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Contributors: Estelle Hallick (This Happy Place Blog), Alan Mize, Blake Taylor (BlakeOnline.com),
and Andrew (Disney
Hipsters Blog).
Behind the Scenes Revival
After a death of a mom hippo in Memphis, one of the AK hippos will find a new home there. I love that. A younger hippo will get a new friend, and a Memphis zoo gets a little Disney magic. Love to hear this kind of stories coming out of Animal Kingdom. They always warm my heart (and prove that Animal Kingdom is more than just a theme park).
In Planes Sight
Behind the Scenes Revival
Blake Taylor (BlakeOnline.com)
Follow that Hippo
The TV station Disney
XD will host a 3-night dream come true for any Disney nerd: an exclusive new
programming block called Disney Fandom, airing July 30-August 1 at 8:00 p.m.
EST. Exclusive content will air that dives behind the curtain of Star
Wars, Once Upon a Time, Marvel, and other Disney properties. Also
among the festivities is a special all about Disney's presence at this
year's San Diego Comic-Con and even a tribute to the 2013 Disney Legends
inductees. A partial schedule can be viewed here, with a full schedule promised to be
released July 23 at Disney.com/Fandom.
This is a long time
coming, and I'm giddy with what Disney might do next with this programming
block if ratings go well with this first run. I've been wondering if Disney
would tap into the fan market on television, especially since the advent of
D23. With so much supplemental material available today on Blu-ray and online,
it was only natural for Disney to segue out of developing backstage content
exclusively for television like it used to do so often. Nonetheless, I still
had a twinge of sadness as The Wonderful World of Disney slowly
started to disappear from ABC over the last couple of years. In fact, much of
the Disney Fandom lineup sounds a lot like what was shown on that very program
during its heyday: a behind-the-scenes look into the world's most enduring
entertainment company provided by the only people who can give us such a
thorough backstage pass: the company itself.
Follow that Hippo
Estelle Hallick (This Happy Place Blog)
Interesting news coming out of Animal Kingdom this week. Since the park is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, animals are occasionally shuffled around to different habitats depending on several factors. There was a great example on this happening this past week.
Interesting news coming out of Animal Kingdom this week. Since the park is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, animals are occasionally shuffled around to different habitats depending on several factors. There was a great example on this happening this past week.
After a death of a mom hippo in Memphis, one of the AK hippos will find a new home there. I love that. A younger hippo will get a new friend, and a Memphis zoo gets a little Disney magic. Love to hear this kind of stories coming out of Animal Kingdom. They always warm my heart (and prove that Animal Kingdom is more than just a theme park).
Andrew (Disney Hipsters
Blog)
Starting today the "Hat Lady" show at the Rose and Crown Pub at the UK pavilion at Epcot will no longer be performed. A longtime favorite with patrons of the rowdy bar, the "Hat Lady" (actually two women, on different shifts...) will be tragically missed. The pub will still feature entertainment in the same vein...a pianist, taking requests, and guests joining in. However, without the lively, dare I say pushy, antics of the Hat Lady and her shtick the show will certainly fall by the wayside, becoming yet another blah sideshow. The only bright spot in this otherwise sad story, is that the women who portrayed the Hat Lady will still hold residence at the pub...hopefully with a sly wink and nod toward their old show.
Starting today the "Hat Lady" show at the Rose and Crown Pub at the UK pavilion at Epcot will no longer be performed. A longtime favorite with patrons of the rowdy bar, the "Hat Lady" (actually two women, on different shifts...) will be tragically missed. The pub will still feature entertainment in the same vein...a pianist, taking requests, and guests joining in. However, without the lively, dare I say pushy, antics of the Hat Lady and her shtick the show will certainly fall by the wayside, becoming yet another blah sideshow. The only bright spot in this otherwise sad story, is that the women who portrayed the Hat Lady will still hold residence at the pub...hopefully with a sly wink and nod toward their old show.
Alan Mize
Disney has found an interesting new marketing partner. Disney has joined forces with American Airlines to promote their new film, Planes. As part of the deal, Disney gets a new way to promote their film to a captive audience on American Airlines flights and American gets to join forces with the Disney company and show the film on their planes one month prior to other airlines.
Disney has found an interesting new marketing partner. Disney has joined forces with American Airlines to promote their new film, Planes. As part of the deal, Disney gets a new way to promote their film to a captive audience on American Airlines flights and American gets to join forces with the Disney company and show the film on their planes one month prior to other airlines.
This deal seems to work well for both companies. Disney gets to
team up with a big company that is about to get bigger after the US Air merger.
Meanwhile, American gets to have one of their planes animated in the film
and gets to bring some publicity to their name during their current
merger. While I have no interest in the movie itself, I do find this
partnership interesting.
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