They’re building a new Star Wars land in Disneyland … meanwhile some rides/areas are closing temporarily or permanently … Permanent Closures Big Thunder Ranch Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue Big Thunder Ranch petting zoo Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree Temporary Closures Fantasmic! Mark Twain Riverboat Sailing Ship Columbia Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyer Island Disneyland Railroad Davy […]

New contest! From Disney Publishing, a great inside look at classic Disney animation – “Before Ever After: The Lost Lectures of Walt Disney’s Animation Studio.” It looks like an amazing book that will get you to start pulling out your classic Disney movies to check out each scene. Before Ever After is a treasury of rare and unpublished lecture […]

If you’re looking for an animator job at Disney or Pixar, the CTN Animation Expo is coming up, here are details on showing them your reel. Good luck! Info on the Expo HERE.

New contest! From Disney Publishing, a fun collection of Frozen books and some fun board books for the little ones. Frozen 5-Minute Stories  Frozen Arendelle Adventures Read & Play (with free iPhone App!) Reindeers are Better People Figaro’s Halloween Surprise This is the Firefighter Pumpkin: Puppy for Cinderella You can read the full descriptions of the […]

At NYCC, Funko released 2 exclusive CARS at the show … “Mint Mater” And “Dinoco Lightning McQueen.”   The first wave is HERE. If you weren’t at the show, of course you can find them on eBay including other exclusives such as a Green Ramone (Japan) and a Glow in the Dark Doc. ME WANT […]

New contest! From Disney Publishing, real novels based on Disney movies and TV Series … A Whole New World (if Aladdin Had Never Found the Lamp?) Once Upon a Time: Red’s Untold Tale A Thousand Nights (ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF!) You can read the full descriptions of the novels at the Amazon links. Contest starts now and […]

Disney is launching a Tsum Tsum Subscription … a box set every month. You get a (new) Small Size one and a Mini Size one that is related to the other character. The first one is Mickey and Oswald –  pretty darn cute. There is a Tsum Tsum Lightning McQueen in the iPhone game but […]

New contest! From Disney Publishing, a fun look back at the history of Disney Movies in posters form from the first short to Inside Out. Disney Movie Posters All the classics … The modern day classics … The first shorts … And now you know all the dwarves’ names in Spanish (in case a trivia […]

Next stop – a super fun & comprehensive look at the history of Disney Trains – animated, live in the parks and in their literal backyards.   All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains An oversized book … “All Aboard explores the wide variety of trains in Disney’s history, accompanied by rare photographs from […]

More Disney Books to Win!! Though apparently in Australia, “ABC has questioned whether parents should read to their children before bedtime, claiming it could give your kids an “unfair advantage” over less fortunate children.”  Keep ’em dumb? Or keep ’em smart by letting them read these … Aladdin Read-Along Storybook and CD Doc McStuffins Classic […]