Editor's Report
Page 1 of 1

"We're Laughing Cause Our Work Is Play"

A New Look
Welcome to another week on LaughingPlace.com. This is a very exciting week for us because we've got a new look. We quietly implemented it last Wednesday and so far we're very happy with it and, judging by the feedback we've received, so are you. The organization of the site hasn't changed much, so hopefully you won't get lost. We've added a top story which makes it easier to find the biggest Disney news of the day. And we added separate "home" pages for Disneyland, Walt Disney World, All Parks (meaning Disneyland, WDW, Cruise Lines, Tokyo, Paris, etc), Movies (including television and stage), Collectibles and General (the Disney company, etc). If you're only interested in one aspect of Disney, you may want to consider making one of those pages your LaughingPlace.com bookmark.

We're also experimenting with a new section called Disney Shopping where we offer Disney related books, videos and DVDs for sale (via recognized merchants like Amazon.com and eToys). Please check it out and let us know if you find it useful. We're working on lots more fun stuff for the site in the near future as well, so stay tuned! And, as always, feel free to send us Feedback with your suggestions and criticisms.

Thank You
One of the more common questions I get asked is "how do you do it?" There's obviously quite a lot of work that goes into maintaining this site and some people wonder how I can keep it up. Well the short answer is I can't. Or at least I couldn't without the help of many, many people. So at this appropriate time of year I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the people who help make this site happen:

Thank you very much all of you. Everyone on this list has in one way or another contributed to LaughingPlace.com and I appreciate them all very, very much! If you'd like to read more about their contributions, visit the About Us page.

News of the Week
It was a very busy week last week. Here are some of the news highlights:

• Cynthia Harriss, who has headed Disneyland for a year as Executive Vice-President, was named President of Disneyland. Click here for our story.
• Time.com had an article on the history of the upcoming Disney film Fantasia/2000. It also had an article on the various pieces of music chosen to accompany the animated scenes of Fantasia/2000.
• Speaking of Fantasia/2000, Disney announced it would built a temporary IMAX theater to show Fantasia/2000 in Los Angeles. Click for the Los Angeles Times story.
• AIDA had its grand opening in Chicago. The Los Angeles Times discussed it with co-creator Elton John. Also, the Chicago Tribute published a mixed review.
• Disney announced it would be a 5,760 room resort at Walt Disney World. Click for the Orlando Sentinel article.
• Numerous websites reported a rumor that Disney would change the name of the Disneyland Pacific Hotel to Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel.
• Toy Story 2 continues to rule the box office making an estimated $140.8 million after four weeks.
• Construction has finally begun on the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Click here for articles.
• We published pictures of the new Roy Disney and Minnie Mouse statue at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Click here to see them.
• Walt Disney Art Classics made announcements about new Cinderella pieces and next year's Walt Disney Collector's Society pieces.

This Week
This week look for features on the recently completed Disneyland Christmas Collectible event and the article on Disneyland atmosphere entertainment we promised you last week. We've also already published a Disneyland Update for this week. This week's trivia contest is all about Disneyland and this week's Online Poll asks the question "Which Disney/Pixar film is your favorite?"

-- Doobie Moseley (December 13, 1999)