The big news coming out of the west coast this week is the possible re-opening of the much-missed Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through attraction at Disneyland. The LA Times reports that construction crews have been seen moving in and out of the famous landmark. It’s because… Read More »Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-Through to Re-open at Disneyland?
ABC debuted two new shows tonight. One a game show and one, well, something else. Both have their roots in Japanese game shows and booth feature American contestants trying their hands at something new and different.
“Wipeout” is the most like a game show and features obstacle course based elimination rounds and new contestants everyweek. While “I survived a Japanese Gameshow” is more realty television with a repeating cast that competes each week for rewards and to avoid elimination. $50,000 is at stake for Wipeout, but a cool quarter million dollars is the reward for surviving the Japanese game show experience.
Up first… Wipeout
Read More »“I Survived A Japanese Game Show” and “Wipeout” debut shows
The original soundtrack for Walt Disney/Pixar Animation’s WALL-E is now available. I’m particularly looking forward to Thomas Newman’s score and Peter Gabriel’s original song “Down to Earth”.
Check out the full track list (although some track names may be spoilers):
1. Put On Your Sunday Clothes
2. 2815 A.D.
3. Wall-E
4. The Spaceship
5. EVE
6. Thrust
7. Bubble Wrap
8. La Vie En Rose
9. Eye Surgery
10. Worry Wait
11. First Date
12. Eve Retrieve
13. The Axiom
14. BNL
15. Foreign Contaminant
16. Repair Ward
17. 72 Degrees and Sunny
18. Typing Bot
19. Septuacentennial
20. Gopher
21. Wall-E’s Pod Adventure
22. Define Dancing
23. No Splashing No Diving
24. All That Love’s About
25. M-O
26. Directive A-113
27. Mutiny!
28. Fixing Wall-E
29. Rogue Robots
30. March of the Gels
31. Tilt
32. The Holo-Detector
33. Hyperjump
34. Desperate Eve
35. Static
36. It Only Takes a Moment
37. Down to Earth
38. Horizon 12.2
Full press release is below the cut:
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I was just about to log off for the night when this story came across my radar. A Fox News station in Tampa Bay is back on the old story that the Walt Disney Company is refusing to authenticate what a gentleman claims is the… Read More »World’s Laziest Reporting Strikes Fox News – It’s NOT an original Mickey Mouse
Camp Rock’s Disney Channel premier beat High School Musical 1 for eyeballs, but failed to match the explosive debut of HSM2. I’m pretty sure Disney doesn’t care, 8.9 million eyeballs for a cable television is still pretty amazing. Don’t forget that beginning today Disney.com will… Read More »Camp Rock rocks Disney.com and more
I’ve put up a few unique Disney items for auction on eBay and have more lined up to list when I get some spare cycles. There’s one hand-crafted Mickey Mouse two page scrapbook layout designed by my talented wife and a collection of Year Of A Million Dreams merchandise including a unique 1st day collection from the opening of Toy Story Midway Mania! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
When you bid on these unique Disney Collectibles on eBay you get a real cool piece of Disney history and you help The Disney Blog at the same time. Thanks for bidding and good luck.
Click below the cut for a widget with photos of the items
TSMM – Joe Ranft Tribute Originally uploaded by indigoskye I had been through the Disney’s Hollywood Studios version of the Toy Story Midway Mania! Fastpass queue at least a dozen times before I noticed this wonderful detail. Just before you enter the main queue room,… Read More »Joe Ranft Tribute in Toy Story Midway Mania
What’s inside the Cathay Circle Theatre replica at Disney’s Hollywood Studio? Why vintage Mickey Mouse toys, of course. Concept art for the re-made entrance plaza to California Adventure shows them getting their own Cathay Circle Theatre replica. I hope they leave this collection alone.