Disney’s "The Prestige" debuted at number one in the box office this weekend with an estimated $14.8 million. The film is concerns the world of magicians and was made by "Batman Begins" Christopher Nolan. The film was no doubt helped by the presence of its stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Disney’s Digital 3-D version… Read More »Disney’s “The Prestige” takes box office number one
Care to see what a dissected Disneyland Monorail looks like? Darkbeer posts more of RobsMustang’s photos from warehouse in British Columbia, CANADA whee Monorail Blue is undergoing an extreme makeover. Not sure if this is a reverse engineering expedition or a remodel. But it’s sad to see ol’blue all torn apart like that. (Link)
Susan Chaityn Lebovits writes about an Imagineering contest and what two students at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham came up with. "Our idea was to create a video capture system throughout the park," said Michaelidis, who grew up in Hyde Park. “To take still-frame shots — like photos of visitors with Mickey… Read More »Engineering Students Participate in Imagineering Contest
If Disneyland is to ever have a third-gate then the piece of property currently up for debate in front of the Anaheim City Council had better not become housing. But that’s the plan from Anaheim officials who clearly want to shoot any future growth of… Read More »Disneyland Resort Area experiencing growing pains
ABC’s Bob Woodruff is slowly working his way back into the news department as he continues to recover from his near fatal injuries suffered while covering the war in Iraq. In the meantime, he’s filming a documentary that will examine his recovery and the team of specialists who saved his life. He’s also writing a… Read More »ABC News’ Bob Woodruff slowly returning to work
Drexel Heritage, maker of upscale furniture, has announced a new line of furniture based on the life and times of Walt Disney. The Walt Disney Signature line looks almost like you’ve walked onto a Hollywood set of a studio maven’s office from the 30s or 40s (althought Walt’s offices at the time were not so… Read More »Drexel Heritage Walt Disney Signature Furniture Line
Charles Phoenix, known for his retro-postcard slide show events, has started offering ‘walking tours‘ of Los Angeles. If you’ve ever seen or heard Phoenix’s talk, you know that alone would be worth the price of admission. But Phoenix tops it off by drawing a multitude of parallels between Walt Disney’s crown jewel themepark of Disneyland, and the icons of Souther California that played such a major part in the development of Walt Disney the man.
If you can’t make the walking tour, you can get a taste of what you’re missing with this fascinating video on youtube. It’s embeded below the cut, or you can click here to see it.
I like to see Disney using its existing media to promote its other products. As long as its done in moderation. Tonight 20/20 will have a segment on PL Travers and Mary Poppins the musical. The musical is now playing on Broadway. If you don’t get 20/20 or can’t wait, you can see it online… Read More »Mary Poppins Segment on 20/20 tonight