Great news about ABC Anchor Bob Woodruff who was severely injured in a attack while covering the war in Iraq. He wife just posted a family letter to the ABC News website and says that Bob is doing great, playing tennis, and approaching a full recovery. I think if you haven’t seen Bob, you would… Read More »ABC Anchor Woodruff, injured in Iraq, to return to job
Was sent a link to this marvelous papercraft model of Paris Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle, er… Chateau de la belle au bois dormant. As I usually do when I’m reminded of Disney paper craft I went on over to The Disney Experience to see if they had anything new. They did not, in fact, they… Read More »Disney Papercraft Trouble
Scrubbles.net creates a Classic Disneyland Souvenir group on Flickr and the results start pouring in. Ephemera collectors yelp with joy! As Ward Jenkins points out many of the items have been NIPSA’d by Flickr, so you may have to log in to see them all.
It’s been in the wind around here that Walt Disney World, and the Orlando area in general, isn’t seeing near as many British and other foreign tourists this year. The causes for that are likely varied, but now the Walt Disney Company is asking the Bush administration to do what it can to ease at… Read More »Disney tells Bush to ease off
Two stories in the news today about ABC’s television show streaming strategy. First Anne Sweeney, President of the ABC division, said that last year’s online streaming of it’s popular network shows helped boost viewership of the actual network broadcasts. Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Disney’s Media Networks unit and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, said… Read More »ABC: The flogging will continue as long as revenue improves
Disney’s Magic Your Way ticket promotion has become the cheese in the mouse trap that’s Walt Disney World. Guests realize that it’s only $20 to go from a four day to five day pass and less than $30 to go from a four day to a six day pass. Those fifth and sixth days were… Read More »Universal Studios Slashes Admission Price to win back guests from Disney
Move over Illinois Avenue, Walt Disney World has earned a spot on the new Monopoly: Here & Now edition. The new edition uses places, icons, and dollar amounts that would reflect the game if it were made from scratch today. Looking at the new space on the board, I have to wonder why they couldn’t… Read More »Walt Disney World lands spot on new Monopoly Board Game
There is a relatively new digital film process that takes your typical 2D movie and renders it in 3D. If you saw Chicken Little or Superman Returns in 3D then you’ve seen how effective it is. Disney has decided to re-release Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in this format for this Halloween season. The whole process costs about $10 million a film, so combine that will a like-sized marketing budget and Disney probably has a little off-season money maker. Like Disney’s Chicken Little 3D release you’ll get to keep the themed 3D glasses they handout too. Check your local listings for an October 20th opening.
Accompanying the film release will be a new 2-Disc set of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D Soundtrack
Synopsis info is below the cut and you can download and watch the trailer here.
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