It’s time to go Around The Hub with the latest Disney News and Links: Via The Disney Parks blog we learn that the US Mint has partnered with Disney to introduce some new one dollar coins into circulation. The program ends December 13th and coins… Read More »Around The Hub – Wednesday Walkabout
Do you care about the plight of the Djibouti Francolin bird? How about the endangered Siamese crocodile? How much are you willing to pay to support those causes? How about a dollar. Just one dollar for the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund when you visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom goes a long way to supporting causes like those and many others.
The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund has just announced the 2009 recipients of the “Disney Conservation Heroes” award. The award program recognizes heroes who have made a positive impact on the environment and their communities.
Read More »2009 Conservation Fund Heroes announced by Disney
And now a public service announcement for lovers of crab, like me! Stone crab season is here and Fulton’s Crab House is taking advantage of these succulent claws. To kick off the stone crab run in Key West, Fulton’s will be offering stone crab menu… Read More »Stone Crab season at Fulton’s Crab House
Cute alert! The Walt Disney World Resort recently welcomed two male calves to the giraffe herd at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Bolo and Bruehler are the 13th and 14th giraffes to be born at DAK since the park opened in 1998. Disney has only provide photos of Bolo for some reason.
Weighing 153 pounds, Bolo was born Oct. 12 to second-time mother Big Girl, who first birthed a female calf in November 2005. On Oct. 5, the Disney’s Animal Programs team helped to deliver 166-pound calf Bruehler from third-time mother Aibuni.
Both calves and mothers appear to be doing well according to veterinarians and animal care managers. As newborns, both male calves stand nearly six feet tall and could grow to be as tall as 15 – 18 feet as adults. The young males, who began nursing successfully soon after birth, are already feisty and very active.
“The next important milestone is for the calves to continue the bonding process with their mothers who will teach them important lessons and guide them as they are introduced to the herd in the coming weeks,” said Matt Hohne, Animal Operations Director at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Fun Facts about Giraffes and another cute photo below the cut:
Read More »Two Baby Giraffes join Disney’s Animal Kingdom Herd
We saw Disney Stores rise, expand rapidly, shrink, be sold off, and then reacquired by the Walt Disney Company, and recently it was announced that the stores would get a major overhaul. And bargain hunters have been happy to frequent “permanent” Disney discount outlet stores… Read More »Should Disney Use Pop-Up Stores?
Sorry for the late notice on this, but if you’re in SoCal today. Find your way to Hollywood to meet two of the feature vocal talents from Disney’s new animated film, “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure.”
When: TODAY – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 12-4 PM
Where: DISNEY’S SODA FOUNTAIN & STUDIO STORE IN HOLLYWOOD
Veteran actors Rob Paulsen and Jeff Bennett, two of the featured vocal talents from the new Disney animated film, “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure,” will be on hand to sign books and related merchandise this Saturday afternoon (from noon to 4:00 pm) at Disney’s Soda Fountain & Studio Store. Paulsen (“Pinky” in “Pinky & The Brain”) is heard in Tinker Bell’s latest direct-to-DVD adventure as Bobble, the friendly tinker fairy with dewdrop goggles. Bennett, who voices such popular animated characters as Johnny Bravo, and the voice of Pip in “Enchanted,” provides the voice of a big boisterous lovable fairy inventor named Clank.
Read More »Event Today: Meet Two Voice Actors from Tinker Bell & The Lost Treasure
It’s fall festival time where I live and all across America families are heading out to their local pumpkin patch in search of the perfect carving pumpkin. So I thought this would be a good time to link to some pumpkin carving patterns, with a… Read More »Disney Pumpkin Carving Stencils
It’s been several weeks since I have written about Modern Family. But the show still makes me laugh. In the most recent episode, Claire and Mitchell’s mother DeDe (Shelley Long) returns after “The Incident” as they call it. At Jay and Gloria’s wedding, DeDe got… Read More »Modern Family Revisited