Land of the Rising Mickey Archives

Land of the Rising Mickey Archives


Land of the Rising Mickey - Christmas at Tokyo Disneyland - Marc Borrelli (12/25/2001)
In this December 25th edition of Land of the Rising Mickey, Marc Borrelli talks a bit about Christmas in Japan and sends a present over 100 pictures of the festive and touching ways Christmas is celebrated at the Tokyo Disney Resort

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (11/15/2001)
This month Marc Borrelli looks at how Tokyo DisneySea is everywhere in Japan and also touches on the early attendance issues and the effects of September 11th.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (8/9/2001)
Marc Borrelli presents an attraction-by-attraction look - including first-hand reports - from Tokyo DisneySea.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (7/9/2001)
In the latest edition of Land of the Rising Mickey, Marc Borrelli concludes his look into the very early history of Tokyo Disneyland with the story of Takahashi Masatomo's heroic effort to win the cooperation of Urayasu's fishermen.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (6/25/2001)
Marc Borrelli's series on the early history of Tokyo Disneyland continues with the story of Takahashi Masatomo's arrival at Oriental Land Company and how it couldn't have come a moment too soon.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (6/11/2001)
In this latest installment of Land of the Rising Mickey, Marc Borrelli continues his series on the earliest days of Tokyo Disneyland history with the story of Fujio - a man who's underhanded dealings nearly prevented the park's creation.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (6/4/2001)
In this latest installment of Land of the Rising Mickey, Marc Borrelli again delves deep into the history of Tokyo Disneyland with part one of the sobering and inebriated story of Urayasu's fishermen and why it was all important that Oriental Land Company win their cooperation.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (5/7/2001)
In the latest installment of Land of the Rising Mickey, Marc Borrelli talks about the earliest history of the Tokyo Disneyland, a time when one man's dream made it possible to bring Disneyland to Japan.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (4/16/2001)
A series of conversations with innovative and influencial attraction designer Eddie Sotto begins with this installment of Marc Borrelli's Land of the Rising Mickey. (Part 3 or 3)

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (4/9/2001)
A series of conversations with innovative and influencial attraction designer Eddie Sotto begins with this installment of Marc Borrelli's Land of the Rising Mickey. (Part 2 or 3)

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (4/2/2001)
A series of conversations with innovative and influencial attraction designer Eddie Sotto begins with this installment of Marc Borrelli's Land of the Rising Mickey. (Part 1 of 3)

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (3/5/2001)
Marc talks about some of the complexities of Pooh's Hunny Hunt and some upcoming Tokyo DisneySea attractions.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (2/20/2001)
In the final installment of Another Day, Another Yen, construction worker "Yamata Taro" tells us about his walk through DisneySea, what his job entails, and then gets a little carried away after work.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (2/5/2001)
In this installment, DisneySea construction worker "Yamata Taro" talks about his experience working with contractors, Field Art Directors and Imagineers.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (1/5/2001)
Experience a day in the life of construction worker "Yamata Taro".

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (12/4/2000)
In this month's column Marc Borrelli fritters and wastes the hours in an offhand way. He also comments on Tokyo Disneyland's recent financial drama.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (11/6/2000)
In this month's installment, Marc Borrelli explores the Japanese image of America and the powerful effect it has on Tokyo Disneyland.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (10/2/2000)
This month Marc Borrelli looks at why Americans don't pay much attention to Tokyo Disneyland, why many people in Japan don't necessarily want them to, and why that's changing.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (9/5/2000)
In the first edition of this new regular column, Marc Borrelli discusses some of the major cultural differences between American Disney parks and Tokyo Disneyland.

Land of the Rising Mickey - Marc Borrelli (8/22/2000)
In this column - originally a Guest Column, Marc Borrelli discusses Tokyo DisneySea - the park being built next to Tokyo Disneyland - and why its scope is so much larger than Disney's California Adventure.