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Posted By Ken Storey on Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 3:54 PM click to enlarge Photo courtesy Universal Orlando/Facebook This week Disney will share its latest earnings results. With multiple theme park resorts still closed and retail sales lagging, results are expected to be muted. But Orlando theme park peer Universal gives a good indication that parks and resorts may not be as bad off as many had expected. During its own recent earnings report, Universal parent company Comcast confirmed that the company s three Universal Studios resorts were nearing profitability thanks largely to impressive numbers out of the open-for-business Orlando theme park.
Posted By Ken Storey on Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:29 PM click image Image via Disney The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure exhibit opened in Epcot on February 1, 2021 Amid last year’s national reckoning with racism and equity, rumors emerged that Disney was forming a Diversity and Values Review Team to address, er,
problematic attractions. Now, as the company confirms the second attraction in less than a year will be updated, we’re learning new details regarding Disney s internal review. At the top of the leaked list was Splash Mountain. Within two weeks of the list going public, Disney confirmed that the attraction would get an overhaul to celebrate its first Black princess, Tiana. At the time of the leak, insiders noted that