The much anticipated biography of Walt Disney premieres tonight on PBS. “Walt Disney” is a historical documentary from American Experience, TV’s longest-running, most-watched history series. The story of Walt Disney’s life has become a part of the fabric of American culture, which makes it a… Read More »Walt Disney on American Experience begins tonight on PBS
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an Imagineer? After the opening of Harambe Market in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we had the opportunity to ask. Below our “Kid’s View of Disney” host Indigo interviews Walt Disney Imagineer Emily O’Brien on her influences behind… Read More »Interview with Imagineer and Harambe Market Show Producer Emily “Emo” O’Brien
If you have an hour to kill this weekend, you won’t spend it any better than watching this documentary from English Thames “Disney From Fantasia to Fantasyland” released in 1978. It looks at the history of Walt Disney Studios with interviews of many animators, theme… Read More »Rare: Walt Disney Documentary from 1978
After Disney announced the closing of the American Idol Experience at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, they also announced a new name for the theater that it was performed in. The Superstar Television Theater would become Hyperion Theater, a tribute to the location of the animation studio… Read More »Hyperion Theater debuts at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
A new two-part, four-hour documentary film examines Walt Disney’s complex life and enduring legacy on the PBS series American Experience. It will feature rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, and interviews with biographers, animators and artists who… Read More »Walt Disney documentary coming to American Experience on PBS – first trailer
Before Walt Disney World there was Project X, Walt Disney’s ambitious plan to reinvent how we live in his “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.” Most Disney fans are familiar with how the EPCOT we have today is only a shadow of the great urban designed… Read More »How close did we get to Walt’s vision of EPCOT?
My family and I just attended a media event for the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration, which is the fancy name given to Disneyland’s 60th anniversary. Spoiler alert: It’s fun! In addition to everything you have heard about the new “World of Color – Celebrate! The… Read More »Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration: An Overview
The park started celebrating Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary year beginning a bit early this year, so we will too. Up first is a flash back to 1981 and a TV special celebrating the birth of Disneyland. In this short segment, the multi-talented Dick Van Dyke pays… Read More »“We can do it!” A tribute to Walt Disney’s Dream of Disneyland