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Magic Kingdom 1971 Video – wow

Here’s a quick video introducing Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in song and dance. Check out the groovy outfits. Those dancers are the “Kids Of The Kingdom”. The park was a few weeks from opening to the public, note the very unfinished Tomorrowland.

Stanton denies WALL-E is an environmental allegory

The NY Times visits with WALL-E Director Andrew Stanton. In it Stanton denies that he created WALL-E as an allegory for our abuse of the planet. “I was writing this thing so long ago, how could I have known what’s going on now?” he said.… Read More »Stanton denies WALL-E is an environmental allegory

Pixar News Roundup – WALL-E just one week away

  • Lead Character Animator Agnus MacLane reveals what went into designing the robots WALL-E and EVE over on Variety. Good stuff.
  • O-Meon reveals that Disney.com will be getting a WALL-E makeover beginning this Tuesday. Disney.com has over 25 million visitors a day, that’s some good marketing.
  • From Upcoming Pixar we learn that the DVD short for WALL-E is going to be called “BURN-E“. It’s about a robot named, bet you can’t guess… BURN-E. Some of the musicians hired for the recording let loose the secret.
  • Wired cornered Director Andrew Stanton and got him to reveal what sci-fi films inspired WALL-E.
  • If you haven’t seen the featurette “Pixar Goes Space Age” with Andrew Stanton and Roger Deakins, FirstShowing.net has it for you.
  • IESB.net has 6 preview clips from the film. Spoiler warning, obviously.

Below the cut is the latest trailer “Cities”, the best yet.

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V.I.N.CENT rides again?

Before there was WALL-E, Disney’s most famous robot was V.I.N.CENT the robot from Disney’s “The Black Hole.” His name is an acronym for Vital Information Necessary, CENTralized. (Man, that was a stretch.) Although he was essentially a poor-man’s R2D2, he could hover, fight, and even… Read More »V.I.N.CENT rides again?

Disney’s New House Of The Future

Two reviews of Disneyland’s newest “House Of The Future”. It’s actually the Innoventions Dream House sponsored by Microsoft. 5000 sq ft of all the latest gadgets and technology that you can stuff into a house introduced to you by the “Elias” family. Ardendale Station takes… Read More »Disney’s New House Of The Future

Thursday Night Thunder Mountain – Disney Links

  • LA Times blogger Brady MacDonald matched wits with Pixar’s John Lasseter on California Adventure’s Toy Story Midway Mania attraction. Guess who won?
  • Jason S. gets a little morbid and digs up stories on some of the earliest deaths associated with Disneyland. None, the fault of the park, as far as he can tell.
  • The official Star Wars blog (how does one get that gig, btw?) has pictures from last weekends Star Wars Weekends event including a picture of the walk-around Ashoka Tano character from The Clone Wars movie.
  • Three interesting stories from the business section of the Orlando Sentinel. Apparently the Narnia: Prince Caspian walk-through exhibit will open by the end of the month. The Orlando International Airport won’t be opening any new theme park shops. The Nickelodeon hotel adds another attraction, this time a 4-D movie. Not sure that will be as big an attraction as the great pool area there, but it’s an idea.

You may remember that Disney and NASA sent Buzz Lightyear into space for long visit to the Space Station. I hope that he doesn’t suffer any ill effects from the zero gravity. But he did sent back a video showing him living large in space, you can view it below the cut.

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Airline remakes itself in Disney’s Image

In “Hustle & Flow” Fast Company takes a look at the new check-in lobby for Alaska Airlines and sees Disney’s influence. It visited theme parks, hospitals, and retailers to see what it could learn. It found less confusion and shorter waits at places where employees… Read More »Airline remakes itself in Disney’s Image

Bad Cast Member

A couple bad apples (well, accused bad apples) in the crazy bunch of cast members over at Walt Disney World this week. First a Disney Photopass Specialist was arrested and accused of having child porn on his computer. So you’re telling me that on a… Read More »Bad Cast Member