I’m a big fan of the Art Deco style of architecture, which means I know I’ll love Buena Vista at Disney California Adventure when I finally get a chance to visit. In the meantime, I’ve seen plenty of photos, but not really many pictures of… Read More »The Art Deco Stylings of Buena Vista Street at DCA
The arts, crafts, and traditions that built Disneyland may have created something totally new, but they were rooted in film making. In fact, Walt poached employees from studio art & set design departments across Hollywood to make sure his vision was realized. It followed that… Read More »The Original Windows of Disneyland’s Main Street USA
Walt Disney Animation Studios recently made it official, the next animated feature after “Wreck-It Ralph” will be “Frozen.” Frozen has its roots in the the Hans Christian Anderson story “Snow Queen” and has roots back to the days when Walt Disney himself still ran the… Read More »Walt Disney Animation Studios to get Frozen
A new show that takes place on Buena Vista Street in the newly relaunched Disney California Adventure brings guests back to the Walt Disney creation story via his creation Mickey Mouse. When Walt moved to Hollywood in 1923 he had $40 in his pockets and… Read More »“A Suitcase and a Dream” echoes Walt Disney’s Story at DCA
Back in 2006 someone put Walt Disney’s childhood home in Chicago on ebay. It didn’t sale and has been off and on the market ever since. This is the home Walt’s father built with his own hands and Walt Disney himself was born in, yet… Read More »Walt Disney’s Chicago Home Still For Sale
The new entrance to Disney California Adventure is meant to evoke that period of Los Angeles history as it might have been experienced by Roy & Walt Disney as they arrived and lived in Hollywood during the 1920s and 30s. The Red Car Trolley is… Read More »Red Cars bring Life, History to Buena Vista Street at DCA
A movie titled “The Good Dinosaur” will fill a slot in the 2014 film slate for Pixar Studios. Little has been known about this film other than the fact that it involves dinosaurs and is being directed by ‘Up’ writer Bob Peterson. A recent interview… Read More »Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” Themes Revealed by Director
The Kansas City Star, the very paper Walt Disney once delivered papers for on his father’s route, has written a nice piece on the efforts of preservationists to save the original location of Walt’s Laugh-o-Grams Studios and the location where Walt first drew the character… Read More »Effort to Preserve Walt Disney’s Kansas City Studios