With the Magic Kingdom for a backyard, relatives frequently found themselves "in town for a weekend." I quickly lost track of how many visits my family made during the course of those early summers. Even after moving away, I’ve found ways to return and trip the lights fantastic in Tomorrowland and take a flight of… Read More »Your First Visit to Disneyland
When I was a kid, Disney was gradiose, the characters larger-than-life
(literally), and this place was where all my dreams came true for a
day. Now, I focus on different things, my awareness and perception are
different, and my expectations much lower. The heat and high humidity
might have had something to do with it.
Douglas Bowman, of the always significant StopDesign blog, has a post up that looks at his visit to the Walt Disney World Resort. The accompanying signage focused photo gallery is beautiful.
For a wonderful collection of Disney fonts visit MickeyAvenue.
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With the Weinstein brothers departing their Disney owned Miramax Studios this October, Disney has named a new President as replacement. Daniel Battsek will move from his position at Buena Vista International UK to take over the studio known for its Oscar winning hits and controversial productions.
For Mr. Katzenberg, who had top movie jobs at Paramount Pictures and the Walt Disney Company before co-founding DreamWorks SKG in 1994, it seemed natural that he would become the chief executive of his own company one day. But what has caught many investors by surprise is the number of blunders DreamWorks Animation has made… Read More »DreamWorks Struggles with Sparky in Charge
CartoonBrew announces the closing of the last Disney Animation Studio to use traditional hand-drawn, or 2-D, animation. It’s really sad that Disney couldn’t figure out someway to keep their rich tradition of hand-drawn animation alive. I really hope that some of the fired animators are able to and release projects of their own, creating a… Read More »The death of animation at Disney
The lasting legacy of Walt Disney is his timeless insight into the imagination of children coupled with a gift for awakening the child in the rest of us. His idealized vision of childhood and Americana still resonates with kids of all ages worldwide. This week marked the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, a marvelous invention –… Read More »It Was Walt’s World
Disney Weddings are quite popular for those brides and grooms who grew up watching Uncle Walt on TV. Plus there is something magical about getting married with a giant fairytale castle in the background. (Of course getting married in the park itself will set you back anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000.) When you chose to… Read More »Disney Wedding Music
Just surfing around the Wikipedia and found a few interesting Disney themed entries; Walt Disney World College Program – This is as good an entry on the WDWCP as I’ve read anywhere. If you’re in college and think you’d like to intern with the mouse this is a good place to start. DisneySpeak – A… Read More »Take it Easy Sunday