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Rich Parents Are Using Handicapped Tour Guides to Avoid Lines at Disney World

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:58 +0000

The lines at Disney Land can be pretty brutal, especially during school holidays. But it turns out if you have enough cash you can assure your child will jump right on Splash Mountain, no matter what time of the year. According to the New York Post, wealthy Manhattanites are hiring handicapped tour guides when they [...]

Disney Meets 'Gatsby' in 'The Great Catsby' Trailer

Emerald Catron — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:38 +0000

Why watch ‘The Great Gatsby’ when you could watch ‘The Great Catsby’??? Â We had that same thought, but Guyism went one step farther and created this mashup using the trailer’s audio and clips from ‘The Aristocats’ to make ‘The Great Catsby.’ At least, we’re pretty sure it’s a mashup. To be quite honest, it’s been [...]

Disney Can Turn You Into A Stormtrooper Figurine This Spring

Joe Student — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:04 +0000

Did you forget to purchase something 'Star Wars' themed for yourself on May the 4th? Worry, you should not; just snag a plane ticket to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida for one of their 'Star Wars Weekends' this spr

Disney Characters as College Students

Emerald Catron — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:34:10 +0000

Inspired by the movie 'Monsters University,' DeviantArt user Hyung86 decided to portray classic Disney characters as though they were modern day college students. We think these are pretty great. If you'd like to check out more, this is the page where you can find modern depictions of Aladdin, Pocahontas, Ariel and more.

10 Life Lessons We Learned From Disney Princesses

Hannah Gutenplan — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:16:00 +0000

We're sure you hold a special place in your heart for those classic Disney movies from your childhood. Little girls especially experience their first stories of love and magic through the many Disney fairy tales. With dreams of growing up to be princesses themselves, these now big girls may be a little disturbed to find out what they were really learning while watching the seemingly innocent movies. Let's just say these Disney life lessons are not the most realistic...

9 'Honest' Disney Movies

Christine Gritmon — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:12:35 +0000

Ah, Disney â€“ an essential component of childhood. However, beneath the saccharine surfaces of these fluffy romances lies some truly disturbing content. Check out our “honest” takes on what Disney movies were really showing us in our youth. ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ‘Cars’ ‘The Lion King’ ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ ’101 Dalmatians’ ‘The Princess [...]

How 'Game of Thrones' Would Look as a Disney Movie

Emerald Catron — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:02:25 +0000

If you’d like a new Disney Princess sooner rather than later, here’s Daenerys Targaryen from ‘Game of Thrones‘ in the role. It’s perfect if you want to like ‘Game of Thrones,’ but can’t stand all the sex, violence and not singing.Â The video features Evelina Barry as Daenerys and Peter Hollens as Jorah Mormont, although [...]

Disney to Close LucasArts. Future of Star Wars, Indiana Jones Games Uncertain

Luke Brown — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:50:48 +0000

Another studio closure arrives during an inauspicious April as Disney formally announced plans to close down Lucasarts on Wednesday. In a statement released by Disney to Game Informer, the company confirmed the closure. “After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing [...]

See the Voice Cast of Disney's 'The Lion King' Then and Now

Sara Franks-Allen — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:55:12 +0000

After ‘The Little Mermaid,’Â ‘Beauty and the Beast,’Â and ‘Aladdin,’Â Disney animation was on a roll. Â Still, almost no one predicted the titanic box office success of ‘The Lion King,’ a monster hit that remains one of the highest grossing animated films of all time. The film’s star-studded cast cemented the growing trend of casting big name actors [...]

Find Out What Happens to Disney Princesses After 'Happily Ever After'

Emerald Catron — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:07:07 +0000

If you want to like Disney movies, but hate the fact that those lucky jerks get to live “happily ever after” while the rest of us slog away in anonymous misery, watch this video! According to this one-man a cappella group, their happiness, too, is fleeting. And then terrible, terrible things happen … to all [...]

Disney's First Animated Marvel Comic Book Movie 'Big Hero 6′ Hitting Theaters in 2014?

Mike Moody — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:46:38 +0000

As we all know, Disney and Marvel Studios aren’tÂ done making blockbusters based on Marvel Comics just yet.Â We’veÂ got â€˜Iron Man 3,â€™ â€˜Thor: The Dark World,â€™ â€˜Captain America: The Winter Soldier,â€™ and â€˜Guardians of the Galaxyâ€™ to look forward to between now and the end of 2014. And nowÂ we’veÂ learned that Disneyâ€™s first animated film based on a [...]

Mean Teachers Tricked Their Students Into Thinking They Were Going to Disney World

Chris Chaberski — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:28:47 +0000

A pair of teachers (not pictured) at Roseland Public School in Ontario, Canada, pulled a mean prank on their students. They told the eighth-graders that their end-of-the-year school trip would be to Disney World. The next day, they announced that the trip would merely be to a bowling alley. Ha ha?

10 Ridiculously Regrettable Disney Tattoos

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:01:14 +0000

Since tattoos are permanent and all, it’s pretty important to choose a design you’ll want to have for the rest of your life. The thing is, sometimes people don’t exactly think about the whole ‘forever’ part of inking, and that’s where hilarity comes prancing in. We’ve discovered there are loads of people who have decided [...]

The Top 10 Creepiest Disney Villains

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:05:14 +0000

While most Disney villainsÂ were bumbling idiots, there were a few who weren’t. These black-hearted rogues sent chills down our spines as we watched our favorite animated movies over and over again. Read on to find out why these characters were the creme de la creme of the Disney villain world! 1 Claude Frollo 'The [...]

Watch This Ridiculous 3D 'Lion King' Remake

Emerald Catron — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:50 +0000

Oh man, this guy pretty much nailed it. The fact that this homemade 3D video of Mufasa’s death scene in ‘The Lion King’ exists makes us glad to be alive for once. Probably what’s actually funny about this is that the person who made it thought it was fit to be shared with the world. [...]

'Air Bud' Then and Now

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:11:29 +0000

‘Air Bud’ told the tale of Buddy, a canine with mad basketball skills. The film was a hit for Disney in 1997 and a theatrical sequel, in which Buddy takes up football, soon followed. Next came three direct-to-video feature films, each featuring a different sport Buddy had improbably mastered. (Although the dog who played Buddy [...]

10 Traumatic Disney Moments (Besides Bambi's Mom Dying)

Sara Franks-Allen — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:09:07 +0000

Disney has long been synonymous with G-rated fun and family entertainment. But lurking in between the cheerful songs and happy endings are some of the scariest scenes ever to terrify young audiences. We’ve all remember Simba’s dad and Bambi’s mom shuffling off this mortal coil to the great cartoon beyond, but they’re not the only [...]

See the Faces Behind Disney's Greatest Villains

Kristy Puchko — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:29:56 +0000

As children we were all terrified by Disney's villains. Their evil cackles rattled our still-developing brains, and haunted our nightmares along with their songs, which gleefully reveled in their bad intentions and malevolent plots. Yet looking back, these vicious villains are a beloved part of our childhood, from their cruelly pointed toes to their audacious hairdos.

Unemployed Couple Visits Disneyland Every Day for a Year

Donald Deane — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:00:30 +0000

While the rest of the unemployed masses dutifully send out resumes, a California couple decided on a different strategy instead and went to Disneyland every day for a year. And what did they get for this achievement? A free night in the Dream Suite, a luxury apartment located in the park's New Orleans Square. Um, congratulations?

12 Lost Disney Characters You've Probably Never Heard Of

Sara Franks-Allen — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:23:56 +0000

A Disney animated feature goes through several edits and re-writes before it ever makes it to the big screen. Sometimes for the better — without cuts, we would’ve seen a comical turkey voiced by John Candy in ‘Pocahontas.’ Here are 10 Disney characters who join Redfeather in the league of those who didn’t quite make [...]