Disney Store Celebrates Halloween with Spook-tacular Costumes for All Ages from Cinderella, Brave, Marvel’s The Avengers, Disney Fairies and More

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October 7, 2012

This year, Disney Store is putting the ‘treat’ in ‘trick or treat’ for Halloween with a collection of best-selling costumes for every age. The new costume collections are inspired by Disney and Marvel’s most popular 2012 film releases including the Cinderella Diamond Edition on Blu-ray™, Marvel’s The Avengers, Disney∙Pixar’s Brave and the highly anticipated October 23rd release of Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings on Blu-ray ™. All costumes are designed and sold exclusively at Disney Store locations nationwide and at DisneyStore.com, where guests will find a comprehensive assortment of Disney and Marvel costumes with all the storytelling details they love. Parents will appreciate the high-quality costumes, and kids will want to wear them at Halloween and for roleplay fun all year-long.

Guests can also participate in extra Halloween fun this month at the Halloween Dress Rehearsal event, held at Disney Store locations nationwide. On Friday, October 5th from 4:30pm to 7:00pm and on Saturday, October 6th from 10:00am to 1:00pm, kids are invited to come dressed in their favorite Disney costume and join Disney Store for crafts, dancing and a costume parade. Guests will also receive a free gift at Disney Store trick-or-treat stations, while supplies last. (Guests should call their local store to confirm participation and details).

Disney Princess and pirates costumes continue to top the National Retail Federation’s list of favorites each Halloween.

“This October, Marvel Super Heroes The Avengers are trending as favorites for boys and we anticipate our new Cinderella-inspired costume collection to be a top seller, as a new generation is introduced to the classic princess through the Blu-ray™ Diamond Edition release of the film,” said Molly Adams, executive vice president, product development of Disney Store. “Parents can trust that a Disney Store costume will be made of high-quality materials lasting well beyond Halloween.”

A look at Disney Store’s most popular costumes and accessories:

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D23’s Magic and Merriment

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 7, 2012

D23 Members have a special event again to celebrate this year’s holiday season at Walt Disney World Resort at D23’s annual Magic & Merriment event. Both events are two-days long and will be held this year on December 7th and 8th and then again on the 9th and 10th.

Here is what D23 says to describe the fun-filled days.

The first day of our holly jolly happening begins with coffee and tea inside World Showplace at Epcot, where guests will enjoy a collection of exclusive presentations celebrating the season, including some special gifts to keep the season bright.

Throughout the afternoon, guests are invited enjoy the holiday majesty of Epcot at their own pace—including our own private hospitality suite inside the American Adventure pavilion, with complimentary lemonade, coffee, and tea!—before rejoining the group at the America Gardens Theatre at sunset.

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SUBWAY Fresh Fit for Kids Meals Come to Life with Disney’s Frankenweenie Reusable Bags

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 7, 2012

SUBWAY® restaurants, the world’s largest restaurant chain is bringing fans a little closer to the Disney magic this fall by teaming up with Disney on a promotion for the release of the highly anticipated, stop-motion animated PG-rated feature, Disney’s Frankenweenie, directed by Tim Burton and set to release on October 5^th. Every SUBWAY Fresh Fit for Kids Meal™ at participating locations will come with a Disney’s Frankenweenie-inspired reusable bag and glow stick, the perfect Halloween accessory while supplies last. This collaboration further amplifies the message of empowering fans of all ages to make their own unique ‘creation’ every time they walk in the chain’s doors.

During the film’s press junket, Jared “the SUBWAY® guy” Fogle took on the role of official correspondent for SUBWAY® restaurant’s social media channels, giving fans a fresh take on exclusive content around the movie, including Tim Burton’s insight on the making of the movie and one-on-one interviews with the movie’s stars such as Winona Ryder and Martin Short.

“Working with Disney is a perfect fit for SUBWAY®, because we both have something we can offer everyone in the family,” said Jeff Larson, SUBWAY® Franchisee Advertising Fund Vice President of Global Marketing Development and Activation. “A SUBWAY Fresh Fit for Kids™ Meal is an easy choice for families looking to eat better on-the-go. This collaboration provides a platform for us to communicate the options and customization available at SUBWAY® for fans of all ages.”

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Disney World, a Pumpkin Patch, and People Helping People…

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 7, 2012

Disney World, a Pumpkin Patch, and People Helping People...

Both pictures above are of Tyler Platt

Here at Chip & Co. we are honored when our fans share stories with us about their lives and how it intertwines with Disney World. Sometimes a very special person comes along and sends us mail that we feel we should share with everyone as it helps restore faith in people. So, please read below and if you can contribute or share this story of these very special people and their gigantic hearts I know it would help.

This Summer while we were preparing for our yearly trip to Disney World I met a very special boy named Jayden Barber. You shared his story of meeting Christian Bale in Disneyland not too long ago. I worked with an amazing mom, Kelley Platt on helping make some of Jayden’s wishes come true. It was through working on Jayden’s wishes that I learned Tyler Platt’s wish to go to Disney had been denied by a wish making organization because he was no longer terminal. It was through Jayden that realized how one person can help change someones life, you just have to be brave enough to take the first step. So I didn’t step I leaped into my dream of making one dream come true a year for one special boy/girl. And so our project Pumpkins for a Purpose began to grow. If it is a success this year we will hold our event every year and with the funds raised we will grant a Disney Dream trip.

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New Wreck-It Ralph New Trailer & Posters

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Chip

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October 6, 2012

Walt Disney Animation Studios and Emmy®-winning director Rich Moore take moviegoers on a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in Wreck-It Ralph.

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Ralph is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, the good guy star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he’s tired of playing the role of a bad guy. He takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a game-hopping journey across the arcade through every generation of video games to prove he’s got what it takes to be a hero.

On his quest, Wreck-It Ralph meets the tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun from the first-person action game Hero’s Duty. But it’s the feisty misfit Vanellope von Schweetz from the candy-coated cart racing game, Sugar Rush, whose world is threatened when Ralph accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens the entire arcade. Will Ralph realise his dream and save the day before it’s too late?

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It’s a Halloween Party! Club Penguin Style!

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October 6, 2012

Our friends at Club Penguin gave us a sneak peek inside their online haunted mansion before the party begins on October 18 and no “foolish mortal” can miss the nods to the real thing. You’ll instantly recognize a familiar pipe organ in the ballroom and a few other items.

Fortune Teller: The fortune-teller station in the Attic of Clubpenguin.com’s haunted mansion was inspired by the Disneyland Haunted Mansion ride.
Horseless Hearse: In the Club Penguin Forest, there’s a Horseless Hearse similar to the one at Disneyland park.
Maid and Butler Costumes: The Club Penguin team tried to replicate cast members with some of their Halloween Party costumes, giving the maid and butler costumes dark eye shadows.

Club Penguin Halloween Party - Maid Costume

Club Penguin Halloween Party - Butler Costume

Club Penguin Halloween Party - Ghost Sheet Costume, Free for Disney Parks Blog Readers

Of course there’s more, but you’ll need to discover those items for yourself on October 18. To hold you over, Disney is offering a free Ghost Sheet Costume for Disney Parks Blog readers. Visit http://play.clubpenguin.com/#/redeem/ and enter code CHILLING beginning today.

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Exclusive Disney PhotoPass ‘Magic Shots’ Available During Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

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Chip

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October 6, 2012

This year, Disney PhotoPass photographers have a ghostly surprise for guests attending the event: two exclusive “Magic Shots” featuring the Hitchhiking Ghosts. Available during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party event nights only, photographers located in front of The Haunted Mansion, Liberty Square and the Adventureland bridge will pose you and your family alongside the iconic Disney Parks ghosts.

While they might not be visible to the naked eye, the Hitchhiking Ghosts will appear in your photo just like magic. These exclusive Magic Shots have become a Disney PhotoPass Service Halloween tradition and make a unique souvenir of your visit to Magic Kingdom Park during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

Once the Magic Shot has been captured, a photographer will provide a PhotoPass card you can take to a PhotoPass Sales Center or enter the 16-digit code on the back of the card at DisneyPhotoPass.com to view your photos.

Want to take these exclusive Magic Shots and your Walt Disney World Resort memories home for one price? Disney PhotoPass Service’s newest product Disney PhotoPass+ might be right for you. With Disney PhotoPass+, you can have all your PhotoPass photos and participating attraction and dining photos for one price. Click here for more information and to order Disney PhotoPass+.

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Disney Confidential – Enhanced Queue is in the Works for Another Attraction in Magic Kingdom!

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October 6, 2012

Hey there guys and gals! It’s me… Anonymouse with a brand new quick tip about something exciting that is in the plans for Magic Kingdom, specifically Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Walt Disney Imagineering has let the cat out of the bag, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland is next on the list to getting a new enhanced queue. What does that mean? Think Haunted Mansion or The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh when you want to think enhanced queues. Both of these attractions have new interactive queues that provides the waiting guest a better experience and a chance to get to know and be more invested in the storyline of the upcoming attraction. You know a place kids and special people like Chip can play games to help with line boredom.

So what do you think about them apples? Let me know in the comment box below or over on Facebook.

Anywho that is all the Disney Gossip I have right now. For my past Gossip articles be sure to check them out here.

Got any good gossip/rumors? Please email me at [email protected] or on my Facebook Page.

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Has Disney Patented The Cake Of The Future?

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 6, 2012

Has Disney Patented The Cake Of The Future?

When we think of Disney and technology the first thing that comes to mind is innovative ride systems, use of RFID and other technologies to enhance guests experiences….but cake????

A recent patent from Disney outlines plans for “augmented reality” cakes and other food products. The concept is that these food products would display interactive movies and images right on the treats! By using small projectors and motion sensors – a simple birthday cake could be magically transformed into a magical interactive storybook to a fully interactive fantasy world!

While the patent’s ideas seem conceptual, they do outline how an image would be projected onto a cake and describes a montage of photos or videos that could be presented as an edible picture frame”. Sensors could track movement, so with the wave of a hand a guest could “flip” through a virtual storybook presented on a cake or wave some virtual “pixie dust” over their cake!

The patent seems to focus on interacting with Augmented Reality for desserts. So lets hope that down the road a fully interactive dessert will be just the right thing to top off your meal at one of the Disney parks! Stay tuned!

Disney patents augmented reality cakes (gizmag.com)
Would You Want An Interactive Disney Cake? (disneyfoodblog.com)

Has Disney Patented The Cake Of The Future?

Disney Animal Keeper Combines Art and Care to Help Endangered Rhinos

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Chip

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October 6, 2012

As a rhinoceros keeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Chad Harmon tends to some of the toughest, strongest animals on the planet. He recently channeled that passion into an arts auction that raised approximately $6000 for the endangered animals.

For the Horns to Heroes project, Harmon used one of the rhinos he cares for as a model to make 40 horns by hand using a process known as rotational casting. The pieces are made of foam-filled resin and stand 16 inches tall and 7 inches wide.

He then recruited Central Florida painters, tattoo artists, sculptors, graffiti artists, illustrators, photographers and special-effects artists to create original and unique works of art. Each one was auctioned off with proceeds benefitting the International Rhino Foundation which funds research programs and helps protect threatened rhino populations in Africa and Asia.

“By supporting the International Rhino Foundation, The Horns and Heroes Project will help fund programs that support the courageous and dedicated rangers who risk their lives to stop poaching and give rhinos a chance at survival,” said Harmon. “We’re hoping that these works of art will help spark more conversation about how to protect these species.”

Though at one time there were 30 living species of rhino, only five species remain today, and those populations are facing the severe threat of extinction. Without immediate action, some rhinos could be extinct within the next 20 years, due to poaching, forest loss, habitat conversion and encroaching human settlements.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom currently includes a herd of white rhinos. Since the park opened in 1998, nine rhinos have been born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom as part of a white rhino breeding program coordinated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The program focuses on sustaining the white rhino population in North America.

Disney Animal Keeper Combines Art and Care to Help Endangered Rhinos

Breast Cancer Awareness Brings Out Support from Star Wars Fans

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 5, 2012

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a fundraising walk that takes place every year to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Again this year on October 14th the walk will be notched up by the Midwest Garrison, which is the Illinois Chapter of The 501st Legion. The 501st Legion is a Star Wars Imperial costuming club which creates and wears costumes of the “villains” of the Star Wars Universe.

Every Autumn, members of the group make a truce for a good cause and within the Galactic Civil War and enemy forces and allies join together to raise money.

The 501st Legion puts its time and resources to good use through volunteerism and fundraising.

As its website observes, “Some fans are content to collect action figures…other fans want to be action figures.”

Donations are also being taken at the team’s fundraising page.

Photo credit: Examiner.com

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Disney’s Heavyweights for the First Time Ever on Blu-ray December 11, 2012

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Chip and Co Past Writers and Friends

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October 5, 2012

From the Producer of Bridesmaids…comes Heavyweights, a comedy of enormous proportions! It’s the hilarious story of a group of underdog kids who discover their beloved summer camp has been sold to a crazy fitness fanatic (Ben Stiller) who’s determined to make their lives miserable! The new owner plans to keep the boys huffing and puffing, but these hungry kids have a plan of their own. They unite to turn the tables, take back their woodsy hideaway and challenge the rival camp to the most outrageous summer games of all! You’ll laugh out loud with these Heavyweights – they’re big, loud and proud, and ready to win their way into your heart!

Cast: Ben Stiller (Meet the Parents, The Watch) as Tony Perkis; Kenan Thompson (TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” Snakes on a Plane) as Roy; David Goldman (acting debut) as Nicholas; Joseph Wayne Miller (acting debut) as Sam; Cody Burger (Christmas Vacation, Forever Young) as Cody; Allen Covert (Big Daddy, Anger Management) as Kenny; Aaron Schwartz (TV’s “Gossip Girl”) as Gerry; Shaun Weiss (The Mighty Ducks) as Josh; Tom Hodges (Lucas, Revenge of the Nerds 2) as Lars; Paul Feig (Director of Bridesmaids) as Tim; Tom McGowan (Wicked) as Pat.

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