resort as reported on the Disney Parks Blog.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Year In Review: Headlines from the Disneyland Resort 2009
Here's a review of the busy and exciting year at The Disneyland resort as reported on the Disney Parks Blog.
resort as reported on the Disney Parks Blog.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Even Greater Moments With Mr. Lincoln!
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
a beloved Disneyland
attraction for nearly 45 years and a historic landmark in the development of Audio-Animatronics technology, reopened Dec. 18, 2009 on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland
in Anaheim, Calif.
a beloved Disneyland attraction for nearly 45 years and a historic landmark in the development of Audio-Animatronics technology, reopened Dec. 18, 2009 on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneylandin Anaheim, Calif.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Exclusive Look Inside Disney's Mr. Lincoln
Original Article posted by Adam Townsend HERE .
Disneyofficials say the Mr. Lincoln animatronic figure will star in a new show, “The Disneyland Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,” as early as Dec. 18.
Disney spokesman John McClintock said Imagineers – the Disney technical pros – are still tinkering with the classic attraction, which has been on hiatus for several years.
The Mr. Lincoln robotic figure was innovative when it debuted in the 1960s, virtually launching the entire field of audio animatronics.
The graphic, left, shows an exclusive, inside description at to how the original Mr. Lincoln works. Click on the image to see a detailed schematic illustration showing how Mr. Lincoln worked when Imagineers first created him in the 1960s.
McClintock said that Imagineers may announce a firm opening day for the show by the end of this week. The show will include the original narration and voice of Lincoln, recorded by Paul Frees and Royal Dano, respectively.
Frees did voice-overs for the Haunted Mansion ride and has been the voice of various cartoons and in commercials, McClintock said. Dano actually played Abraham Lincoln in a television appearance in the 1960s.
McClintock said that’s why Disney enlisted the actor to read parts of Lincoln’s speeches, giving his voice to the life-like Mr. Lincoln figure.
The audio and music will be fully re-mastered for five-channel surround sound, McClintock said, and the show will include art by Disney masters.
Mr. Lincoln’s innards will also be tweaked to allow the president to show more emotion as he speaks, officials said.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Did You Know? - Small World Holiday
See the following original article HERE
For the holiday season, Disneyland dresses up the classic it’s a small world ride, adding lights and seasonal songs. Here is what is needed to decorate the ride, according to Disneyland’s “Backstage Pass” magazine for annual passholders:
- Twenty employees work for 17 days, 10 to 12 hours a day to decorate the ride.
- The facade has 50,000 lights in six colors, as well as 2,000 clear flashers.
- Altogether, that produces 350,000 watts of light
- About 150,000 mini lights go on the trees, hedges and topiaries nearby.
- The decorations require 60,000 cable ties, 3,000 connectors, 25,000 feet of extension cords and 18,000 feet of electrical tape.
The made-over ride is open until Jan. 3.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Castle In "Magic" Colors!
In support of the Orlando Magic local NBA franchise's appearance in the 2009 NBA Finals, Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom was illuminated in the team colors on June 4, 2009.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A Bug's Life (Blu-ray) Released On DVD!
Check out these "Bug Facts" as listed at:
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID512730.asp
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug, a 3-D animated attraction starring Flik and Hopper, made its official debut on the opening day of Disney’s Animal Kingdom on April 22, 1988, seven months prior to the release of A Bug’s Life in theaters on November 25.
- A second version of It’s Tough to Be a Bug opened at Disney’s California Adventure on that theme park’s opening day as well, February 8, 2001. Since, it has been joined by a whole Bug’s Land area, including Flik’s Fun Fair, which features such kiddie rides as Francis’ Ladybug Boogie and Heimlich’s Chew-Chew Train.
- Dave Foley (who originally auditioned for the role of Slim) returned to voice Flik in It’s Tough to Be a Bug, but Kevin Spacey declined to reprise his vocal performance of Hopper, so Bug’s Life co-director Andrew Stanton took over as the nasty grasshopper.
- Stanton can also be heard in the film itself, along with director John Lasseter; they voice the flies being zapped by the bug zapper.
- In that same scene, the Pizza Planet truck from Toy Storycan be seen parked next to the mobile home.
- Randy Newman’s jolly score for A Bug’s Life won a Grammy Award and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Newman’s end title song, “The Time of Your Life”, was also nominated for a Grammy.
- The film itself won awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Casting Society of America, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild and the Golden Satellite Awards. It also received nominations from the Annie Awards, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts and the Saturn Awards.
- High School Musical diva Ashley Tisdale gave one of her first performances in A Bug’s Life, as the lead Blueberry Scout. She originally auditioned for the role of Dot.
- The film also marked Roddy McDowell’s last performance; he voiced the supervisor ant Mr. Soil.
- The plot of A Bug’s Life strongly resembles not only Seven Samurai and its American western remake The Magnificent Seven, but also the comedy Three Amigos! A line (“Boy, these folks are sure hard up for entertainment”) is even “borrowed” from the latter.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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