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TRON: Legacy Preview Clip: “Quorra Saves Sam” from TRON Night IMAX Event

29 October 2010 by Suzannah Otis 1 Comment

In anticipation of TRON: Legacy, opening in theatres December 17, Walt Disney Studios has been celebrating each week as the countdown continues to the event of the season.

TRON Night: An IMAX 3D Experience, a special event took place on October 28, 2010, gave audiences worldwide the first opportunity to step onto the Grid and into the cutting-edge, 3D world of Walt Disney Pictures’ high-tech adventure “TRON: Legacy,” with an exciting 20-plus-minute sneak peek of the highly anticipated film, sponsored by ASUS Computer International.

Here is a short clip of that sneak peek:

What is the Training Trip for the Walt Disney World Moms Panel Like? We’ll Show You!

22 September 2010 by Suzannah Otis 26 Comments

There has been a lot of buzz about the 2011 Walt Disney World Moms Panel applications, just as there was last year. Today, friend and fellow 2010 Moms Panelist Marc Lorenzo shared a video he compiled of our training trip last year. It brought back such wonderful memories of our time together at Walt Disney World, I got his permission to share it here with all of you as well. Each training trip is slightly different and focuses on whatever projects WDW has going on at the time that they’d like to promote, in addition to lots of bonding opportunities among the new panelists and some special surprises too – this is Disney after all! We all had some an amazing time just packed full of memories at every turn, thanks to Walt Disney World, Laura Spencer and her team! I hope you enjoy this glimpse into our training trip last year thanks to Marc:

I never did get around to finishing my reports for the trip, but you can read the first day of training, hopefully I’ll finish it up before December! You can catch the entire trip report from Kaylene J. at her blog FiveTimesBlessed.blogspot.com (see links to all of the days on the left of that page), Kathie F. at WhatNowKathie.com, and Amanda W. at her site, OhAmanda.com.

Have you applied to the 2011 panel? I’d love to hear from you if so!

Muppets Kitchen With Cat Cora Sneak Peek!

8 September 2010 by Suzannah Otis 1 Comment

Check out this sneak peek from Disney Online – the all new Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora is coming soon!

Muppets and cooking? Sounds like the perfect combo to me – it worked for the Swedish Chef!

Watch for the Muppets Kitchen – Where Everything Tastes Funny!

Happy Birthday Disneyland – One Family’s Memories Preserved On Film

20 July 2010 by Suzannah Otis 9 Comments

You might know, if you are a friend or family, that it is not unusual for me to be wishing someone a belated birthday (I sometimes think the pixie dust has taken over the memory cells in my brain). I’m sure you do know, Disneyland Park celebrated its 55th Anniversary on July 17th. I did remember, I swear, but I really wasn’t going to post about it.

You see, I’ve sadly never been to Disneyland, so I have no memories of my own to share from there. I am hoping to change that soon (and if anyone wants to send my family there, we’ll be happy to oblige! 😉 ) because I do think it a sacrilege to have not experienced Walt’s original park and the history there. So rather than bore you with my talking about a place I’d never been, I was just going to let it go.

However, today I happened upon a video from someone who had taken their dad’s old 70’s movies of their visits to Disneyland and transferred them to video. She was apologizing for the quality of the film, but I saw it and thought it was perfect, even fitting in with the 55th Anniversary tagline of “the Happiest Memories on Earth“. Of course, the music helps to bring a nostalgic tear to your eye – even if you haven’t been there, being a fan of Disney parks can transcend location sometimes. I asked her permission to share the video here with all of you, in hopes you would enjoy and appreciate it as much as I do. It’s wonderful to see some now long-gone attractions captured in one family’s vacation. I know there are thousands of others out there with this same wonderful history, all thanks to Walt Disney.

So thank you, GrumpyCD for sharing your family’s Disneyland memories with us:

What are some of your favorite Disneyland memories? Or are you like me and you’re just waiting to create some?

Vintage Disney Cartoons Make Fashion at the Parks

14 June 2010 by Suzannah Otis 5 Comments

Disney Channel fans have been buzzing on twitter and facebook recently about the addition of classic Mickey and the gang cartoons showing up in interstitials during regular Disney Channel programming. I love this because when the Disney Channel first started back in 1983, this is the type of wonderful animation I used to watch. Good Morning Mickey! and Donald Duck Presents were my favorites, along with of course Mousercise with Kellyn. All of the vintage Disney animation shorts became beloved friends as I was growing up.

I was thrilled to see t-shirts at Downtown Disney‘s World of Disney this past weekend featuring some of these classic featurettes. Here are some pictures I took, along with videos of the original shorts to enjoy…

Baby Mine…Don’t You Cry – Happy Mother’s Day

7 May 2010 by Suzannah Otis 10 Comments

I could probably fill a million blog entries with the memories and emotions I feel about being a mother. It is, quite simply, the one thing I knew I was destined for before I was even married. Believe it or not (ok, so it’s probably pretty easy to believe if you are a frequent reader) a lot of how I knew I wanted to be a mom is tied to Disney. I would cry at Disney movies knowing I wanted to share the love I saw on screen with my own children some day. I’d watch other people’s children dance around at the end of the Festival of the Lion King show in Animal Kingdom and be a crying fool thinking of how sweet they were…hoping to someday share memories like that.

I never babysat as a child, in fact, I never even changed a diaper until my first son’s 11 years ago. It wasn’t that I had this need to ‘mother’ or that I felt I would somehow be great at it, it was more about the memories I knew would be there. I had such a wonderful childhood and I wanted to be able to give that experience to my own children. I wanted to treasure my children as much as my mom treasured me. I don’t think I’ve measured up to the bar she set, but I keep trying.

Waking Sleeping Beauty – A Must-See for Disney Fans

5 March 2010 by Suzannah Otis 3 Comments

My husband showed me this preview when we came back from the Disney Social Media Moms Convention. I was blown away. As a Disney fan, of both the parks and the movies, this is the kind of movie I long for. Behind-the-scenes stories; the stories behind the stories we saw on film. The teamwork and magic that makes Disney the best in its field. I cannot wait to see this in the theatres, I hope you enjoy the trailer – Waking Sleeping Beauty.

Sorcerer’s Apprentice – The Movie (Without Mickey!)

24 February 2010 by Suzannah Otis 2 Comments

Ok, so apparently I’ve been living under a rock regarding this movie. {I guess the trailer came out on my birthday and I was a tad busy around that time frame.}

My husband came home from seeing this preview at the movies last night and was sure I’d have seen the trailer already. Nope. Hadn’t even heard they were making a live-action Sorcerer’s Apprentice! I thought maybe there was a chance some other people might’ve been living under the same rock I was, so here’s the absolutely amazing trailer:

I have to say, I was a Nicolas Cage fan back in his Raising Arizona days, but kind of stopped watching the movies he was in because they just weren’t my thing. His character of Balthazar Blake actually made me a fan again {from what I saw in the preview – then again I am a sucker for a guy in a trench coat}. I can’t wait to see this movie now. LOVE the homage to the original with the mop/water scene too {watch for it around the 2:14 mark}. Nice touch – but from Disney, I’d expect no less!

edit: My friend Brad over at StitchKingdom has a whole mess of Sorcerer’s Apprentice posts, info and even pictures from the Sorcerer’s Apprentice filming in NYC. If you are not following StitchKingdom for Disney news, you are missing out. {Which further embarrasses me for not knowing about this movie since I love StitchKingdom!}

Favorite Picture and Commercial from Super Bowl 44

8 February 2010 by Suzannah Otis 4 Comments

It’s no secret I am a Patriots fan, but since the Pats were out of the running I am more than happy for the Saints to have won Super Bowl 44. I think the best part of the game for me was following it on twitter with all my friends. The comments on the commercials and half-time show were hysterical. To show my support for the winning team, I thought I’d share my favorite photo from after the win last night:

08brees_CA2-articleLarge — Brees with his adorable son. Photo: NY Times

And my two favorite commercials from last night:

Holiday Commercial Round Up!

23 December 2009 by Suzannah Otis 6 Comments

With the exception of the Super Bowl, there are few times as exciting in the world of television commercials as the holiday season. There are some that stick with us for years, good or bad. I thought I’d share some of my favorites for 2009 as well as the ones that bug me the most!

Love the Island of Misfit Toys Verizon commercial. Poor iPhone!

continue to rest of the commercials