Disneyland celebrates its Diamond Celebration 60th anniversary this year and it kicks of today, May 22 with a 24 hour party. A new fireworks show, Disneyland Forever, caps off every fun filled night at Disneyland. For your money, it is hard to beat a Disney fireworks extravaganza. Each pyrotechnic shell and lighting effect is perfectly calibrated in sync with a colorful, emotion-filled...
We had a chance to check out Paint the Night an all-new electrical parade that users more than 1.5 million sources of lights, 500 strobes across parade floats, performers. All together Paint the Night uses more than 200 “universes of control” a rather fancy name for a complex web of programming that gets all these lights to work in sync to the parade. As the floats glow and pulsate down...
The folks at Disneyland recently invited us to check out the world premiere of its new World of Color- Celebrate! show at Disney California Adventure Park. As part of Disneyland’s 60th anniversary this new show (Celebrate! replaces the original show that has been running since 2010) tells the story of Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Disney Animation classics, Disneyland and ends with a look...
Disneyland promises its 60th anniversary to be sparkling and dazzling befitting a diamond celebration. Some of your favorite rides and attractions will receive new additions and upgrades, while new nighttime fireworks and shows will cap off your next trip to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. We were invited to Disneyland to experience a glimpse of just some of these new...
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Disney has been airing and uploading a series of Mickey Mouse shorts that are undeniably brilliant since June of last year. There are 35 episodes in total right now with a few more to come. These shorts ring of classic Disney humor (with more adult jokes than those meant for kids), and they stand as the current best use of Mickey and his Pals. I’ve selected a few of my favorites for...
Disney released Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0 free for download on Thursday for the iPad and iPhone. The app brings the Toy Box 2.0 features found in Disney Infinity to mobile devices, including new multiplayer functionality. The game is built on iOS 8’s Metal graphics engine, which allows for greater functionality and richer experience than on past mobile apps for Disney Infinity,...
Light is important. I don’t mean in the obvious way that light allows you to see while traveling down a dark highway. Light conveys mood—happiness, sadness, fear—and if used correctly, it can express an emotion all on its own. In film, directors rely on light as much as—or even more than—a particular setting or actor. That’s why you need to remember the name Hyperion. Hyperion is...
Friday, to celebrate Disney Day (Happy Birthday Walt Disney!), Disney Interactive released a new Crystal Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey for Disney Infinity. This collectible game piece joins the other Marvel, Disney and Pixar characters in Disney’s toy box universe. The special edition Crystal Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey figure will possess “magic boom sweeps” and “blazing fast energy...
Disney on Thursday launched Disney Imagicademy, a new learning platform aimed at 3 to 8 year olds to inspire learning by creating, doing and making. Eventually 30 plus app-based experiences will be available, though the first app will be available starting Dec. 11 through the Apple App store. Disney Imagicademy is not just an app, rather it is a collection of tools including books and...