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Disney Grants Muslim Worker Right to Wear Headscarf (Under Wraps)

"When you wish upon a star ... " seems to have worked its magic for a Muslim college student employed by Disneyland who has been granted her wish to wear her hijab to work -- if she promises to wear a beret over the headdress. After the Council ...Holy hijab! Disneyland agrees to allow intern to wear her headscarf -- if she covers it with a beret.

Disneyland Sacks Jack Sparrow

If you've got kids who were hoping to meet Captain Jack Sparrow, the swashbuckling pirate of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, on your next trip to Disneyland, I'm afraid they'll be out of luck. According to park officials, Jack Sparrow is no ...

Catholic Abbot Says Disney Indoctrinates Kids

What organization can you think of that uses tales of good and evil to teach children moral lessons, while at the same time convincing they need that organization in their lives? What group tries to convince people that they need this group in their ...

Would you take your kids to Costa Rica?

When I was a kid, everyone took their family vacation to Florida. Sure, some opted for California, where there is a Disney Land and other beaches, but for the most part everyone went to Florida with their kids. As we've gotten older, and the ...

Disney raising ticket prices

If you have plans to visit a Disney theme park in the future, you might want to add a few extra dollars to your wallet. Beginning today, Disney is raising the cost of admission at all domestic theme parks. How much more you will pay depends on which ...

Paramount launches theme park

South Korea, get ready! In 2011 Paramount Pictures is set to open a theme park based on its movies in Incheon, about an hour from Seoul. The film company's top earners include Mission: Impossible and Laura Croft: Tomb Raider. The park is set to ...

Economic woes not hurting Disney

It is common knowledge that the U.S. economy is in the toilet, right? Gas prices are sky-high, groceries are through the roof and we are all losing our homes because we can't pay our mortgage. To stretch our dollars, we are growing our own food and ...

Disney around the world

I've been to Disneyland in California once, about five years ago. We were in town for a wedding and had an unscheduled day and it was right there. But visiting a Disney park has never been a dream of mine. I tend to avoid any place that is overly ...

Pluto chases kid at Disney (video)

Being a Disney character at one of the parks has got to be a really tough job. Not only are the costumes heavy and hot, there's the small matter of the hundreds of children you have to deal with every single day. Kids who hot. Kids who are heavy. ...

Disneyland it ain't

Here in California, in addition to Disneyland, we've got Great America, Six Flag's Discovery Kingdom, Knott's Berry Farm where you'll see Dora the Explorer, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Snoopy, respectively. What you won't see at those parks, however, ...

Forget Disneyland: new Charles Dickens themepark opening in UK

Despite my apprehension towards most of the "classic" Disney stories, I'm still planning on taking my daughter to Disneyworld when she's old enough to remember it. Maybe I'm a hypocrite, or maybe I'm subconsciously bitter that I never went as a kid ...

Disneyland intros animatronic muppets

Our kids are still talking about our recent trip to Disneyland. In fact, Jared has decided that his birthday party next year will be held there. Well, it seems by going when we did, we missed out on a cool new attraction -- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and ...

Blogging Baby Sleepover for Sunday, October 22

Even though it's been a week since we got back from Disneyland, it's still very much on all of our minds. Jared especially is ready to head back at a moment's notice. So, I thought I'd wander around the 'net and see what others have to say about the ...

Lessons from Disneyland -- Lunch

They say you learn something new every day. I think that was certainly true for our visit to Disneyland this past week. One of the clearest lessons was this: don't eat lunch in the park. Or if you do, bring your own and make a picnic of it. Trust me, ...

Vacationing in the emergency room

Just once, I'd like to go on vacation without visiting the local emergency room. Well, okay, that's not entirely accurate; we did go to Calistoga and Yosemite last year without any significant injuries. Before that, however, we were in the ER at ...

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