After two years on Broadway, Disney’s Broadway rendition of The Little Mermaid is, um, skating off broadway, heelies, butt-tails and all. While sales haven’t slowed yet, Disney is closing the show down to try to avoid the slowdown that their shows usually experience coming into September – after everyone goes back to school, but before [...]
Many of us grew up with the traditional Disney movies, wherein people (and animals) started to sing and dance in perfect coordination without any apparent pre-rehearsal (as far as the ‘audience’ is concerned, anyway). Apparently, a young man decided to propose to his girlfriend on Main Street at Disneyland, which seems mundane at first, but [...]
Sunday was a sad day at Walt Disney World. In the early hours of the morning, Disney experienced its first fatal monorail related accident when two monorails collided, killing one driver. Almost everyone who visits the parks rides the monorail at one time or another, so I could certainly see this causing a panic, and [...]
Where Wall•E fans were prompted to feel defensive of their love of the personality-filled robot and his Apple-like companion, fans of Up are in good company. Since its release on May 26, Up has received almost exclusively positive reviews. RottenTomatoes (RT) lists only a few rotten reviews on their site, so Up achieves a 98% [...]
Opening day for a movie branded a “children’s film” by our culture is quite a sight to behold. There were lots of kids with not near as many parents, a couple of toddlers and at least one baby (who cried in the middle of the movie but wasn’t taken outside). We settled in and crossed [...]
Toy companies and Wall Street are all up in a tizzy right now over Pixar’s upcoming film Up. I’ve seen article after article down-talking the new film, which at first was receiving a lot of positive buzz. It has only been in the last few days that the real reason behind the turn toward the [...]
Another week, another linkspam. Some interesting things came up this week. I’m assuming the Hannah Montana movie just came out because I know I got inundated by Miley Cyrus news. Anyway, here’s what’s happened this week that’s interesting. Layoffs at Disney Parks Disney Eliminates About 1,900 Jobs at Its Domestic Theme Parks Disney Says 1,900 [...]
With the push to “go green” and minimize our impact on the environment, it’s no surprise that Disney has gotten on board with the “green” movement. Disney recently announced that the company plans to reduce electricity use as well as solid waste going to landfils down to their 2006 levels by 2013. According to Disney’s 2008 [...]
“Disney,” “kids,” and “saving money” don’t really seem to be things that go together… ever. Disney’s changing that up with a new attraction that they’re creating for Innoventions at Epcot. The new attraction will be sponsored by T. Rowe Price, an investments management company and will be called “The Great Piggy Bank Adventure.” The premise [...]
Another week, another linkspam. Lots seems to have happened this week. I’ve got a few things up my sleeves to write about, but I’m still coming off of a week of movies, and sleep is more important than writing about Disney. (Sorry, guys.) So, more links! Disney & Hulu Disney to Partner on Hulu? Rumor [...]