In our previous post, we took a look at Disney’s most recent animated features, trying to pick the best theme park tie-in from each one. As we discovered, great theme park ties are few and far between. How can this be? Isn’t Disney a company built first and foremost on animation? Maybe, but it’s also […]
Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat Removal Uncovers Priceless Work of Art
In the year 1505 — barely a decade after the discovery of North America by Christopher Columbus — the two greatest artists of all time were commissioned to decorate opposite walls in the Hall of the Five Hundred in Florence, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci and his rival Michelangelo both began studies on their respective frescos and worked […]
Disney Animated Movies Canon – Rise of Computer Animation
There is perhaps nothing more synergistic than Disney animated features and theme parks. The parks are loaded with rides based on movies, restaurants based on movies, shops that sell merchandise from the movies, an entire attraction called “The Magic of Disney Animation” which is about the making of the movies. Without animation, there would be […]
Five Windows Into Rides
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I’m sure this must be true. I like to imagine my soul looking out on the world through the twin portholes above my nose in the corner penthouse of my head. I draw the drapes when it’s bedtime. Install hurricane shutters whenever I’m working with power tools. […]
What may be?
Several weeks ago Disney announced that Maelstrom at the Norway Pavilion in Epcot was closing down to be replaced by a Frozen attraction. In fact much of the Norway pavilion will undergo changes as they add more Frozen merchandise locations and a meet and greet as well. We did not have too much to say […]
Delightful Low Tech Effects in “it’s a small world”
Disney World’s “it’s a small world” is known for charming simplicity. Here are 3 low tech effects on the Happiest Cruise that Ever Sailed.
When AT-ATs Catch A Cold
Possibly the greatest of all Star Wars vehicles is the mighty All-Terrain-Armored-Transport (or AT-AT for short). Huge quadruped machines that lumber across the snow fields of Hoth or play hide-and-seek on the forest moon of Endor. They are simultaneously terrifying and adorable — like great danes or Duffy Bears. One just assumes that if an AT-AT […]
Animal Kingdom: We Got Next – The Quiet Transformation
In 2007, Disney announced a massive makeover of the ailing Disney’s California Adventure park, located on Disney property in California. The fan community rejoiced. We religiously followed every phase of the project, from the demolition of the Whoopie Goldberg theater, to the removal of the Hub Cap icon, to the eradication of the giant lines […]
This Sad and Lonely Crocodile Will Eat You
I think I read somewhere that journeys into the jungle are supposed to be dark and intense. Nobody ever says “I’ve returned fresh from the jungle.” They always come back half-starved, half-mad, half-naked, and half-bumpy from parasitic insects. But I’m starting to get suspicious about the Jungle Cruise. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems […]