Magic Kingdoms app

Awesome New Disney Mobile Games—Plus More in News Briefs

New Mobile Games Offer Disney Fun, On-The-Go! It’s now even easier to go on exciting Disney escapades wherever you are—thanks to several new mobile games! In collaboration with Gamesoft, Disney just launched Disney Magic Kingdoms for Apple, Android, and Windows Phone mobile platforms. Players will go on thrilling adventures through Disney Parks as they fight …

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Bob Gurr

23 Moving Questions With Bob Gurr

Bob Gurr remains a man on the move while his creative accomplishments as a Disney Imagineer continue to transport people around the world… literally. Energy. That’s the first thing you sense about Bob. This is abundantly evident during a visit on the shaded patio of The Big D commissary at Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) in …

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D23 Gold Members with Charlie Ridgway

Lunch with a Disney Legend: Charlie Ridgway – Gallery

On Friday, March 18, 40 D23 Gold Members and guests met inside the The American Adventure Parlor at Epcot for the Central Florida debut of D23’s Lunch with a Disney Legend series. With the 45th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort on the horizon, it was the perfect time to meet one of its founders …

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Flowers and Trees trade ad D23 gold member gift

This Member Gift Honors A Film that Was Ahead of its Time

By Steven Vagnini With its breathtaking introduction of color to animated films, Flowers and Trees (1932) brought a sense of renewal to the cartoon industry. Walt Disney’s Studio had done it again, pushing established boundaries in the service of creative storytelling—this time in glorious, new Technicolor. As reflected in this trade ad taken out by …

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Gamora, Aliens, and Kermit the Frog

Who’s the Greenest of Them All this St. Patrick’s Day?

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, when all of us have a little bit of the “luck o’ the Irish”! Named for the patron saint of Ireland, the holiday was made official in the early 17th century; here in the United States, it’s seen as a celebration of Irish (and Irish-American) culture, and features numerous parades… not …

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Spider-Man

New Look at Captain America: Civil War—Plus More in News Briefs

A Brand-New Peek into Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War Are your “spidey senses” tingling? That’s no surprise, considering a new Captain America: Civil War trailer just burnt up the Internet! And unless you’ve been living in a Hydra fortress (and, if so, please consider switching sides), you’ve probably seen the new look at what starts …

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Professor Brainard and his dog

The Absent-Minded Professor: Did You Know?

By Greg Ehrbar On March 16, Walt Disney’s mega-hit comedy-fantasy The Absent-Minded Professor turns 55—but the laughter is ageless, from its high-flying Model T antics and gravity-defying basketball game to the its inventive script that moves deftly between all-out zaniness and wry political satire. Along with The Parent Trap, it was one of the five …

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Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones and the Most Amazing News!

Adventure… Excitement… Humor… Romance. These qualities are inextricably associated with Disney storytelling, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and they immediately come to mind when you think about another beloved movie franchise—Indiana Jones. The iconic hero first hit the big screen in 1981 in Raiders of the Lost …

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