It’s time for the hottest night of the competition. Unlike normal weeks where half the couples are doing a Latin dance and half are doing a ballroom dance, this week, everyone will be doing a Latin routine. So turn on a fan (or the air conditioner) and let’s get to it.
Some very sad news to impart tonight. Jenny Lerew and a host of other animation sites are paying tribute to Ollie Johnston, who died today at the age of 95 in Sequim, Washington. Our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Ollie was the last… Read More »Ollie Johnston, last of Walt’s Nine Old Men, Disney Animator dead at 95
Looks like the Disney Cruise Line is preparing for the expansion of its fleet. They’re opening a London office that will staff about 20 cast members, including some relocated from Central Florida. Spokeswoman Christi Erwin Donnan said Disney Cruise Line is hoping to increase its… Read More »Disney Cruise Lines to open London Office
Via Archive.org comes this amazing video of a family from Connecticut who won a great contest to Disneyland in 1956. It’s chock full of cheesy humor and corny jokes, and a great look at Disneyland’s earliest days. The 30 minute video also includes stops at… Read More »1956 Disneyland Film from Barstow Family
Fair warning to the men in the room you may want to avert your eyes in sympathy for our fellow mammalian males during this story. Southern Africa has an elephant over population problem. Specifically in South Africa and Botswana Elephant overpopulation in wildlife parks and… Read More »Elephant Population Control Project – 10 Years of Caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
A new poster for the latest movie in the Disney Walden partnership “The Chronicles of Narnia” series has hit the web. This one features Prince Caspian all by himself. None of the other characters from the first film (I’ve included the original poster below the cut for comparison purposes). I wonder how much they’re planning to downplay the original four characters in this movie.
Visit the official Narnia: Prince Capsian website.
For the first story of good work done by the fine folks at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, I thought I’d start with a story you don’t hear much about, but is very exciting to me since it involves re-introduction of a species to Florida. You see,… Read More »Operation Migration – 10 years of caring: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
April 22nd is Earth Day. It is the one day designated world wide to stop and think about the earth, our place on it, and what we can do to conserve its resources and beauty for future generations. It’s no small coincidence that Disney’s Animal… Read More »Ten Years of Caring for The Planet at Disney’s Animal Kingdom