Word is that Walt Disney World has two big new attractions ready to announce, Little Mermaid in the Magic Kingdom and a Monster’s Inc roller coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. They’re also going to announced Star Tours 2.0, plus I’m told they have something huge… Read More »Forecasting Walt Disney World attendance
Meet Tropical Storm Hanna. Judging by the 5-day forcast above, she’s got her eye set on Florida. If she follows the straight ahead, she’ll be paying central Florida’s attractions a visit in about 7 days. If that’s when you’re planning on visiting Orlando, don’t get… Read More »Don’t Be Alarmed – Two Hurricanes With Potential to Hit Walt Disney World
Matt has spent 20 years collecting everything he could get his hands on having to do with Walt Disney’s animated classic Alice in Wonderland. Now, to our great benefit, he’s sharing it on his new blog Vintage Disney Alice in Wonderland. Many of his items… Read More »Vintage Alice in Wonderland Ephemera and Collectibles
As part of the promotional tour for the much anticipated second season of “Pushing Daisies” you’ll be able to sample sweet pie and pick up some branded merchandise to show your support of this excellent show. ABC is bringing the interactive experience of Ned’s bakery,… Read More »Sample Pushing Daisies Pies in a city near you
What’s next for Central Florida? Could Disney dominance be on the way out? Those are the questions addressed by Chad Emerson at BlooLoop.com a blog dedicated to amusement news. Fight between two smaller International Drive area amusement parks draws near to its end. Fun Spot… Read More »Central Florida Attraction News
When I was working at a summer camp before I left home for College, I got a letter from my girlfriend telling me she’d helped my mom at the garage sale. Oh no, I thought, I didn’t know there was going to be a garage… Read More »How to ruin your Disney vacation for $10
When The Walt Disney Company saw that The High School Musical series was a surprise hit and it appeared that musicals were “hip” again with young audiences, Disney knew they just had to tap into that gold mine. One of the ideas they came up… Read More »Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato in Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition DVD
As much as anyone Dr. Randy Pausch embodied creativity and technology combined. His work founding and teaching at the Entertainment Technology Center for Carnegie Mellon University, his life long passions, including working for Walt Disney Imagineering, and his emotional “Last Lecture”, in fact a gift for his kids, are good models for us all. So it makes sense that Dr. Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and current President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, be awarded the first Randy Paucsh Prize.
Without the leadership and vision of Dr. Ed, Pixar would not exist; without his passion for excellence and creativity, Pixar would not have hit every ball out of the park with a perfect record of films out of the Emeryville Studios. Catmull will give a speech at CMU on September 26th when he receives his award.
The full press release is below the cut:
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