Category: Misc
From latimes.com:
Missing since November, the beloved dynamite-chewing goat on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster is expected to wander back to his exposed butte in the next few weeks, according to Disneyland officials.
The extended and unexplained disappearance fueled speculation on Internet chat rooms about the bleating goat’s demise and led to more than a few instances of baa-baa-bad humor.
Officially, the nameless, genderless goat is “on vacation.” Unofficially, the audio-animatronic animal is getting a new fur coat in the Anaheim theme park’s maintenance department after years of exposure to the wind, sun and rain.
Disney fans fondly recall the legendary “goat trick” — where riders at the crest of the second lift hill train their eyes on the goat throughout the subsequent sharp turn to greatly increase the sideways G-forces.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 20, 2008 at 2:58 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney, Technology
From macworld.com:
There’s a new iPod game available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store this week. It’s called Pirates of the Caribbean: Aegir’s Fire, and it costs $4.99.
Based on Disney’s popular movie trilogy, this game puts you in pursuit of Aegir’s Fire — a mythical flame that drags ships to the ocean floor. You captain the Black Pearl as you search the world for treasure, sink your enemies, battle sea monsters and outwit the Royal Navy.
The game features more than 30 missions; you acquire a crew that has varied abilities which can help you fulfill your quests, featuring characters you’ll remember from the movies. You can plunder hidden treasures and loot, unlock secret bonus levels and replay previous missions.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Aegir’s Fire works with third-generation iPod nanos, iPod classics and fifth-generation (video) iPods.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 20, 2008 at 2:55 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney
From playbill.com:
To celebrate the release of the original Broadway cast recording of The Little Mermaid — due Feb. 26 on the Walt Disney Records label — the company of the new Disney musical will take part in an in-store event at the World of Disney.
On Feb. 26 Sierra Boggess (Ariel) and Tituss Burgess (Sebastian) will perform “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea” at the Disney store. The performance will be followed by an autograph session with Boggess, Burgess, Sherie Rene Scott and other Mermaid cast members. The event is scheduled from 4-6 PM.
The World of Disney store is located in Manhattan at 711 5th Avenue at 55th Street.
Playbill Radio will offer an encore presentation of the “Virtual Opening Night” of Disney’s new Broadway musical The Little Mermaid. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dr. Disney on February 20, 2008 at 2:49 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney
From yahoo.com:
The Walt Disney Co. spent about $4.4 million in 2007 to lobby the federal government on issues relating to travel, copyright licenses and trade.
The company spent nearly $2.3 million to lobby in the second half of 2007, according to a disclosure form posted online Thursday by the Senates public records office. It lobbied the House of Representatives and Senate on legislation related to travel promotion, travel documents, visa policy, consular operations, border enforcement and airport operations. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dr. Disney on February 20, 2008 at 2:47 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney, Video Games
From ign.com:
February 19, 2008 - Disney Interactive will introduce a new online DS service called DGamer in May that will enable users to create their own Disney-related DS profiles, make their own avatars, track accomplishments, correspond and trade collected items over the DS wi-fi connection.
Here’s how the service works. When you insert a DGamer-enabled cart into your DS, you’ll have the option to sign up for the service — minors have limited access and adults can authorize more access by providing a credit card number for age verification.
Once connected, you’ll create a handle and customize your avatar, choosing from a number of different Disney-themed clothing items and accessories (Buzz Lightyear, Narnia, Mickey, etc.). DGamer members can then use the free service to compare ‘honors,’ that they’ve accumulated from playing DGamer-enabled games or chat about games or general topics. Conversations are monitored by Disney moderators. DGamer account holders can also access the service from a PC.
Right now the service is only planned for DS, but Disney said it hopes to introduce a similar concept on the Wii in the future. The new feature will debut on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, due out in May, and Disney expects to release 10 more DGamer titles in 2008.
Sounds very interesting. I’d like to see how it turns out!
Screen shots available through the link.
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Posted by RavenG4 on February 19, 2008 at 10:59 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney
From nma.co.uk:
A fun site (www.disneytowerofterror.com) — worth a look. If you want English, tell it you are from the UK….Dr. Disney
Disneyland Resort Paris has launched a campaign site to promote the launch of its new ride, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
Part of a through-the-line campaign for the April launch of the ride, disneytowerofterror.com allows users to upload photos that can then be
manipulated to make them look like the subject has travelled to the 4th dimension.
The site is supported by Disney Resort Paris’s first viral campaign, as well as an online ad campaign.
Federico Gonzalez, senior VP of marketing for Disneyland Resort Paris, said, “We know from experience in the US that Twilight Zone Tower of Terror appeals to older children, so we’ve designed this campaign to engage with 13-15-year-olds through media platforms that they engage with.”
The campaign is part of the resort’s 15th anniversary celebrations.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm · Permalink
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Category: Disney
From indiatimes.com:
The Walt Disney Company, consumer product retailing arm of global animation giant, will soon add 135 new stores to its existing 15 in India over the next four years to strengthen its foothold in the rapidly growing market here.
“India is a high priority market for us. We will open 150 stores for our consumer products across the country by 2011,” Disney Consumer Products Regional Director ASEAN Roshini Bakshi told reporters on the sidelines of the “Technopak Retail Summit” here.
The company, which currently operates 15 stores in the country, would open the outlets in franchisee model.
She said the company would operate the future stores under a license agreement with Devyani International, which runs the companys present 15 stores.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm · Permalink
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Category: Movies
From darkhorizons.com:
If the “Justice League” movie is going to happen, its now a lot longer off than before.
Moviehole reports that rather than mid-2008, a 2010 start date is being targeted. With the cast booked out for much of 2008 and the studio not ready with the project, such a delay is not unexpected.
The news comes as reports late last week revealed that both the Batman and Superman characters had effectively been written out of the story the former expelled, the later killed by Doomsday so as not to conflict with those two stand-alone franchises.
Things are more rosy on “The Dark Knight” front though as the next trailer for the film, this one featuring more Bruce Wayne Christian Bale and Harvey Dent Aaron Eckhart is rumored to be premiering with “10,000 B.C.” on March 7th. Meanwhile, MTV News has video of the toy version of a flash car that Batman uses in the film.
Finally, a ten-minute behind-the-scenes reel promoting the upcoming DVD release of “Batman: Gotham Knight” is up at IO9.Com. Much like “The Animatrix”, this anthology film uses “Batman Begins” as inspiration to tell six different stories set in the Batman universe using different types of anime.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 19, 2008 at 10:50 am · Permalink
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Category: Disney, Pixar, Movies
From wsj.com:
In Pixar’s coming movie “Toy Story 3,” Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.
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Posted by Dr. Disney on February 19, 2008 at 10:17 am · Permalink
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Category: Disney
From pcworld.com:
Say you’re in movies, your growth models frittered away to break-even, and an industry pretty much symbolized by a butt-stomping plumber is effectively cleaning your clock — whats a corporate dinosaur to do?
Easy: If you cant sufficiently milk em, depose em.
The Wall Street Journal reports thats essentially what Disney did when longtime Pixar partner THQ came pitching license rights to a Toy Story 3 game tie-in. Thanks but no thanks, said Disney and Pixar, opting instead to handle creation of the game due in 2010 in-house. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dr. Disney on February 19, 2008 at 10:15 am · Permalink
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