I saw “Planes: Fire & Rescue” last month at the Disney Parks Blog event and gave it a mini-review at that time. It’s a small step in the right direction from DisneyToon Studios, a division that has been doing alright with it’s series of Tinkerbell… Read More »Planes: Fire & Rescue Opens Today
The 60th attraction of the Disneyland Paris resort just opened putting a great big smile on the faces of guests. Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy (or Ratatouille: The Adventure) opened inside Walt Disney Studios on July 10th. It’s part of a mini-land themed to the cobbled streets of Parise and La Place de Remy right out of the Pixar movie – Ratatouille.
Guests on the attraction will experience audio-animatronic animation and larger-than-life projections that immerse them in the world of Rémy. The ride flies over the rooftops of Paris, through the kitchen, and into the rush of a French dining room all via your own “ratmobile.”
Here’s an early video ride-through:
La Place de Rémy is also home to a table-service restaurant, Bistrot Chez Remy. It features French specialties including ratatouille.
More fun facts about Ratatouille: The Adventure below the jump:
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Pixar’s next animated short Lava will have it’s world premiere at Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. Pixar released a new image from the animated short film in advance of the film festival. Woven together into a musical love story, Lava tells the tale of… Read More »First Image Released from Next Pixar Short – LAVA
Disney’s Frozen is the gift that keeps on giving for The Walt Disney Company. Just in theater box office sales it has earned over $400 million domestically, and $1.3 billion world wide. That doesn’t count the home video sales, which started while Frozen was still… Read More »How Disney’s Frozen Took Over The World
Two new clips from Disney “Planes: Fire & Rescue” have been released. Set in the world of Pixar’s “Cars” the new film takes the story of Dusty Crophopper on a new, dangerous, adventure where he learns the value of teamwork and second chances. The animation… Read More »New Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue Clips
Pixar has released a teaser poster for LAVA, the animated short that will open with “Inside Out” next June 19. Disney describes the movie as a musical love story inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes that… Read More »Details on New Animated Short from Pixar – LAVA
It seems hard to believe, but we’re still one year away from enjoying the next animated feature from Pixar. It’s called “Inside Out. The movie will focus on five emotions competing for control in the mind of a young 11-year old girl named Riley. As… Read More »Pixar’s Inside Out – New Details
With properties like Marvel Superheroes, Disney Princesses, Pixar’s Cars, and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” the Walt Disney Company rang up a record 40.9 billion in global retail sales in 2013
The sales topped 2012′s $39.4 billion, $37.5 billion, in 2011, and $28.6 billion in 2010, according to Disney Consumer Products. Those kinds of numbers have long made the company the world’s top licensor.
Disney isn’t likely to give up that title anytime soon. …
It’s ramping up several major product pushes around “Cinderella,” the animated films “Inside Out” and “Big Hero 6,” Marvel’s “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Star Wars: Rebels” and “Star Wars: Episode VII” coming out through the end of 2015.
Let’s not forget that little juggernaut “Frozen” either.
The question is what should Disney do with that windfall of profits? Could they invest in more animation? What about the theme parks? or how about something really ambitious? What project would you have Disney focus on next?
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