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Bummer: The video has been taken down.

The first time you see the Turtle Talk with Crush show, you will be in awe. Watching this video shows a little bit of how that magic is made.

via The Disney Blog

This video shows off the Walt Disney Museum in Walt Disney World’s MGM.

OK, well not exactly, but it’s a good attempt. I think my kids would love something like this.

I previously blogged about a Vintage Disney World Map I found on Widen your World. I asked for more info on the map as I hadn’t seen it before and it looked very interesting. Quite a few readers chimed in with comments saying it was from the Contemporary and Polynesian resorts. Now, if you are willing to be the high bidder, you can have a replica for your house. Here are some details:

Rare Walt Disney World Wall Map Reproduction from 1970’s

• This is an excellent Reproduction of the beautiful wall maps that were on the walls of all Contemporary and Polynesian Resort rooms from the opening of the resort in 1971 until the early 1980’s when Disney Refurbished the rooms
• Map includes the Phase 1 Resorts (Polynesian and Contemporary) and Phase 2 Resorts (Venetian, Persian and Asian) that were never built
• Map includes all land from the Magic Kingdom down to the Parking lot and from the Golf Resort and Golf Courses to Bay lake, Treasure Island (later to become Discovery Island) and Fort Wilderness
• Includes details such as the STOL port, Western River Expedition that became Big Thunder Mountain, 20,000 leagues under the sea and countless others
• Very Rare-Originals have been listed on Ebay in recent months for over $100,000, the only other that I know of is on the wall of the Comedy Warehouse at Pleasure Island, and I have heard that even it isn’t original
• A must have for any Disney Collector
• If you have any questions please email me before Bidding

Map Details

• Map is reproduced on Heavy Canvas and is ready for framing
• Image size is 54″ x 42″
• Canvas size is 58″ x 46″ Includes 2 inch border for framing
• Pictures 1-6 are of the map
• Pictures 7 and 8 were taken by my Dad in 1976 and show the original wall map on the wall of a Contemporary Guest Room
• Map will be rolled and shipped in shipping Tube

If you’re like me, you love Disneyland audio. The ambient audio is really what makes the experience magical and separates Disney from other theme parks. If you’re in the mood to hear some audio, check out The Sounds of Disneyland. They have audio wav files from the park separated by land. Take a look.

From freedogshampoo:

This special aired on September 11th 1957.
Walt Disney had always wanted to make a film based on the Oz stories. In 1954, when the movie rights to various Oz books became available, Walt purchased them. Soon, scripts were written for a movie in “Widescreen, color, the works..” But for some reason it was never made. Pretty incredible how much they hyped it.

If you’re curious about what’s being said about Disney in the Twitter-sphere, you need not look any further than The Disney Frontier’s new “Posts on Twitter Containing Disney” page! This awfully named page grabs the last 25 tweets off Twitter that contain one of these keywords: Disney, WDW, or Disneyland. Bookmark it and enjoy.

This is an interesting take on the whole Tea Cups ride idea. It’s very similar to Francis’ Ladybug Boogie in Disney’s California Adventure. I hope they don’t make it part of the DCA expansion - the whole new Cars area - as that would be pretty redundant.

Robert Payne, former Disney doubter, recently attended a marketing seminar where Scott A. Hemerling, National Press Representative for the national tours of Disney’s THE LION KING, gave a presentation on some of the secrets of The Lion King show. 

“Some of the more interesting aspects of Scott’s presentation detailed their careful selection of those cities in which they perform, and how they tailor the marketing strategy for each location. This can consist of everything from messaging to displays to involvement with the community. For a 2nd-tier city like Tampa, their marketing and advertising budget consists of around 12-15% of gross revenue or roughly $125 - 150,000. Much of this goes to carefully selected ad and banner placements and media buys. Surprisingly, none of this budget goes to online marketing, but that is something Scott admittedly said needs to change.”

Read the rest of Robert’s post here.