Next Christmas we’ll all be unwrapping a big present from Walt Disney Studios in the form of Mary Poppins Returns – a long awaited sequel to the original Walt Disney classic. The film stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack the… Read More »New image from Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns surfaces
A rare piece of Disney history is at risk of being scrapped according to multiple sources. The twin prop airplane Walt Disney used to scout locations in Central Florida while developing his ideas for Walt Disney World, then known only as The Florida Project, and… Read More »What happened to Walt’s plane from Disney’s Hollywood Studios
It took a year, but the Hall of Presidents has reopened at the Magic Kingdom bringing with it new enhancements and new show elements to bring the story of the presidency to life. And yes, the newest occupant of the White House is there and… Read More »Hall of Presidents returns to Walt Disney World
Didier Ghez, whose books on the people who helped make the Walt Disney Company so magical, are some of the favorites in my collection, will be honored this February by the Annie Awards (awarded by ASIFA-Hollywood) for his contribution to their industry. The Annie Awards… Read More »Disney historian, blogger to be honored by Annie Awards
As we mentioned before the fan favorite exhibit and movie attraction One Man’s Dream has been given a new treatment and re-imagined into Walt Disney Presents. The first half is still all the history leading up to the creation of Disneyland, but the second half… Read More »Walt Disney Presents: now with more models
Like many Disney fans, when we talk about film, we tend to focus on Walt Disney’s Animated Classics, but that’s really not fair to all of Walt’s fantastic live-action creations – the money from which helped Walt make some of his most famous creations, including… Read More »New book offers definitive look at Walt Disney’s Live-Action films
Somewhere among all the toys, photos with family members and presidents of the free world, and hawaiian shirts is John Lasseter a man at the top of his game. Lasseter started his career at Disney Animation (and before that was a Jungle Cruise Skipper at… Read More »John Lasseter to be Honored at The Walt Disney Family Museum 2017 Gala
For people who weren’t alive in 1967 it’s hard to understand how large a leap in themed entertainment Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean attraction was at the time. Up until the time of the 1964 World’s Fair, the attraction had been planned as a… Read More »Pirates of the Caribbean to be feted at Disneyland for 50th Anniversary