Local news is reporting that a cast member at Disney’s Animal Kingdom was injured this morning in a fall at the park. The cast member was taken to the hospital after complaining about hip pain. So far no word on where the fall occurred. The… Read More »Cast Member Injured in Fall at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Here is the great Michael Giacchino on scoring and recording the music for Star Tours – The Adventures Continue queue. I don’t know if you caught it. But there were a couple scenes in there that are not in the final product. Starting at 0:45… Read More »Scoring Star Tours
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hoisted sail to the top spot at the box office this weekend earning $90 million in domestic sales. Add that to an additional $256.3 million overseas and you get $346.4 million worldwide. That’s the fourth largest worldwide… Read More »Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides Rules Box Office
A familiar medley from a different group is this week’s Videopolis. You gotta watch, at least for the first minute. After that you’ll be hooked. I love me some acapella performances. If you have any nominations for Videopolis, please let me know in the comments.
Bob Iger, George Lucas, and Anthony Daniels enjoy a first ride on Star Tours after the dedication ceremony
When Star Wars Episode One was under production 14 years ago, word leaked out from George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic that they were working on a segment, based on the pod-racing segment, that they wanted to use to update Star Tours at Disneyland. At the time I remember thinking that, it was nice to know that someone remembered how Star Tours was designed to be easily updated with new destinations all the time. Alas, nothing happened at the attraction, but there was a new hope in the air.
I started to let myself dream about what an updated Star Tours would be like. It would have multiple destinations, new characters from the films, include some of the best sets from the movies, and utilize 3D technology. Star Tours – The Adventures Continue meets all my dreams and more.
Pixar is back with a sequel for Cars and hoping they can reproduce the success they’ve had with the Toy Story franchise. While the movie hits theaters June 24th, here’s a new featurette with John Lasseter introducing the story of the movie along with some… Read More »Cars 2 – Featurette – Back into Cars
Update: 4/24/11 – Orlando Sentinel reports that the woman is still in intensive care at the hospital but is showing signs of recovery. She was on the ride with her two children and was visiting from Cromwell, England. Again, The Disney Blog wishes a speedy… Read More »Space Mountain at Disney World shut down after woman found unconcious on coaster
Sometimes signs fail the spellcheck test. They say it is the details that make the magic (along with the cast members, designers, artists, etc… you get the picture). Among those details are thing things that tell people where to go, what to expect, and identify… Read More »Signs you’re at Disney