Not that you need another excuse to visit Star Wars Weekends, but Studios Central has an update on a new guest speaker and an exciting opportunity to see an exclusive clip of the upcoming animated Star Wars film, “The Clone Wars”. Steve Sansweet, head of… Read More »Steve Sansweet to be at Star Wars Weekends, Preview The Clone Wars
You may have heard of the Mini-Cooper, well here is the Mini-Trooper. Sporting “Stromtrooper” costumes made by their mother, Four-year-old Noah Kapusta (far right) and two-year-old Anakin Kapusta (second from right), brothers from Celebration, Fl, have a great chance to interact with Star Wars-costumed Disney… Read More »Star Wars Weekends – Mini-trooper
About 10 years behind schedule, funding has finally been approved for a real study into the feasibility of building a Magnetic Levitation based railway between Las Vegas and Anaheim, arguably the two biggest tourist draws in the Southwest. If built, it would be the first… Read More »Mag-Lev Train from Las Vegas to Disneyland moving forward
Toy Story Midway Mania is a new 4-D video game opening soon at Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. Guests ride through a series of Midway games, each with a different concept related to a Toy Story character, and use a unique ‘pull-string cannon’ to launch various projectiles at various targets and easter eggs in order to score points and be awarded a virtual prize.
What puts the Disney touch on this game is the great design of the queue and loading area and the amazing integration of 3-D and 4-D (real world) effects to raise the experience above something you could otherwise find at home in your living room. That and the addition of the characters from Pixar’s popular Toy Story series.
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I won’t get to see it until I get into work tomorrow morning, but the word is out–Google Earth has finally released its virtual Walt Disney World. Inside you can see 3D versions of most buildings, attractions, and major features in the Walt Disney World… Read More »Alert: Google Earth now featuring Walt Disney World
This June 6 through June 29th marks the first Star Wars Weekends to be held at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Well, that’s just because the park changed names. But one thing that remains consistent is that Star Wars Weekends always provides some great merchandise and unique… Read More »Star Wars Weekends 2008 Merchandise Preview
WESH news has an interview with the convicted batterer in the Tea Cup scuffle that left her victim with permanent injuries. Victoria Walker was convicted and yet in this interview she still claims her innocence. “And that was it. All this [alleged] beating her brutally… Read More »Convicted Batterer in Tea Cup Scuffle Still Arguing her Innocence
Back in 2002 Universal Studios Hollywood had the idea to have a Christmas themed event and did up a number of their attractions with a holiday overlay. One of those attractions was the King Kong attraction that was destroyed in the backlot fire today. LaughingPlace.com… Read More »King Kong attraction Video from Christmas at USH 2002