Alain Littaye Andy De Maertelaere (Oops) of the MouseKingdom blog compares two type of character encounters and wants to know which you prefer: an orderly queue or the flash mob. Orderly queues have been the ‘modis operendi’ for the domestic parks for many years now.… Read More »Toon Quandry: Character Meet and Greet vs. Chance Encounters
It’s Sunday, time for the final pause before most return to the weekday 9 to 5 hustle. Here are a few tidbits from the World of Disney that might help delay reality just a bit longer. While Walt Disney World may not have been able… Read More »Some Sunday Disney Reading
For the last few years Star Wars Weekends have brought some pretty nice new Star Wars themed Disney merchandise, or is that Disney themed Star Wars merchandise? Well, I guess it depends on your perspective. But I digress. For many, chief among these were the… Read More »New Star Wars Big-Figs Revealed
Beginning on January 2nd, 1938 Disney and RKO broadcast the “Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air” a radio-variety show on NBC. It featured many regular Disney characters including Walt Disney doing the voice of Mickey Mouse for the first four episodes. The final show was… Read More »Today on Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air 1938
I hope everyone is having a great weekend leading up to the holiday week. For some the holidays start tonight, for others family will shortly be arriving. Or maybe both. We’ve been frantically getting ready around here, and I’ve been working on a small side-project… Read More »Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
You go Mickey. When I’m your age, I want to look as young as you do today. These last 80 years have been quite transformative for you. You’ve gone from a sweet and unpretentious little rascal to a modern day role model for the young.… Read More »Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse!
We’ve always known there is a bit of a dark side to Mickey Mouse. Usually he was just being his mischievous self, but sometimes, as in Runaway Brain, he seemed like a completely different mouse. Okay. Maybe he was a completely different mouse. But he’s… Read More »Urban Street Art meets Mickey Mouse for good cause
Check out this 1977 commercial for the Mickey Mouse Magic Kingdom set from the Weebles. That monorail action is cool. I did have the Haunted Mansion set, but I’m wondering why this didn’t show up under my Christmas tree that year. Santa was sleeping on… Read More »Disney Character Weebles Wobble flashback