I’m pleased to introduce to you a new sponsor for The Disney Blog: Pretty As A Princess is an online boutique that captures the spirit of the Disney Princess for princesses of any age. Here’s a little blurb from the owner: "Pretty as a princess, beautiful as a rose, sweet as chocolate candy" was the… Read More »Growing up Like a Disney Princess
Meghan posts a short cautionary tale about relying on Disney’s Photopass Service to keep your vacation photos. I just logged on to Disney’s PhotoPass to buy our vacation photos. But they’re gone. They expired on the 17th, not the 19th. Uh-oh. This makes me very sad. They do have an expiration date of 30 days… Read More »Disney’s Photopass, a cautionary tale
The Baltimore Sun ran a great piece yesterday on the trials and tribulations of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit; including exactly how he ended up back in the Disney stable. "It was really a low point in his career when he [Walt] lost Oswald," said Dave Smith, archives director at the Walt Disney Co. "He thought,… Read More »More on Oswald
Want to own a piece of the Walt Disney Company’s theme park operations but don’t want to be saddled with the rest of the company’s operations? Well then you might consider investing in the IPO for Kingdom Holdings, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin AbdulAziz al-Saud’s previously private investment firm. Prince Alwaleed holds at least 10%… Read More »Own a piece of Disney’s Theme Parks
The family that claims to own the rights to the international hit ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight‘ has settled with the Walt Disney Company after its reportedly unauthorized use in the hit animated feature Disney’s The Lion King. The song has reportedly earned more than $15m (£8.4m) because of its use in the The Lion King… Read More »Disney Settles ‘Lion’-sized suit
If there’s one thing that’s great about the Internet, it’s that if you want to find a video of college students doing a lamely choreographed cover video of Phil Collin’s "Welcome to our Family" song from Disney’s Brother Bear animated feature, you can. Link.
Scott Holleran of BoxOfficeMojo reports on his recent trip to see Lady and The Tramp at the El Capitan in Hollywood. Disney’s 50th anniversary restoration premiere of Lady and the Tramp (on DVD Feb. 28) at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre was better than expected. At next door Disney’s Soda Fountain and Studio Store, they served… Read More »Box Office Tramp, Bambi does DVD
WebMikey, one time Guest Host here*, has reviewed two recent Disney DVDs – Bambi II and Disney Treasures DVD – The Adventures of Spin and Marty. I haven’t had a chance to view either of them, but based on his reviews, it looks like I should. *btw, if you want to audition as a guest… Read More »WebMikey reviews Bambi II and Spin & Marty DVDs