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August 2007

Tinkerbell, innocent pixie or next big thing for Disney merchandising?

A few days ago I was contacted for my thoughts on a future article in the Orlando Sentinel regarding Disney’s most popular pixie, Tinkerbell. Article author Scott Powers was reading my earlier story about the new Tinkerbell t-shirts and remembered seeing a poster of Tink sitting in a martini glass (on DisneyShopping.com). Thinking this was… Read More »Tinkerbell, innocent pixie or next big thing for Disney merchandising?

Advertising on The Disney Blog

Thank you for your interest in advertising on The Disney Blog. There are many different ways to start a conversation with your customers, advertising on a blog gives you direct access to targeted visitors who are ready to join in a conversation about a subject they love; in this case the world of Entertainment, Travel,… Read More »Advertising on The Disney Blog

The Birthday Contest!

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My son reaches the astonishing age of four this Tuesday and The Disney Blog is throwing a party. But don’t send gifts, just enter this contest for chance to win some fun Disney prizes including a Dream Mickey Mouse Ears hat from Walt Disney World. All you have to do is write a post on your own blog and link back to this contest to enter.

See below the cut for How to Enter and a list of participating sites:

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A New Disney’s Little Einsteins DVD – Rocket’s Firebird Rescue

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Pre-school starts on August 21st for my son. He’s actually looking forward to it. At school ,one of his favorite activities is to sing and play instruments. He can name every instrument and imitate their sounds. The singing is partially inherited from me, but his knowledge of musical instruments comes almost totally from watching The Little Einsteins on Playhouse Disney.

In addition to the start of school there is a new Little Einstein’s DVD coming out August 21st. Disney’s Little Einsteins – Rocket’s Firebird Rescue features 51 minutes of Rocket and his new mysterious friend, Firebird. The regular foursome of June, Annie, Quincy, and Leo are there as well. Rocket’s Firebird Rescue is the fifth DVD based on the popular show and we’re looking forward to adding it to our collection.

The DVD comes with a few bonus features:.

  • “Magic Mission Mode” — In this alternate viewing experience, discover new animated pop-up fun facts while enjoying the movie
  • Bonus Episode: “Rocket Soup”
  • French and Spanish Language Tracks (useful if you’re trying to teach your kid a second language, non?)

Here are three video clips from the new DVD that you can watch today:

The full synopsis is below the cut:

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Friday Roundup

The official poster for Disney’s Enchanted is out. You can also see movie’s official trailer at its YouTube page. That’s Susan Sarandon looking perfectly wicked as the evil witch. This film opens with 15 minutes of hand drawn animation, which Disney had to outsource because they had fired or converted all their animators and sold… Read More »Friday Roundup

Roundup 2.0

Some days there are no roundups… today we have two. C’est la Vie! FoxxFur is back at Passport to Dreams with another incredibly detailed look at the design of Walt Disney World. This time she takes on the concept of a dining hall/food court as imagineered by Disney. The primary focus is on the Columbia… Read More »Roundup 2.0

Morning Roundup – August 16th

The Anaheim Resort District zoning issue continues dive deeper into conflict. It now looks like the Suncal supported ballot measure to put all Resort District zoning changes up to a city wide vote will get the three required city council votes to make onto the next voting ballot. That’s the same ballot that will have… Read More »Morning Roundup – August 16th

High School Musical Roundup

There has been some controversy with High School Musical 2 being available on Cablevision’s On-Demand (warning spoilers!) package as of last night, even though it won’t debut on The Disney Channel until Friday night. So many fans have already seen the movie. The rest of us have to wait until Friday. For more HSM2, The… Read More »High School Musical Roundup