor’s Note: Today, we hear from contributor and attorney John Marchese. While the flap regarding ESPN’s firing of Hank Williams, Jr., from Monday Night Football has quieted down, we feel like the subject requires a little examination.
If there were any doubts about how serious Disney takes its image, they were extinguished by the recent termination of Hank Williams, Jr. from Monday Night Football.
The well-documented flap over Williams’ comparison of a round of golf involving President Obama and Speaker of the House, John Boehner to a hypothetical match involving Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime …
Disney Parks, Headline »
Having just returned from a visit to Walt Disney World, I started thinking about our first few family visits, some 13 or 14 years ago, and how they were the genesis of what has become a shared family passion. My wife and I had always been Disney fans—we loved the films, agreed that Walt was an unparalleled visionary and even took a pre-parenthood, “second honeymoon” Disney vacation.
When our two daughters were born, we introduced as much Disney into their lives as we could manage. Cynical friends called it “brainwashing,” but …
