A Disney Parks exclusive Tsum Tsum series was surprise released on the Shop Disney Parks App today. The series features characters from Splash Mountain.
Again, these Tsum Tsum are available now, but only through the Shop Disney Parks app. There is no word as of yet if they will be released in the parks, but we can only assume that they will at some point in the future.
PRODUCTION BEGINS ON
“MAGIC CAMP” STARRING ADAM DEVINE,
GILLIAN JACOBS AND JEFFREY TAMBOR
DIRECTED BY MARK WATERS
Production has begun on Disney’s “Magic Camp,” a live-action comedy starring Adam Devine (“Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Pitch Perfect”), Gillian Jacobs (“Community,” “Girls”) and Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent,” “The Larry Sanders Show”) directed by Mark Waters (“Bad Santa 2,” “Mean Girls”). The film is shooting on locations in and around Los Angeles and is scheduled for release in 2017.
Tambor plays Roy Preston, the owner of a summer camp for aspiring young magicians and Devine is Andy, a former camper whose flailing career as a magician has forced him to return to the camp as a counselor. Also returning to the camp is Andy’s former partner and current nemesis, Darkwood, played by Jacobs, who is now a successful magician. When preparations begin for the end-of-summer magic contest between rival teams of campers, Andy and his team of ragtag misfits must go head to head with Darkwood and her campers. In the process, Andy is inspired by the young campers and rediscovers his passion for magic.
“Magic Camp” is produced by Suzanne Todd (“Bad Moms,” the “Austin Powers” films) with Mario Iscovich (“McFarland, USA,“ “The Princess Diaries”) and Jessica Tuchinsky (“500 Days of Summer,” “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”) serving as executive producers. The film also stars: Nathaniel McIntyre (“Barry”), Cole Sand (“Austin & Ally”), Isabella Crovetti (“Joy”), J.J. Totah (“Liv & Maddie”), Izabella Alverez (“Westworld”), Hayden Crawford (“Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn”), Bianca Grava (“Game Shakers”) and Lonnie Chavis (“This is Us,” “Bella and the Bulldogs”).
A new sing a long version of “Moana” will be released in select theaters for a limited time beginning January 27th.
The epic journey continues for “Moana” fans as Walt Disney Animation Studios introduces an all-new sing-along version of the hit, critically-lauded comedy-adventure “Moana,” coming to theaters nationwide Jan. 27, 2017. Additionally, the original theatrical version of the film will release digitally Feb. 21 and on Blu-ray March 7.
Fans are invited to warm up those vocal cords and set sail with an all-new sing-along version of “Moana” launching in more than 2,000 theaters nationwide on Jan. 27 and exclusively at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on Jan. 20.
“Moana” audiences were swept away by the film’s original songs and score from a dynamic team that includes Tony®-, Emmy®- and Grammy®-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda (Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning “Hamilton,” Tony-winning “In the Heights”), Mark Mancina (“Tarzan,” Broadway’s “The Lion King”) and Opetaia Foa‘i (founder and lead singer of the award-winning world music band Te Vaka).
The sing-along version of “Moana” includes the full feature film with on-screen lyrics, so audiences can belt out the words to their favorite songs, such as the Golden Globe®-nominated “How Far I’ll Go.” Moviegoers can check local listings for showtimes and theaters; the sing-along run will vary by location.
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 56th animated feature opened domestically on Nov. 23, 2016, becoming the No. 2 Thanksgiving debut ever with $82 million. The film continues to delight audiences around the globe, earning more than $225 million domestically and $450 million worldwide to date. The film has a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” CinemaScore.
“Moana” has received, thus far, nominations for BAFTA, PGA, Golden Globe® and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award for best animated feature. The film’s uplifting soundtrack has dominated the music charts for more than six weeks, peaking at No. 1 on the iTunes Albums chart; it is currently No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The soundtrack is available wherever music is sold and at streaming services.
At Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre, the “Moana” sing-along will begin Jan. 20, one week prior to the nationwide opening. Daily showtimes are at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tickets are available at El Capitan Theatre (6838 Hollywood Blvd.), by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 (347-6396) or online at http://www.elcapitantickets.com.
Audiences can soon enjoy the original theatrical version of the film at home and packed with a variety of bonus extras when “Moana” arrives on Digital HD/3D and Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA) on Feb. 21, and on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, Digital SD, DVD and On-Demand on March 7.
We have been anxiously awaiting all of the fantastic food and drinks to be announced for the first ever Epcot International Festival of the Arts and now it is finally here! The festival takes place Fridays through Mondays, January 13 to February 20and the “food studios” will be open from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
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Block & Hans
Joy of Tea
Fife & Drum
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Funnel Cakes
Japan Pavilion
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
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All Festival specialty drinks served hot or cold.
El Arista Hambriento (The Hungry Artist)
Tangierine Café
Refreshment Cool Post
Refreshment Port
Formerly Miss Fortune Falls, the new attraction coming to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon in 2017 now has a new name and new concept art.
Miss Adventure Falls family raft ride at Typhoon Lagoon
Miss Adventure Falls is an all-new, family-raft attraction owned by Captain Mary Oceaneer—a sea-faring treasure hunter whose haul was caught in a rogue typhoon and scattered across this tropical paradise years ago. Mary Oceaneer is a member of the Society of Adventurers and Explorers, made famous in various attractions around the world including Mystic Manor, the Jungle Navigation Ltd. Skipper Canteen, and Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, so the S.E.A. should tie-in in some fun ways in this new ride.
From your 4-person raft, feel a rush of excitement with family and friends as an aquatic conveyor belt chutes you into action. Then, hold on tight as you spy precious artifacts collected from all around the globe. If you’re lucky enough, you may even meet the captain’s old diving partner—an Audio-Animatronic parrot who’s still hunting for treasures at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park to this day.
Miss Adventure Falls family raft ride at Typhoon Lagoon
The attraction is set to open March 2017 at Walt Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon water park.
Starting January 11th, 2017, Disney Vacation Club members can get a special welcome every time they enter a Walt Disney World theme park.
Park entry touchpoints will activate a purple to green light sequence upon a successful scan with MagicBand for members, and cast members have been instructed to greet these guests with a “welcome home” message.
FastPass redemption will not activate any special effects, only park entry.
Pandora: the World of AVATAR is nearing completion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and now some of the strange elements we have seen covered for many months are starting to be revealed. In our latest video update, we take a look at the entrance to the land, the bridge to enter it from Discovery Island, and more work happening on the floating mountains above the land. Take a look for yourself:
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Pandora: The World of AVATAR will open Summer 2017.
As Radio Free Disneyland Episode 3, Inaugural Balls approaches, we offer a reprinted editorial about Disneyland’s first president, and a new audio presentation of the story, as we continue to determine who is the Ultimate of Disneyland .
Jack Lindquist (fourth from left) has a smoke with associates from J. Walter Thompson including future Watergate conspirators Dwight Chapin (left) and H.R. Haldeman (third from right). Image © Disney
Jack Lindquist was a thoroughly Mid Century man, at the helm of a physical representation of much of the zeitgeist of the times. He promoted and later ran a place that made popular cinematic genres into live experiences. He was the Barker in Chief for a venue that promoted a vanguard American future and celebrated its realized Manifest Destiny.
Lindquist, by nature of his age was somewhat blithe to many sociological changes in the country through the park’s first decades, which may have been to his and Disneyland’s advantage. A Frank Sinatra guy in the age of Led Zeppelin. But that ability to stay comfortably behind the times helped define an essential element of the Disney parks’ personality: reassurance.
Before his Disney career, he was an ad man. The TV and radio director for the small Mays and Company Advertising. Rep-ing client Kelvinator Appliance, he got to see the park during its construction. And he said, “I fell in love with the place.” He came to work at the fledgling park later just a month after its opening.
He worked directly with Walt Disney for a time. He was a bit star struck, but he observed the bosses’ well known insistence on a first name basis environment. Except, Walt thought that Lindquist’s first name was Bob. When it was pointed out to Disney by a third party, he said, “he looks like a Bob to me.”
But his appearance and lack of recognition belied his mastery of advertising and promotion.
Most of his campaigns, now in the first class promotion playbook, were being made up of whole cloth at the time. Disney Dollars, The Magic Kingdom Club involving Southern California workplaces, Grad Nites, and the, “I’m Going To Disneyland” championship sports campaign were all created under his tutelage.
He was also very active in Republican politics locally and nationally. He had a friendly association with H.R. Haldeman and Dwight Chapin, two associates from the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency.
Haldeman and Chapin became White House aides and later both served prison time for their involvement in the Watergate Scandal that felled a U.S. President.
Returning to Lindquist’s Mad Man/Ad Man expertise, Disney had been known as a company that was loathe to buy television advertising. When you have a Sunday night TV show that often finishes in the top 10, you might think it unnecessary. But using carefully targeted ads for Walt Disney World and precisely measuring the results, he proved that ads brought scads of patrons from the places the spots had been shown. This changed Disney advertising practices forevermore.
When Micheal Eisner and Frank Wells entered the Walt Disney Company in 1984, they generally eschewed most of the local management of the U.S. Parks. But Lindquist seemed to be a favorite.
Previously, the park properties had functioned with no rank higher that a vice president reporting to Burbank in a structure that may have been a holdover from the long past days when Walt Disney functioned as the top man, without title.
After his installment, he found that long lead times in developing ambitious new attractions would leave him without a major draw for the coming summer of 1992. In short order he put together a hybrid group of Imagineers and Disneyland hands to create a live show to run for four years on the Rivers of America section of the park.
After this success, and in spite of the fact that he came from the marketing side, not Imagineering, he is certainly most responsible for creating another singular area at Disneyland. But the creation of that special spot was a painful political process.
During the 1980s, the park relied on themed promotions to draw locals in the non summer months, Blast to the Park, State Fair, and Circus Fantasy among them. With the promotions came outsized icons at the park hub, in the shadow of the park’s central symbol, Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. A giant juke box, a car elevator to dispense giveaway Chevy Geo cars, and even a motorcycle cage called the Globe of Death, camped out in the Central Plaza. Park purists complained.
It fell to Lindquist who was certainly aware of, if not directly involved in these ungainly curations, to devise an elegant solution to the scenic and thematic intrusions.
In his memoir, In Service To The Mouse Lindquist related a story about a Christmas Eve walk he took in Disneyland.
Lindquist says he observed a family walking down Main Street U.S.A. The little girl in the family turned to her mother and said, “Mom, this really was better than having Santa Claus.” When Lindquist told this story, he deducted that the parents had told the children that if they went to Disneyland, Santa could not bring presents.
This story seems like an ad man’s dream. Using emotion to gain acceptance. And whether or not it happened, it is faithful to Lindquist’s feelings about Disneyland and to much of the public’s relationship to the park.
He said “this one brief moment proved to be my most meaningful memory at the park because it symbolized what we mean to people.
Jack Lindquist, Disneyland’s first president, died on Sunday February 28, 2016, at age 89.
Originally published March 7, 2016.
While visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom yesterday, I was surprised to see that the viewing area for Rivers of Light was open for guests to explore, perhaps offering a seating area for some nearby eateries.
Ae we explored, we noticed that techs for the show were out and turning things on.
After playing with the two boats for a while, things went quiet, so we left.
As evening fell, it was clear that the animal lantern barges had been rolled out, but they were not illuminated yet.
However, once 7:30PM hit and the park closed, the boat and two of the animal lanterns illuminated.
Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the show will debut soon, but it is a pretty decent sign at least.
We also have a video of the test to share with you:
So, what do you think?
A new full length teaser trailer just aired on ESPN and it shows a ton of new footage. Things are going to get ugly!
Source: Walt Disney Studio CAN
