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Friday the 13th—September 13—will offer extra chills at the Disneyland Resort. On that day, The Happiest Place on Earth gets spookier as Halloween Time returns with Disney villains, Mickey Mouse and his friends in Halloween costumes, a Día de los Muertos celebration and the special after-hours Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland Park. In addition, popular attractions are transformed for the season into Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy as the Disneyland Resort celebrates Halloween Time through Halloween, Thursday, October 31.
Notorious Disney villains, including Maleficent, Captain Hook and Hades will host a wicked dance party
Both Disneyland Park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort will stay open until the 13th Hour (1:00 a.m.) and notorious Disney villains, including Maleficent, Captain Hook and Hades will host a wicked dance party, plus lots more spooky fun.
At Walt Disney World Resort, the hub of the villains’ festivities will be staged “dead” center of Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Hades’ Hangout—the hottest club north of the Underworld. The “Lord of the dead,” Hades, will host spine-tingling fun while his henchmen, dancers, interactive DJ and hot-house band keep the nighttime activities on fire. Hades’ 13 devilish Disney brutes will be waiting in Villain Encounters surrounding Hades’ Hangout for greetings and autographs with guests.
“Villainy in the Sky” will set the sky ablaze
To celebrate the imminent arrival of the midnight witching hour, “Villainy in the Sky” will set the sky ablaze with spectacular fireworks and keep the party going until the 13th hour. It’s all happening for a limited time only from 8:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m. on September 13 as part of Limited Time Magic at Disney Parks.
It’s a place on The Walt Disney Studios Lot that even on the warmest of autumn days will
give you goose bumps.
Beneath the Studio’s courtyards, streets, and brick-and-mortar buildings is a maze of concrete corridors originally constructed to house and maintain plumbing and electrical systems. There’s even a passageway that leads from the Animation Building to the Ink & Paint Building, which in the early days of the Studio during inclement weather was used to transport animation cels from one building to another. With low ceilings, pipes of every shape and size, and hidden rooms adjoining the long hallways, it’s a fitting backdrop for a spooky movie—and indeed this creepy concatenation of hallways is still sometimes used for film and television shoots. It was down in these murky depths, below the Ink & Paint Building, that Studio personnel once ventured to visit “The Morgue,” the aptly named set of rooms which, up until 1989, housed old scripts and a breathtaking collection of animation art—from concept art to cels. In the spirit of Halloween, D23 takes a look at the mystery of this resting place for animation art that was tucked beneath the grounds of the Studio for nearly 40 years.
The Walt Disney Studios was originally built to be Walt Disney’s ultimate creative complex for animation, and some of the most iconic Disney animated films of all time have been produced there—Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and many, many others. But when the films wrapped, all the creative inspiration, research, concept art, and animation had to be shelved somewhere to make room for the next project. A set of rooms beneath the Ink & Paint Building, which had just enough room to store everything, became that work’s final resting place.
Walt visited the morgue in the September 25, 1957 Disneyland television series episode “Adventure in Wildwood Heart.” “In our morgue, these shelves, tables, and file cabinets hold all our history as a motion picture studio,” he says in the episode, which you can see for yourself in the Walt Disney’s Legacy Collection, True-Life Adventures series, Volume 4: Nature’s Mysteries, available on DVD. “Here are the drawings, models, sketches, and backgrounds for every film we’ve ever made,” Walt points out in the introduction. “In these file cabinets are research materials of every kind and description. This room represents the repository, the well of our experience. And experience is the key to progress.” He then goes on to introduce A True-Life Fantasy: Perri, about the life of a squirrel in the forest and the only True-Life Fantasy ever produced.
While most morgues house dead bodies, the Walt Disney Studios morgue was home to retired research and artwork in the hope it would inspire future artists. “They called it a morgue because that was a newspaper term for used, but still useable material such as photographs, back issues, and clippings,” Fox Carney, manager, Research, Animation Research Library, tells D23. “They probably took that from being familiar from the newspaper industry and terminology. The morgue wasn’t where things went to die. It was based upon what was used in the production for what was reusable or used for inspiration.” The Disney morgue housed ghosts of animation. Each file in the rows of shelves and cabinets had imprints of the past. And if you were to study the brush strokes and the textures of each piece of artwork long enough, the Studio felt, you could get a feel for how the original animator created the piece.
The morgue lost its name and cozy underground location in 1989, when it was moved to a larger Glendale facility, but you can still visit its original location—it’s now home to a copy center and some janitorial offices—on the Studio Lot today by walking down a long flight of stairs on the north side of the Ink & Paint Building and navigating a few corners of underground hallways. Though the maquettes, backgrounds, paintings and animation sketches are now long gone—safely stored in the state-of-the-art Disney Animation Research Library in Glendale—the spirit of the Walt Disney Studios morgue lives on today in the way Disney continues to build on the creative energy of the past. Fox sums it up nicely: “For Disney to invest the resources it takes into preserving and maintaining the art shows the commitment the Company has to its legacy.” And there is nothing scary about preserving such a rich, inspiring, and amazing history.
You can’t miss the iconic Roy E. Disney Animation building. Its larger-than-life Sorcerer Mickey hat perched atop the entryway is a symbol of the heart and imagination at the core of all Disney animated films. But it’s not only recognized for its unique design or location just a few yards from The Walt Disney Studios lot. The fanciful structure is revered more so for the creativity housed within its walls, creativity that has produced some of Disney’s most endearing animated films.
For those who haven’t had a chance to stroll through the building, Disney Animated, a new premium iPad app created by Disney Interactive and Walt Disney Animation Studios in collaboration with leading app developer Touch Press, provides a unique gateway—one that’ll transport animation connoisseurs and Disney fans alike inside the world of Disney animation like never before.
“If you’re asking me to sum up what this app is, it’s awesomeness,” Dave Bossert, co-author of Disney Animated and producer/creative director, Walt Disney Animation Studios Special Projects, says enthusiastically. “That’s what it is. It’s digital awesomeness.”
Dave Bossert, co-author of Disney Animated and producer/creative director, in his office at the iconic Roy E. Disney Animation building in Burbank, California.
The app, available for download in the App Store, is chock-full of interactive experiences that can’t technically be duplicated through any other medium. Unlike a book or a film that creates a one-way experience for a viewer, Disney Animated allows users to touch, swipe, and scrub through a phenomenal amount of text, art, sound, images, and interviews spanning all eras of Walt Disney Animation Studios history.
“It’s a wonderful coffee-table-style app and a great tool for somebody who’s interested in animation,” Dave says about the new app. “It gives a great overview of how we’re making our movies at Walt Disney Animation Studios today.” As someone who has been a part of countless Walt Disney Animation Studios projects in his 30 years at the company, Dave also spoke to the ingenuity of Disney Animated. “This is the first time we’ve ever done something like this at the company or anywhere,” he explains. “We have created a product that virtually has information, props, and stills from all 53 animated films, including sneak peeks at Frozen, which hasn’t yet been released.”
Along with examining treasured artifacts and intricate artwork, users can now walk through Disney’s time-honored animation process through hands-on activities adapted from actual tools Disney animators use—all with the swipe of a finger or a flick of the wrist, of course.
But similar to most productions, there were some challenges along the way during the yearlong development process, namely selecting which assets would live in the app. That’s where Disney’s Animation Research Library stepped in.
After sorting through nearly 70 million archival pieces, a remarkable assortment of gems were chosen for Disney Animated. “One of the rarely seen items we chose was the maquette of Hyacinth from Fantasia,” Dave reveals. “You can spin it around and look at it from every angle. It’s genuinely one-of-a-kind, and fans now have an exclusive opportunity to take a closer look.”
In addition to giving users endless, magical experiences with Disney Animated, the team hopes the app will convey an important message to animation fans and also inspire future generations of animators. “With the app, we want to tell people that we’ve been in this business for decades,” Dave points out. “You have the essence of Walt Disney Animation Studios in the palm of your hand. It’s an incredible, invaluable resource.”
Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway, who began his career at Disneyland as a publicity writer, talks about his Disney career at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, and answers questions submitted by Disney fans.
This ink-and-paint title cel from The Disney Afternoon television show line-up features the title character from Marsupilami, and is one of many rediscovered items from the Disney Television Animation archives.
Press play below to listen to the fun-filled Disney Afternoon music theme!
Many Disney fans—those of us who grew up in the 1980s or 1990s—no doubt look back with fondness at long afternoons after school catching up with our favorite characters on the animated shows of The Disney Afternoon. This block of syndicated programming, which aired nationwide and in countries across the world, became the touchstone of an entire generation of kids. So entrenched are these adventures in the collective subconscious that today you could approach many a 20 or 30-something on the street and—even if they’re not a huge Disney fan—find they can instantly summon up a trademark DuckTales “woo-hoo!”
DuckTales featured Scrooge McDuck and the nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Scrooge’s innate sense for making or finding money leads him to outrageous adventures, accompanied by his grandnephews.
While The Disney Afternoon officially ran from September 10, 1990, until August 29, 1997, Disney syndicated animation ruled the afterschool airwaves from 1987 until 1999. It’s hard to imagine, though, there was a time when Disney produced no animation for television.
On [Michael Eisner’s] first day at Disney he mandated that the company have at least one animated series on the air by the fall of 1985
When new Disney CEO and Chairman Michael Eisner and President Frank Wells arrived in 1984, an early priority was setting up a division to produce television animation. Eisner had once overseen Saturday morning children’s television at ABC, and on his first day at Disney he mandated that the company have at least one animated series on the air by the fall of 1985. He called a small group of executives and creative personnel to his house the next Sunday morning, and they brainstormed ideas for the first wave of animated programs.
Disney made its animated television debut right on schedule in fall 1985 with two programs, both on Saturday morning: CBS aired Disney’s The Wuzzles, and NBC aired Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
Gummi Bears are the mythical, medieval residents of Gummi Glen, who fight ogres led by the evil Duke Igthorn, to preserve their homes.
These early programs, and the ones that followed, were produced on a higher budget than other animated programs on television at the time. It was considered important that the Disney name not be applied to sub-par animation, and while the shows didn’t match the quality of theatrical features, they were far more polished than other television productions.
We can’t go on television and look like trash.
It was occasionally suggested that Disney cut costs—and corners—and perhaps just release the programs under a different name. Eisner and studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg objected to this concept, though, as they hoped these shows would spark new ideas and characters for the Disney theme parks and, as Eisner said at the time, “We can’t go on television and look like trash.”
This odd group of characters on The Wuzzles, each two animals in one, living on the Isle of Wuz, created for a 1985 television series. Names included Bumblelion, Eleroo, Hoppopotamus, Moosel, Rhinokey, and Butterbear.
Narrated by comedy legend Stan Freberg, The Wuzzles featured a cast of mixed-up creatures called Wuzzles and told of their adventures on the Isle of Wuz. Each character was a combination of two animals; for example, Bumblelion (a lion crossed with a bumblebee) or Eleroo (an elephant mixed with a kangaroo). The show spawned a line of cuddly toys from Hasbro but lasted only 13 episodes.
More successful was Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which spent 5 seasons on NBC (1985-89) and ABC (1989-90) before it became a founding member of The Disney Afternoon lineup in 1990-91. The show centered on six bears—Zummi, Gruffi, Grammi, Tummi, Cubbi, and Sunni—who lived in Gummi Glen and battled the forces of evil Duke Igthorn with the help of magical Gummiberry juice. The show had an unusual inspiration, though; it came about when Michael Eisner’s son returned from camp begging for the popular Gummi Bear candy. Recognizing a popular trend, Eisner ordered a series to development based on the candy.
The Quick Tunnels allowed the Gummi Bears to move quickly from one location to another under ground. This background art, rediscovered in the Television Animation archives, shows one of these Quick Tunnels.
Disney first blew the doors off of syndicated afternoon television with its greatest hit, DuckTales, which premiered in September 1987. It would run for four seasons—and 100 episodes—until 1990, becoming Disney’s most prolific animated program. It would even spawn a theatrical spinoff, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, which was released in August 1990.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have cited their adventures as a major influence on Raiders of the Lost Ark
Taking its cue from the classic Disney Duck comics by master artist and Disney Legend Carl Barks, DuckTales followed the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. It also added new characters to the Duckburg lore, including young Webbigail Vanderquack, nanny Mrs. Beakley, and pilot Launchpad McQuack. The timeless nature of the Barks characters—George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have cited their adventures as a major influence on Raiders of the Lost Ark—helped make the show a massive hit, and it set ratings records for its timeslot. It proved a huge success overseas as well, becoming the first American cartoon to be shown in the former Soviet Union in 1991.
In 1989 DuckTales was joined in afternoons by a new show, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers. Originally intended to center on a team of crime fighters led by a mouse called Kit Colby, the concept eventually evolved to focus on veteran Disney chipmunks Chip and Dale, and their teammates Gadget Hackwrench, Monterey Jack, and Zipper. Their adventures lasted 65 episodes from 1989-1990.
The chipmunks are leaders of a secret international organization devoted to tackling unsolved mysteries and mysterious oddball crimes. Other members of the Rangers are Monterey Jack, Gadget, and Zipper, and they battle Fat Cat and his cohorts.
For the 1990-91 season, Disney created The Disney Afternoon, a two-hour block of afternoon programming. The initial lineup included existing shows Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, and Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, along with newcomer TaleSpin. For the next nine years the Disney Afternoon lineup would change annually, with a new show typically debuting each year.
Once The Disney Afternoon was established, the hits just kept coming. TaleSpin utilized many characters from the classic film The Jungle Book to tell a new story set in the 1930s-era city of Cape Suzette. Baloo the bear was cast as a pilot, whose air cargo business is taken over by ambitious businesswoman (err… businessbear?) Rebecca Cunningham. He takes on young Kit Cloudkicker as his navigator, and faces off with a variety of air pirates and other ne’er do wells.
Cape Suzette provided the fictional city for TaleSpin and its exotic animal residents. This background art, rediscovered in the Television Animation archives, provides the perspective of the city from one of the planes on its way in to dock.
Originally proposed as a show called Double-O Duck, starring DuckTales favorites Gizmoduck and Launchpad McQuack as wannabe spies, Darkwing Duck eventually took its cue from pulp superheroes like The Shadow. Running for 91 episodes from 1991-95, the show followed the exploits of superhero Darkwing Duck, his alter ego Drake Mallard, and his sidekick Launchpad McQuack, as they battled crime in the city of St. Canard.
This concept art, rediscovered in the Television Animation archives, has an artist’s ideas for the villains that Baloo and his friends would encounter in TaleSpin.
As the years went by, new shows were produced based on classic Disney characters, such as Goof Troop (1992-93) and Quack Pack (1996). Others, like Aladdin (1994-95) and The Lion King’s Timon and Pumbaa (1995-99), continued the adventures of characters from popular current films. And, of course, there were shows based on original concepts, such as Bonkers (1993-95) and The Mighty Ducks (1996-97).
One particularly popular original program from the later years of The Disney Afternoon was Gargoyles, which ran for three seasons from 1994-97. A darker and more mature offering than other Disney shows, Gargoyles included deeper plots and a more involved continuity arc than typical afternoon programs. The show’s lore focused on creatures called gargoyles, which had been frozen in stone in medieval Scotland only to be revived in modern day Manhattan. Awaking at night, they combat human and supernatural threats while exploring a number of mythical and legendary themes. The show, although long since cancelled, has grown a sizeable cult fan base over the years and remains a favorite today.
A darker and more mature offering than other Disney shows, Gargoyles included deeper plots and a more involved continuity arc than typical afternoon programs.
The shows of The Disney Afternoon proved a huge success, and spawned a number of further adventures in the pages of comic books, Disney Adventures magazine, and a variety of computer and video games. Over the years several comic lines have been published based on DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale’s Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Gargoyles, and more. The video games proved so popular that Capcom’s 1989 release of DuckTales for the Nintendo Entertainment System was completely remade as DuckTales: Remastered for release in 2013 on a number of platforms.
The characters even made their mark on the Disney parks; Duckburg and the DuckTales characters came to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom with the debut of Mickey’s Birthdayland in 1988 (which later became Mickey’s Starland in 1990). A stage show called Mickey’s Magical TV World, based on The Disney Afternoon shows, would be performed there regularly from 1990-96.
With the introduction of Darkwing Duck on the Disney Channel in 1991, the character was later added to Mickey’s Magical TV World.
Disneyland played host to Disney Afternoon Avenue in 1991; in this themed area near it’s a small world, guests could meet with popular characters from their favorite shows. Two attractions were re-themed for the occasion as well – the Motor Boat Cruise became the Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen, and the Fantasyland Autopia became Rescue Rangers Raceway.
TaleSpin’s Cape Suzette is a gorgeous Harbor City, where Baloo the bear works for Ms. Rebecca Cunningham at Higher for Hire air delivery service. D23 uncovered some background art in the archives that shows off the misty waters and urban jungle in the series.
Let’s take a closer look at this recently uncovered background art.
It seems like just yesterday that we were watching Hercules “go the distance,” Dumbo flying, and Lady kiss Tramp on their first date… but let’s throw it way back to when these characters were newborns.
We’ve scoured the Disney vaults to find some of our favorites to grace the big screen… in baby form.
Sniff, sniff… They grow up so fast, don’t they?
Best buds since birth: baby Pegasus and Hercules
Our favorite bright-eyed baby: baby Rapunzel
Who said big ears weren’t cute? Baby Dumbo
The baby that brought the entire animal kingdom together: baby Simba
He’ll be in our hearts, always: baby Tarzan
His cuteness makes our knees grow weak, too! Baby Bambi
Prettiest pup you’ll ever see: baby Lady
Arrogance knows no age: baby Kuzco
Friends through thick and thin: baby Tod/baby Copper
Who knew babies could have such great senses of humor? Muppet Babies
She’s so adorable, even Monsters wanted to love her: Boo
It was after our first family trip to Walt Disney World that I decided I would like to become a Disney Imagineer. In sixth grade, I started building LEGO models of my favorite Disney attractions and making short films, which I posted to YouTube. They must have been sprinkled with pixie dust because somehow they caught the attention of Imagineers at WDI, who thought the models were cool and wanted to meet me when my family visited Disneyland in 2010.
The highlight of our trip was meeting Kim Irvine, art director for Disneyland and the daughter of Madame Leota. We ate lunch together and rode Haunted Mansion Holiday. I brought some of my small Haunted Mansion models along to show her and presented her with a LEGO model of Madame Leota. We talked a lot about Haunted Mansion and all the work she has done for Disneyland. In August 2011,we met again and celebrated Madame Leota’s 42nd birthday with a cake at the Blue Bayou.
Did you know her mother, Leota Toombs, shares a birthday with the Haunted Mansion?
My geekiest Disney moment was when I dressed up as Gus, the hitchhiking ghost at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, in 2012. As you have probably noticed, the Haunted Mansion is and always will be my favorite Disney attraction. I first rode the Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion in 2008, and ever since I have been a huge fan. I have even decorated my bedroom wall to wall with Haunted Mansion and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas collectibles. I know everything about it! Whenever I start talking about the mansion, I go on and on and on.
To get my Disney fix, I do research about Disney. I collect books about Walt Disney, the parks, Imagineering, and the movies. I love to watch old film clips of the classic characters, like Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie and Donald Duck in Der Fuehrer’s Face. I also enjoy sharing my videos and pictures on YouTube and Instagram with other Disney fans. My Instagram account “Disney_Imagineer98” has more than 1,000 followers. It is great to know there are so many people who share my love of everything Disney.
On Thursday, August 14, at 10 a.m. PT, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will begin selling tickets for the next D23 Expo, which will take place August 14–16, 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The largest Disney fan event in the world, the D23 Expo celebrates all the wonderful worlds of Disney entertainment, uniting all parts of The Walt Disney Company under one roof, including The Walt Disney Studios (including Marvel, Pixar, and Lucasfilm); Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Disney Consumer Products; Media Networks (including ABC, Disney Channel, and Radio Disney) and Disney Interactive. D23 Expo 2015 marks the fourth bi-annual event held in Anaheim.
More than 65,000 Disney fans from around the world gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center in 2013 for the third D23 Expo. Once again, the Expo will celebrate the past, present, and future of Disney with live events, celebrity appearances, panels, presentations, sneak peeks, and immersive experiences.
D23 Expo 2015 marks the return of fan favorites including the Disney Legends Awards, honoring the talented men and women who have made indelible contributions to the Disney legacy; and Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, which spotlights costumes, props, and set pieces from Disney’s rich history.
As in previous Expos, D23 Expo 2015 will showcase all of the latest stars in the Disney universe. In 2013, celebrity appearances included Angelina Jolie, Chris Evans, Billy Crystal, Natalie Portman, and Tom Hiddleston, with performances by Idina Menzel, R5 featuring Ross Lynch, and a once-in-a-lifetime concert with Disney Legends Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken. Additionally, Disney executives and creative talent came together to deliver special presentations, announcements, and experiences to Disney fans throughout the three-day extravaganza.
Tickets for D23 Expo 2015 are available at a discounted price for a limited time. From August 14–December 31, 2014, tickets are $61 for a one-day adult admission and $42 for children 3–12. Tickets for members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club are $52 for a one-day adult admission and $37 for children. Multi-day money-saving tickets are also available. D23 Members can save as much as $268 off the price of admission, based on the purchase of four three-day tickets at the D23 Member rate. Please note that tickets in advance of the event may only be purchased online.
In addition to these special advance-purchase savings, an extremely limited number of D23 VIP Sorcerer Packages will once again be available. Based on fan feedback, even more benefits have been added this year including exclusive opportunities in the Walt Disney Imagineering pavilion and Mickey’s of Glendale.
The SORCERER PACKAGE includes:
Three-day admission ticket and commemorative Sorcerer credential
Reserved seating at all presentations in the main hall, Stage 23, and Stage 28 (must sign up for presentations in advance)
Commemorative Sorcerer level access credential
Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Samsonite luggage piece
Pre-Expo tour of the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives exhibit
Special tour of the Walt Disney Imagineering Pavilion
Exclusive shopping time in the D23 Expo Dream Store, Disney Store, and Mickey’s of Glendale
Tour of the D23 Expo show floor the day before the Expo opens to the public
Welcome Reception on Thursday evening
Exclusive entrance to the Expo each morning
First opportunity to pre-purchase D23 Expo Dream Store select themed merchandise
Exclusive D23 Expo gift pack including gifts from D23 and the rest of The Walt Disney Company
Saturday morning Meet and Greet Coffee with a special Disney guest
“Fond Farewell” reception on final day of Expo
Plus, daily access to the Sorcerer Member Lounge
Sorcerer member lounge: Open from (9 a.m. – 7 p.m.)
Complimentary snacks throughout day (11a.m. – 6 p.m.)
Cash Bar (noon – 6 p.m.)
Access to purchase food in Lounge
Archives exhibit
Dedicated Sorcerer Concierge desk
Baggage Check area
Masseur on site (for pay) (10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
One voucher for 20-minute free massage
Sorcerer Package tickets are available exclusively to both Gold and Silver D23 Members at $2,000 per ticket. Members have the option to purchase up to two Sorcerer tickets.
D23 Gold and Silver Members are entitled to early admission to the Expo show floor and D23 will once again give a special thanks to D23 Charter Members, providing them special access to the Expo’s Charter Member Lounge.
Take a look at these certifiably “weird” and entertaining Berlin shop windows circa 1966, which showcase merchandising tie ins for Mary Poppins.
Walt Disney’s New Musical Film Mary Poppins
Would you like to know how the film begins? Then take a look at the windows on Wilhelmsdorfer Strasse, Berlin.
London 1810: Bert, the One Man Band, hawking… 1960s men’s outerwear and Ray Conniff records …Katie Nana and her plush poochie have had it. They can’t stand Mrs. Banks’ suffragette friends and their faux furs for another moment…Well, I hope there is at least ONE pair of dancing shoes on the rooftop… could come in handy.I guess we found Mavis and Sybil and Prudence and Gwendolyn…… and Phoebe and Maude and Janice and Felicia…… and Lydia and Cynthia and Vivian and Stephanie and Priscilla… well you get the point…A fresh new shirt… in case you spill your floating tea…
On Thursday, August 14, at 10 a.m. PT, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will begin selling tickets for the next D23 Expo, which will take place August 14–16, 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The largest Disney fan event in the world, the D23 Expo celebrates all the wonderful worlds of Disney entertainment, uniting all parts of The Walt Disney Company under one roof, including The Walt Disney Studios (including Marvel, Pixar, and Lucasfilm); Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Disney Consumer Products; Media Networks (including ABC, Disney Channel, and Radio Disney) and Disney Interactive. D23 Expo 2015 marks the fourth bi-annual event held in Anaheim.
