Fans wanting to see Mickey and Minnie at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will need to remember to head right after passing onto Discovery Island. The famous pair no longer reside in Camp Minnie Mickey, but instead have a new home at the Adventurers Outpost. The location,… Read More »Adventurers Outpost is New Home for Mickey & Minnie at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Just returned from an evening of fun at Star Wars Weekends over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I don’t have time to write a full report this morning, but here are a few highlights. I arrived to late for most of the festivities, but was able to get into Darth’s Mall and catch the new Hyperspace Hoopla. Lots of great merchandise this year, both for the event and fresh from Star Wars too. There was a 10-minute queue just to get in to the store, then if you wanted photos, special merchandise, or a D-Tech figure, there were even more lines. Crazy.
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There’s a Mickey Mouse cartoon scheduled for a world debut at the Annecy Animation Festival on June 11. Disney animation is playing coy saying only that the never-before-seen Walt Disney Animation Studios short will feature Walt Disney’s voice as Mickey Mouse. It is said to… Read More »Mysterious Mickey Mouse Cartoon To Feature Walt Disney’s Voice
Hard to believe that the great Anthony Hopkins had never worked for Disney until he was cast as Odin in Marvel’s Thor. He’s reprising that role in “Thor: The Dark World,” which opens November 8. Hopkins took a few moments out of his day at… Read More »Sir Anthony Hopkins Greets Mickey Mouse at Disneyland
The first and last photo of many a guest’s Disneyland visit is taken in front of the world renown Floral Mickey. So popular was the first one, that they’re a common feature of every Magic Kingdom style park. Of course, Mickey has seen a few… Read More »Disneyland’s Floral Mickey Through The Years
A lovely new animated short returns Mickey Mouse to his place of prominence atop the animation pantheon at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In this stylized video, Minnie Mouse runs out of croissants at the cafe she works at in Paris and Mickey Mouse has to take heroic action to deliver the pastries before Minnie’s customers become irate. Oh yes, it’s also in French.
It’s a classic Mickey Mouse plot with many wonderful sight gags and glimpses of some of your favorite Disney characters.
This film is the first of 19 new Mickey Mouse and gang animated shorts scheduled to come from Disney in an attempt to relaunch the classic characters for today’s youth. If they keep producing films of this quality it’s also bound to win over those who have a fond spot in their hearts for the characters they remember from their own childhoods. Read More »New Mickey Mouse Short – Croissant De Triomphe
There was love in the air at Cinderella Castle as dozens of couples came together on Valentine’s Day to renew their love amidst colorful fanfare as only the Walt Disney World Resort can provide. Cinderella and Prince Charming, Aurora and Prince Philip and Mickey Mouse… Read More »Romantic Vow Renewal on Valentine’s Day at the Magic Kingdom
Okay, so I’m two holidays behind, but I just found this mashup featuring Walt Disney’s 1929 Mickey Mouse short “The Haunted House” with a new Halloween song from the eclectic band Doozy – It’s Halloween. Doozy is reviving prohibition pop and depression-era cheer via popular… Read More »Happy Halloween – Remix