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Fast Company May 2015 Austin Carr |
The Messy Business Of Reinventing Happiness Inside Disney's radical plan to modernize its cherished theme parks. |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Golden Opportunity The entertainment giant has got its groove back, and the world is about to notice. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Jean Kumagai |
Manni Wong: Serious Fun How this amusement ride electronics and control systems designer at Disney parks worldwide started her career. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disneyland's Ugly Siamese Twin Disney's California Adventure is getting a much-needed makeover. Disney can't afford to let a park that bears its name languish. Its reputation is at stake. Dollars are at stake, too. |
The Motley Fool July 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Disney Kill You? Billing itself as "the happiest place on Earth" does not exempt a company from the grim realities of human mortality. Should Disney stop building thrill rides? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Conquering Everest With Expedition Everest, Disney is banking plenty on the ability of a single thrill ride to help improve the fortunes of its least-visited theme park in the Sunshine State. Will the move be a thrill for investors? |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Waiting Is the Cruelest Part Amusement park lines have been revolutionized by technology -- but not always for the better. Guests pay plenty for their treks, and their time, in every sense of the word, is money. Will Disney fix this? |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Mickey Mouse Surpass Potter? Disney tries to regain some of its sizzle in Florida. |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Saving Disney's World Disney is facing allegations that its theme parks are in a state of disarray. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Spidey Swing to Islands' Rescue? The web-slinger's got his work cut out saving Universal's sinking Islands of Adventure. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Brilliant Hike Disney raises its one-day admission price in Florida, but that's not the only thing that it's raising -- its annual dividend is up, too. |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why Can't Disney Get It Right the First Time? Disney is finally beefing up its unsuccessful Hong Kong theme park. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Wakes Up The family-entertainment giant is confirming expansion plans for its flagship Magic Kingdom park. |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Dreams Out Loud The family entertainment giant thinks smaller to grow its theme park segment bigger. Investors were in a dry spell a few years ago, but it's great to see the spigot of dreams flowing freely again. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Pirates at the Multiplex Disney's latest swashbuckler film has "blockbuster" written all over it. And that's good news for investors. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Hong Kong Phooey Disney is struggling at the gate of Hong Kong Disneyland, but that's not something new. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Mickey Met China Disney readies its newest theme park in China with more potential than actual product. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Grover et al. |
Disney Gets a Second Chance in China A new theme park in Shanghai won't repeat Hong Kong's mistakes |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Little Mouse in Big China Disney breaks the silence to announce that Hong Kong Disneyland is doing just fine. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Paying Pixar New rides at Disneyland will mean even more dough lining Pixar's pockets. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Disney Phoning It In? The scent of theme parks is in the air, but Disney is smelling stale. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Tomorrow's Theme Park It's never too early to click through a turnstile to the future. Investors, regional operators can't match the capital investments that the Disneys and the Universals are doling out. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Virtual Magic A new online game finds Disney brilliantly promoting two products at once. The company began beta-testing its new Virtual Magic Kingdom online experience. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Shanghai Surprise Family entertainment giant Disney confirms rumors that it plans to open a theme park in Shanghai. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Avatar Save Disney? Disney turns to James Cameron for a theme park spark. |
Fast Company Rebecca Greenfield |
How Disney's Imagineers Keep The Magic Ideas Coming From the teacup ride to Splash Mountain, Disney's Imagineers have, for decades, built the magical real-world counterparts to the fantasy lands depicted in Disney's movies. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney in 2010 Let's take a look at what Disney may look like two years in the future. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Finds Its Lost Numbers Disney closed out fiscal 2006 in fine fashion. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics February 1, 2010 Seth Porges |
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at Disney's Expedition Everest Roller Coaster We live for the nitty gritty and the techy, and despite the company line that "magic" plays a greater role in propelling Disney rides than physics, seeing the coaster's guts made the trip on it that much more enjoyable. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Is Cool Again The family entertainment giant is showing off these days. The long path it took to get to this point is almost immaterial now. The important thing for investors is that it has finally arrived. |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Listens to the Land The theme-park giant sells some parcels of land around its Florida theme park. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
There's Money in Haunted Headstones eBay's latest Disney auction sparks some "grave" concerns. Just as product placement has permeated television shows to skirt the TiVo generation, theme parks are simply milking their magnetism. |
Fast Company June 2012 Kate Rockwood |
Where Disney's Spending Its Big Dollars In 2012 Revenue for Disney's Parks and Resorts division grew to $11.8 billion in the last fiscal year, up 10%. That's allowed the company to make some major investments this year |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Buying Dangerous Brands Some stocks are more likely to get into hot water than others. Companies like Disney and McDonald's will spend their corporate lives fending off unnecessary headlines and boycotts and investors must accept that. |
Wired February 2002 Jonathan Weber |
The Ever-Expanding, Profit-Maximizing, Cultural-Imperialist, Wonderful World of Disney The serious business of selling all-American fun... |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Playing Games With Disney Disney's new online game may not be a runaway hit, but it has a whole lot of potential. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company Kim Lightbody |
Disney Bans Selfie Sticks Walt Disney World is the latest organization to ban selfie sticks, citing safety concerns for both guests and workers at its theme parks. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
GE: Too Dumb to Ride It was a good year for most amusement park operators, save for Universal Studios. Sooner or later, GE is going to have to decide whether it has the backbone to own a chain of year-round theme parks. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Thank Queue, Disney The theme park giant reinvents the waiting lines for its rides. |
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Knows Best Disney posts a surprisingly robust quarter. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Disney World Affordable? Can Disney be done on a shoestring budget? Of course. But Disney doesn't want to market that vacation. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Ronald Grover |
Walt Disney: He Built A Better Mouse "Never forget that it all started with a mouse," Walt Disney was fond of saying, and in a sense that was true: The company that today bears his name rose to prominence with Mickey Mouse, a character the onetime commercial artist first sketched on a 1928 train trip from New York to Los Angeles. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Harry Gets a Theme Park J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry will come to life in Florida in a few years. Eclectic eateries, mystical shops, and three attractions will anchor the new area between Universal's Islands of Adventure's Jurassic Park and Lost Continent themed lands. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Has Disney Gone Too Far? A price increase is the last thing Disney needed in Florida. |
Salon.com February 15, 2001 David Vernon |
Out-of-state experience I covered Disney's new theme park, California Adventure. It made me miss the Golden State... |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
GE's Burnt-Out Theme Parks The GE-owned Universal Studios parks need a serious jolt of life. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney in 2012 Three years in the future, a Disneyland churro is still expensive. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Six Flags, Disneyfied The new leadership at Six Flags is taking its cues from the Magic Kingdom. That's the kind of thinking that will save Six Flags. Investors, take note. |
Real Travel Adventures December 2010 Neely & Neely |
Orlando: Where The Fun Is Perhaps the place in the United States that most of the world's tourists want to visit is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and what a magical place it is. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2011 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Goes to Shanghai Disney breaks ground on Shanghai Disneyland, setting the stage for a presence in a financially potent city in the world's most populous nation. |