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L.A. Coliseum Tries to Drag Disneyland into Rave Battle

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Some times I read a story that just rubs me wrong and I have to rant. Thank goodness for blogs, right?

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission unanimously voted last Thursday to require prior approval of any electronic music events, or what non-politicians and people whose shirts aren’t stuffed refer to as “raves”,  to be held at the Coliseum or Sports Arena in the first half of 2011.

This is a temporary compromise in a six-month saga about the fate of raves in L.A. County since a 15-year-old girl died in June at the “Electric Daisy Carnival”.  The commission lifted a moratorium on raves in November.

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Epic Mickey: The DisGeek Review

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Pro video game reviewers have mixed feelings about “Epic Mickey” and disagree over whether the game is mildly good or an epic failure. No one is calling Epic Mickey an “epic” game, quite appropriately. But they are hardcore gamers, and they have hardcore standards.

The Disney fan in me wanted so badly for this game to be earth-shattering, and to tell all of those reviewers to shut up. The gamer in me is shrugging, nodding his head and agreeing with many of them.

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Murphy is Back!

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The Disneyland dragon that has been somewhat less than reliable since its introduction, has a history of technical difficulties. Disney delayed debuting the dragon’s public appearance as the company worked to address problems, finally introducing the dragon Sept. 1, 2009. Its performance problems have earned the Audio-Animatronic the affectionate nickname “Murphy,” after “Murphy’s Law,” by Disney fans.

Murphy lived up to its reputation on Saturday, August 28, 2010 as Disney fans took to Twitter and Disney fan websites to describe the event and its aftermath as it was happening. MiceChat and MousePlanet and their users reported the dragon collapsed, its neck and head falling into a slump, during Fantasmic!

Disneyland then shrouded Rivers of America, the show’s site, in mist and canceled the night’s second scheduled performance.

During Disneyland’s 2010 “Summer Nightastic!” promotion, Fantasmic! had been shown every night. The promotion ended and the show returned to its weekends-only schedule.

Now the troubled Fantasmic! dragon is back and MousePlanet has the video to prove it! Yay!

Gowalla Goes to Disneyland

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Fans of the location sharing service Goqalla rejoice!  You can now, “Check in” at various locations at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.  Say you go on Space Mountain and check in, you get a cool virtual stamp.  According to Gowalla, visitors checking in at Walt Disney World creates just as much traffic as a small city.

Gowalla and the Disney creative team created over 100 different stamps and will have 100 more before he year is up.