Star Tours 3D: The Adventure Continues is coming to Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. Darth Vader wants to put in an appearance, of course, but apparently no one on his team has any sense of direction. The resort has released a series of videos that… Read More »Darth Vadar Gets Losts On Way to Tokyo Disneyland
Behold this odd, yet awesome, Darth Vader viral video for Tokyo Disneyland’s Star Tours: The Adventure Continues upgrade. Anyone care to explain the thing with the cat statue? There’s another shorter video connecting Star Tours to Tokyo Disneyland, but embedding has been disabled. So you… Read More »Odd, Yet Awesome, Darth Vader Commercial for Tokyo Disneyland’s Star Tours
Are you ready for the first Star Wars Weekends with Disney as the owner of Lucasfilm? Dates for 2013 event were just announced as every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from May 17 – June 9, 2013. Returning as hosts of the event are James Arnold… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Dates for 2013 Announced
A little less than two years ago when Disneyland was promoting the new Star Tours attraction, they came out with this very funny video of Darth Vader on vacation at Disneyland. With the big news that dropped on Tuesday, that video has been updated and… Read More »Darth Vader, you’ve just joined the Disney family, what are you going to do next?
There are fan tributes and there are fan tributes. This amazing video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Star Tours better than any other tribute I’ve seen, which is saying a lot. “Star Tours Origins (ST-45 Project)” is not an exact recreation of that ride, but… Read More »Amazing Fan Tribute to Star Tours
Star Wars Weekends returns to Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10, 2012, as fans gather to celebrates the Star Wars film saga and the hit animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Returns for 2012 Galactic Fun
A small collection of movie props at Great Moments with Mr. Disney.
I wanted to go to Magic Kingdom yesterday to see the Tiki birds (who, I’m told, have evicted the previous management (Techcrunch anyone?)), strangely enough, I still haven’t managed to find time to see the revised show yet, but Indigo has been watching Roller Coaster POV videos on Youtube again and wants to ride Rock-n-Roller coaster. Guess who wins this argument?
It was nice to see the car back out in front of Sci-Fi Diner, but they already need to replace the cool Disney emblem. Um, btw, why isn’t that for sale somewhere in the park?
Daddy, the old softy, and kiddo show up at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with the usual good timing, right as they’re parking the last row of Magic or whatever that section is that’s closest to the gate. This is actually a good thing. You know, fill up the parking lot sections closest to the park entrance first. I have to wonder if this is a change that new park VP Dan Cockerell affected somehow, or just a random change someone in the parking lot team decided to try.
Friday, August 19 was opening day of the D23 Expo (I’m working under the assumption that you are familiar with D23) and it kicked off with a bang. Or a mouse, as the case may be. It always starts with a mouse.
While the expo was open to the general ticket-buying public, it did offer a number of perks specifically to official D23 members, such as discounted passes, special “members only” events and early admission. It pays to belong, people!
Friday’s itinerary started at 9:00 a.m. with two of the aforementioned members only events, namely the Disney Store Opening Ceremony and the Radio Disney Road Crew Dance Party.
Other events that morning included an art contest with Disney.com, vintage footage showcasing the history of the Disneyland Hotel (congrats, DH, on the new ranking!), meet and greets with artists Jim Salvati and Robert Olszewski of the Disney Store and Disney Dream, respectively, and characters from Disney Channel’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
Then it was time for the 2011 Disney Legends Ceremony, which was, as you might imagine, magical. However, not everyone was able to attend the ceremony, so they had to settle for other really cool things like The Wonderful Words of Disney… Behind the Page: Kingdom Keepers presentation with Ridley Pearson. I would have loved to have attended this event to discuss some of my issues with the continuity, or lack thereof, within the series, but alas, Mr. Pearson was spared my fanboy criticism, and is probably the better for it.Read More »D23 Expo Recap: Day 1