It looks like the guys from IESB are giving away a pair of tickets to the D23 Anniversary Party.
This is a rare opportunity to experience Disneyland like you’ve never seen it before. Â While supplies last, you can purchase tickets to the D23 First Anniversary Party at Disneyland by visiting www.disney.com/d23. Â (You have to be a member of D23 to buy tickets, but you can purchase a membership at the website, as well.) Â But don’t forget that you can also win a pair of tickets to this amazing Disney-style party right here at IESB.net!To enter to win, simply fill out the form below (incomplete entries will be disqualified) with your information. Please make sure you live in the greater Anaheim, CA area and are able to attend the event on March 10th.
Disney is giving you the chance to win a trip to Disneyland in California or lots of other prizes in their Princess and the Frog Sweepstakes.
The grand-prize winner will receive a trip for themselves and three guests to Disneyland in Anaheim, California including airfare, four-day Disneyland Park Hopper tickets, a $250 Disney GC, a character dining experience, and more. The trip is worth over $5,000.
In addition, other winners will receive a $1,300 Princess and the Frog Bedroom Set, Tiana Rugs from Shaw Floors, collectible artwork, Princess and the Frog soundtracks, and more. 206 winners will be chosen in total.
Entry into Disney’s Princess and the Frog Sweepstakes is open to residents of the US and Canada (void in Quebec) aged 13 and above. Enter once before June 30, 2010.
An employee at Disneyland Paris committed suicide on Sunday. A trade union claims that the death was because of “humiliating” working conditions. The unnamed man, who was in his 30s, threw himself under a train in Esbly, near the Disneyland park just outside Paris.
Eurodisney confirms that the man had been employed in the theme park since 2004, where he worked in the kitchens.
He had recently returned to work after ten months of sick leave.
During his six years at Disneyland he made two complaints of workplace harassment, according to the Force Ouvrière trade union.
A lot of media coverage of the re-branding of the Wide World of Sports Complex. Here is the first article about the event from the Orlando Sentinel:
ESPN and Walt Disney World officially launched the re-branding of the Wide World of Sports complex on Thursday, kicking off the annual ESPN the Weekend festivities.
Signs, banners and a new welcome center greet guests now when they enter the ESPN Wide World of Sports, home to the Atlanta Braves and 300 events a year for youth, amateur and professional athletes ranging across 60 sports.
“Many people have asked us what was the big idea: ‘Why are you doing this?’ ” ESPN president George Bodenheimer said at a news conference announcing the re-branding. “When you [can] combine the brand names of Disney and ESPN, that’s just an opportunity too good to pass up. Today is the culmination of several years of work we’ve put into this beautiful facility.”
Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson, NFL star Chad Ochocinco, LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam, NFL star Maurice Jones-Drew, Olympic softball gold medalist Jennie Finch and 2009s Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes were just a few of the athletes in attendance along with several popular ESPN personalities and Florida governor Charlie Crist. Instead of a Hollywood-style red carpet, the celebrities walked a turf carpet painted with yard lines to resemble a football field. The sports complex, already the leading multi-sports venue in the nation, was officially re-launched when New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl champion kicker Garrett Hartley booted a football, held by Minnie Mouse, over the complex entrance gate amid waves of fireworks and confetti.
Afterwards, the celebrity athletes and ESPN talent attended a private reception at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill. Then some of them watched a special performance by the Harlem Globetrotters and even got into the act.
Our First video is from Attraction Magazine..Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley booted a football over the re-designed ESPN Wide World of Sports complex entrance at Walt Disney World amid fireworks and a sea of confetti. Immediately afterwards, Mickey Mouse led a throng of youth and pro sports athletes representing the 60-plus sports held at the complex through a huge ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex banner draped over the entrance.
The second video is the “Green Carpet” event at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. Here you can see famous athletes, actors, and even the Harlem Globe Trotters walk the “Green” carpet.
Wow this is one of the first reviews I have seen on Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. The writer is stating that the film is just normal.That is it like countless of movies before it..Movies like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Etc. I dont know about you but those movies are my absolute favorite. I am not expecting some mind blowing story line, nor am I expecting some strange and unique plot twists. I want to see the sights, sounds and colors of a gifted director Tim Burton and how he envisions Wonderland.
I will let you read the article and decide for yourself. I have been waiting a long time to see this movie and we are planning on seeing it in IMAX 3D so either way I am stoked bad review or not.
Variety’s Todd McCarthy has just weighed in with an early review of the much anticipated Tim Burton take on “Alice in Wonderland” and, to hear McCarthy tell it, instead of being a match made in celluloid heaven, the film is a huge disappointment. McCarthy says the film has moments of humor and bedazzlement, but — and it’s a big but — the film “also becomes more ordinary as it goes along, building to a generic battle climax similar to any number of others in CGI-heavy movies of the past few years.”
McCarthy clearly believes that Burton never quite got a handle on the eccentric delights of the Lewis Carroll masterwork. As he puts it: “For all its clever design, beguiling creatures and witty actors, the picture feels far more conventional than it should: It’s a Disney film illustrated by Burton, rather than a Burton film that happens to be released by Disney.”
He goes into much more detail..click here to keep reading.
Photo of Mia Wasikowska in “Alice in Wonderland” from Disney Enterprises
Great article from Disney Fans Insider talking about the newest Disney Cruise ship the Disney Dream. Scheduled to set sail in January of 2011 this ship will be the crown of the Disney Cruise Line.
Initially the ship is built in 83 individual blocks which, when finished, are welded onto the ship’s structure in one of the world’s largest covered dry docks. When the ship’s ready, the building is flooded to float the ship onto the Ems River. “It’s truly amazing … the entire process takes almost 15 months,” Jason adds.
The 14-deck ship mixes early 20th century design with state-of-the-art technology and introduces all-new Guest experiences … while retaining the best features of her sister ships, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. Imagineer Joe Lanzisero, Senior Vice President Creative, discusses the technology used.
“The Disney Dream is the next generation of Disney cruise ships. Much of the thinking is really an extension of everything learned over the last 10 years, but there are several surprises. We’re introducing AquaDuck, the first on-board watercoaster ever designed. By incorporating elements from the Theme Park slides and Typhoon Lagoon’s Crush ‘n’ Gusher technology, we configured a clear acrylic tube that thrusts Guests out over the side of the ship (150 feet above the ocean’s surface). Some of the watercoaster features include traveling through the ship’s forward funnel, various uphill portions, and river rapids, which provide a spectacular ocean view. It’s a thrill ride that’s really on par with our Park attractions.”
According to Latino Review it is. They are posting that they have news from a reliable source it’s a go for possibly 2012. .
You might not remember but back in July 2009 Disney bought the domain name for Monsters Inc 2 along with a few others. Check out the article I posted way back when here.
Right now until it is officially released by Disney I am gonna cross my fingers and hope what they are saying is true.
Here is some of the article from LR:
If you want, file this as a rumor for now, but I got wind from a very reliable source that Monsters, Inc. 2 IS in the production pipeline with a tentative release sometime in 2012-2013. Pixar is going sequel crazy with Toy Story 3 this year, Cars 2 in 2011, and Monsters, Inc. 2 hopefully hitting 2012, but an actual release date is a long way off so I’m just speculating.
No word on if Pete Doctor is going to be involved as a director or co-director on the project.
Like most studios when things are announced before they’re ready to announce them, Disney/Pixar will probably deny it up and down (along with the websites who have nothing better to do than try and debunk our scoops). But from what I’ve been told, Monsters Inc. 2 is a go. The source is a very credible one in the Pixar know, so this is great news for Monsters, Inc. fans.
If you have every visited the People of Walmart website and laughed at all the funny and strange photos then your gonna love this website. People of the Park.com has some very funny and interesting pictures from the Disney Parks.
Here is the About Us Section of their website:
If you’ve ever visited the happiest place on earth, you’re probably aware that some of the people who walk through it’s gates didn’t win best dressed in high school, and if they did, it was circa 1980 and their wardrobe hasn’t changed since. We’re speaking, of course, of the fashionably challenged.
PeopleOfThePark.com is a community blog dedicated to those interesting individuals we encounter in the park. We share images, stories, videos, etc., of guests that make us laugh and brighten our day, in their own unique way.
I will be honest some of the comments are almost as funny as the pictures themselves..
Warning – Do not go here if you are easily offended..
Good news for all the Jonas Brothers Fans out there.
After Nick Jonas took a short break from his brothers to tour his solo record, the Jonas Brothers are back on the set of their hit Disney Channel comedy, “JONAS.” The show’s second season is now in production and features some new faces. Including “Entourage” featured player Debi Mazar, who’ll play the eccentric film director of the film Joe will star in, while Abby Pivaronas of “Lincoln Heights” will play Joe’s beautiful co-star. Adam Hicks, of Disney XD’s “Zeke and Luther,” will play a neighbor. They even scored their bodyguard, Rob Feggans, a role as their chief of security. (He also rapped on ther hit single, “Burnin’ Up.”)
While the second season of “JONAS” won’t premiere until the summer, the Brothers return to Disney Channel a bit earlier with new installments of “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream.” “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream 2” follows the band across Europe as they tour with their latest album. The short-form series follows the brothers as they prepare to take the stage, perform for thousands of fans, and even write new songs. “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream” premieres Sunday, March 21st at 8:55pm ET/PT.
Right now there’s a huge sale going on at DisneyOutlet.com, the outlet portion of DisneyStore.com. Â There are some great deals with items going for 75% off, especially winter apperal. Â Hurry & check it out! Â Link:
Watch the live stream from London’s Leicester Square of the Royal World Premiere. Tune in so you can see exclusive access all areas footage, including interviews with Alice in Wonderland’s all-star cast as they walk the red carpet; from Johnny Depp (the Mad Hatter), Anne Hathaway (the White Queen), Helena Bonham Carter (the Red Queen), Australian rising-star Mia Wasikowska (Alice), and UK comedian Matt Lucas (Tweedledum and Tweedledee) to the film’s director Tim Burton.
