Are you ready for the first Star Wars Weekends with Disney as the owner of Lucasfilm? Dates for 2013 event were just announced as every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from May 17 – June 9, 2013. Returning as hosts of the event are James Arnold… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Dates for 2013 Announced
Everyone knows that Disney World and Disneyland go all out for the holidays. Overlays on It’s A Small World and Haunted Mansion, the Spectacle of Dancing Lights, the Candlelight Processional, etc…they shove Christmas down your throat, but in a good way. We also receive the… Read More »Christmas is great…but why isn’t Easter at the parks?!
Home on the Range is often regarded as one of the worst Disney Films of all-time. Whether it be the constant physical(ly drawn) comedy or the animation style, many watch it and leave with a bad taste in their mouth. The one redeeming quality of… Read More »Country Music and Disney…it needs to happen more often
Okay, so I’m two holidays behind, but I just found this mashup featuring Walt Disney’s 1929 Mickey Mouse short “The Haunted House” with a new Halloween song from the eclectic band Doozy – It’s Halloween. Doozy is reviving prohibition pop and depression-era cheer via popular… Read More »Happy Halloween – Remix
Walt Disney World is a gigantic place at nearly 27,000 acres. While guests are allowed to travel through many of the areas, there are a few areas where only official vehicles and cast members are supposed to drive. One of these is Bear Island Road which goes… Read More »One Killed in Backstage Roads Crash
Despite the high prices for tickets to a Broadway show and the hordes of tourists looking to enjoy a little of the magic of the Great White Way, it’s not a guarantee that even a popular production will generate a return on investment. Disney’s been hit and miss on this in the past (misses include Tarzan and The Little Mermaid) but their latest production has been something of a surprise hit (although the shows fans would have said they knew it from the start).
Disney Theatrical Productions just announced that the Broadway production of Newsies has recouped its investment in just over nine months — the fastest a Disney production has ever turned a profit — confirming Newsies’ status as one of the biggest hits of the 2011-12 Broadway season.
In 41 weeks of performances to date, nearly 400,000 people have attended the show at the Nederlander Theatre. The show has set then broken the weekly box office house record six times during its run so far and has regularly been among Broadway’s Top 10 shows.
Read More »Newsies The Musical Recoups Investment in 41 Weeks on Broadway
I don’t play a lot of video games, not because I don’t like them, but because my personality is such that once I start playing I have to finish it and end up obsessing about the game over other important things until I conquer it.… Read More »Test Track from a Video Gamers Perspective
Walt Disney Records’ single for Paperman is available digitally today (Amazon or iTunes) for just $0.99. Christophe Beck (“The Muppets,” “The Hangover” Part 1 & 2) composed the uplifting and light-hearted original music for the animated short film. “Paperman” is one of the ten films… Read More »Music from Disney Animated Short Paperman Now Available