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Disney’s Pixie Hollow is No More

Disney’s Pixie Hollow is No More

Blogging Disney has featured the world of Pixie Hollow on three previous occasions.

Tinker Bell

In August 2011, I blogged about the Disney Fairies Magazine and the Disney Fairies Fly mobile app: Tinker Bell and Disney Fairies Magazine.

In September 2011, I promoted the TV premiere and home video release of the Pixie Hollow Games movie with links to online games and contests. Pixie Hollow Games, Contests, and More!

And in July 2013, I gave a detailed review of one of my favorite Disney apps: Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique.

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May 13, 2014 Post Under Games, Latest News, Online - Read More

Disney Art on Pinterest

Disney Art on Pinterest

For those of us who grew up with Disney in our childhoods, all it takes is a glance – a glass slipper, a honey pot, the looping cursive of the Disney “D”, or the silhouette of Mickey’s ears – to bring memories of Disney films, raggedy princess dresses, and vacations to the “happiest place on earth” flooding back.

For almost 90 years and more than 50 animated features, the Walt Disney Company has been working its magic on generations of children, embedding its iconic imagery and beloved characters deep into the hearts and minds of millions of life-long fans.

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August 22, 2013 Post Under Latest News, Online - Read More

Disney Interior Design

Disney Interior Design

Although some Disney Parks are light on thrill rides (Epcot’s got Test Track, Mission:Space and not much else), what makes the Disney Parks superior to amusement parks like Six Flags is the theming.

Images from the line queues for Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters and Snow White's Scary Ride

All of the Disney Parks are fully immersive and themed inside-and-out, from interactive waiting queues like the spooky graveyard at the Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion to Hollywood Studios’ Los Angeles backdrops and Epcot’s iconic Spaceship Earth – a ride inside of a giant globe.

The Disney Imagineers’ attention to detail is flawless, making every trip to the Disney Parks a magical and unparalleled experience. And now, you can “bring (some of) the magic home” by sprucing up your own interiors with an exclusive line of Disney Paints available only at Walmart.

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July 16, 2013 Post Under Latest News, Online - Read More

Will 2013 Have An Ultimate Dance Off?

Will 2013 Have An Ultimate Dance Off?

In the summer of 2011, the Disney Channel launched its first-ever nationwide dance competition: the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off ‘Shake It Up’ Edition.

Promotional image for Disney Channel's Make Your Mark: Shake It Up Dance Off, image copyright Disney

Solo and group dancers between the ages of 8 and 16 were invited to upload their auditions to the Make Your Mark website, with more than 28,000 audition videos submitted. Six finalists were chosen to compete in a televised event, and the winners, a team of four dancers known as AKsquared, were featured on an episode of Disney Channel’s hit series Shake It Up.

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July 15, 2013 Post Under Disney Channel, Latest News, Online, TV - Read More

Disney Buys LucasFilm…What’s Next?

Disney Buys LucasFilm…What’s Next?

In the fall of 2009, the Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion dollars, transferring control of Marvel’s comic book and movie library to Disney, along with a library of 5,000 characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Daredevil, and Captain America.

Logos from Various Marvel Superhero Franchises

This summer, Disney released the blockbuster megahit, Marvel’s The Avengers (2012), which grossed more than $1.5 billion worldwide, and the studio has several more Marvel films in production, including Iron Man 3 (2013), sequels to Thor (2013), Captain America (2014), and The Avengers (2015), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), a film starring that OTHER team of Marvel superheros: Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora. Never heard of them? Me either!

Read More: http://www.disney-blog.com/?p=2999

November 5, 2012 Post Under Latest News, Movies, Online, Theme Parks - Read More