The OC Register is reporting that GardenWalk, a walk-through mall/entertainment/hotel center to be built on the south side of Harbor Blvd from Disneyland, is now negotiating leases with a groundbreaking scheduled for the spring. This project has been ‘on the boards’ for over seven years now. Yeah, the economy did get a little bumpy there… Read More »Gardenwalk: Breaking Ground Soon?
This student project looks to take the concept of Disney themepark’s Talking Trash Can one step further. This might be the next step for Disney as well. It would compliment their AVAC system at Disney World. Anyone want to help make these student’s dreams a reality?
Disney is ramping up the campaign for the last few days before Chicken Little hits the theatres. Of course, not all the news is good news. Disney must feel like they have a target on their back. They’ve also released a list of which theatres will have the special 3-D showing of the movie. Can’t… Read More »Last Minute Push for Chicken Little
DisneyAuctions is hosting a charity auction featuring one-of-a-kind hearts designed by the casts and crews of 10 ABC television shows. All proceeds from this auction will benefit The Help Group, an organization dedicated to serving children with special needs related to autism, Asperger’s disorder, learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, mental retardation, abuse and emotional problems.… Read More »Lost, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and other ABCs auction to help children
Other than the most excellent magazine ‘Tales from the Laughing Place‘ I’ve heard almost nothing coming from the direction of Hong Kong Disneyland. That could mean things are going fine, no worries, exactly as they expected… or it could mean there’s bad news they don’t want to talk about. Hard to know since the theme… Read More »Hey, Hong Kong Disneyland… how’s it going?
The New York Times is reporting that Steve Jobs might just be ready to sell Pixar to Disney. He wants to be made an offer he can’t refuse, no doubt. Probably somewhere in the $5 Billion range. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement that it only took 20 days to sell 1… Read More »For Sale: Pixar – Asking Price? If you have to ask…
The first review of Chicken Little is in from Variety… don’t read it if you want to avoid any spoilers, but it doesn’t think very highly of Disney’s first entry into CG Animation. Unprepossessing pic feels secondhand in all respects: It spins off a tiresomely familiar fairy tale, takes place in the sort of idealized… Read More »Chicken Little: The Sky is falling!
I can’t believe I missed this. Design Observer, one of my favorite Design blogs, has a post that looks back at Disney’s Celebration project through the eyes of one of its designers. Celebration, however, was a fantasy more suited to Andy Hardy than Buck Rogers. The city was to be the most fully-realized expression of… Read More »Celebration, by Design