Details Announced for Jollywood Nights
With Fall festivities in full swing at Walt Disney World, and spookiness in the air, it won’t be long before Christmas arrives in the Most Magical Place on Earth! In addition to the Mickey’s Very Merry celebrations taking place at the Magic Kingdom, and Christmas...
The Legend of Albert Awol and the Jungle Cruise
Before you see sail past the Gorilla Camp ("Look what they did to my truck! They left the lights on. Now I’ll never get that thing to turn over”), before you see the African Veldt and those lions generously having a zebra over for dinner, even before you glide past...
10 Fun Facts About Coco
1. World Showcase Inspiration for Coco initially came from, of all places, Epcot! When writer-director Lee Unkrich saw the papier mache folk art at Epcot’s Mexico Pavilion, it sparked an idea that led to the creation of this beautiful film. 2. The Day of...
5 Fun Facts From Pixar’s Animated Shorts
1) Renderman RenderMan is the photorealistic 3D rendering software developed by Pixar in 1987. It takes your final modeled scene and outputs the final image (or animation) by calculating variables such as cameras, geometry, materials, and lights. (Think of it as the...
5 More Attractions That Never Were
This week we continue our tour of Walt Disney Attractions That Never Were, beginning with a boat ride in EPCOT's World Showcase! 6. German Boat Ride The Germany Pavilion was also going to be home to an attraction, The Rhine River boat ride (above)....
5 Attractions That Never Were
In the long and storied history of the Magic Kingdom, many ideas have come and gone. And what ideas they were! Attractions, lands, new technologies, new experiences...Disney's Imagineers are always innovating and always coming up with new ideas. But as is often the...
New Details Revealed for Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge
The park announcements that came out of D23 we certainly exciting (and you can join us as we talk about them on this week's podcast!), but there are plenty of other things happening at Walt Disney World these days! One of the most anticipated is the new resort coming...
10 Fun Facts About the Jungle Book
1. Origins The 1967 animated classic, The Jungle Book, was Disney’s 19th animated feature. Loosely based on the Mowgli stories of “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling, the film follows the adventures of Mowgli as he befriends a black panther named Bagheera, who vows...
10 Fun Facts About Encanto
1. Let’s Get Cozy Disney wanted Encanto to have an intimate feel with an emphasis on family. One of the ways they decided to accomplish this was by formatting the film in a cozier aspect ratio of 1.85:1, unlike recent films like Frozen, Coco, and Moana, which were...
EPCOT Food & Wine Festival Details Announced
As we head into August and that journey into Fall, our thoughts turn to pumpkins, trick-or-treating, hay bales, turning leaves...and food! Yes, the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is just around the corner, and Disney just shared a sneak peek at some of...