I know most of you are going to see Toy Story 3 this weekend, myself included. Here is a list of Toy Story 3 Easter Eggs to look out for from our friends at /Film.
I have made a mental list and I am going to be one of those people telling my friends all the little Easter Eggs as they come up on the screen..Yes I am that guy 🙂
Click the link here to check them out..
A little girl named Shailynn who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis recently had her wish to visit Walt Disney World granted thanks to Kids Wish Network and some outstanding sponsors from in Ohio and Florida.
Within the first year of her life, Shailynn was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. This is a chronic disease that causes mucus buildup to clog various organs including the lungs, pancreas, liver and intestines. The condition often leads to life-threatening lung infections and also interferes with food absorption. When she was six, Shailynn was hospitalized for two months because of problems with her treatments, which are twice daily treatments with both a nebulizer and a percussion vest. She is on a rigorous daily medication regimen and must take enzymes before eating to ensure that the nutrients are absorbed properly.
Shailynn’s legal guardian, her aunt Cyndi, had a friend who referred Shailynn to national children’s charity Kids Wish Network in the hopes that they could grant the little girl’s fondest wish. Once she was referred, it wasn’t long before Shailynn was telling a Kids Wish Network wish coordinator that she wanted to visit Disney World in Florida for her wish.
“She knew that this wish was for her, but Shailynn wanted something we could do as a family” and Disney World was her first choice, said Cyndi.
When they family touched down in Orlando, Cyndi said that the trip “was just one surprise after another!”
Shailynn, her little sister, her aunt and her uncle enjoyed luxurious accommodations at the Royal Plaza Hotel; Shailynn’s wish coordinator even arranged for the family to have dinners at some fantastic restaurants in Orlando every night as well. Every experience would be special for Shailynn and her family; in fact, at Mikado’s Japanese Steakhouse, the staff brought her a giant gift basket filled with lots of her favorite toys and gifts! Upon seeing the basket, Shailynn turned to her aunt with a smile and said, “Aunt Cyndi, I really DO feel special!”
On their first day in Florida, as they were heading into the Magic Kingdom, Cyndi said that “Shailynn looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, ‘Aunt Cyndi, I’m so excited! I’m trying not to cry.'”
Shailynn and her family visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom during their four day stay and they enjoyed every second of every day.
“Everything was new to them [Shailynn and her sister],” said Cyndi. “They loved everything and they were in awe…their heads were in the clouds! The whole trip was a blessing. There were so many moments where my heart just swelled to see them so happy…more kids should be able to enjoy that.”
Kids Wish Network would like to thank the following for making Shailynn’s wish such a special experience: Cortland Lions Club, Cortland Masonic Lodge #529, Cortland Moose Lodge #1012, Opal Chapter #181 Order of the Eastern Star, The Youngstown Fraternal Order of Eagles, Cortland-Bazetta F.O.P. #168, Niles F.O.P. Lodge #27, Lt. Peter Lucic: Deputy Roger Gregory – Ohio F.O.P. #137 – Trumbull Deputies, Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local #398, Royal Plaza Hotel, Compassion Partners, WonderWorks, Pirates Dinner Adventure Theater, Wet ‘N Wild, Chili’s Bar & Grill and Mikado Japanese Steakhouse.
Kids Wish Network is a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to infusing hope, creating happy memories, and improving the quality of life for children in crisis. Every child deserves a chance at happiness; a wish is just a way of bringing them that joy. If you would like to sponsor a child’s wish or if you know a child who is suffering from a life-threatening illness and may be in need of Kids Wish Network’s wish granting services, please call 727-937-3600 or toll free 888-918-9004. For more information on Kids Wish Network, visit their website at www.kidswishnetwork.org
Look who we found? The lost video Vol. 7: Mr. Potato Head now on Disney Living YouTube
WHAT: Just in time for the release of the much anticipated Disney•Pixar film, Toy Story 3, Disney Living has found the never before seen John Lasseter Talks Toys Vol. 7 video: Mr. Potato Head. The video series was released exclusively on Disney Consumer Products’ YouTube channel, Disney Living, last fall prior to the re-release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D and received rave reviews by Disney•Pixar fans, toy collectors, children of all ages and the blogging community receiving over 500,000 video views.
Disney Living got many inquiries and comment posts from fans asking, “what happened to Mr. Potato Head?”, well we searched around, found all his parts and it’s now airing on Disney Living. Each video offers a different part of the story from Lasseter’s own words to a profile on each character- including Sheriff Woody, Rex, Space Aliens, RC Remote Control Car, Buzz Lightyear and now Mr. Potato Head- along with never-before known facts and more.
From the stitching and facial expressions to the original packaging seen in the film, Lasseter explains why this new Definitive toy line is a collector’s dream. The highly detailed replicas are fully articulated and come with many features such as sound effects and even include a Certificate of Authenticity. (Now available at mass retailers, Disney Stores and www.Disneystore.com.) There’s a whole new toy line out now inspired by the third film that will complement any collection.
WHO: John Lasseter, chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Company and Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and director of Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
WHERE: www.YouTube.com/DisneyLiving, the official YouTube channel from Disney Consumer Products. Press, bloggers and fans are invited to embed the video to their sites directly from Disney Living. Click here to copy the embed code to your clipboard (IE only) or click here to copy embed code from our You Tube page.
Disney Consumer Products (DCP) unveils limited edition Toy Story 3 designer t-shirts by fashion provocateurs Henry Holland, Victor Glemaud, Jonathan Saunders, Costello Tagliapietra, and Cassette Playa at a private celeb-studded fashion unveiling at REVOLVEclothing boutique in West Hollywood. Each designer was inspired by a Disney-Pixar Toy Story 3 character and chose Rex, Hamm, Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear as their design muses. On the same day as Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 film opens in U.S. theaters (June 18, 2010), these edgy couture tees inspired by the franchise are now available exclusively at the popular online retailer REVOLVEclothing.com and at the REVOLVEclothing boutique for SRP $70-$108.
Celebrities in attendance for the unveiling included Cheryl Burke, Shonda Rhimes, Agyness Deyn, Krysten Ritter, Drew Seeley, among others.
“Since the Toy Story film franchise debuted in the mid ’90s, many young and aspiring designers have grown up with these Toy Story characters, so it’s fun to see their generational connections to the pop-culture phenomena and how it inspires them from a fashion perspective,” said Pam Lifford, executive vice president, global fashion and home, DCP. “It’s collaborating with trend-forward designers like these that enable Disney to stay on the cusp of the latest trends and keep its lifestyle collections fresh, cutting edge and vibrant for consumers and fans of all ages.”
Since 2002, Disney has collaborated with popular designers from Dolce & Gabbana to Jean Charles de Castelbajac and Stella McCartney to make classic characters like Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Alice In Wonderland and others forever fashionable.
Produced by Mighty Fine Inc., there are five limited-edition t-shirt designs in total, which are available in both men’s and women’s styles and feature:
-Woody – by Victor Glemaud
-Rex – by Jonathan Saunders
-Hamm – by Costello Tagliapietra
-Buzz – by Cassette Playa
-Jessie – by House of Holland
Hundreds of fans gathered on June 12, 2010 for the grand reopening of Captain EO. They didn’t want to miss the chance of being the first ones to see their idol Michael Jackson once again on the big screen, in 3D!
For two weeks in July, the ESPN RISE Games presented by Target will bring together more than 13,000 student athletes at the newly re-imagined ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Returning for its second year at the complex, the July 14-27 event features the country’s premier high school basketball, football, lacrosse and soccer talent, along with competitive events in baseball, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, softball and track & field.
The ESPN RISE Games presented by Target is anchored by four elite high school sports events:
One of the first ESPN-themed events since the complex rebranding in February, this year’s games provide the opportunity for athletes to experience “the big time” through multiple broadcast platforms.
The Under Armour High School Softball All-American game, Champion Gridiron Kings, AAU 17-under Boys Basketball Super Showcase presented by Champion and Champion High School Boys Lacrosse Senior Showcase will be televised on ESPNU live and as pre-recorded shows; and ESPN3.com will carry live competitive events.
The ESPN RISE Games presented by Target has grown from hosting 4,000 student athletes in its 2009 inaugural at Walt Disney World Resort to an expected 13,000-plus this July.
For more information, visit ESPNWWOS.com.
Soothing services designed to melt away stress and restore the mind and body will be available soon at The Spa at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. The relaxing retreat will offer pampering treatments for both overnight guests of the Disney Vacation Club resort and locals beginning mid-August.
The 1,000-square-foot facility will complement the nautical design of the picturesque 211-room Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. The new spa will include one wet treatment room ideal for indulgent body scrubs and aromatic body wraps, plus a vichy shower. Two massage rooms, one manicure/pedicure room and a relaxation room will round out the space. Couples massages, kids’ treatments and spa products will be offered.
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort offers several dining options, recreation activities and health club, and a variety of accommodations – from studios to three-bedroom cottages. For more information, contact 407/W-DISNEY.
Well I for one am glad I did not goto the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Last Wait Times I heard was 8-10 hrs just to get in there. Forget that! I also heard that they closed the gates just before 11 as they were at capacity. Luckily no incidents as of yet.
Here is a collection of pictures, video, anything I could find concerning the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Grand Opening!
Attractions Magazine Photo Gallery
First guests officially let into Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Grand Opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Wizarding World Wave
The 7 hour wait in 4 minutes
Universal Studios Coverage – Pictures and Video
I would say the best coverage of the event is coming from The Leaky Cauldron Website. It has video, pictures, and plenty of information. Check them out!
They span four decades of popularity. Collectively, they’ve thrilled music lovers with everything from Pop, Techno and Adult Contemporary to Southern Rock, Progressive Rock and Pop Rock.
But they have one thing in common: They are seven acts playing the Eat to the Beat! concert series for the first time during the 15th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Oct. 1-Nov. 14 at Walt Disney World Resort.
Appearing for the first time on the Eat to the Beat! stage are:
They are part of an 18-performer concert series that will bring music to Epcot each evening of the Food & Wine Festival. Concerts are included with Epcot admission.
Additional information about the Eat to the Beat! concert series will be available at www.disneyworld.com/foodandwine.
Where is it? Everything Pop Food Court – Pop Century Resort Disneyworld
What is it? Crazy Tie Dyed Cheesecake with Red Velvet Crust..Groovy Man
Why you want it? Delicious from the very first bite.
Photo Credit: by Disney
If you have a Disney Food Confession email [email protected] or let us know on the Disney Food Confessions Facebook page.. He is accepting Food ideas or Photos if you have them!
Tie Dyed Cheesecake Recipe:
Red Velvet Cake (crust):
1/4 c butter, softened
3/4 c sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 ounce red food coloring
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 c buttermilk
1 c flour
1/2 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9″ springform pan.
Cream together butter, sugar, and eggs. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring. Add the paste to the creamed mixture. Mix salt and vanilla in buttermilk and add alternately with the flour. Mix soda and vinegar separately, add last, folding in. Do not beat after adding soda mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool cake in pan.
Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
Cheesecake Filling:
1 1/2 lb. Cream Cheese
1 1/3 c Sugar
5 Large Eggs
16 oz. Sour Cream
1/4 c Flour
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
NOTE: All above ingredients should be at room temperature before you begin.
Preparation:
Start by beating the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Keep the mixer on a low setting throughout the beating and mixing process. Add the sugar a little at a time and continue beating until creamy. Add one egg at a time and beat after each egg. When eggs have been mixed into the cream cheese add flour, vanilla and lemon juice, mix well. Add the sour cream last and beat well.
Divide the batter into 6 bowls and color each one:
red, purple, yellow, light blue, green, orange
To assemble, drop large spoonfuls of the colored batters randomly on top of the red velvet cake still in the pan. Swirl each layer slightly. Place on the top rack in the middle of a 325 degree preheated oven for one hour and 15 minutes. When time is up, prop open oven door and leave the pan in the oven for one hour. After one hour, remove from oven. Let cool enough before the cheesecake is put into the refrigerator for 24 hours.
Enjoy
The famous song “It’s a Small World,” says it all. But no one knows it better these days than Alex and Donna Voutsinas. You might have seen their now-famous photo with Mr. Smee in the news recently, and today they visited Magic Kingdom park to recreate the snapshot.
The year was 1980, and young Donna was with her family at the Magic Kingdom park, posing for a photo along Main Street, U.S.A. with Mr. Smee and her brothers. What she didn’t know at the time was that her future husband, Alex, also would be in the background of the same photograph – riding in a stroller pushed by his father. (Alex and his family were visiting from Montreal; Donna and her family were visiting from Miami.)
Years later, as the couple looked through childhood photos one week before their wedding, Alex noticed something that immediately caught his eye.
“We were looking through pictures for our wedding video and my wife took this one out, and I noticed my dad,” Alex told the Disney Parks Blog this morning. “My dad used to have jet-black hair with a white tuft and I just noticed him right away. Then I saw myself in the stroller.”
The couple held onto the snapshot for about eight years. Two weeks ago, at the urging of friends and family, they posted it on Facebook. After the media and press discovered it on Facebook, their amazing story took flight and has since been reported around the globe.
Today, the couple visited the exact spot the snapshot was taken, recreating the famous photo with Donna’s picture pal, Mr. Smee. And this time, their own children – six-year-old Rocco, three-year-old Vince and one-year-old Antonio – posed with them and shared in the fun. The family now lives in Boynton Beach, Fla., and – as can be expected – are Disney Parks fans.
Click here to keep reading this article from the Disney Parks Blog
Disney Sports and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex have embraced World Cup fever and are offering unique viewing parties during the tournament, live from South Africa.
While ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill offered open-seating viewing parties during the group stage of play (June 11-25), parties with guaranteed seating and a buffet are planned on days between June 26 and July 10 when the round of 16, quarter finals, semi finals and third-place match are played. The all-you-care-to-eat buffet is $19.99/per person, per game (plus tax).
A special viewing area will be available for the championship match July 11. The ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill features many high-definition television screens throughout the venue. The World Cup tournament is the first sports telecast on the new ESPN 3D channel and the Grill will feature 3-D viewing for select matches.
For more information, visit ESPNWWOS.com.
