In Disney News...

...The Los Angeles Times reviews the debut of the World of Color at Disney's California Adventure: "World of Color...not only lives up to the hype, it manages to tap into the company’s long but sometimes elusive tradition of true spectacle innovation...five years of planning for the 26-minute musical presentation were well spent...emotional, dreamy and somewhat bold..."

...More reviews are in from Sue Kruse at MiceAge and Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix of MousePlanet.

...Here's some video previewing the show at the resort website, and here's a TV spot on the Disney Parks blog. Our family will probably wait for some of the initial madness to settle down and see it later this summer...though we reserve the right to change our minds!

...Disney dropping the apostrophe and switching from Disney's to Disney on signs throughout their parks strikes me as ill-considered.

...Another poor decision: reserving this year's Halloween Time fireworks for those who pay extra for Mickey's Halloween Party.

...This is a fun story about an engaged couple who discovered they were both in a photo taken at Walt Disney World when they were preschoolers.

...Wade Sampson discusses the history of Disney's Destino, which is overdue for a Disney Treasures release.

...MousePlanet recapped last weekend's MouseAdventure. My family's team, Practically Perfect, placed 28th out of 79 teams competing in the "Day at the Park" event.