When it comes to planning a vacation to Walt Disney World there are two books the you hear mentioned over and over again as the best – The Unofficial Guide which has a long history and many versions, and The Complete guide, which features beautiful… Read More »The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World makes Vacation Planning a Snap
Senior Vice President, Executive Designer, and Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde takes a break from his work on Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii to share his excitement about the Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The trek’s private safari camp has been expanded to… Read More »Imagineer Joe Rohde for Disney’s Wild Africa Trek
Disney and Marvel Studios released the first shot from the set as principal photography began. Why I may have hemmed and hawed over Thor being a Disney film or not, this is truly the first Marvel Studios film where Disney has been involved since almost the beginning. So I’ll be keeping an eye on it.
I’m not sure if four director chairs is supposed to excite me. But that logo in the background looks like it might have some significance. I am however, looking forward to Joss Whedon’s screenplay and direction. This comic/superhero genre is his forte.
The full press release announcing the start of production is below the jump:
Becky Meza poses as the villainess Ursula from “The Little Mermaid.”
Meet Duy Truong, he’s a photographer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a passion for Disney. Inspired by Annie Leibovitz’s Dream Portrait series she did for Disney, he decided he could do his own tribute version after thinking the series had ceased after her portrait with Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
So he assembled his crew of Disney obsessed friends, some props and costumes, and did some location scouting. The result is absolutely magical. Even though Leibovitz has returned with new Dream Portraits for Disney Parks, I’m delighted to see how well Duy captured the essence of the series.
I’m very pleased to be presenting the world premier of the most recent photos from Duy. Here are two pieces featuring local actress Anneliese Banks as Alice. I love the touch of the hidden mickey in the second one. (click on each image to view it in larger size.)
Here’s one of my favorites “When You Never Forget”, with Raphael “Raffi” Mikelstein portraying Christopher Robin.
More wonderful images in this series below the jump:
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Last night was Guilty Pleasures Week, and there wasn’t too much to be embarrassed about. All our stars turned in respectable performances, nothing horrific happened, which means tonight’s cut will be all the more devastating. Tonight’s results show was preceded by a one hour show… Read More »Dancing with the Stars: Guilty as Charged
Disney World has been experimenting with lightly themed rooms at its resorts for the last few years. You may have stayed in a Pirates or Little Mermaid themed room at the Caribbean Beach Resort. They’re even building a whole new resort (Art of Animation) with… Read More »Disney World reveals plans for Princess themed rooms
As I’ve mentioned before, Disney’s T-shirt designers have been doing a great job rolling out fun t-shirts that capture the sort of nostalgia I feel for the Disney brand of old. So if I can’t have the Disney of my youth back, I can at pretend that I can when I wear these.
Here are a few Disney recently added to Walt Disney World’s growing catalog:
As if there was any argument.
This t-shirt cleverly reads “Mousetaches – the key to any disguise”… get it.
Lot’s more below the jump:
As, major structural work on Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii, was completed, Disney took a moment to celebrate with this photo. Then on Thursday, April 21, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc., handed the project to the Disney team, which will… Read More »Aulani, Disney’s Hawaii Resort, reaches construction milestone