An 11-year-old boy who had a “medical emergency” while at the Wild Rivers Water Park in Irvine, California, has died from a rare heart condition. According to news reports, 11-year-old Titus Wininger was at the water park with his youth group when he was found unresponsive. The Orange County Fire Authority responded to the emergency and transported Wininger to a ...
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Historic Flooding Shutters Theme Park, Guests Won’t Get Refunds
This week, the Midwest has seen historic rain storms, which have caused once-in-a-century flooding around parts of the region. Parts of Minnesota have seen 100-year flooding, and infrastructure has started to fail as a result. According to CNN, at least two people are now confirmed dead, and hundreds of people have lost their homes. However, in Southern Minnesota, many residents ...
Read More »Bob Iger Asks Walt Disney For Help Fixing Company’s Issues
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger visited EPCOT this weekend to check out the completed CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall. But Bob Iger’s first stop was the Walt Disney “Walt the Dreamer” statue for a photo op with the big boss. Related: After Years of Construction, Disney Gives Fans a ‘Lifeless, Cheap’ New Addition Disney World fans have been less ...
Read More »After Leaked Video Showed Him Claiming Disney Doesn’t Hire White Men, Exec Steps Away From the Company
It must have been quite a weekend for Disney Senior Vice President Michael Giordano. On Friday, a conservative social media outlet leaked a video of Giordano telling an unknown companion that The Walt Disney Company does not hire “white men” and the company passes over white males like himself for promotion. Senior Vice President at Disney: "There's no way we're ...
Read More »Disney Doesn’t Hire ‘White Men’ According to Exec in Hidden Video
When the Walt Disney Company was feuding with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, one of the barbs the governor would throw at Disney was that the company had “gone woke.” This became a rallying cry for those who were against anything Disney did. Related: Florida Attorney General Coming For Disney World Starbucks Locations However, after Governor DeSantis and Disney buried the ...
Read More »Prior to Merger, Six Flags Shutting Down Corporate Headquarters
This week, we learned that the merger between Six Flags and Cedar Fair is due to close on July 1. When the merger closes, the two theme park groups will operate as the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, which will operate more than 40 theme parks and water parks and be worth more than $8 billion. Related: Six Flags Forced into ...
Read More »Fans Calling Out Busch Gardens for ‘Blatant’ Lies
Advertising has always involved deception. In the early Twentieth Century, Jell-O came up with the slogan “America’s Favorite Dessert” without supporting its claim. It stuck, and Jell-O is still known as America’s favorite dessert. The world's fastest multi launch coaster? (Don't even think about debating us on this) For a limited time, when you buy a Busch Gardens Membership you ...
Read More »Walt Disney’s Housekeeper Died with an Amazing Secret
Throughout his life, Walt Disney taught all of us to live our dreams. He passed that belief on to everyone around him, and it continues to live on through Disneyland and his final dream, Walt Disney World. The Housekeeper Disney was also incredibly generous to those around him, none more so than the Disney Family’s live-in housekeeper, Thelma Howard. But Howard’s ...
Read More »Florida Attorney General Wants DEI Out of all of Disney World, Including the Coffee
Every parent knows that when you’re at a Walt Disney World Resort theme park, your first stop isn’t a ride or attraction but the closest Starbucks location. Coffee is a must after staying up late the night before and waking up early to get a Disney Genie Plus Lightning Lane. The morning Starbucks line is the first of many that ...
Read More »Disney Sues To Get out of Paying Its Taxes
The Walt Disney Company pays millions of dollars in taxes each year worldwide. According to a study commissioned by Disney, the company paid $1.1 billion in local and state taxes in 2022 just in Central Florida. However, like all corporations in America, the The Walt Disney Company tries to pay as little in taxes as possible. Now, Disney has filed ...
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