Disneyland’s Cars Land Preview Video
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo announces details of the new Cars Land being built at Disney’s California Adventure. Highlights include an update on the original Disneyland Flying Saucers and the Radiator Springs Racers based on updated Test Track technology. This was part of a presentation on ‘Imagineering the Future of Disney Parks’ given at the D23 Expo on September 12th, 2009.
Star Tours 2 Trailer
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo, and “friends” from the Star Wars universe, announce that Star Tours will be upgraded to a new 3-D experience in 2011. This was part of a presentation on ‘Imagineering the Future of Disney Parks’ given at the D23 Expo on September 12th, 2009. This caught me during a battery change so the video starts just after Jay announces that Disney is closing Star Tours and a squad of Storm Troopers swarms the stage. Geek Note: The Star Tours II pre-visualization sequence was shown in 3D and is captured here by shooting through one lens of a pair of 3D glasses.
Disneyland w/ Roger Rabbit and Christmas Commercial 1988
Christmas celebration at Disneyland w/ Roger Rabbit and Parade 1988 commercial. Watch hundreds of other classic commercials on my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/MrClassicAds
Disneyworld Fantasy Land Changes Video
Disney Parks and Resorts president Jay Rasulo officially announced the expansion / makeover of Walt Disney World’s Fantasyland at the Disney D23 Expo on Sept. 12, 2009.
Star Tours Reboot Coming Soon
The 1980s-era Star Tours attractions at Disneyland in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida will get a complete overhaul by 2011, Disney announced today.
In the new 3-D version of the venerable simulator ride, visitors board a Starspeeder and join a high-speed pod race through the desert canyons of Tatooine in a scene from the “Star Wars†movie series.
A complete reboot of the Star Tours attraction, which debuted at the Anaheim theme park in 1987, has been one of the longest-running rumors on the Internet.
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Fantasyland – Extreme Makeover at Disney World by 2013
By 2013, Disney World will transform Fantasyland into a magical fairy tale forest with new and upgraded rides, character meet-and-greet areas and a themed restaurant, Disney announced today.
The centerpiece of the expansion, the largest in Magic Kingdom history, will be a new Little Mermaid dark ride that will take visitors on a musical journey under the sea with Ariel and her friends. Disney’s California Adventure in California will get an identical version of the ride in 2011.
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Disney Cruise Line adds Alaska with expansion
The Disney Cruise Line has a problem. They have a lot of loyal repeat customers, but their offerings are thin when it comes to different ports of call. This will be solved in 2011 when the Disney Dream arrives in Florida to bring the fleet up to three ships. That will free Disney to move one ship, the Disney Wonder, to the west coast, and the other, the Disney Magic, to Europe.
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Deputy under review after Disney employee Tasered
Officials say an Orange County deputy is under administrative review following reports that he gave his Taser stun gun to a Walt Disney World employee, who then shocked a co-worker.
The sheriff’s office reported Friday that Deputy Eric Jaros was working off duty Sept. 3 at one of the park’s security offices when he let another person handle the device.
Officials are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but at some point, a 53-year-old man was hit in the chest with the stun gun. The man was not seriously injured, but paramedics had been called to the office.
No criminal charges have been filed, and the deputy remains on duty.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority reopens at Walt Disney World
The Tomorrowland Transit Authority reopened today at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. The TTA, as it is called by many, had been closed for several months.
The TTA was closed because work is being done on Space Mountain. Space Mountain will be closed until November 22, 2009. They did freshen up the TTA cars with a fresh coat of paint. They have also installed different colored lights around the track.
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Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Rapunzel, and Pooh News..Oh my!
Former James Bond star Timothy Dalton is to voice a character in Toy Story 3 – a hedgehog toy named Mr Pricklepants.
There will also be a Bond-style secret agent character in the upcoming Cars 2 – an Aston Martin named Finn McMissile.
The announcements were made by Disney/Pixar chief John Lasseter at a central London presentation outlining the joint studios’ forthcoming animated slate.
It was also revealed that singer Mandy Moore will voice the lead in a cartoon based on the fairy tale Rapunzel.
Clad in one of his trademark Hawaiian shirts, Lasseter told an invited audience “there should be a red carpet outside” due to the amount of premieres he had in store.
These included a first-look glimpse of the new 3D version of Toy Story 2, due in cinemas early next year ahead of Toy Story 3’s release in summer 2010.
Clips from the latter revealed familiar characters Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear coping with new owners after being mistakenly discarded.
Other newcomers to the popular franchise include Ken, a male Barbie doll voiced by Batman star Michael Keaton.
Excerpts from Toy Story 3 were also shown, alongside the first 30 minutes of Disney’s next feature animation, The Princess and the Frog.
Plans for a new feature-length Winnie the Pooh film, due in cinemas in spring 2011, were also announced.
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Disney Pixar’s “Cars” shorts To Premiere November 20, 2009
All-new episodes of Disney Pixar’s “Cars Toons,” an animated short series directed by Academy Award-winner John Lasseter with Rob Gibbs co-directing and starring Lightning McQueen’s rusty friend Mater, will debut beginning FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 on Disney Channel, Disney XD and ABC Family. They are titled “Unidentified Flying Mater,” “Monster Truck Mater,” “Heavy Metal Mater” and “Tokyo Mater.”
In “Unidentified Flying Mater,” premiering Friday, November 20 on Disney Channel, Mater meets a cute little bucktoothed UFO named Mator, takes him out for a night of fun and they quickly become best friends. But when Mator is captured by the military, Mater and Lightning McQueen come to the rescue.
“Monster Truck Mater”
Mater is a professional wrestler who works his way up the ranks from amateur to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler, wrestling all kinds of characters along the way. When faced with his biggest opponent yet, Mater tags in his “tag team partner,” Frightening McMean.
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Heavy Metal Mater”
Mater is a rock star in a
heavy metal band. He starts out in a garage band and rises to the top with his hit song, “Dad Gum.”
Lightning McQueen joins him on stage in the middle of a huge concert and they rock into history.
“Tokyo Mater”
A routine towing assignment lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, “Dragon”
Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become “Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.”