My Disney World Trip: Day 1- Magic Kingdom

As I entered Magic Kingdom, visions of fantasy and wonder entered my head. Boy how right I would be!! Here is all the things I encountered along Magic Kingdom:

* Walking down Main Street was astounding! Why, just entering , Pinnochio and Pluto greeted us. How exciting!!!!! We shopped around the stores and saw a barbershop quartet performing in the street. To boot, Mary Poppins was around to give us a handshake. How practically perfect!!

* But before we get to rides, how about I describe our first Disney dining experience. Crystal Palace was the place we ate at. Winnie The Pooh is among my favorite Disney films (along with The Lion King, Toy Story 3 and The Jungle Book). So to my surprise and happiness, Pooh, Eyeore, Piglet and Tigger were marching around the buffet resteraunt.

Here I am with Pooh (I am the one in the black hair and the Mickey Mouse shirt):


Here I am with Tigger:



* Pirates of The Carribean was our first ride..and what a ride!! Jack Sparrow was shown throughout and everyone cheered at the sight of Johnny Depp! Nextup was the fun Jungle Cruise. Some of the best animatronics if I do say so! The Hall of Presedents was great. The Obama robot was (in particular) grand and looked almost creepily real.

* The Haunted Mansion was a great ride, although my little brother was freaked out by it. The Country Bear Jamboree (below) was amazing with some truly terrific songs. Peter Pan's Flights was another fun one, using minitares to make London and Neverland look more real than ever.



* Mickey Philharmagic was a brilliant 4D ride where Donald Duck encountered most of the classic Disney movies. Great water and smoke effects made the ride really pop, although all those great songs are stuck in my head again!! The Winnie the Pooh ride was a soothing ride that really had some great fun animatronics, bringing my favorite movie to life like never before.

* Finally, Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin was tons of fun, where we got to blast all of Zurgs minions and save Buzz!! Me ny my brothers even posed with Zurg (below) Next up was The Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor where we got to see a live attraction featuring the Monsters Inc. characters. The technology was amazing!!!



* Lastly, the parade (below) was nice, lthough there should've been more due to the long wait.



Overall, my favorite ride was the Winnie The Pooh ride. Just liked seeing the film come to life. Well that's it for Magic Kingdom folks. Tomorrow: Epcot and the 5 G-Forces I endured.

Editorial: Where Disney Goes Now

The Princess and The Frog has held up well this week. So well in fact, that it still has a chance of surpassing Bolt. Which would put this picture in blockbuster status. So after this hit, where does Disney go?

Next up is Rapunzel and you probably saw the post with the 1st image from the film. The film has been in production for 6 years, with the image aboving being from a 2006 version of the film. However, it finally will be in 3D cinema's later this year. When that arrives on November 12 2010, what's after it?

5 months later it's back to the Hundred Acre Woods as we go back to a Winnie the Pooh film like the grand Winnie the Pooh shorts Walt used to make. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is among my favorite films. I remember watching the VHS over and over and over again. A 2D film like that would be marvelous. Of course, this film won't just be aimed at pre-schoolers, a saving grace. That film should be out by April 2011.

Afterwards, well as the indian said to Bart in "Bart To The Future" 'It gets kind of hazy after that.' The film Disney had afterwards was King of The Elves, which was set for December 2012. That film has been pushed to 2014. What takes it's place? Joe Jump. That film was thought to be a big CGI film back Eisnier was in power. He thought the film would be out by 2009. However, John Lassetter scrapped it.

Yet, John has decided to take it and another 2D picture out from the shelved department and forge ahead. Both of these Eisnier era films will continue on. Joe Jump will be out in November 2012.

Finally, in 2013 that other 2D picture shall be out. What's it called? The Snow Queen, that film I reported on not too long ago. It'll be out in 2013.

Just as note, I think you might notice a pattern. Look at the list below:

*The Princess and the Frog-2009-2D
*Rapunzel-2010-CGI
*Winnie The Pooh-2011-2D
*Joe Jump-2012-CGI
*The Snow Queen-2013-2D
*King of The Elves-2014-CGI



On even years, Disney will release a CGI film, wheras on odd years a 2D film will be released. That is Disney animation's buisness paln thus far. I'll report on any Disney Animation film updates.

SYS