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Gideon’s Bakehouse Coming To Disney Springs in 2020
In news that will make every Disney fan with a sweet tooth giddy with joy, Gideons Bakehouse is coming to Disney Springs in 2020!
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Disney’s 1955 Lady and the Tramp-A Retrospect…
As any Disney fan knows, the Company has been on a cinematic reboot frenzy for the last few years. Disney has been taking some of its classic animated features and rebooting them into live active derivatives. As far as I am concerned, Disney does not fail at its endeavors, especially in the film genre. Even classic animated features are transformed into modern, CG graphics with tremendous success. IE, the Lion King, which I totally enjoyed! This trend continues with the release of “Lady and the Tramp” one of Walt’s most beloved works. Walt was adamant concerning sequels. He hated resting on his laurels, and wanted to press on with…
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Walt’s Latin American “Good Will” Tour…
Walt Disney was many things, but most fans perchance do not realize that he was one of America’s biggest patriots and stalwart defenders. This love of country was reveled most evidently just before the United States entered World War II, during what became Walt Disney’s “Good Will” tour of Latin American Countries. It was during the time of the iniquitous “Animators Strike”; in addition, the Disney studios owed more than 3 million dollars in loans to Bank of America. Because of the War raging in Europe, that market for his animated features were closed, cutting his profit margins substantially. Walt did not know it at the time, but when the…
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Animal Kingdom’s “Tree of Life”…
Walt Disney was a talented individual, who wore many hats, and was possessed with the gift insight, he just seemed to know what would work and how to embellish upon it. He was perhaps also one of the world’s greatest showman, because he knew just how to stage his product to the people. Walt always believed in a central platform, what he called a “Weenie” He came up with this moniker because arriving home late, he would sometimes grab a hotdog (Weenie) for a snack, and his dog Lady would follow him around, because she knew he would share it with her. When envisioning Disneyland, he recalled how he could…