Aside from the general happiness you’d expect there has been some interesting reaction from around the Harry Potter fan community. The Leaky Cauldron links to an interview with Harry Potter designer Stuart Craig. Craig has been picked to work with the designers at Universal Studios to make sure the new land fits in with the… Read More »Harry Potter Universal Reaction
Confirming the slow and steady stream of rumors, Universal Studios announced that they had won the theme park licensing rights to the Harry Potter properties. In Florida, the land will be called "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" and will be located in the Islands of Adventure theme park. Universal plans a 20-acre "Wizarding World,"… Read More »Silence Spell Shattered, Harry Potter coming to Universal.
For the second time in a week the news of a fight at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has made the news. This time the sheriff wasn’t called in a timely matter, which means no taser, but also no charges being pressed. At The Disney Enquirer they have a new Imagineering A New Kingdom column… Read More »Morning Roundup – May 31st
The Lost Blog has a great wrap up of the game changing LOST season 3 Finale. There were many questions answered a whole slew of new ones opened up. Just who is in that casket? And will LOST be pulling an Alias-like jump into the future as indicated by Jack’s flash-forward. I figured out that… Read More »Lost Season Finale Recap (Spoilers)
Honor Hunter over at the Blue Sky Imagineering blog is back with an indepth look at the possibilities for Hong Kong Disneyland now that Walt Disney Imagineering is firmly remade in the vision of John Lasseter. Since the restructuring of WDI there has been a great deal of shuffling going on. Even projects that have… Read More »Blue Sky over Hong Kong Disneyland?
In the latest run of Disney mashups the trend is to match modern music with classic Disney shorts. The best so far is this one that matches the Mickey Mouse short "Through The Mirror" with a techno trance version of Pink Floyd’s "Time." (via Broke Hoedown)
MGMStudios.org has opened up a special blog to track the events of this year’s Star Wars Weekends at Disney-MGM Studios. SWW start on June 1st and run every weekend through June 24th. In other Star Wars news, The Muppet Newsflash has the 411 on new Star Wars themed Muppet dolls that will be available exclusively… Read More »Morning Roundup – May 30th
The Walt Disney Family Museum website has been updated. It now includes a brief interview with Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt and Lillian, about the San Francisco-Presidio Park located museum building that is currently under construction.