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LAUNCH OF DISNEY’S PLAYMATION HERALDS A NEW WAY TO PLAY FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES Unique combination of technology and digital storytelling creates first-of-its kind active play experience. New study highlights kids’ and parents’ mutual desire to spend more time playing together Glendale, Calif. – Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) and Hasbro, Inc. launched…
We all know and love the Disney Parks, movies, characters, and all the dreams that Walt left us. But there were many ideas and concepts that Walt and his Imagineers conceived over the years that never made it past the drawing board. I want to explore some of these dreams that we never could experience,…
Walt Disney was noted for his many quotes – one famous line he quipped, “We allow no geniuses around our Studio.” Walt himself was one of the 20th century’s greatest. His many talents included voice actor, entertainer, film producer, director, animator and most important, visionary. Many of the hundreds of talented artists, story men and…
Four Decades of Magic: Celebrating the First Forty Years of Disney World: a collection of essays, Compiled by Chad Denver Emerson, Ayefour Publishing, 2011, 379 pp. Amid the pomp and circumstance certain to be part of the Walt Disney World 40th Anniversary celebration, what will likely be ignored is any reference to the Walt Disney…
This year’s D23 Expo came to a close Sunday night rather quietly, much like the entire, relatively uneventful weekend. Friday opened with the Disney Legends Ceremony and big cheers from the Disney fans. A big highlight was the voice of the princesses singing songs from their movies. Friday afternoon was much less well received as…
How many remember the Autopia cars on opening day at Disneyland? Or how about the Skyway Buckets, the People Mover, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride or perhaps the famous Flying Saucers? If you do, then you can thank Mr. Robert Henry Gurr for these and for working on more than 100 designs for attractions and vehicles…
Grab your wallet (Disney Dooney of course) and your lanyard because once again lucky D23 Members have been invited for a day of shopping, signing and trading at the exclusive Imagineering Boutique, Mickey’s of Glendale.
This past weekend I was listening to the incredible Betamouse Podcast, http://betamouse.net/, episode #37 Betapotter. At the beginning of the show, the Betamouse Team discussed Nate Parrish’s recent knee surgery. Their conversation got me thinking, if I needed to have surgery would I be better off with a medical doctor or an Imagineer performing the…
Late last week, the Disney Parks Blog posted about a couple changes being made to Magic Kingdom in the near future. There were two things announced and it’s one of those something old and something new situations First change is the something old; it is old news that “it’s a small world” is under refurbishment…
It was a beautiful, sunny spring day. The temperature was in the low 70’s, the birds were chirping, there were green leaves on the trees and the flowers were starting to blossom. There was also a small breeze, the kind you only get in the spring. What a gorgeous day in New Jersey. Except for…
