Magic. Hope. Love. These three themes radiate in Elizabeth Lim’s So This Is Love and challenge Cinderella to chart her own course beyond the fairytale ending we know from Disney’s Cinderella. So This is Love is the ninth book in Disney’s Twisted Tales series and… Read More »So This Is Love: Interview with Disney Twisted Tales Author Elizabeth Lim
We love Frozen II but we couldn’t help but wonder… what happens between the events of Frozen and Frozen II? Three years separate Anna and Elsa’s adventures in these stories, surely there has been some eventfulness in Arendelle during that time. Wonder no more. Forest… Read More »Magic, Myth and Science — Frozen II: Forest of Shadows Interview with Kamilla Benko
When Peter Ellenshaw first went to work for Walt Disney Studios, Walt said, “One man who you’re going to work with is Ub Iwerks… you’ll learn a lot from him, if you’re willing to.” We, too, can learn a lot from Ub thanks to his… Read More »Like Father, Like Son: Interview with Disney Legend Don Iwerks
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let it show… Calonita’s book is one all of us should know! Author Jen Calonita weaves webs of wonder in her Twisted Tales series. She maintains the key tenets of the classic Disney stories she adopts while developing a tale all… Read More »Conceal, Don’t Feel: Interview with Jen Calonita
If you thought the movers and shakers of the early days at the Walt Disney Studios and beyond were just men, think again. Did you know that Sylvia Holland was the only woman working as a professional architect in the entire country of Canada at… Read More »Re-visiting Memory Lane with Mindy Johnson: A Chat about Women, Walt’s World, and Animation
In 1997, my parents took 9-year-old me to Disneyland for the very first time. As a wide-eyed, country girl from Australia, meeting Ariel was a must-do, but crossing over into The Twilight Zone courtesy of the Tower of Terror was the highlight, and it would… Read More »From Spark to the Park: A Magic Journey with Imagineer Kevin Rafferty
I recently had the privilege of (virtually) sitting down with the mystical and magnanimous Serena Valentino to chat about her witch-filled and wonderful Disney Villains series. Author Serena Valentino enchants her readers; whisking them away somewhere between dreams and nightmares. Originally known for her work… Read More »Revamping Disney’s Villains: An Interview with Serena Valentino
It’s been a few years since I was a guest on anyone’s podcast, but now it has been my pleasure to be a guest on two in the space of a week. Unlike on The Big Fat Panda Show, where I talked mostly about myself… Read More »Orlando Tourism Report Podcast – My Guest Interview