"Boat Builders"
This particular cartoon premiered this week in 1938. It features Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey!
Enjoy~
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For All You Lucky D23 Members...
First of all, I'm extremely jealous.
Secondly, I'm jealous.
And now onto what I am supposed to be writing!
On March 4th 2010 at 2pm PST you can chat live with Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter!
Tony Baxter has been an Imagineer for about 40 years! His work includes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, The Indiana Jones Adventure and (on top of all that) he's the overall creative role for Disneyland Paris. He's currently a senior vice president of Creative Development and the creative director of Disneyland Park!
Don't miss out on this opportunity!
Read more about Tony Baxter at the Official D23 Website HERE!
Also, for more about becoming a D23 member, HERE is the link! Note: there are two kinds of memberships. I was unaware of the Silver one until just now. It's only $34.99!
Secondly, I'm jealous.
And now onto what I am supposed to be writing!
On March 4th 2010 at 2pm PST you can chat live with Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter!
Tony Baxter has been an Imagineer for about 40 years! His work includes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, The Indiana Jones Adventure and (on top of all that) he's the overall creative role for Disneyland Paris. He's currently a senior vice president of Creative Development and the creative director of Disneyland Park!
Don't miss out on this opportunity!
Read more about Tony Baxter at the Official D23 Website HERE!
Also, for more about becoming a D23 member, HERE is the link! Note: there are two kinds of memberships. I was unaware of the Silver one until just now. It's only $34.99!
Captain EO Dances Back Onto The Screen!
Somehow I failed to mention the return of CAPTAIN EO!
On the morning of February 23, 2010 fans were lined up for the reopening of Captain EO, a 3D adventure starring Michael Jackson. This was a classic ride in the eighties that lasted until 1997. I've watched the film, unfortunately I did not see it in the park, although I was there in January of 1996, so I have no idea why I DIDN'T go see it...hmm.
It's a really awesome show that proves that Michael Jackson can save an entire planet with the power of dance.
Imagination Park?
While perusing the Disney Store website, I noticed a large link on the "Find A Store Near You" page that has probably been there for some time, but I never thought to click it. It reads, "Read About Our New Look! Click Here!" Clicking it brings you to a two page article from the New York Times!
I learned many things I didn't know before, including the fact that Steve Jobs (of Apple) is affiliated with Disney and has been since Disney acquired Pixar in 2006.
The reason that's mentioned in this article is because Disney is planning on overhauling all of their Disney Stores and Steve Jobs' knowledge of mall stores is key. Apple's retail stores are interactive and modern which is what Disney is aspiring to recreate their stores into. To get an idea of what Disney wants, they are considering renaming all Disney Stores to "Imagination Parks".
One chilling thing about this whole idea was a quote from Andy Mooney, chairman of Disney Consumer Products, “We will essentially be the only toy retailer left at the mall because everybody else has evaporated.” I found that to be somewhat scary.
In my opinion, recreating 340 Disney Stores, in the United States alone, into fantastical mini-parks seems like a bit of a stretch, even for Disney. I'm not saying they don't have the money or the resources to make these Imagination Parks, that's not it at all! I'm more concerned about the owners and landlords of the malls and whether or not these buildings can handle such a dramatic and expensive change. I know the Disney Store closest to me is small and old. I'm not sure they could fit a sectioned off interactive theater and all of their other little sections into such a small room.
Best of luck to them anyway! It will truly be an experience to go to the new stores if it all goes through!
I highly suggest reading the whole article on the New York Times website. It's going to be quite a huge change for the chain of stores if/when they start their overhaul.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE!
I learned many things I didn't know before, including the fact that Steve Jobs (of Apple) is affiliated with Disney and has been since Disney acquired Pixar in 2006.
The reason that's mentioned in this article is because Disney is planning on overhauling all of their Disney Stores and Steve Jobs' knowledge of mall stores is key. Apple's retail stores are interactive and modern which is what Disney is aspiring to recreate their stores into. To get an idea of what Disney wants, they are considering renaming all Disney Stores to "Imagination Parks".
One chilling thing about this whole idea was a quote from Andy Mooney, chairman of Disney Consumer Products, “We will essentially be the only toy retailer left at the mall because everybody else has evaporated.” I found that to be somewhat scary.
In my opinion, recreating 340 Disney Stores, in the United States alone, into fantastical mini-parks seems like a bit of a stretch, even for Disney. I'm not saying they don't have the money or the resources to make these Imagination Parks, that's not it at all! I'm more concerned about the owners and landlords of the malls and whether or not these buildings can handle such a dramatic and expensive change. I know the Disney Store closest to me is small and old. I'm not sure they could fit a sectioned off interactive theater and all of their other little sections into such a small room.
Best of luck to them anyway! It will truly be an experience to go to the new stores if it all goes through!
I highly suggest reading the whole article on the New York Times website. It's going to be quite a huge change for the chain of stores if/when they start their overhaul.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE!
"Guilty Party"
Image from Kotaku.com24.2.10
Stuffed with Fluff He's...
WINNIE THE POOH, of course!
Image from Walt Disney Animation Studio's Facebook
A new Winnie the Pooh theatrical release is in the works. The best part? It's going to be hand-drawn! Just like old times!
No word just yet on a title or what it's about, but it sounds exciting already!
Image from Walt Disney Animation Studio's Facebook
A new Winnie the Pooh theatrical release is in the works. The best part? It's going to be hand-drawn! Just like old times!
No word just yet on a title or what it's about, but it sounds exciting already!
"Rapunzel" -er... "Tangled"
I noticed today, on my daily perusal through Disney-related websites, that Rapunzel has been removed from the Walt Disney Animation Studios website. I ALSO noticed that on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Facebook that in a caption to new art from the movie, the movie was called "Tangled".
Not sure why the name changed, haven't heard or read anything official...or unofficial for that matter!
Here's the new image, I enjoy it greatly:
Click the image to go to the Walt Disney Animation Studio Facebook and read the caption for this picture written by Roy Conli, the producer of "Disney's next animated film". Perhaps it was between names when he wrote that?
Not sure why the name changed, haven't heard or read anything official...or unofficial for that matter!
Here's the new image, I enjoy it greatly:
Click the image to go to the Walt Disney Animation Studio Facebook and read the caption for this picture written by Roy Conli, the producer of "Disney's next animated film". Perhaps it was between names when he wrote that?
Give a Day! Get a Disney Day!
I'm really excited about the new Disney Parks promotion "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day!" On their blog today they posted a cute stop-motion video featuring some cast members and some Disney Characters!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Epic Mickey Update
Gaming blog Kotaku recently wrote a piece about Disney's Epic Mickey game. In it, they expressed that Kingdom Hearts was to thank for the creation of Epic Mickey because prior to Kingdom Hearts, Disney characters were not seen in video games with a young-teen-to-adult target. I agree with this. However I do not agree with this:
Image from Kotaku.com
Why does that screen shot in NO WAY remind me of this:
I'm staring to lose my excitement for this game. I wish Disney would keep pushing, like they did with Kingdom Hearts, to make a game nobody was expecting. Something like the concept art for Epic Mickey would be great.
Image from Kotaku.com
Why does that screen shot in NO WAY remind me of this:
I'm staring to lose my excitement for this game. I wish Disney would keep pushing, like they did with Kingdom Hearts, to make a game nobody was expecting. Something like the concept art for Epic Mickey would be great.
Haven't Been Posting
Hello!
I know I haven't posted anything, that's because Disney Parks created their own blog and I found mine to be rather useless. However, I'd like to start reposting and putting in a little more of my opinion on things rather than just writing events down sequentially as I did in the past.
So, hopefully I stick to my word this time and actually post things! :D
I know I haven't posted anything, that's because Disney Parks created their own blog and I found mine to be rather useless. However, I'd like to start reposting and putting in a little more of my opinion on things rather than just writing events down sequentially as I did in the past.
So, hopefully I stick to my word this time and actually post things! :D
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