Word from the Smoking Gun website is that the woman who filed suit against Disney for pain and suffering she experienced after being groped by a costumed cast member dressed as Donald Duck has settled with Disney and the case was dismissed. You can read… Read More »Donald Duck Groping Lawsuit Settled
There are two big Pixar Cars events this weekend at Walt Disney World. I’ve already posted about Pixar Weekend at EPCOT, but I’m also pretty excited about the Car Masters Weekend coming to Downtown Disney. Classic cars will meet their match as star racecar Lightning… Read More »Car Masters Weekend at Downtown Disney starts Friday
I don’t know if I’ve ever explicitly stated this before, but Epcot is my favorite Disney park. And even though the EPCOT Center I remember loving as a kid bears little resemblance to the Epcot that exists today, that geodesic sphere will always have a… Read More »Book Review: The Epcot Explorer’s Encyclopedia by R.A. Pedersen
Does the idea of Pixar films and flowers coming together sound dreamy to you? Well then you’ll be happy to lose yourself in the world of Pixar films at Pixar’s 25th Anniversary Weekend coming May 13-15 as part of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival at Walt Disney World Resort. Celebrate Pixar with exciting activities, special character appearances and a speaker series with Pixar insiders.
Disney has just opened up free seat reservations for the Saturday and Sunday talks featuring experts from Pixar. So if you’re planning on attending, drop what you’re doing now and register over at http://www.pixarweekend.com.
Presenting Pixar Speaker Sessions
Get the inside scoop from Oscar®-nominated Pixar producer Jonas Rivera, Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino and Cars Franchise Guardian Jay Ward at the speaker series held inside World Showplace Saturday and Sunday.
Daily Speaker Session Schedule: May 14 – 15, 2011
Now, go get your seats if you haven’t already.
Thoughts on why this isn’t at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and more details about the weekend below the jump:
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I’ve long wanted to experiment with the sort of environmental pieces one associates with the last few minutes of CBS’ Sunday Morning. With that as the inspiration, I’m starting a new series called “Expressions.” I’m afraid I don’t have the best video or sound equipment… Read More »Expressions – Epcot – April 23rd, 2011
Every year when the Walt Disney World marathon passes through EPCOT thousands of runners also pass a statue of Grete Waitz a Marathon runner from Norway who won 9 New York City Marathons. That statue will now take on new significance as Waitz died today… Read More »Grete (Andersen) Waitz, runner with statue in EPCOT, dead at 57
Disneyana fans get your wallets (and probably your second mortgage) ready. A rare piece of Disneyana has come on the market. This double-decker bus was one of six such buses used at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Center as part of an in-park transportation system. It… Read More »EPCOT Double-Decker Bus for sale – yours for a cool $400,000
This is a stop motion project showing one persons travels through EPCOT and around the World Showcase Lagoon. The video took 6 hours to shoot, 12 hours to edit, and required professional software to handle the 5,151 photos that were sewn together into this masterpiece.… Read More »EPCOT in 5,151 Photographs