Continuing in the photo trend, here are some pictures snapped in 1973 at Walt’s beloved park — Disneyland. Loads of history here. I’ll highlight a few of the biggies, but all the pictures are interesting from a fan’s perspective. Picture of the Mark Twain Sternwheeler without the new familiar peaks of Big Thunder Mountain behind… Read More »Photos: Disneyland 1973
While we’re on the subject of Flickr Sets, here’s a great one with scans from a vintage Viewmaster reel of Disneyland’s it’s a small world attraction. It’s my best guess that the blue paint job on the clock tower portion of the ride places these slides in the late 70s early 80s. I have a… Read More »Small World Viewmaster Set on Flickr
Castle and Tree, originally uploaded by indigoskye. Just posted a new flickr set of my Sunday romp through the Magic Kingdom. November 6th and the Christmas Decorations are already up. You can also check out the same photos on LaughingPlace.com. The christmas tree is normally erected in Town Square, but due to ongoing construction of… Read More »Cinderella Castle and the Xmas Tree
Mishap in projection booth at theatre results in children seeing suicide film instead of Chicken Little. Oops.
Today in the comments Ellen shares her near death experience while riding Mission: Space at Epcot just two days ago: I retched. I frantically looked around the cabin for a button to push to halt the ride, and found none — and didn’t see the barf bags either, though my husband later told me there… Read More »Close to death on Mission: Space
The New York Times has a wonderful look at the politics and money behind the Narnia films currently under production at Walden Films and distributed by Disney. Oh year, another little film had its premier this weekend. Quick Comment Poll. Which film are your more interested in seeing "Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The… Read More »Narnia: Behind the Making of the film
Hold everything. Seems the decision to open on 3000+ screens has worked. "Chicken Little" earned $40.1 million on it’s opening weekend. That pales in comparison to last year’s $70.5 million done by The Incredibles on the same weekend, but that was a different year for movies and from a studio that had 5 very successful… Read More »Banner Opening for Chicken Little
The newly established, but already excellent, Character Design Blog has a few concept art looks at Rapunzel. Word is on the blogstreet that Director Glen Keane is working on retooling the film, which is good since it’s still 3 years before it’s scheduled to hit theatres. I suspect you’ll see a name change and a… Read More »Rapunzel Unbraided…