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Animation Magic comes to Animator’s Palate aboard the Disney Fantasy

The Animation Magic show in Animators Palate aboard the Disney Fantasy is a brand new addition to the Disney Cruise Line fleet. Guests draw their own characters only to have them appear later animated up on screen interacting with other characters. This lets each family member participate in the magic in a whole new way.

Here are the three characters created by the Frost family (mine is in the middle). The moment my character came to life, I felt not only whole new appreciation for animation, but a sense of “hey I can do that too”, even though I really can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.

Each section of Animator’s Palate has their own characters showing on the screens near them. Here is the show we saw from our table. If you’re planning on sailing on the Disney Fantasy soon, you might want to skip this so your joy isn’t dulled.

Pretty cool huh!

More on the technology behind “Animation Magic” below the jump:

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Disney Fantasy – Dining Options Explored

The Disney Fantasy continues its trek to America. To entertain us in the meantime, the crew has released a video journal to educate us to the ship’s many options for all its passengers. In this episode, they explore dining options while at sea with a… Read More »Disney Fantasy – Dining Options Explored

Disneyland’s Napa Rose Sommelier Talks Wine

Disney takes its wines seriously. There are over 500 trained sommeliers at Disney’s parks, resorts, and cruise ships. With a significant number of Master Sommeliers leading the cast. In this month’s “Every Role a Starring Role” video they’re highlighting the role of the Disneyland Resort… Read More »Disneyland’s Napa Rose Sommelier Talks Wine

Disney shelves Hyperion Wharf, Bowls a Strike on the Westside of Downtown Disney

While the construction walls are still up in the area formerly known as Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island, the concept art for new construction has been removed and work has stopped on the area that was once destined to become Hyperion Wharf. For now that concept… Read More »Disney shelves Hyperion Wharf, Bowls a Strike on the Westside of Downtown Disney

Tortuga Tavern, conflicting evidence ruins show

Update: It’s not that often, I’m made to eat my words so quickly… but check out this twitpic from @GDPInvestigator – http://twitpic.com/439m6g Looks like a new sign was installed in the last few days. Have to say that’s a vast improvement over what I complained about below. Anyone know if they’ve fixed the menu item issue? Cheers all around if they’ve fixed that too.

The recent switch of the under utilized El Pirata Y El Perico counter service location to Tortuga Tavern encapsulates what Disney does so right and what is so wrong with Disney all in the same spot. A new overlay ties the restaurant directly to the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise and converts that section of Adventureland into a whole Pirate mini-land. Yet, at the same time, something went significantly wrong.

Let’s start with some of the good stuff.

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Dining Coupons at DL and WDW this holiday season

For the first time I can think of, you can bring a printed coupon to a Disney park restaurant and get 30% off for dining during the holidays. It’s only good during the “off” hours – clearly a way to spread out demand, and perhaps… Read More »Dining Coupons at DL and WDW this holiday season

Two new Restaurants open in Downtown Disney – Pollo Campero and Fresh A-Peel

Downtown Disney must have a two-for-one special going on right now, because where they used to have one McDonalds restaurant, there are now two healthy quick service locations. The new restaurants are the first Pollo Campero location in Orlando and the first Fresh A-Peel location… Read More »Two new Restaurants open in Downtown Disney – Pollo Campero and Fresh A-Peel

Workers sue ESPNZone for illegal termination

It was just about two years ago that a rumor spread that Disney would build an ESPN Zone at Orlando’s Downtown Disney to match the one in Anaheim. My, how things have changed. All ESPN Zone locations have since closed except for Anaheim and Los… Read More »Workers sue ESPNZone for illegal termination