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August 2014

Home made Groot costume for under $100

10527323_10153025055076124_780402979283816721_nI’ve already seen some amazing cosplay characters from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In fact, two local cosplay artists were hired by Disney to be Gamora and Starlord at the recent “Unlead the Villains” event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Those were pretty cool, but this home made Groot costume is simply fantastic.

Calen Hoffman does make some pretty amazing custom cosplay props at Propcustomz, but his tutorial to make Groot is quite detailed and uses materials you can find just about anywhere there’s a hobby store and home improvement store. Those feeling courageous can probably do this themselves at home.

In order to create the rough tree-like look of the costume, Hoffman used tissue paper in a paper-mache glue and water mixture to add a bark like texture over foam pipe insulation attached to a body suit. Moss, he got from a hobby store’s train aisle, adds that great detail.

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Official Lyric video for Prince Ali from Disney’s Aladdin the Musical

“Prince Ali” is the big production number that opens the second act of Disney’s Aladdin the Musical. The colorful, energetic stage production brings new life to the 1992 animated Disney film with a freshening up by original composer Alan Menken and new lyrics and book… Read More »Official Lyric video for Prince Ali from Disney’s Aladdin the Musical

Instapic: Frozen elongated.

from Instagram: These elongated pennies are from Oaken’s Trading Post inside Disney’s Hollywood Studios. You can also find some Frozen pressed pennies at the Magic Kingdom. But not all on one machine like at DHS. Do you collect Disney pressed coins?

Celebrating 40 Years of Food and Fun at Hoop Dee Doo Revue

Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue Celebrates 40 Years of Food, Fun at DisneyÕs Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

Two weeks ago, we wrote about our invitation to help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney World’s original dinner show “Hoop Dee Doo Revue.” Courtesy of Disney, we now have more information about the show, it’s history, and some fun facts you can share at the dinner table to annoy your friends who just don’t get your Disney obsession.

When Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue launched on June 30, 1974, the high-energy dinner show at Pioneer Hall at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground was created in the heyday of dinner theaters for Walt Disney World guests with a summer college intern cast. The foot-stompin’, hand-clappin’ musical starred six young actors and offered endless buckets of fried chicken and ribs.

“Hoop-Dee-Doo was upbeat, and guests came for the corny jokes, good food and lots of fun,” said Forrest Bahruth, show director, Disney Parks & Resorts Creative Entertainment and the original choreographer for the dinner show. “Forty years later, the heart is still in it, the energy is still there.”

As that first summer ended and guests were clamoring for more, Walt Disney World Entertainment already was auditioning a full-time cast, and Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue opened as a permanent show on Sept. 5, 1974. Today, it’s one of the country’s longest-running dinner shows and has presented more than 37,000 performances. More than 10.5 million guests have seen the high-spirited show.

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First picture of Lucy Lawless on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

As was previously announced Lucy Lawless has been cast in the ABC TV Show “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” We have now learned the name of her character and received our first pic of her from the set. You probably know Lucy Lawless for her roles… Read More »First picture of Lucy Lawless on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Meet Winston the Dog from Disney’s new short Feast

Disney continues to be one of the few studios that includes an animated short ahead of their animated features for each theatrical release. The animated short accompanying Walt Disney Animation Studios’ next release “Big Hero 6” will be “Feast.” Feast will star a young Boston… Read More »Meet Winston the Dog from Disney’s new short Feast

Guardians of the Galaxy Dancing Groot and Howard the Duck bobble head figures from Funko! Pre-order now!

Sometimes a character in a movie steals a scene and sometimes it steals the whole film. However you feel about the walking tree character that is Groot from Marvel’ Guardians of the Galaxy, you have to admit that the Dancing Groot segment from the credits… Read More »Guardians of the Galaxy Dancing Groot and Howard the Duck bobble head figures from Funko! Pre-order now!

Frozen Sing-Along Edition coming to DVD this fall

Disney’s animated feature Frozen was so popular during it’s theatrical release, it supported both a regular edition and a sing-along edition in theater at the same time. The original DVD even came out while the movie was still in theaters and people still kept buying… Read More »Frozen Sing-Along Edition coming to DVD this fall