Posted on Friday, 16th September 2011 by Dave Parfitt

On Friday, September 16, 2011 Walt Disney Studios re-released “The Lion King” to theaters in 3D for a special two week run prior to the Blu-Ray release on October 4th.  It’s been nearly 10 years since the film was in theaters, and I’m looking forward to my children seeing it for the first time on the big [...]

Tags: Disney's Animal Kingdom, Festival of the Lion King, Lion King, The Lion King, Walt Disney Studios
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Posted on Monday, 29th August 2011 by Nancy Johnson

It was a Saturday morning – hot as the sun on the Savannah.  Animal Kingdom hot.   It set the mood, as Disney’s El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, was transformed into the Serengeti for the premiere of The Lion King 3D. I was invited to work the green grass carpet and give you interviews with some notable names, [...]

Tags: Antonio Sabato Jr, Disney movies, Disney's El Capitan Theater, Don Hahn, El Capitan Theater, Geno Segers, Hollywood movies, Jim Cummings, Joey King, Justin Tinucci, Lion King, Lion King 3D Premiere, Mark Henn, Niketa Calame, Sayeed Shahidi, Tony Bancroft, Yara Shahidi
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Posted on Saturday, 28th May 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Soundsational?  Is that actually a word, and, if it is, what does that word mean to you?  Well Disneyland feels that the “Sound” of its famous music creates the basis for a “Sensational” parade, so if it wasn’t a real word before, Disneyland has made it one now!  We were on hand for the first two [...]

Tags: Aladdin, Dig a Little Deeper, Disneyland, Disneyland Parade, Drumline, Drums, Lion King, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Mickey Mouse Club March, Mickey's Soundsational Parade, Morehouse, Morris Brown, music, parade, Peter Pan, Prince Ali, Princess and the Frog, Princesses, Rapunzel, Sherman Brothers, Step in Time, Tangled, Tinkerbell, velocipede
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Posted on Tuesday, 29th March 2011 by Dave Parfitt

For those of us living far away from Walt Disney World or Disneyland, we often look for that “Disney Fix” wherever and whenever we can get it.  The National Touring Company of The Lion King recently opened a 4 week run at the Auditorium Theatre in my hometown of Rochester, NY.  I was able to take [...]

Tags: Broadway, Disney Theatrical, Lion King
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Posted on Saturday, 6th March 2010 by Nancy Johnson

The hot talk of the year is definitely the opening of World of Color at Disney’s California Adventure Park this April. It’s a little show. Not much really. It is only touted to be the most hi-tech water spectacular of its kind.  Fountains, music, color, and imagery will come together to tell a tale of Disney [...]

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, April 2010, Blue sky Cellar, California Adventure, construction, disney, Disneyland, Fantasia, Finding Nemo, Fountains, Lagoon, Light Show, Lion King, Mickey's Fun Wheel, music, Paradise Pier, Pocahontas, spectacular, Wall-E, water show, World of Color
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