2015 Disneyland Half Marathon breaks stellar registration record

Article first appears within Disney Theme Parks Examiner postings on Examiner.com, Feb 10, 2015

Registration for the 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend just opened, and the spectacular, but overwrought, runDisney website has quickly succumbed to the overuse. According to the runDisney twitter feed, every race is already half full. By the time this goes to print, the entire weekend of events will be sold out, as will many of the area hotels. The moral: don't sleep on runDisney. These events are extraordinary, and they've got the following to prove it.

Also, do not resent Disney for it. Many associated twitter rants already lament a multifaceted unfairness. Primary contention seems to surround getting shut out of a queue, or else waiting in same only to find out their desired race sold out in the interim.

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Luigi's Flying Tires closes at Disney California Aventure

  Article first appears within Disney Theme Parks Examiner postings on Examiner.com, Feb 6, 2015

News broke today that Luigi’s Flying Tires will be permanently closing, as of February 16, at Disney California Adventure. A positively charming attraction, it did not necessarily translate into a popular ride, and shall undergo a complete renovation, to open in its new guise early 2016. The thought of a new ride is thrilling. Though if Disney so much as puts in a drinking fountain it automatically becomes special, and Luigi's will be missed.
Anticipation will bloom, as will speculation as guests consider what will replace the short-lived attraction. The safe bet is to follow Disney Parks Blog, an excellent source for news, views and updates. Though it's surely fun to ruminate. Space is a little limited in the existing attraction area, though a new ride might go underground, a la Pirates of the Caribbean. As we understand the topography, though, there are a fair amount of cables, conduits and corridors underneath Cars Land. There's perhaps not a single endeavor so significant that Disney couldn't manage it (see Turning a Florida Swamp into Walt Disney World), though they're also fairly creative.

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