Joshua Gans writes in the Harvard Business Review how Disney’s Attention to detail pre-dated Steve Jobs. You can debate whether Disney’s attention to detail, which supports the story being told, and Steve Jobs attention to detail, which is more focused on achieving an emotional state,… Read More »Attention to Detail or Tribute To The Past?
Today marked the 15th anniversary of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, or as it was known back then “Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.” The facility has undergone a lot of changes over the years, a re-branding to ESPN, and hosted a number of… Read More »ESPN WWOS Complex Turns 15
Disney Fantasy as seen from the Dream
While on the preview cruise of the Disney Fantasy, we were blessed to have three up close encounters with the Disney Dream, the Fantasy’s older sister by about a year. As it turns out we had a friend on the Dream who sent me some great photos of the Fantasy and I managed to get some great video looking in the other direction.
On the final encounter, I was lucky enough to be up on deck 13 with just a few imagineers inlcuding Joe Lanzisero who played a large part in the creation of the Dream and the Fantasy. Here he is with his famously curly hair blown straight by the wind and his creation the Disney Dream in the water behind him.
This video was taken around the same time as the photo of Joe.
More pics and video below the jump:
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One of the key elements of the makeover of Disneyland’s second gate is the Red Car Trolley. Inspired by the historic Pacific Electric Red Cars that criss-crossed the Los Angeles area and were featured in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Red Car Trolley will operate… Read More »Red Car Trolley Previewed at California Adventure
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Pinterest, the visual pin-board site, has become very popular lately. Studies are coming out claiming that Pinterest is rising in its ability to drive traffic, sometimes beating out Twitter. Many brands are starting to utilize Pinterest for marketing. Even some theme parks have official accounts on Pinterest,… Read More »Disney Pinterest Boards
While I was on board the Disney Fantasy, I saw a terrific 3D trailer for The Avengers. Afterward, I was the most excited I’ve ever been to see the movie. The 3D was fantastic, the villains actually seem capable of putting our heroes in peril and the heroes still manage to look and act cool. Everything I want in a superhero movie.
That said, a few of you may need some additional convincing.
To help with that Marvel has released a new featurette that includes interviews director Joss Whedon and some of the film’s producers.
“What we’re doing here is completely unprecedented,” Whedon says. “Marvel is taking the characters that they’re putting in their movies and bringing them all together in a team franchise movie experience, which really has never been done before.”
That trailer, if you haven’t seen it, is below the cut: