The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition episode that featured the Goodale family aired last night. This episode was controversial due to the criminal past of the primary recipient. I haven’t seen the episode yet, it’s DVR’d right now, but I did experience an upswing in hits last night. The production company only had this to add:… Read More »EMHE: Lobster Makeover
Today BoingBoing links to a CryptoZoologist (wikipedia entry) who has done some work with Disney’s Imagineers on the next major roller coaster attraction to open at a Disney theme park – Expedition Everest. Also revealed, thanks to MagicalMountain.net, is the backstory imagineering has conjured to add verisimilitude to the attraction (see below the cut).
Testing has already started, but over 6 months of operational testing time is needed before it can be opened to the public. If they double up shifts they can usually cut that time in half. The description sounds pretty extreme. I just hope it’s not so violent I can’t ride it.
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Just found FPS: Frames Per Second Magazine. It’s an online magazine distributed in PDF. You can download a free preview, subscribe, or pay per issue. But don’t let that stop you, the price is a very low $0.99 an issue. The artwork looks amazing and there’s something there in the content for fans of all… Read More »FPS: Online Animation Magazine
For the second weekend in a row Disney’s animated feature Chicken Little has scored the number one spot at the box office. Hope Steve Jobs brings some extra bargaining chips to the table this week.
Apparently Steve Jobs has set a date for the negotiations to end. By December 25th we should know if Pixar and Disney were able to work out the details required for an ongoing relationship between the two companies. Some are suggesting that Chicken Little has been performing well enough to give Disney a leg up… Read More »A Christmas Gift for Disney or Pixar
David Gilmore, a resident Celebration, FL asked me to post this. And who am I to turn down a polite request. The Disney town of Celebration, FL is in a competition for the number one dream town. Celebration is currently number 3 and needs votes. Please vote and tell everyone to vote…Celebration is the number… Read More »Help Celebration Rule the Universe!
I worked for three years across the street from the construction site for the Walt Disney Concert Hall. What did I do? I quit and moved to Las Vegas. But Rod Riggs had a better idea. He wrote a book. Symphony Phil is a children’s book that tells the story of a mouse who lives… Read More »Symphony Phil
The 2005 Festival of the Masters is running at Downtown Disney this weekend. I went yesterday and took a few pics. Some amazing stuff there, including a great sidewalk chalk art section. The picture there is of chalk drawing of Disney’s Nine Old Men. Quite kewl. Also have a few pics of the new Irish… Read More »Festival of the Masters