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Wish

Walt Disney Animation Studios 2023 film, “Wish” is now available on home video formats.   Wish is an original fairy tale that tells the story of Asha who lives in the Kingdom of Rosas.  Asha along with her friends and sidekick Valentino confront Magnifico, the King of Rosas, in an effort to return people's wishes and sense of hope. 

Release date: 2024-03-12

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The Hidden History of Walt Disney World

The Hidden History of Walt Disney World by Foxx Nolte shares stories and examines the history of WDW from a more unique perspective than other Disney history books.  The book does not try to tell the entire history or even a chronological history of the parks and resorts.  Instead a good portion of the book looks at the history of the area and business before Disney and as Disney grew up.   Its focus is on a number of events, people, and places throughout the first decades of the resort.  It also takes a look at some partnerships and other relationships Disney has had with various companies, organizations and its neighbors over the years.

Release date: 2024-02-12

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People Behind the Disney Parks - Stories of those honored with a window on Main Street, U.S.A.

People Behind the Disney Parks – Stories of those honored with a window on Main Street, U.S.A. is an outstanding resource to learn about those who contributed to the parks.   This 350 page hard cover book includes bio sketches and images of all those with windows in the US Parks .    If you have ever wondered about the names you see on the windows along Main Street USA this is the book for you. It delves into the history of each person and details the role they played in the parks.

Release date: 2023-09-26

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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion is a coffee table book by David Bossert that takes a deep dive into the creation of the film as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Release date: 2023-09-26

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Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Disney A to Z The Official Encyclopedia the 6th edition has been published as part of the Disney 100 celebration.   This reference book includes entries for shorts, films, television shows, songs, attractions, and people across the Walt Disney Company spanning the entire 100 year history and branching out to all divisions including acquisitions up through March 2023.    This new edition comes in at over 1,000 pages featuring 9,000 entries of which 2,000 are new and 6,000 are updated since the last edition was published in 2016.   Since the last edition was published the Walt Disney Company has grown with the addition of 20th Century Fox as well as launch of Disney+.

Release date: 2023-09-26

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100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime: Magical Experiences From Around the World

100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime – Magical Experiences from Around the World is a National Geographic book written by Marcy Carriker Smoothers featuring a forward by Joe Rhode. The book features a variety of Disney related experiences ranging from the parks around the world to National Geographic explorations to visiting Disney historical locations like Marceline. Each adventure or group of adventures consists of at least one photo and a narrative.

Release date: 2022-10-25

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Haunted Mansion (2023)

Disney’s Haunted Mansion is available digitally now and on disc formats. The film is inspired by the attraction and tells the story of a mom and her son who move into a house that is haunted. The movie features an all-star cast including – Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto, LaKeith Stanfield, and Tiffany Haddish.

Release date: 2023-10-17

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [4K UHD]

Walt Disney’s 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been restored and released in 4K UHD both digitally and on disc. This release is part of the Disney 100th anniversary celebration and features the newly restored film and a number of classic bonus features.

Release date: 2023-10-10

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Loki : Season 1

Marvel Studios Loki: The Complete First Season is now available on various disc formats. The offering include all six episodes of the inaugural season plus a handful of bonus features with some being unique to the offering.

There is a 4K UHD and a Blu-ray offering. This is the first in a series of releases from Disney that will include WandaVision on Nov 28t and the Mandalorian Season 1 & 2 on December 12th.

Release date: 2023-09-26

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The Little Mermaid (Live Action)

Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid film has arrived on home video digital formats and various disc formats. Rob Marshall and his team have reimagined the classic Disney animated film into a new format with live actors and animated characters. The story follows the animated film story including the well known songs. Alan Menken teams up with Lin-Manuel Miranda for the music in this version.

Release date: 2023-09-19

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Elemental

This home video release includes the feature film as well as the short “Carl’s Date” that appeared with it in theaters. The bonus features include a full length director’s commentary, deleted scenes and a trio of featurettes.

Release date: 2023-09-26

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Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with a new home video release in 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray.  The stop-motion classic has been remastered for 4K. 

Release date: 2023-08-22

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The Story of Disney 100 Years of Wonder

The Story of Disney 100 Years of Wonder is a coffee table book that shares a broad look at the history of the Walt Disney Company.   It is a daunting task to identify and then condense 100 years of history into under 300 pages in a single book.  Choosing the milestones to highlight, people to feature and imagery to include is a substantial challenge.    John Baxter, Bruce Steele and the Walt Disney Archives team has put together a solid read giving you the highlights and at times a little depth about the company’s history.

Release date: 2023-03-07

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Cinderella

Walt Disney’s 1950 classic Cinderella has been re-released on various home video formats in the "Ultimate Collector's Edition" as part of the Disney 100 celebration.  The film has been restored and is available in 4K resolution for this offering and includes a half dozen classic bonus features.

Release date: 2023-08-01

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 is now available on various digital and disk formats.  This is the final film in the trilogy.  This film has Rocket Raccoon as the focus and you learn more of his history as the Guardians set off on this new adventure to protect one of their own. 

Bonus features include a couple featurettes, deleted scenes and a full length director’s commentary.  For the full technical specifications and overview here is the initial home video press release.

Release date: 2023-08-01

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Mickey & Friends 10 Classic Shorts: Vol. 2

To celebrate Disney100 Walt Disney Animation Studios is releasing a a series of Classic Disney shorts on home video. The first set, Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts Volume 1 was released earlier this year and the second set, Mickey & Friends 10 Classic Shorts Volume 2 is now available digitally and on various disc formats.    Volume 2 follows the same format as volume one with a brief introduction (30-60 seconds) and closing piece featuring the  character voices over clips and stills from the short talking about memories of that adventure then the short plays.     Just like the previous version the moviesanywhere version has no sections/chapters, its an 80+ minute single item.  The disc version has the option to play all or an individual short with its introduction.

Release date: 2023-06-27

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The Official Walt Disney Quote Book

The Official Walt Disney Quote Book has been compiled by the Walt Disney Archives team and released as part of the Disney 100 celebration. The book features hundreds of quotes from Walt on various subjects organized into 21 chapters spanning over 300 pages.

Release date: 2023-03-07

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Art of Coloring: Disney 100 Years of Wonder: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity

Art of Coloring: Disney 100 Years of Wonder: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity was released on March 7, 2023 and is part of the popular Art of Coloring series of adult coloring books. This 128 page paperback book contains over 100 pages of line art to enjoy.

Release date: 2023-03-07

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Strange World

Strange World is now available in various disc formats and digitally. Walt Disney Animation Studio’s 61st feature film takes you on an adventure with the Clade family. This three generation family must navigate through uncharted territory and deal with a variety of creatures along the way. This action/adventure film was released in theaters in November 2022.

Release date: 2023-02-14

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Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts Volume 1

This collection of classic Disney shorts is part of the ongoing Disney100 celebration this year. The offering includes ten shorts with a new introduction by Mickey and Minnie to each. These introductions are about 25-30 seconds in length during which the two mice reminisce about the adventure/event of the short that follows while a slide show with is played.

Release date: 2023-02-07

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The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The 2022 Marvel blockbuster takes us back to Wakanda where they are mourning the loss of King T’Challa. The Wakandans face challenges from known and unknown peoples.

I was sent the Blu-ray/Digital version of this release to review. It included the single disc with the film and a half dozen bonus features and a digital code for a streaming version that included the same features plus two minute Coming of Age featurette.

Release date: 2023-02-07

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The Cost of the Kingdom: A Memoir by the Chief Estimator (Show and Ride) for EPCOT and Disneyland Paris

The Cost of the Kingdom by Carl L. Jablonski is a memoir by the chief estimator (show and ride) for EPCOT and Disneyland Paris. In this book Carl shares his recollections of his time at Disney as well as describes what an estimator does. He also shares stories of the path he took and some of the choices he made in his professional and personal life. Over his 40 years in the business Carl’s volume of work exceeded $5 billion for a number of companies and on a wide range of projects, including Walt Disney Imagineering, LucasArts and NBC.

Release date: 2021-03-21

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The Imagineering Story

The Imagineering Story – The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering by Leslie Iwerks is a deep dive into the history of this storied organization. The book mirrors the six part Disney+ docu-series that shares the same name. In this 700+ page hard cover book you will find the same information as the series plus additional stories and details that were not able to make it into the final program.

Release date: 2022-11-08

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The Disney Animation Renaissance: Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio

The Disney Animation Renaissance: Behind the Glass at the Florida Studio by Mary E. Lescher is a detailed look at the history of the Feature Animation Studio at Walt Disney World, chronicling and examining the projects that were worked on by the Orlando team and the theme park attraction that coexisted with their facility.  The book also discusses the transformation of the animation process from traditional cell animation to computer-assisted to full computer  3D.   Mary takes a well researched look at the evolution of the attraction and animation studio over the years, examining the intersection and friction of the objectives of each and how they adapted to each other.  She details the changes to the tour content, layout and purpose as the Animation Studio grew and changed over the years.

Release date: 2022-11-22

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Walt's Apprentice: Keeping the Disney Dream Alive

Walt’s Apprentice Keeping the Disney Dream Alive by Dick Nunis is the personal memoir of a Disney Legend.  Dick Nunis had a 44 year career with Disney that started on May 26, 1955 being hired by Van France at Disneyland to help with the training program of cast members as the opening of Disneyland approached.  He choose to retire on May 26, 1999, at which time he was Chairman of Walt Disney Attractions.  During those four decades he rose from an hourly cast member through the ranks working the operations side of the parks.  He had the good fortune to walk the park with Walt and absorb his philosophies and respond to his requests for a number of years.  He was an early member of the Orlando team as Walt Disney World was constructed.  He was part of the EPCOT, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris teams.  He was involved in Disney projects beyond the parks too including the Winter Olympics, New York World’s Fair and movie premieres such as Mary Poppins.  Before Disney Dick was a college football player for my alma mater, the University of Southern California.

Release date: 2022-10-11

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