Way back in 1981 Walt Disney Feature Animation had the chance to become a leader in computer generated animation. If they listened to the younger John Lasseter then, they could have owned Pixar for $20 million and kept Lasseter on to lead it. Instead, office politics got in the way and a 25 year slow… Read More »John Lasseter Interview in Fortune
ABC announced their new fall schedule. TV Squad has the goods and descriptions of the new shows. Commander in Chief, which I liked but saw room for improvement, did not make the list. Interestingly, it looks like all the complaining about LOST repeats has worked and the show will now be seen in three 7… Read More »ABC’s New Fall Schedule and the talents of one man
Life size models of hotshot rookie racecar Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Sally Carrera, a snazzy 2002 Porsche 911 (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) will be on display at Downtown Disney® West Side on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21 from 10:30 AM-10:00 PM each day. Everyone is invited to attend with their… Read More »Cars Models Coming to Downtown Disney
This hurricane season has been predicted to be another big one. June through November promises to see a least a few big storms come through the Central Florida region, possibly a hurricane. CNN reports that most tourists seem to not really care about the storm possibilities. If anything, I would think that Hurricanes would mean… Read More »Active Hurricane Season not discouraging Orlando bound tourists
First Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest entered new Territory with their MySpace page and promotional contest; now Pixar’s Cars has their own online promotion going this time on ‘CarSpace’ (an Edmunds version of MySpace). Join CarSpace and ‘friend’ one of the characters from the movie before May 19th and get entered into a… Read More »Cars Promotion enters CarSpace
If your dream job has been move to central Florida and work at one of the themeparks now’s your chance to strike. Walt Disney World, Universal, and SeaWorld are all getting desparate for employees. Bring along a friend or two for a roommate so you can afford someplace to live nearby.
A Washington Post story covers the unique marketing techniques being used by ABC to market their hit show LOST. Don’t forget the season finale is this week and it promises to be a doozy.
Simon Veness took one of those travel agent convention tours called "Discovering Disney" and found himself face to face with Eric Jacobson, Senior Vice-President, Creative Development Walt Disney Imagineering. With the aid of video and slides, he presented the ‘Art of Imagineering’ in all its glories, and I thought I would try to give you… Read More »Imagineer Encounter at WDW