A 73 year old man died three days after passing out on Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom in December of 2006. The Medical Examiner’s report indicated the death was from natural causes related to a heart condition. This was the most serious death or injury revealed in the 4th Quarter Safety… Read More »Disney’s Quarterly Safety Report reveals another death in 2006
Rumors are going around now that a major makeover for Spaceship Earth is coming soon. Not only will the wicked wand be coming down (and there was much rejoicing) but they will be redoing the interior scenes (although to what extent remains to be finalized). One of the plans even included an idea to punch… Read More »Spaceship Earth Redo Rumors
Over at Cartoon Brew they’ve posted a scanned version of the 1943 handbook for the animation studio. What looks draconian to Amid, seems fairly liberal for Animation Studios at the time according to Jenny at Blackwing Diaries. Disney was probably at the forefront of employee relations at the time. Still it’s not exactly how I’d… Read More »The Ropes at Disney
Captain Eeyore? Wait isn’t that supposed to be Captain EO? The Angry Tiki Blog finds proof of one of 1980s and 90s Disneyland best kept secrets, Disney Cast Member Mashup Videos. In this case Disney Cast Members in Eeyore and other Walk Around Characters have done a step-by-step recreation of the famous George Lucas/Michael Jackson… Read More »Captain Eeyore video
The San Jose Mercury News looks cross country to see how different families value their Disney vacation and lists a few money saving tips. It’s a story I hear all the time. How much does a vacation to Disney World cost? If you’re really interested in saving some dough, your best bet is to plan… Read More »Disney World… what’s your price?
Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic have long been the leaders in film special effects. Among the many tricks in their hat, is the art of Motion Capture. With Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest they took that art to a new level. CNET has been running a series of video segments that reveals… Read More »A Close up look at Lucasfilm’s work on Pirates Of the Caribbean
The only real announcement of any substance made at the Press Event over the last three days was the official confirmation that Disney-MGM Studios will be getting a new attraction – Toy Story Mania. Pretty much every other attraction talked about was already known/confirmed to open. It’s true that Disney-MGM needs a new attraction and… Read More »Toy Story Mania, some details confirmed
Over at IMDB they’re hosting a trailer (trailer 2) for Pixar’s upcoming release Ratatouille. It’s just a rough animation and doesn’t reveal any plot spoilers, so feel free to view it (if you can view windows media or real media). It features the rat named Emile doing a magic trick with some cheese. Very cute,… Read More »Ratatouille Rough Animation Test