Disney keeps releasing these teases for their Beauty & the Beast show coming to Disney Cruise Lines. It's all to look like it takes place inside a music box, with live-action song & dance telling the tale as old as time. This newest peek is at the set up & choreography for the Be Our Guest number that no telling of Disney's Beauty & the Beast could be without, & I have to say everything I see about this show makes it look like it's a must see. Disney Cruise Lines is doing it's hardest as of late to try to get me on the water. Between this & Star Wars Cruises they might be getting there as well. I really want to see this. Mainly out of curiosity. After seeing the Little Mermaid show at Hollywood Studios reluctantly, & thoroughly loving it, I'm all game when it comes to shows involving puppets. That's what really caught my eye the most in this sneak peek. The puppets for Lumiere & Cogsworth look very intriguing. I've never seen a sneak peek that has made me want to see the finished project so bad, & I think that's usually because I'm pretty good at filing in the blanks. Here however, I can't even fathom what the final product is going to look like. Very excited for this, but I really want to know what y'all think? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
More On Pixar Fest, Coming To Disneyland
Pixar Fest was one of the things announced at D23, & now Disney has released some more details about the celebration. Starting on April 13, 2018 Together Forever - A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular, a new "fireworks spectacular" will debut. Sounding a lot like Happily Ever After on steroids this will involve pyro, projections on the castle, the water screens of Rivers of America, it's a small world, Main Street U.S.A., & Buzz Lightyear flying over Sleeping Beauty Castle. Pixar Play Parade will make it's way to Disneyland with new features including characters from UP, the Pixar lamp, & characters from Inside Out. Meanwhile, Paint The Night with Toy Story, Monsters Inc., & Cars will be joined by another Pixar Story at Disney's California Adventure park later in the year. In addition, the Sunset Showcase Theater will host a Pixar Shorts Film Festival, rotating Pixar shorts throughout the fest. That's not even including yet to be announced food, beverages, merchandise, whatever else gets added to this. I might have to find a way to attend this. It's on the other coast but this sounds amazing, & who knows how long it's going to last. I hope they stream the debut of this just so I at least get to see it for sure. Wow! What do y'all think of the details to this amazing show? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
Disneyland Resort Is Getting Another Hotel, I Probably Won't Be Able To Afford
Disney Resort Hotels are some of the most amazing hotels I've ever had the pleasure of staying in. However, that being said, I usually stay off grounds due to the fact that the difference between the cheapest rooms & where I stay winds up being about a hundred dollars a night. That adds up quick. So I'm only guessing that this will also be the case for the new 700-room hotel coming to Disneyland Resort. Set to open in 2021 this is the concept for the new hotel that will connect all four Hotels of the Disneyland resort. The concept looks beautiful, & will contain extensive landscaping & water elements. As well as an upper-level restaurant that will give guest a view of the fireworks over the Downtown Disney District. This will create a new gateway to the Downtown District as well as contain a platform to access the Disneyland Monorail. Beautiful concept once again, I do hope one day I can find it in my pockets to stay here when I visit the Disney of the other coast. What do y'all think of this awesome hotel concept though? Has anyone got to stay at a Disneyland Resort? I've stayed only in WDW so I would love to hear your experience. Put it in the comments, like, & share.
"Coco" Family Celebration Starts Soon At Disney Springs
I live in Florida. The bad part is I live as far away from Disneyworld as one possibly can & still live in Florida. I'm in the process of getting closer, & stuff like this is the reason why. Pixar's causing quite a frenzy of anticipation for the upcoming Coco. With a display in EPCOT's Mexico pavilion, & Plaza De La Familia at Disney's California Adventure the party's already going coast to coast. Now according to Chip & Co., Disney Springs is getting in on the action too. From October 27th to November 26 Disney Springs will be hosting the family-friendly Coco Family Celebration. From 6pm-10pm guests can enjoy Coco themed décor, music, & food, with face painting & activities for kids Fridays-Sundays. For a limited time get some vanilla flan at Spring's Street Tacos Food Truck, also joining the fray. I wouldn't just make a day of this, I'd probably make a week out of it. Tacos & mariachi music? Count me in. How bout y'all? Who's goin to attend this Coco Family Celebration, & who would if they could?
Dates Have Been Announced For New "Star Tours" Destination
I had the pleasure last week of taking a couple different Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios. I got to go to the busy, cityscape of Corucsant, followed by another trip to the underwater, Gungan cities of Naboo. On my travels, I couldn't help but think of my last trip to Jakku being timed with The Force Awakens, & when they would be adding any new planets from The Last Jedi. I wasn't too surprised to get home & see that Disney has now announced that November 17th in the states, November 22nd in Paris, & December 15th in Tokyo, Star Tours will be taking passengers to Crait. Right in the middle of the battle featured in the trailer. If you don't know what I'm speaking of, it's the scene with all the ships blowing red sand or smoke behind them. This is cool, I love Star Tours, it's my second favorite ride in Hollywood Studios. (Next to Aerosmith Rocking Roller Coaster nothing beats speeding around a coaster to the tune of Sweet Emotion in the dark.) Now that I finally got to go to two different destinations on the same day, I'm really digging how this ride can be a totally different experience every time you get on. If this is anything like last time they will turn all the tours to Crait for about a month so everyone gets a chance to check it out. What do y'all think of this addition to the list of out of this world destinations for Star Tours? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
Disney Files Patent For New "Swinging" Ride System
"One goal in designing the ride system was to deliver an experience similar to what it would feel like to be with Tarzan or a similar character swinging between trees of a jungle on a vine or with Spider-Man or a similar character swinging on webs between buildings as you move down streets of a city. [The ride is] intended to have swinging sensation provided while also having forward travel along a ride path in a direction of travel and for the swinging sensation to feel thrilling and fun." That's the description that came with these pictures according to the Orlando Business Journal. Now the real questions are what is this going to be, & where is it going to go? The easy pick would be a Spider-Man ride. To me that just sounds a little iffy with the studio team-up situation Disney has with Sony when it comes to Spider-Man. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure Disney would want to go with an attraction for a property they only have a half interest in. If I had to go with my gut, I'm thinking this is something for either the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster, or the Millenium Falcon attraction planned for Galaxy's Edge. The patent also mentionsthe movement of the swings could be controlled where the arm could be slower at the top of a roll to simulate a pause before swinging downward quickly, speeding up as it reaches the bottom-most part of the swing to simulate natural movements. That also gives me that idea as opposed to it actually being a Spider-Man ride. It's all speculation right now though until we hear more. What do y'all think though? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
"Guardians Of The Galaxy" Ride Coming To EPCOT To Be A Roller Coaster
According to WDW News Today the Vice President of EPCOT, Melissa Valiquette confirmed that the Guardians of the Galaxy ride coming to EPCOT will be yet another roller coaster at the EPCOT 35 celebration. Y'all know how I feel with Disney & coasters, but this is a little different of a scenario. This will be the first coaster added to Epcot since it's inception. I just hope they find a way to keep this attraction on theme to Future World. WDWNT sources claim the coaster will load in the former Universe of Energy attraction, then it will launch guests through a tunnel into a 10-story tall show building. The ride system is reported to be the first of it's kind, but know details as to how it will differ from traditional coasters. I can't wait to hear a little more on this. Like I said I hope they keep theme, but besides that my actual excitement level will depend on just how unique this attraction winds up being. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one. What do y'all think? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
This Might Just Be the Nail In The Coffin For "Stitch's Great Escape"
Tomorrowland in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom has seen some changes. This one really hurts. My daughter is a Stitch fanatic, & while I'm not a major fan of the ride, she has finally reached the target height to check it out. It had been reduced to seasonal, but now that we're Annual Passholders, I was going to keep checking for a chance for her to visit her favorite character's attraction. Sadly that chance has seemed to pass. WDW News Today reported, that the sign you see below has had the words changed to what you see below them. Stitch's Great Escape is now Stitch's Alien Encounter Character Greeting. I have to go with them on the easy guess that this will be a meet & greet spot for Stitch. Which in all honesty even if you have a problem with the attraction, this is way more lame. Personally, I'd take almost any attraction over another meet & greet room. If that's your thing more power to ya, I just think meet & greets are just fine outside. I hope some retooling is going on as well. It's sad to think as popular as Stitch is there wouldn't be plans to keep him with an attraction in some sort way. What do y'all think about this loss? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
Talking Disney Characters Closest Thing To Being In An Actual Cartoon
This one's got me a little jealous. It was put up by Inside the Magic, & it features the new talking characters featured at Disneyland. As a person who thinks Walt Disney World is Disneyland perfected, I've already had to acknowledge that Anaheim's park probably does Halloween better than ours just yesterday. So it pains me to see this the next day. This is friggin' awesome!! It's on a whole real-life Who Framed Roger Rabbit tip. Talking characters in the park?!? Now there's three?!? We don't have one in Florida?!? Why is this?!? I'm sure there's going to be a split, & this'll be either the most amazing or most terrifying thing you could think of. I'm definitely on the amazing side of that spectrum. Funny thing is now that they talk, I don't know if I'd even know what to say. I do wish Walt could see this though. This was the dream. We're finally getting there. Total immersion & escape from reality in the worlds he helped create. I hope these make it to my world soon! I can ask Mickey his perspective on his ever changing role in cinema. Not really, but that does make me wonder the actual speaking capabilities. Can they say anything, & if not what's the limit of their vocabulary? That's the limit of what I want to know about these new talking characters though. I don't want to destroy any of the "magic" by understanding the ins & outs. To me this will be the real Mickey, Minnie, & Donald. What do y'all think of these amazing additions to California Adventure? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
Disneyland's Cars Have Their "Carstumes" For Halloween
This made me smile. It's Halloween in Car's Land & the stars of Cars have donned their "Carstumes". The Disney characters in their costumes were the coolest thing for me when we went to the Not-So-Scary Halloween party last year at WDW Magic Kingdom. These guys are going to be posted up at Disney's California Adventure. I already want a Car's Land on my coast, this extra little Halloween setup just makes me want it even more. So since it's Halloween we have to judge a contest for these two. I love me some superheroes, but my vote is going to have to go to Mater's "Dracarla". What do y'all think? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
First Look At Disney Cruise "Beauty & The Beast's" Beast
A while back we talked about the Beauty & the Beast "Music Box" show coming to Disney Cruise Line. Now Disney's giving us a small glimpse at re-creating & costuming the Beast. After watching this I really want to see the finished make-up & costume. From what they do show it looks friggin' phenomenal. I might actually have to book a cruise just to see this show. If you're at all curious as to how far we've come in live-action make-up/prosthetics, check this out. The hands & headpiece have amazing detail. I NEED to see this show. What do y'all think? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
I Have To Meet Baymax!
I loveme some Big Hero 6, & after watching this, I don't know if I want to meet this Baymax or be this Baymax. This thing is friggin' awesome! Definitely take some time out to check out this Oh My Disney video. Baymax takes a stroll down the beach & offers some medical advice to people. It's truly another magical moment from the folks over at the house of mouse. I not only wish I was there for this, EPCOT needs one of these yesterday. What do y'all think? Sound off in the comments who wants to meet Baymax, versus who wants to be Baymax? Don't forget to like & share.
I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me
This technically isn't park news, but in all honesty, I didn't know where else to put this little piece of creepiness. I figured at sometime or another this had to take some Imagineering though. So it ends up here. If you find the picture below as terrifying as I do, then this might be a little unsettling for you. Chip & Co. just reported that the next time you go watch a Disney, Marvel, or Star Wars movie, they may just be watching you back. Apparently, Disney Researchers have developed a neural network that allows them to receive your immediate reaction to a scene in a movie. It can detect a range of emotions from laughing to crying, & will be used to see if the movie is working on a "granular scale". With implications for use in the Disney Parks creating instant magical moments, this was tested on 150 audiences for showings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens & The Jungle Book. This tech isn't new, but it is enhanced to the point it can predict which facial expressions people will make through the rest of a movie. This is some crazy, Sci-fi stuff. Part of me thinks this is no big deal. Then, I look at the picture & get creeped out all over again. I also have this strange feeling that the more this gets out, someone will develop a lawsuit. Said lawsuit will be followed by notices on theaters that participation in the theater experience may involve you being recorded with facial recognition. I am betting this could be used for some awesome park experiences though. I guess all in all, I really I don't mind this. As long as the don't go full Sci-fi, & try to replace me with a robot copy developed through use of facial recognition software. Very curious as to what others think of this though. Let me know in the comments, like, & share.
"Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival" Have Announced It's New Shorts
After it's refurbishment on June 19th EPCOT's Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival will be reopening with some changes. Originally playing with Get A Horse, La Luna & For the Birds will be replaced. All of Pixar's shorts are always instant classics, so I'm guessing this was a hard pick. According to Chip & Co. that pick has been made though. They will be replaced with Feast & Piper, two very good picks. I love both of these, even ifI personally feel like this Film Festival is a waste of EPCOT's theater. Once known for the 3D Captain EO starring the late Michael Jackson & the 4D Honey We Shrunk the Audience this was one my most cherished spots in EPCOT. I luckily got to see one of the last of the special presentations of Captain EO during it's run last year. Here's a look at the replacement shorts below. Let us know what you think of the switch down below, as well as what you think of this versus it's old attractions as I'm very curious to see what others think of this.
Apparently Until Yesterday Disney Didn't Own Disneyland Paris
For the past 25 years I've always wanted to go to Paris. Not for the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre, but to go Euro Disney, now known as Disneyland Paris. I was a kid when this opened. Even then, I mainly wanted to go to see why this had so much trouble working? I mean, Disneyland great, Disneyworld even better, even Tokyo Disneyland worked. It would be an easy deduction that this would at least be just as good right? Wrong, this place has been a magnet for all sorts of trouble since it's inception. Now I might have a good idea why. According to WDW News Today, after offering a buyout to existing shareholders last week Disney acquired 97.08% ownership. France's laws require 95% of the stock to take full ownership. Meaning for the first time in it's 25 years, Disney fully owns the entire resort. This is hopefully signs of great things to come. Then, after they make some much needed adjustments to the place, I can try to make my way to France for La Maison De Mickey.
This Beauty and the Beast Show Has Me Looking Into A Disney Cruise
Disney Parks put up this video today talking about the new show they're planning for the Disney Cruise Line. Belle's journey will be told by one of her father Maurice's music boxes. As he opens it you will be transported inside via high-def projections, dynamic scenery, & a little Disney magic. This thing looks like it's going to be an awesome live spectacle to see. Usually, I'm not a fan of anything I can't walk away from. Such as being surrounded for miles by water with nothing else in sight, on a vessel so heavy it logically shouldn't float. Disney keeps trying to find a way to intice me, & between this & the Star Wars & Marvel Days At Sea, they're doing a really good job. What do y'all think? Doesn't this look amazing, & what are you're thoughts on cruises?
Disneyworld's "Happily Ever After" Animator Interview Is A Real Treat
Disney released this trip down memory lane with the animators behind Disneyworld's Happily Ever After. It's newest firework show that includes new hand-drawn animation by the original artists. I honestly could sit & listen to these guys talk for hours. I don't know what it is, whether it's these guys, the nine old men, or Walt himself, this stuff just fascinates me. Anyway are there any hand-drawn animation enthusiasts out there as excited as me about this show? Let us know in the comments, like & share.
AT-ATs Begin to Emerge At Disney Parks
Here's some future Star Wars park action from Disney itself. The house of mouse released this today as a kinda, by the way remember the whole Star Wars park thing. It still feels like an eternity until it arrives in 2019, but it's nice to see things like this. Mainly because of the feeling of WOW, this is really happening.