I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.
Brokehoedown was lucky enough to catch a mid-December sneak preview of the next attraction due to open at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Her report reveals many of the same problems I saw with Monster’s Inc: Laugh Floor Comedy Club. The attraction has a lot of potential, but also some serious flaws which… Read More »Another Monster’s Inc: Laugh Floor Comedy Club Preview Report
There’s a rumor going around that the Walt Disney Company has decided to put the excellent Walt Disney Treasures
If true, this news sucks. The Treasures DVDs is the only way Disney has been releasing important historical material from the vault. Some of the stuff that came out recently (the Disneyland 10th anniversary show and "My Dad, Walt Disney" – interview with Walt’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller) has only been seen once or twice since its original airing. Film Ick and others are encouraging people to write into the studio in hopes of reversing this decision.
After a troubled beginning The Walt Disney Concert Hall is now officially owned by Los Angeles County. Even better the hall has completely paid off its debt. How’s that for a building that was supposed to be totally covered by Lillian Disney’s initial $50 million dollar grant and then ballooned to over $270 million in… Read More »Walt Disney Concert Hall officially owned by Los Angeles County
Over at Ain’t It Cool News they have an early look at some promotional materials for Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. They might be just a little too air-brushed/cartoony for me. But that one with all five of the main characters in it is great (although Kiera Knightly looks like Helen Hunt). I… Read More »New Pictures from Pirates: III promos
What are the foundations of business that the Walt Disney Company was built on. What standards of excellence were Disney known for so many years that once seemed synonymous with the name Walt Disney. The Imagineering Rebirth blog has scanned and posted an internal document that was like a manifesto driving every business decision in… Read More »Disney’s Business Foundations
Two of the television shows that most inspired me as a child were ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ and ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’. These days children are drawing their inspiration from shows like The Cheetah Girls, High School Musical, and Hannah Montana. Check out this music video of Julian Hornik performing a song he composed himself.… Read More »Disney Channel Inspires Young Artist
If you’re a fan of the minutia of animation then you’ll definitely want to check out this very detailed Bulletin posted by Disney Studios about the same time that Fantasia was released in New York City. Thanks for Michael Sporn for posting it.
Today has been one of those weird coincidence days. I was just reading a post this morning about someone’s childhood memories of a Disney film that featured the world of Oz. So I went to IMDB to do some research on it and found it was that movie from 1985 called ‘Return to Oz‘ (wikipedia,… Read More »Return to Oz. A Disney Movie?