Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood Studios’

Summer Nightatstic! preview: Rock ‘n Glow Dance Party

Mulch, Sweat and Shears perform at Disney's Hollywood Studios. (photo courtesy of Mulch, Sweat and Shears) Disney World’s Summer Nightastic! — special programming for June 6 to Aug. 14 — will include Rock ‘n Glow dance parties five nights a week at Disney’s Hollywood...

May 28th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

American Idol: Lee’s going to Disney World

Newly crowned American Idol winner Lee DeWyze celebrated his victory Wednesday, and he’s already completed an official duty — taping the “I’m going to Disney World” line for a national ad campaign. Film crews at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles captured DeWyze’s line...

May 27th, 2010 | Celebrities, Dewayne Bevil, Featured, News | Read More

Summer Nightastic preview: Tower of Terror

The Theme Park Rangers will be offering up snippets from the Summer Nightastic media preview in the coming days. The big element in the Disney World summer programming, of course, is the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade, but I’m particularly interested in the enhancements to the Twilight...

May 26th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Imagineering, Things to do | Read More

Meeting Lotso at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Took a little break from all the Jedi during Star Wars Weekends to visit with Lotso, the Toy Story 3 character that’s set up for meeting and greeting guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Lotso is short for Lots-O’-Huggin’, and the DHS character (set up in the Magic of Disney...

May 24th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Pictures, Things to do | Read More

New ‘Toy Story 3′ goodies appear during weekend

(Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures) The publicity machine for Toy Story 3 continues to offer more sneak peeks, contests and an increased presence of the TS3 characters at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. As of Saturday, Rex and Trixie’s Dino Darts game was added to both Toy Story...

May 24th, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

Scenes from Star Wars Weekends 2010

Star Wars Weekends began its four-weekend run at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Friday, and it came back with many of its usual features: Stormtroopers, folks dressed in long robes, standing in long lines, photo ops and parades. Here’s a few shots from the day, which is also the 30th anniversary...

May 21st, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Pictures, Things to do | Read More

Hollywood Studios: Star Wars Weekends strike back

It’s the beginning of Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Friday happens to mark the 30th anniversary of the opening of Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back. Even the Force must feel the synergy. With this many Stormtroopers around, it’s good to have a survival guide...

May 20th, 2010 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Park Tips, Things to do | Read More

Toy Story Mania update is nine months in the making

Guests ride Toy Story Mania at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Monday. The interactive-game ride will be updated soon to include some new characters featured in the upcoming animated film, Toy Story 3. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Today’s paper has a story looking at how the two-year-old ride Toy...

May 19th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney’s rides aren’t common carriers, but what about its monorail?

NOTE: This story ran in today’s paper with ‘Disney wins important legal ruling setting safety standards for rides.’ Florida courts long have held that amusement park rides such as Walt Disney World’s Twilight Zone Tower of Terror are not common carriers. But what about a theme-park’s...

May 17th, 2010 | Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Disney wins important legal ruling setting safety standards for rides

Even before a jury ruled in its favor last month in a lawsuit that claimed one of its marquee thrill rides was unsafe, Walt Disney World had already scored an important legal victory. In the weeks leading up to that trial — in which now-80-year-old Marvin Cohen said an artery injury and stroke he suffered...

May 17th, 2010 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More