Category: News
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Disney California Adventure – A Bird’s Eye Construction Update
I thought it was time again to take the trip up to the top of Mickey’s Fun Wheel of Death (okay, just Mickey’s Fun Wheel to folks who don’t have height issues) to bring you our first 2011 update on the continuing construction at Disney California Adventure. I consider this a small, personal sacrifice to…
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Creative Lead for Universal’s Harry Potter Ride Promoted
Thursday, January 27th, Universal Orlando Resort announced Thierry Coup, creative director for the wildly popular Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction, was named Senior Vice President of the Creative Studio at Universal Creative. Coup started his career creating special effects for film before he was invited by Walt Disney Imagineering to create attractions for Disneyland Resort…
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The Toys Are Back! Best Picture Nomination for Toy Story 3
Disney combines great storytelling with theme park marketing to score 12 Oscar nominations Update February 28, 2011: 2 Oscar wins each for Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland. Continue after break for specifics. Original article from January 26, 2011: Nominations for the Academy Awards were released today, and films from the Walt Disney Studios secured 12…
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Reindeer in Training at Disneyland’s Big Thunder Ranch
One of Disneyland’s coolest holiday experiences, for kids of any age, is offered at Big Thunder Ranch. During the holidays, the folks looking for a meet-up with Mr. Claus himself often discover it, but not many others. This is a historic area of Disneyland-Past – home to the Mine Train through Nature’s Wonderland, but for…
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Disney Epic Mickey Winners and Grand Prize Giveaway
There’s a buzz and level of excitement for the new Wii video game Disney Epic Mickey I haven’t seen since Pac Man Fever. Did I totally date myself with that reference? People were clambering to get a sneak peek at the game before it was released at the Festival of the Masters. Our conversation with Epic…
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Disney Epic Mickey: Wasteland “Florida Project”
Collector’s Edition Giveaway Part 2 During my conversation with Warren Spector, creator of the new Wii video game Disney Epic Mickey, he mentioned the theme park attractions featured in the alternative world of Wasteland were mostly from Disneyland prior to 1967. Now Walt Disney World will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary in 2011, and many attractions have…
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Review: Epic Mickey
Reviews are in for Disney’s newest video game – Epic Mickey.