Over the weekend the deal combining Comcast with NBC/Universal was completed. In addition to the big shake up with control of television stations now handled a cable giant, we get a new co-owner of the Universal Orlando Resort property. Comcast joins the Blackstone Group with… Read More »Universal Studios Orlando has new co-owner, shake-up coming?
Walt Disney’s 1951 take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland makes its high definition debut on Blu-ray Disc (BD) tomorrow, February 1st, in a 2-disc “60th Anniversary Edition” Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Alice in Wonderland is flawlessly presented in 1080p high definition, with a “Full Screen” 1:33:1… Read More »Alice in Wonderland 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
We know that Apple provided Pixar designers the opportunity to meet with their head product design team while coming up with the concept for the robot ‘Eve’ from Wall-E, but was the collaboration between the two companies before that? /Film has a post speculating that… Read More »Did Apple use Pixar’s The Incredibles to test market The iPad
I was a big fan of Tale Spin back when it was on Disney Afternoon circa 1990. But for some reason the theme song hasn’t been one of the big hits like Dark Wing Duck… until now. Here’s a German translation of the theme song… Read More »Videopolis: Tale Spin Theme Song from Disney Afternoon A Capella
This is not the first time some little kid has watched Toy Story and been inspired to crawl in the out door of one of those Crane toy-grabbing prize machines. But it might be the first time it happened with twins. Apparently 2-year old Jake… Read More »Toy Story inspires Hooliganism in the UK
The Let The Memories Begin press event also came with a bit of research from one of Disney’s partners in Orlando, Peter Yesawich of the Ypartnership. Disney has relied on studies from Ypartnership to bolster their decision making for theme park forecasting in the past and I always find these studies fascinating.
The full press release is below the jump:
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This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom. I thought I’d spend a little time surfing through vintage home video of the park to celebrate. Lots of great stuff out there, but I’m sharing this one today because of a unique coincidence. You… Read More »Magic Kingdom 1979 Home Video
Just before the departed Castaway Cay on our way back to Port Canaveral, the crew of the Disney Dream treated everyone on board to a serenade of every song in the horns memory. Not sure if this was a special event for the Christening Cruise… Read More »Disney Dream – Ship’s Horn, Complete Suite