Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow has started limited soft openings at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! The grand opening is scheduled for December 6th. The team at MouseSteps managed to grab this video featuring the complete experience: This is about what I… Read More »Pirates Walk-Through Attraction Soft Opens
Here’s a really cute video from Walt Disney World. It follows a Toy Soldier who dreams of marching in Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade. Kind of a take off on that Budweiser Draft Horse Super Bowl commercial, which itself was a take off on… Read More »Toy Soldier’s Big Moment at Walt Disney World
This week’s videopolis features voice actress and singer Bri Ray. Ray is a relative newcomer in the YouTube dubbing genre, but she’s already built up an impressive resume of videos. I really enjoyed her one woman musical version of Beauty and the Beast with her… Read More »Videopolis: One Woman Disney Musical “Beauty and the Beast”
A few months ago some photos of flying dragon themed ultra-light plane were spotted over Bakersfield, CA. The photos were taken by Bakersfield resident Tammy K and posted on her Facebook page, then picked up by the media. The word on the street was that… Read More »What could Dragons possibly have to do with New Fantasyland?
It’s the holiday season again and the Castle Dream Lights on Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom are once again wowing guests with their icy beauty. But how do they make that magic happen? Earlier this month, Disney went behind-the-scenes with Creative Director Reed Jones… Read More »How Disney Creates the Dream Lights on Cinderella Castle for the Holidays
Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion are two attractions that have already been made into movies and there are other ideas in various stages of conception for the Walt Disney Studios including a movie based on the Magic Kingdom park concept itself. We can now add a TV show to that list as ABC has ordered a script for a show based on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction.
Set in a mining town in the American southwest, the backstory for the ride involves gold mining and a curse by Native Americans that brings disaster on those who try to remove it from the ground, usually in the form of an earthquake. Guests on the roller coaster just barely escape. Whether that idea makes it into the script remains to be scene.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland was also the scene of one of the park’s biggest tragedies with an accident that resulted in the death of a guest and the serious injury of others.
The adventure based drama could air as soon as next fall if the pilot gets made and if it gets picked up.
Below the jump, my onride POV video of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster:
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While at the Festival of the Masters last weekend, I took some photos of changes at Downtown Disney Orlando. Alas, I had to shoot around the artist booths a bit, but there are still a few major projects underway that we need to check in with.
Up first is Splitsville. It’s scheduled to be open in less than a month, but the exterior looks a long ways off to me.
Here’s a quick preview video for the location:
You may have heard that the Seven Dwarfs are getting a new mountain in New Fantasyland, but that’s not the only mountain being added to Walt Disney World. Rainforest Cafe has replaced their volcano with a new version that the promise will be very exciting. After a long wait, they’ve even started adding rock work to the steel skeleton of the mountain.Read More »Downtown Disney Orlando – Photo Update
A treasure trove of new images and the latest trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful were just released. I am looking forward to this more and more with every new frame they share. Above is the completed triptych made into one large poster. Below is the new longer trailer for the movie. There’s a lot of detail in there, but are things really what they seem? Not always so in the land of Oz.
Note: I had to embed the UK version of the trailer because for some reason the US youtube channel doesn’t have it yet. Silliness!
Official Synopsis and more pictures below the jump:
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