Have you ever wanted to smell like Walt Disney World or Disneyland?
Have you ever wanted to smell like a true magical fantasy?
Well, now’s your chance as The Disney Stores have decided to launch an exclusive perfume and fragrance line that captures the scentual essence of what “Disney” means. Continue reading Q: WHAT DOES MICKEY MOUSE SMELL LIKE? A: MINT, CHOCOLATE, AND THE SEA
The more things change, the more things change.
Some places are known for blowing the existing up and rebuilding from the ashes, history be damned. Other places embrace their history, making it difficult for any new development to take place lest it disturb the historical (in)significance of what’s present.
That’s why Web Watch loves websites like WHAT WAS THERE, as it tries to capture the glory of history, without worrying about keeping the march of progress down.
Continue reading WHAT WAS THERE? A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY
Sticker for back of the Apple Macbook:
“Snow White holding a Poison Apple”
Perhaps you’ve run into this issue yourself: you’re happily cruising around the Internet using Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9 – most likely in Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Everything seems fine for pretty much every website you hit.
Until you visit a website… like DISNEY.COM… and you are shown a mobile version of their site. Continue reading HOW TO FIX INTERNET EXPLORER FROM SHOWING MOBILE VERSIONS OF WEBSITES (LIKE DISNEY.COM)
In their 12th annual study of over 30,000 people regarding BUSINESS REPUTATIONS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION, Google ranked first.
What exactly is “business reputation”? That’s what the public views as social responsibility, emotional appeal, quality of the product, financial performance, and other touchy-feely elements that could lead an individual investor to put some money into a company’s stock. Continue reading THE MOST REPUTABLE BRANDS OF 2011 ARE GOOGLE AND J&J
We’ve all seen films that, for various reasons, we thought kinda stunk.
Still, many of these so-called bad films still did fairly well at the box office – and in Hollywood, doing well at the box office tends to erase any memories of a film’s actual quality.
But what about the films that did poorly at the box office? By now, you’ve probably heard about the film ZYZZYX ROAD that infamously only made $30 total at the box office.
As you’ll see by this list of THE TOP 15 BIGGEST BOX OFFICE BOMBS, making just $30 is sometimes all you need to be considered a hit – click the link for the financial details: Continue reading THE 15 BIGGEST BOX OFFICE BOMBS
If you’ve ever wanted to work in the animation industry, whether it be for Disney or other cartoon-oriented companies, getting your own animation desk is almost always the first thing on an aspiring artist’s wish list.
While it’s not a usable version, you may want to check out this piece of swag sent to Web Watch from the fine folks at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Disney animator’s desk, assembled
Sure, it might be made of cardstock, but it’s the perfect item to assemble and use as inspiration while you work hard and try to achieve your dream job.
Walt Disney Animation Studios Desk model sheet
The text on the sheet reads:
WALT DISNEY ART OF ANIMATION
From pencils to pixels, and digits to digital, we celebrate our pioneers, artists, and storytellers, and look ahead to a rich slate of exciting new projects covering a wide spectrum of styles and subjects. The Disney drawing desk has been the starting point for some of our greatest stories, worlds and characters. This model symbolizes our proud heritage, and marks the Studio’s continued goal of telling great stories using a wide range of styles and techniques
The Disney Queue Line Survival Guidebook
Web Watch never get bored while waiting on line for a Disney theme park attraction.
The detailed queues, interactive distractions, background music, park smells – the general happiness that permeates the Disney parks are designed to distract you from even thinking that you’ve been waiting in line for 2 hours to ride Toy Story Mania.
Okay – maybe waiting two hours for a 3-minute ride isn’t exactly a good use of anyone’s time, and definitely showcases the largest problem with the use of FastPass (but we digress, as we’re not going to talk about the pros/cons of FastPass today).
No, today we’re going to highlight the dark side of the Disney Park experience: the “gotta go, gotta go” mentality that pushes a family to Do Everything, Because It’s an Expensive Disney Trip, Dammit. Continue reading PROOF THAT WAITING ON LINE AT DISNEY PARKS CAN BE MISERABLE
It’s a completely legitimate question, especially as Pixar continues its stellar run of high-quality animated entertainment.
There’s a reason why TOY STORY 3 is nominated for Best Picture this year. There’s a reason why UP was nominated for Best Picture last year. There’s a reason why WALL-E‘s lack of a Best Picture nomination forced the Academy to increase the number of eligible Best Picture nominees from five to 10, thus ensuring that there would be 5 more chances for an animated film to lose any chance of ever winning a Best Picture award of its own outside of the animation categories. Continue reading WHY ARE ANIMATED FILMS NEVER NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR OR ACTING AWARDS?
By now, Web Watch hopes that you’ve seen Disney/Pixar’s UP.
Hopefully, you’ve shown it to your parents. If you haven’t, and have had difficulty explaining to your parents why they should want to watch an animated film, perhaps you should show them this PREMAKE, a movie trailer using old video clips done in a style as if the new film had been made decades ago.
Perhaps it’s a bit hard to explain. It’s what the trailers would look like if these films had been made in the 1950′s. Does that make sense?
Why don’t you watch this clip and you’ll see what we mean:
Continue reading VIDEO FUN: “PREMAKES” – OLD-SCHOOL MOVIE TRAILERS FOR MODERN FILMS
SNOW WHITE’S SCARY ADVENTURES is a classic Disney dark ride in Fantasyland, one of the original rides at both Disneyland in California and at Walt Disney World.
Go out and ride the Walt Disney World version of the ride while you can, because it is going the way of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride. That is, Disney is ripping the ride out to make way for a Disney Princess meet-and-greet.
What?
Web Watch will break this down for you, summing up what other websites have already said: Walt Disney World is currently in the middle of a long-awaited (and much needed) multi-million dollar expansion of Fantasyland, originally with the following changes: Continue reading A DISNEY DILEMMA: WHAT WILL AUTISTIC CHILDREN LIKE BEN MILES DO WITHOUT THE SNOW WHITE ATTRACTION?
Wanna see something weird?
Somebody took the beloved Muppets and Photoshopped human eyes onto their heads. Continue reading MUPPETS WITH HUMAN EYES WILL CREEP YOU OUT
Miley Cyrus is making gambling fun.
More specifically, gambling websites is making fun of Miley Cyrus and her recent exploits.
By now, you’ve probably seen celebrity gossip site TMZ reporting that a VIDEO OF MILEY CYRUS SMOKING A BONG (albeit a bong containing salvia, a natural herb that is not considered illegal) has been making the rounds. Continue reading DISNEY STAR MILEY CYRUS IS MAKING GAMBLING FUN
Earlier this year, Web Watch mentioned a study called PATHOLOGY IN THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD: A NEURODEVELOPENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON A.A. MILNE that discussed which various mental and psychological illnesses the Pooh characters suffered from. Let’s recap, shall we?
Continue reading VISUALIZATIONS OF WINNIE THE POOH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
It’s Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry
PLAY.COM has released their list of the TOP TEN FILMS THAT MAKE MEN CRY.
Number one on that list is the original TOY STORY from Pixar. The full list is below the cut: Continue reading PIXAR’S TOY STORY IS THE #1 MOVIE TO MAKE MEN CRY
According to a study released from Disney Online, MOMs SPEND 24 HOURS A WEEK ONLINE.
The study, entitled M.O.M. – Moms On A Mission, was focused on showing how much today’s parents relied on using the Internet and other electronics to make parenting easier.
According to the study, Moms use the following technology most often: Continue reading MOMS ARE ONLINE OVER 20 HOURS A WEEK. DOING WHAT?
Animal on Drums
