Remember those True Life Adventure films? It was Walt’s way of diversifying his studio by adding in Live Action. It was also a passion of his. So it’s very nice to see Disney returning to the nature trail with the addition of a new Studio Brand. Fan Boy over on LaughingPlace.com’s new blogs has the… Read More »Disney Returns to Nature
The Service Trades Council, which represents 21,000 of the 50,000 jobs at Walt Disney World, will vote for a second time on a new contract June 6th. The previous vote was defeated by a 2% margin of just a few hundred votes and I think Disney and the Unions are hoping that a re-vote will… Read More »Disney World Union Votes Again June 6
Alain Littaye has great photos and videos of the newly opened Toon Studio at Disneyland Paris’ Walt Disney Studios theme park. There’s a lot of Cars theming, A Cars Race Rally, and a new Crush (from Nemo) themed coaster. Maybe they should call it Pixar Studios. USA Network has bought the rights to air the… Read More »Morning Roundup – June 2nd
Thomas S. Mulligan reports in the Los Angeles Times that… Nickelodeon is teaming up with Marriott International Inc. on a chain of kid-friendly resort hotels that will feature elaborate water parks and live entertainment from SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and other stars of the cable TV channel. Look’s like Walt’s revolution continues. The first… Read More »Nickelodeon and Marriott, Sitting in a Tree
The SOAR project continues to grow steam in Anaheim. A recent poll in the OC register showed that most readers expect Disney to get its way and prevent non-tourism businesses from opening in the resort district. Let’s just hope they vote that way too. 2719 Hyperion has a look at a Donald Duck comic book… Read More »Morning Round Up – June 1st
Those planning on attending Star Wars Weekends at Disney-MGM Studios should take note of this small change in the guest appearance schedule. Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok) will not appear June 1-3 due to a conflict. Bonnie Piesse (Beru Lars) will appear instead. Warwick Davis has been rescheduled to appear June 22-24 in place of… Read More »Schedule change for Guest Stars at Disney-MGM Studios Star Wars Weekends