It’s been a busy month for Julie Neal! Her Disney World guidebook, “The Complete Walt Disney World 2010“, was honored by four book award programs who announced their winners last month at the annual BookExpo convention in New York City. This brings the total national… Read More »Disney Guidebook collects 4 awards in one month
Will you be in Central Florida on June 26th? If you’ll have your chance to meet the author of The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World, Chad Emerson, at the Orlando Public Library. Emerson talk about his book which is a full account… Read More »Meet Chad Emerson, Author who looked behind the creation of Disney World
Many a great book has been written about Walt Disney, the man, and the projects he set his company to create. But for some reason, no one had as yet mined the very interesting story of the business, legal, and political machinations that were required… Read More »Project Future: New insights into the creation of Walt Disney World
With the 21st Winter Olympics opening in Vancouver, BC on February 12th, it’s a good time to look back 50 years ago to the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley and how Walt Disney changed the Olympics forever. The book to read on that is… Read More »How Walt Disney changed the Winter Olympics forever
Alan Joyce, the author of Secrets of the Mouse, has just released a reference guide for Disneyland’s Hidden Mickeys – The Hidden Mouse. The mouse’s hiding places are revealed in 116 information rich full-color pages featuring hundreds of photographs, helpful tips, and bonus behind-the-scenes information… Read More »Review: The Hidden Mouse
We’re about a month away from the glorifious geek fest that is Comic-Con. Sadly, I’ve never been able to make it myself. But for those out there in The Disney Blog-land who are going, make sure you catch this session on Disney’s legendary animator and teacher of the craft Walt Stanchfield.
The panel will be moderated by Don Hahn of the Walt Disney Studios and features Glen Keane, Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito, and Ruben Procopio as expert panelists. The panel discussion will celebrate the launch of the new book, Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, the complete series of animation lectures by Walt Stanchfield. Catch it Thursday July 23rd at Noon.
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Southern California animation fans take note: Don Hahn will be giving a talk and signing the new 2-volume collection of Walt Stanchfield notes entitled “Drawn to Life” tonight Thursday May 28th at 7:00 PM at the Barnes and Noble at Glendale Americana. Here is the… Read More »Don Hahn Book Signing tonight in Glendale
Think you know Walt Disney World? Do you know the backstory of Dinoland U.S.A. that unifies the entire land? Do you know how Dreamflight is commemorated in today’s Magic Kingdom? Do you know how Ellen’s Energy Adventure mentions the ride which preceded it? Do you… Read More »101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World, really.