Max Guggenheim’s 11/26/10 DLR Photo Report
DLNT Photographer Max Guggenheim was at The Disneyland Resort last Friday to see Disney Channel Rocks! He also captured some newsworthy photos to share.
Christmas is in the air, even in Mickey & Friends
AMC Downtown Disney 24 Raises Curtain On New Refreshments
The renamed AMC Downtown Disney 24 (Formerly Pleasure Island) debuted a new lobby and refreshment area a few days ago, including gourmet popcorn, Coke Freestyle machines, and a vastly expanded menu:
This is only the beginning of changes for the AMC 24. In January, the entrance across from Planet Hollywood will close to be turned into the entrance for “Fork and Screen” theaters which will include theater numbers 21-24 that will be remodeled. Meanwhile, the entrance in the middle of the West Side will be used to access all “regular” theaters, numbers 1-20.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sorry it took so long to get our Thanksgiving Day post up. I was enjoying the family, food, football and Taylor Swift special. And by the time I went to take the pic, all the turkey was gone! So I snapped a pic of my late night leftover snack.
The Disney Animation Legacy Gets “Tangled” for Number 50
While it doesn’t have much to do with the Disney Parks, we have always featured Disney film releases here on the site since we launched in 2007. We continue that tradition with the 50th Animated feature film, “Tangled”:
Here’s a sneak peek at the new film:
We usually try to keep opinions out of these reports, but I saw “Tangled” earlier today and wanted to leave a review and a bit of a disclaimer. First off, GO SEE IT! It is an incredible movie and a true Disney film. I had a warm fuzzy feeling walking out of the theater knowing this was the 50th film in the animated canon. It lived up to the tradition and might be the closest thing to the great films of the last golden age such as “The Little Mermaid” or “Beauty and the Beast”. I fully expect Rapunzel to become the favorite princess of many young girls and I even have a few new favorite Disney characters after seeing this one.
I know many fans were worried by the marketing campaign which reminded many of commercials for Shrek or some other Dreamworks animated films. Based on early projections right now, advertising like this might have been a good idea:
The movie was projected to make only $35-40 million over the 5-day holiday weekend, but early reports are claiming the film will make 1.5 to 2 times more over the first 5 days in theaters. If Disney needs to make shoddy ads that play to corny humor to get people to see great films like this, than I’m all for it. I’d hate to see another “Princess and the Frog” debacle, where a great animated film is lost because of lackluster trailers and horrible release dates.
For those deliberating between 2-D and 3-D shows, go for the 3-D if you can. For the first time, I felt like an animated film was made for Digital 3-D. There are actually a few sequences that rival moments from long-standing Disney 3-D attractions.
In summary, go see “Tangled”, it’s your duty as a Disney fan… and you’ll probably have a “hair-raising” good time. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Disney Tangled is now in theaters nationwide, in both Disney Digital 3-D and traditional 2-D.
Holiday 2
Thanksgiving is almost here, so most of us are getting into the holiday mood. I bet most of you just received your Holiday 2 Snowglobe 9″ in the past couple days? I just put mine up on the bookshelf next to Prancer 9″. Remember, the Holiday 2 set of 3″ figures comes out next Friday, December 3rd (along with the Vinylmation Ice Cube Trays). Looks like this week the Disney Vinylmation Blog is releasing pictures of the figures from the set. Today they posted the 4th of July Patriot figure. Probably my favorite, being from New England. Maybe I’ll paint “Brady” and a “12” on his back?
Trade City, EPCOT
UPDATE: As of 11/23/10 at 7:30 pm The Snow Globe 9″ + 3″ set was back on the online Disney Store and available to buy!
Book Opens On New Pooh Queue Overnight
From the Disney Parks Blog:
After the last guest left Magic Kingdom Park one night last week, Walt Disney Imagineers unveiled some magic. While you slept, they removed construction walls surrounding The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and gave a first look at their amazing work.
The queue and exterior façade for the classic Fantasyland attraction have been completely re-imagined. You can now enjoy a fully immersive interactive adventure through the Hundred Acre Wood that includes visits to Tigger’s Bouncy Place, Rabbit’s Garden, Eeyore’s Gloomy Place and Pooh’s Hunny Hives. Here’s a peek at the work that took place. Enjoy.
More Tron at D-Street
36 custom hand painted 9″ Tron figures were released at D-Street in FL and CA today. Each figure has unique features and come with a $595.00 price tag. M.C. and I couldn’t find enough change to pick one up, but we did snap some pics for our fellow Vinylmation fans to enjoy. Are you going to get one? If so, let us know, destinationvinylmation@gmail.com. Send us pics of your Tron display.
Conner Purzycki’s 11/20/10 DLR Photo Report
I was at The Disneyland Resort yesterday to take advantage of the small lines and small crowds due to the rain. Captured some newsworthy photos to share…
Starting off in DCA
Cody Smith’s 11/18/10 WDW Photo Report
WDWNT Reporter Cody Smith visited three of the Walt Disney World parks on Thursday (including Animal Kingdom) and he has a number of newsworthy photos to share from his trip, so let’s take a look:
The giant Mickey wreath is back on Disney’s Contemporary Resort