From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Disney’s G-Force Takes Top Spot In Opening Weekend

July 27, 2009

This weekend, Walt Disney Pictures’ released it’s latest film, G-Force, the first live-action, non-concert film produced in Disney Digital 3-D (Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience are the only other live-action Disney Digital 3-D released to date). The film, released in both 3-D and [...]

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Magic Kingdom A-Z: Harmony Barber Shop

July 25, 2009

This post is part of a series that tours the Magic Kingdom from A to Z. For other posts in this series, click here. After seven stops on our A-Z tour of the Magic Kingdom, we’ve visited almost every area of the park: we’ve purchased a Dole Whip in Adventureland, practiced our riflery skills in [...]

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Disney Desktop Wallpaper: Main Street Station

July 24, 2009

The Main Street Station is one of three stations at the Magic Kingdom that serve guests riding the Walt Disney World Railroad (the other two being the Frontierland and Mickey’s Toontown Fair Stations). Inside the station, there are paintings showing the history of railroads in the United States as well as a few items from [...]

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Windows on Main Street: Buddy Baker, Bob Jackman and George Bruns

July 21, 2009

One of the first few posts I wrote for The Daily Mickey was about Lee Cockerell and Bruce Laval’s windows on Main Street. At the time, I didn’t put very much thought into how that post might be part of a series on the stories behind the different windows, so I simply wrote it and [...]

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Downtown Disney VP Kevin Lansberry to Become Animal Kingdom VP

July 20, 2009

Last week it was announced that Val Bunting, Vice President of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, was stepping down from her position to become General Manager of Disney’s Port Orleans Resort. At the time, a replacement for the VP position at Animal Kingdom had not been announced. Today, however, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the folks [...]

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Thank You, Mr. McKennon and Mr. Cronkite

July 19, 2009

This past week, two men with ties to Walt Disney World passed away: Dallas McKennon and Walter Cronkite. Dallas McKennon (July 19, 1919 – July 14, 2009) was a voice actor best known by the general public for his roles as Gumby and Archie Andrews in the Archies series. Disney fans, however, will remember him [...]

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Magic Kingdom A-Z: Grand Prix Raceway

July 18, 2009

This post is part of a series that tours the Magic Kingdom from A to Z. For other posts in this series, click here. Previously on our A-Z tour of the Magic Kingdom, we spent some time practicing are shooting skills in the American West at the Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade. For this week’s installment, we [...]

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Disney Desktop Wallpaper: Imagination Pavilion

July 17, 2009

The Imagination Pavilion is home to three attractions: Honey I Shrunk the Audience, What If Labs and Journey into Imagination… with Figment. Below are photographs of the Imagination Pavilion from the World Showcase Plaza. I didn’t think about it at the time, but the photograph would have looked a lot better if it included a [...]

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom VP to Become GM of Port Orleans

July 15, 2009

Earlier this week, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Val Bunting will soon step down from her position as Vice President of Disney’s Animal Kingdom to become General Manager of Disney’s Port Orleans Resort.  The move is Bunting’s choice, as she wants to move into the resort side of Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts; the [...]

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Beaches & Cream Soda Shop Adds Breakfast Menu

July 12, 2009

As first rumored at The Disney Food Blog, Disney Parks & Resorts has announced that the Beaches & Cream Soda Shop at the Beach Club Resort has added a breakfast menu to its existing lunch and dinner offerings. According to varius reports, the menu will breakfast platters for children and adults, as well as pastries, [...]

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