Kelly Blue Book has announced the ‘blue book values‘ for some of the characters in Pixar’s animated feature ‘Cars’. Lightning McQueen reportedly clocks in at $1.5 million. Of course, there’s a contest. If you can get yourself to one of these 8 cities (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, San Diego) go… Read More »Kelly Blue Book Cars Promotion
Today we have a guest post from the lovely Mrs. Frost. It’s all about Disney restaurants and seating for children. Enjoy! I love it when I call Disney Dining and make a priority seating reservation. The cast member, who is always very friendly, asks how many adults in the party, how many children, and do… Read More »High Chair Rant
You know those balloon artists that will make a hat or sword or a flower for you. In Orlando they’re everywhere roaming tourist hangouts and restaurants working for tips. Here’s a site from Russia with work from some balloon artists who have really kicked it up a notch. Many many great balloon sculptures here, a… Read More »Disney Balloon Art
It was not too long ago that the Southern Baptists were boycotting Disney. Now the boycott is done and reconciliation is growing. A local Orlando Baptist congregation has even gone so far as to have their baptism ceremony on the shores of a Walt Disney World Resort Lake. Kinda brings a tear to your eye,… Read More »Baptism on the shores of WDW
Michael Hanscom was watching the trailer for Pixar’s upcoming film, Cars, and was left to wonder – "where are the female leads?" To date, there’s not a single Pixar film that has a female main character: The Incredibles comes the closest, but even there, both Helen Parr/Elastigirl and Violet are supporting characters, and it’s Bob… Read More »Is Pixar a Boys Only Club?
Walt Disney’s The Black Hole was released in 1979, two years after Star Wars, and it suffers in comparison. However, take on its own it’s a nice little sci-fi film in the spirit of Disney live action movies and 50’s and 60’s science fiction shows. Charles G takes look back at the film, along with… Read More »The Black Hole, revisited
Well, not really. I can only hope I get invited to a screening here in Orlando. However, Leo Hourvitz, ex-Pixar employee, can make that claim. Of course, he’s not revealing anything about the film. He does give us a few tidbits to chew on while we wait: The trailer for Ratatouille is awesome! It was… Read More »I’ve seen Cars
NoonzWheels looks at Pixar’s Cars and sees some hidden messages that pay tribute to both auto history and an earlier Pixar film. I’ll give you a hint. It’s a blimp. Yep. Pixar and Goodyear have renamed on of their classic blimps ‘Lightyear’ and it will be flying over the May 26th world premier of the… Read More »Hidden Messages in Pixar’s Cars?