Children’s Place reports they’re looking to extend their relationship as sole licensee of The Disney Store brand. As part of the negotiations, they’re expecting the Walt Disney Company to make more demands. I guess I should give them another chance, but I haven’t found a reason to visit a Disney Store since Children’s Place took… Read More »The Disney Shopping Experience
The stars are beginning to align for the very real possibility that the premiere for the third installment of Disney’s popular Pirates Of The Caribbean movie series will be held at Disneyland on May 19th. I’ve now had two sources confirm that cast members are being told to prepare for the Pirates movie premier and… Read More »Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End Movie Premiere at Disneyland on May 19th???
I know there is a huge overlap between Harry Potter fans and Disney fans (plus the rumors that Disney owns the theme park attraction rights to the movies) so I thought you’d be happy to hear that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It comes with a low… Read More »Harry Potter #7 available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Fire may have destroyed the physical buildings that housed Gatorland’s gift shop, but it couldn’t destroy the famous park’s spirit. In a bit of good news the iconic Gator Jaws that has marked the entrance of Orlando’s family owned theme park Gatorland, have been declared structurally sound. The park is open for business using an… Read More »Gatorland Gets to Keep its Jaws
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?