The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2010 N BA World Champions and what better way to celebrate than visiting the happiest place on earth – Disneyland. Team leader Kobe Bryant was spotted at the park hamming it up with Goofy and enjoying some quality time… Read More »Kobe visits Disneyland
These podcasts share the Good (meeting old friends), the bad (rude guests) and the ugly (Bat’s Day) of Westfest for those of us that could not attend this grand event. (Download your favorite Disney Podcasts on iTunes.) Disney Dudes Episode #44 Trace has to get… Read More »Mickey Heads-Disney Podcast Review Westfest 2010
Trevor Hogg of the UK Film critic site Flickering Myth has just finished his 5 part series on Japan’s Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki, also known as the Japanese Walt Disney. Disney has partnered with Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli to bring his works to America in the… Read More »Hayao Miyazaki Profiled
Disney Legend Marty Sklar has been honored by the Walt Disney Company at the Ryman Arts Foundation with a fund in his name.Nearly $400,000 in contributions from Disney and individual donors will endow and entire class of art students at Ryman Arts. Ryman Arts, together… Read More »Sklar Legacy Fund establised to honor Imagineer
In just a few days Disney World’s tragic monorail accident that killed a cast member will have its one year anniversary. So too will the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board into the crash. That’s not unusual for an accident investigation. Now we’re hearing… Read More »Probe into Monorail Death extends past one year
Get ready to see a lot more of Phineas, Ferb, and their Platypus friend Perry. Disney thinks it has found a franchise it can hang the next few years of revenue on. And as we know, Bob Iger is focused on franchises right now. This… Read More »Disney looks to Franchise Phineas and Ferb
If you’re a fan of the Peter Pan story or the new Tinker Bell movie series you’ll find a lot to love in the third movie in the series. I’ve been sent a full 8-minutes of the film as a special sneak-peek for The Disney… Read More »Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Preview
Disney has been invading New York City’s Times Square ever since Beauty and the Beast opened at the Palace Theater in 1994. With the closure of Tarzan and Little Mermaid, it may appear Disney’s influence is on the ebb, but with my visit yesterday, I found that to be anything but true.
The whole area has been turned into a metropolitan version of Main Street U.S.A. complete with pedestrians walking in the middle of the street, a giant emporium, amusement attractions and, it wouldn’t be Time Square without it, millions of glowing light bulbs. (I’d hate to be the person responsible for replacing those that burn out.)
The ‘Disneyfication’ of New York is astounding and nearly complete. There are still some rough edges, but that’s to be expected in New York. It’s part of the city’s charm. Either way, the tourists didn’t seem to mind, I half expected to see a band marching around or some walk-around characters… Turns out, I wasn’t disappointed.
Join me below the jump and let’s go on a little walking tour and see for ourselves.