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The LA Times chimes in on the recent changes to Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s classic Pirates Of The Caribbean attractions. For some reason this quote from an Imagineer working on the attraction changes really bothered me. "I cannot imagine how anybody can see this attraction and walk off and say, ‘Boy, they did something… Read More »Fans Debate changes to Pirates Attraction
Walt Disney was a renown family man. He made a habit of driving his kids to school in the morning and was sure to make time for "Daddy’s Day" every Saturday. Indeed some of those Daddy days were the impetuous for building Disneyland, a place where parents and children can enjoy time together. Today my… Read More »Family Man
Photo of the winner here. Pretty good resemblance. What do you think? [ pirates, potc, johnny+depp, jack+sparrow, disney, movie, film, contest ]
Disneyland has been letting select cast members ride the new "Johnny Depp" (excuse me… Jack Sparrow) enhanced version of its classic attraction Pirates Of The Caribbean. LaughingPlace.com board member Westsider (a reliable insider at Disneyland) posted a spoiler filled account of his trips through the attraction.
Overall I am very, very impressed with how this rehab turned out. I was
concerned about the Depp-ification of the ride, but I think they
handled it just perfectly. There’s certainly new stuff to see, and new
faces spouting new dialogue, but it’s all meshed perfectly with what
has always been there.
There has been a lot of anxiety about these changes, so that is good news … if you want to be spoiled read Westsider’s complete comments below the fold and the original thread (with more comments from others) on LaughingPlace.com.
One interesting note from the thread "WDI used Johnny’s life mask from the movie to sculpt the AA so it should be an exact likeness," Leemac claims. Leemac is also a reliable source. So I’m looking forward to seeing the Jack Sparrow AA.
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cox (6), originally uploaded by Pascal Lemoine. Pascal Lemoine spotted one of Disney’s biggest celebrities while cruising around the infield at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. I can’t think of any other ‘star car’ that has been duplicated by fans as much as Herbie The Love Bug has. Does any other car even come… Read More »Love Bug at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
A story in the Washington Post today features one reporters enjoyment of the many backstage tours that Disney offers at its Florida parks. That’s one Lucky Reporter. If you go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Walt Disney World in the hopes of catching one of those happy cast members with his smile down — spitting… Read More »Disney World BackStage Tours
In Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, a high school beauty (played by Suite Life’s Brenda Song) who’s most worried about her high school homecoming is contacted by a mysterious wise man and told she is a special warrior whose powers are needed to save the world. If that sounds like Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire movie… Read More »Wendy Wu: A New Disney Channel Show
I’ve been looking for ways to provide more targeted information about the Walt Disney Company to the readers of The Disney Blog. As part of that effort I’ve begun to expand the network of sites related to The Disney Blog, each with a focus on a different facet of the Walt Disney Company. Movieland, as… Read More »Movieland Premier