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Up Crafts for Disney Movie Night

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From Disney Style comes a trio of Pixar “Up” inspired crafts to throw your own Disney movie night.

Grape Soda Pin is an iconic moment from Pixar’s Up and the perfect accessory for your “Up” themed movie night. .

Up Adventure Map Luminaries, perfect to display your globe-trotting spiritRead More »Up Crafts for Disney Movie Night

Disney/Pixar and Doctor Who Crossover Tees on Tee Fury today

I’m very excited for today’s new Tee Fury t-shirts from artist Karen Hallion. They’re more from her excellent series of Doctor Who and Disney cross-over Tees. You can take home one of the few Paperman fan designs I’ve ever seen or take a trip ‘Up’… Read More »Disney/Pixar and Doctor Who Crossover Tees on Tee Fury today

Up Cosplay in the Park

I love spotting Disney fans willing to show their love of wonderful stories and characters created by Walt and his talented descendents by dressing up in the parks. Yesterday at Disney’s Hollywood Studios I ran into this couple dressed as young Ellie and Carl in… Read More »Up Cosplay in the Park

New Adventure At Disney’s Animal Kingdom Highlights New Way to See The Park

Back in September of 2011 (not a typo) an interactive explorers guide themed to the Wilderness Explorers from Pixar’s UP was tested at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Disney just announced that it will be back again beginning in the spring. The adventure involves following field guides,… Read More »New Adventure At Disney’s Animal Kingdom Highlights New Way to See The Park

Be Brave and See It

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My boys and Merida strike a pose at Disney California Adventure (she’s usually in Disneyland, but she made a special appearance for Cars Land Media Day).

Pixar took some lumps after Cars 2 was released. There were more than a few people that believed that it was not up to Pixar’s standards. I was one of them (all is forgiven thanks to Cars Land!). Don’t worry, Brave (and La Luna) has Pixar back on the pedestal where it belongs.

Brave is set in Scotland, and it follows the contention between Princess Merida and her mother, Queen Elinor, over the fate of the former — and it wasn’t something pulled from a previously existing fairy tale, but rather the real experience of story creator Brenda Chapman (except she isn’t Scottish royalty). According to Brave Director Mark Andrews (pictured below), “Brenda Chapman came up with the storyline and the characters, and it came out of her being a parent and her trials and tribulations with her daughter.”Read More »Be Brave and See It