Heading to Walt Disney World Disney for the holidays? Want to know what's new in the shops?The folks over at the Disney Parks Blog put this video together to show us how much more money we can spend on the new merchandise that will be available this holiday season. It includes Mickey Mouse eating a turkey leg, the Jingle Smell series of Vinylmation - with holiday scents - and of course the Orange Bird antenna topp...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
The 20th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival at Disney World to be held March 6 to May 19, 2013 will have an all-start cast at The Flower Power concert series.The concert series brings back the "oldies but goodies" singers and bands from yesteryear. The 75-day festival will feature more than 100 topiaries, 240 floating mini-gardens, dozens of flower towers and sweeping beds of multi-colored blooms around Epcot.Here's the lineup for...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Disney was among a number of companies which used a Bangladesh factory that burned down killing 112 workers to produce clothes, the Associated Press reports.Clothes found at the factory as well as account books showed the building was used by major American and European retailers, including Disney, Wal-Mart and Sears.Shorts from hip-hop star Sean Combs' ENYCE label lay on the floor, along with a hooded Mickey Mouse sweatshirt from Disney, according...
The Walt Disney Company board increased its annual cash dividend by 25 percent from 15 cents per share to 75 cents per share from the previous year. The December payment represents the 57th consecutive dividend payment to shareholders.“Fiscal 2012 was another great year for The Walt Disney Company, creatively and financially,” Robert A. Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, said in a press release. “We achieved record revenue, net income...
Those going to Tokyo Disneyland will no longer be able to buy the helium-filled Disney character balloons.A worldwide shortage of the gas has prompted the park to stop selling the balloons, The National reports. "Delivery of our orders cannot be fulfilled" because suppliers are finding it difficult to obtain the gas, an official at Oriental Land, which operates Disneyland and the next door Disneysea park, told the website."We will resume sales of balloons as soon as we can secure supplies," he said. Most of the world's supply...
There will be a new corporate name around the Disney Parks and some mailers going out to people heading to the parks - American Tourister.Yes, the luggage manufacturer has entered into a multi-year agreement with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, making American Tourister in the United States the “Official Luggage of the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts,” according to a news release from the two companies."American Tourister will receive branding...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Disney is expanding its Pirates of the Carribean franchise from the the Magic Kingdom in Disney World and adding an attraction to Hollywood Studios.The grand opening of The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow attraction is Dec. 6. This is not a ride but a walk-through experience that allows you to follow in the footsteps of Jack Sparrow, according to a Disney video on YouTube.In this video from Walt Disney Imagineers give a behind the scenes peek at the making of this new attraction and how it was working with Captain Jack Sparrow himself - Johnny ...
The new interactive game which debuted at Epcot over the summer is already expanding.Armed with a “F.O.N.E.” or Field Operative Notification Equipment device, guests in Epcot receive clues as part of Disney's Phineas and Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure, which takes guests around the World Showcase to solve cases and try to defeat Agent P's nemesis Dr. Doofenshmirtz.Now, new elements are being added to the United Kingdom, Mexico and Japan...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Trying to keep track of everything Disney is difficult for everyone. There is a lot of things happening not only in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, but there are movies, DVDs, video games, etc. So, we've created a new calendar format called the Disney Universe.The calendar has been added to our Home Page here at Altdisneyworld.blogsot.com and contains daily information on big events at the two U.S. parks; movie, dvd and video game releases; major days in Disney history; and other big information on parks from around the world...
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Looking for a special Disney Christmas tree? Well the Ginza Tanaka jewelry store in Tokyo has one for you. It's made of 88 pounds of gold. The price - $4.2 million, according to NTD Television.This 7-foot 10-inch high tree, which is almost 4 feet across, contains "50 pure gold cut-outs of Disney's most popular characters, including Mickey Mouse, Tinkerbell and Cinderella, on its three revolving platforms," the report states.This is all being done to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Walt Disney.Can't afford this tree? That's ok, they...
One of the earliest drawings of Mickey Mouse is on display in the UK as part of the Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two release, the Daily Mail reports.The image of Mickey was drawn by animator Ub Iwerks in 1928 for Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon with synchronized sound.The drawing was being held at The Getty Images Gallery in Westfield, Stratford Ci...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Disney is introducing five boxed To Go meals to go with the Fantasmic! show at Hollywood Studios in Disney World or parts of December.You can decide which Fantasmic! show you want to go, based on availability with the number of seats based on the number of meals purchased, according to the Disney Parks Blog.This will be available from Dec. 22 to Jan. 5.Here is a To Go Meal of cold fried chicken with roasted sweet potato and baby spinach ,broccoli...
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Usually when you go to a Disney theme park the only interaction you have with an Audio-Animatronic figure, or robot, is to watch it. Now, Disney Research Labs in Pittsburgh is trying to enhance the experience.Imagine standing next to a robot and playing. "Using a theme park type animatronic humanoid robot, we developed a test bed for a throwing and catching game scenario," according to a YouTube video posted by Disney Research Labs.The video explains this is done with the use of a camera system which locates the ball and predicts the destination...
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Are Barnabas T. Bullion, the founder and president of the Big Thunder Mining Company, and actor Donald Sutherland separated at birth? You decide.Disney has recently unveiled the portrait of Barnabas T. Bullion (the one on the left) to announce the new interactive queue at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. Take a close look: He could be the twin of actor Donald Sutherland (on the right), known for "The Hunger Games"...
Monday, 19 November 2012
We've talked before about how to take a good photo with your smartphone at Disneyland or Disney World. Now, let's take a look at a great feature added to the iPhone: panoramic photos.It has always been possible to take panoramic shots using a variety of apps, but with the new iOS 6 you now have the built-in ability with either your iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S.The iPhone creates a 240-degree image, adjusting for camera shaking using its gyroscope....
Sunday, 18 November 2012
A view of the Be Our Guest Restaurant entrance in The New Fantasyland in Disney World. The restaurant has three themed dining rooms, including: The West Wing, featuring an enchanted rose; The Rose Gallery with twirling, larger-than-life figures of Belle and Beast; and The Ballroom, styled with a domed ceiling, twinkling chandeliers and views of softly falling snow. ...
Saturday, 17 November 2012
The latest Disney video game "Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two", the sequel to "Disney Epic Mickey" is being released today. The video game teams up Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The duo go to Wasteland, an alternate world filled with 80 years of forgotten Disney characters and theme park attractions, according to Disney. Mickey has a magical paint brush that allows him to wield paint and thinner, and Oswald with his powerful remote...
Friday, 16 November 2012
Thursday, 15 November 2012
It will be easier to find healthy meals in Disney World and Disneyland starting in January, just by looking for the Mickey Check.This new icon will appear on Disney table-service menus in the U.S. starting in January 2013. The Mickey Check is part of the Disney Magic of Healthy Initiative the Walt Disney Company announced in 2006. The initiative contains nutrition guidelines developed with the help of experts and align to the federal Dietary Guidelines...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Here's a look at Scuttle from the latest attraction in the New Fantasyland in Disney World, "Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid."And a favorite Scuttle quote: "It's a dinglehopper. Humans use these little babies... to straighten their hair out. See? Just a little twirl here and a yank there and voila. You've got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over." ...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012
Disney image of "Wreck-It Ralph" scene.The new Cinderella Castle projection show “Celebrate the Magic” will start this week, the Disney Parks Blog reports. The show replaces "It's time to Celebrate" which ended Sept. 3In the new show, Tinker Bell splashes the castle with pixie dust and we are transformed to the time of pencil drawings with Mickey Mouse. Scenes and character then appear from various Disney films, including: Alice in Wonderland,"...
Here's an interesting question posed by The National Archives.What do Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, and Whitney Houston have in common? Give up? They all served with the American Red Cross.Disney served as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France during World War I. Hemingway served as an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. Houston was elected to the Red Cross Board of Governors in 1991.Here's a closer look at Disney's Red Cross service...
Sunday, 11 November 2012
During the recent dress rehearsal look at the New Fantasyland in Walt Disney World we were able to take a tour of Gaston's Village and Gaston's Tavern from "Beauty and The Beast."So, let's take a quick tour of the village:When you first enter the small village, the first thing you notice is the large fountain statute of Gaston in the square. The burly, narcissistic "town hero" steps on his sidekick Le Fou. ...
Saturday, 10 November 2012
We are less than a month away from the Test Track re-opening at Epcot in Disney World. Here are some more concept drawings Disney has released. This rendering depicts a vehicle's on-screen representation featuring four performance attributes scored on the Test Track circuit: capability, efficiency, responsiveness and power.The sleek "Chevrolet Design Center" invites guests to create their own virtual custom-concept vehicle. Car design wannabes will...
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