The Disney Frontier Blog

• TheStar.com - entertainment - The rat’s got taste
  A restaurant critics take on Ratatouille
  (tags: ratatouille movies pixar)

The Retroist has ranked the top 12 Disney afternoon cartoons. I’d have to say that my favorites were DuckTales followed closely by TailSpin.

• No more direct-to-DVD sequels, Disney declares
  I have mixed emoitions on this news. As a Disney fan, I hate to see the Disney name cheapened by these movies. However, my kids like some of these really bad sequels and most are better than the Bratz or Trollz movies I have been subjected to.
  (tags: Disney Movies DVD Sequels)
• Interview with Subs WDI Senior Show Producer Kathy Magnum - MouseInfo.com
  MouseInfo.com has an interview with a WDI Imagineer, Kathy Magnum, about development of the revised Submarine Voyage.
  (tags: disneyland submarine finding nemo)
• Disney Reporter - Where the Magic Lives
  Nice site regularlly updated with all the going ons.
  (tags: Disney)

Shooting the video with a little more quick pans and jerkyness would had made it look even more vintage. It seems like most old 8mm videos make you motion sick.

• Master Yale Gracey Montage…
  Take a look and download this montage of Master Yale Gracey. Pretty good stuff.
  (tags: Haunted Mansion WDW Disneyland DisneyWorld)

I think it’s awesome that Disney would create and release a video of this. Using the top of the Matterhorn as a scenic photo opp, Disney took pictures of the Finding Nemo Sumarine Voyage construction and pieced it together into a time lapse video. I love seeing the Monorail flash in and out of frames. You have to check it out.

One of my all time favorite Disney Movies is the 1973 animated film, Robin Hood (IMDB Link). I’ve always loved the different animals they portrayed as different characters. It was the definition of a kid’s movie.

I was stoked when a relative gave me an original 1973 copy of a Disneyland Record, Robin Hood: Story and Songs. The vinyl jacket has fabulous pictures from the movie that I just have to share.

Unfortunately, I don’t own a record player so I can’t comment on the content of the record. The songs listed are:

• Whistle Stop (Roger Miller)
• OO-DE-LALLY (Roger Miller)
• Love (Floyd Huddleston & George Burns)
• The Phony King of England (Johnny Mercer)
• Not in Nottingham (Roger Miller)

As the back cover says (view after the break), the music was conducted by George Burns. Narration and Dialogue Directed by Pete Renoudet with the assistance of John Wood and Rose Mussi.

To see the back cover and actual vinyl, make sure you read the full post by clicking on “Continue Reading”.

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Jason Wood, you just won a game for the Marlins with your first pinch home run in the major leagues.What are you going to do now?

Get up early this morning and drive to Disney World, believe it or not.

“My wife and I have been before, but our three girls never have,” Wood said Wednesday afternoon after his three-run homer propelled the Marlins to a 5-4 win over the White Sox. “Pretty good timing, huh?”

The combination of a Marlins off day and Daniela Wood’s fourth birthday on Father’s Day sparked the idea. Her father’s unlikely heroics should make everything from the drive to the lines seem shorter.

FishStripes :: A Florida Marlins Blog

Releasing exclusively at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, get you pirate hands on the new booty - a 11 1/2″ porcelain statue of Pirate on Bridge. For the retail price of $250, this collectible will brighten any pirate collection.

Walt Disney Classics Collection

Walt Disney Feature Animation is now Walt Disney Animation Studios. Thanks for the heads up Cartoon Brew: Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Disney Feature’s New Name

• Discovery Channel :: News - Archaeology :: Iron Age ‘Mickey Mouse’ Found
  Oddly coincidental
  (tags: MickeyMouse Disney History)
• Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The official Wikipedia page for the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
  (tags: finding nemo submarine disneyland)

I just added the Mouse Clubhouse to my blogroll, and for very good reason. Scott, a former Disney Cast Member, has interviewed some Disney legends including:

• Marc Davis
• X Atencio
• Alice Davis
• Dave Smith
• Kathryn Beaumont
• Jack Lindquist
• Tony Anselmo
• Wally Boag

It you are at all interested in the people who make Disney magical, check out Scott’s site.

• VNOG Blog: Some thoughts on “Ratatouille”
  …you’re probably already an animation fan and were likely going to see this movie anyway. But if you like it, see if you can’t drag along someone else to see it who maybe isn’t a fan.
  (tags: pixar Disney ratatouille)
• Article - Disney Theme Parks Connect with Pirates Gamers - GameDaily
  For the first time ever, gamers who bring their Nintendo DS to Disney World or Disneyland theme parks will get a heads-up on the competition on Disney Interactive Studios’ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End game.
  (tags: Potc3 disneyland disney)
• The Disney Experience - Mark Twain Paper Model
  This doesn’t look like an easy thing to build but it does look awesome!
  (tags: Disneyland MarkTwain)

Austin wrote in to ask:

Do you happen to have a video or sound file of the short-lived streetshow at California Adventure called “Chance to Shine?”

The only place I know to get this video is on the DVD A Look Back at DCA Entertainment. I don’t own and haven’t seen this DVD. Does anyone have a review of it they’d like to share?

Universal is opening a Harry Potter themed amusement park called “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” in Florida, in 2009. I can see this drawing crowds and attention, but the problem I forsee is it’s built around one story. There won’t be ways to change or evolve the park over time, unless more books are released.

One of the best parts of the Disney resorts is that they are constantly fueled by new stories, new movies and new characters. More generic parks, like a six flags for example, can create their own stories or borrow from those outside the park. A Harry Potter themed park will be contrained to the actual story.

Here are some links to stories about the park:

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Harry Potter theme park planned

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18950473/

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/31/potter.park.reut/index.html