1982. The year when EPCOT Center opened to the world. Hard to believe it’s been 25 years already. As we approach the 25th Anniversary of the park’s opening, I aim to retell many of the stories that went into making EPCOT Center such a magnificent park. Today I have for you a rare video taken… Read More »Danny Kaye sings in “The 21st Century” at Epcot Grand Opening
The A-HAA blog, which chronicle’s ASIFA’s attempt to document animation history, has posted some very beautiful scans of a Little Golden Book from 1949. The book features Uncle Remus Stories as retold by the Walt Disney Studios and illustrated by some of its best animators. Mary Blair provides the cover and Bill Justice and Al… Read More »Walt Disney’s Uncle Remus Stories illustrated!
The Jim Henson Company has recently optioned three more films for production. With the Dark Crystal sequel in production and a potential Fraggle Rock movie, this marks a serious move for the resurgent company. Two of the films have a potential dark gothic feel and the other sounds like a good ‘Disney’ style family film.… Read More »Henson Company looks to expand its feature film future
Over at 2719 Hyperion Blog they state that the reports of the death of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD series may be exaggerated. If true that would make me very happy. They also list a few suggestions for the next couple rounds of DVDs to be released. Unlikely to ever be realized, but my own… Read More »Disney Treasures DVDs. Not Dead Yet?
They say Nascar drivers train by playing the video game version of each upcoming track. Well, some fans have extended that idea to Disney’s thrill rides. Here’s EPCOT’s Test Track recreated using Roller Coaster Tycoon, complete with the voice-track. A pretty good job. I gave it four-stars. Here’s another version of Test Track in Roller… Read More »Epcot’s Test Track recreated in Roller Coast Tycoon
Rick Munarriz of the Motley Fool has another column of excellent analysis of the Walt Disney Company. The same week Disney released the upscale promotional pictures of Annie Leibovitz, they also rolled out a new website disneyworld.com/affordable where families can price out value-oriented vacation options at the Walt Disney World Resort. The estimated cost of… Read More »Saving money on an upscale Disney visit?
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