Fantastic New Trailer and Poster for Tim Burton's Dumbo !

The new trailer for Tim Burton's Dumbo movie has been released and it looks absolutely fantastic on all plans, my hopes are extremely high on this one!





Picture and video: copyright Disney

IAAPA 2018 Announcement : Sesame Street Interactive Dark Ride Coming at Spain Port Aventura in 2019

IAAPA 2018 started in Orlando and as rumored Sally Corp announced that a new Sesame Street dark ride will come in 2019 at Port Aventura, the great theme park in Spain, at one hour or so from Barcelona.

From Screamscape HERE : The new dark ride will give a six-minute long experience inside a 14,000 sqft building along with a 10 minute preshow experience. “Detective Grover will be your guide through this interactive adventure, urging guests to collect clues that will help solve a mystery happening on Sesame Street. With numerous animatronic characters, immersive scenery, and interactive gameplay, this mixed media attraction will appeal to guests of all ages.”
Inside it will feature 8 projection scenes, including 4 projection-mapped scenes, a 90º curved screen with animatronics and show element syncing and two 180º curved screens to allow for a fly-through experience through Count’s Castle and a dive down into Oscar’s Trash can as well as one final one for the “Hall of Fame” scoreboard. This will be an interactive ride as well, with over 2,000 clues/targets, both virtual and practical.

During the presentation at IAAPA Sally Corp also revealed the Audio-Animatronic of Big Bird, one of Sesame Street most beloved character, here is the video showing the AA in action, Big Bird appears from 2.45 min.

All Details About Epcot "Space" Restaurant to Be Named "Space 220", Applications to Work For 12/15 Months in the Restaurant Starts Now!

Thanks to the Patina Restaurant Group, a luxurious catering company, we learn more details and apparently too what will be its name - "Space 220" - about the awaited Epcot "Space" restaurant to open next door to Mission Space!

"Knowing a great success with their restaurants in Disney Springs and Walt Disney World, the PATINA Group is opening their new Space 220 themed restaurant in EPCOT. The Patina Restaurant Group also offers you the opportunity to work for 12/15 months in the new Space Restaurant. Like in the real International Space Station, represent your country in this restaurant. We will recruit European candidates which role will be to make the guests feel like they are in space. Participate to the Cultural representative Program with Patina in EPCOT and acquire an extremely valuable professional experience."



ABOUT THE RESTAURANT
The new Space 220 restaurant which is located next to the attraction Mission to Mars, will offer simulated views into space with diners sitting in a spaceship themed dining room. The new restaurant will be located between Mission Space and Test track at EPCOT. The dining room will contain more than 350 seats. Customers will access to the dining room thanks to two fully functioning elevators with large digital screens, similar to those used by tourists to access the viewing platforms at One World Trade Center and the Burj Khalifa. The Space Restaurant is using these screens on the elevator to simulate the trip to the space station. After exiting the elevators, customers will enter into the newly constructed restaurant that will be connected to the rear of the existing lounge. After walking through a small hallway, guests will enter into the main dining room that will have a 250-foot-long digital screen that flanks the back of the curbed room.

THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM
To work in the United-States, you will need a visa. Our agency will assist you for the visa request. The cultural representative program is giving you the opportunity to work in the USA while representing your country towards the international guests visiting the Space Center. This program is designed for young European candidates willing to share their culture: culinary traditions, touristic places, languages and dialects... Our team will be assisting you with every step of the process, including the request of the cultural representative visa, Q1. A few weeks before your departure, you will have your visa appointment at the US Embassy in order to request officially your visa. Interviews will start in January 2019

Conditions to participate :
Be at least 21 years old
Speak English
Be available 12 to 15 months
Own the European passport

AVAILABLE POSITIONS
We are recruiting all year long for the Cultural Representative Program for PATINA at the Space 220 Restaurant. Many positions in Food & Beverage are available, don't hesitate to share with your friends! You already participated to a Walt Disney World program? You're welcome to reapply! (Only if you successfully completed your first program and have a positive reference).

IMPORTANT : Work with PATINA restaurants will be an incredible experience. The policy of the company is to give the possibility to everyone to evolve during this program, this is why all candidates will rotate on different Food and Beverage positions. After a few months you will evolve and work at the restaurant as a restaurant host or as a server. This is not applicable for culinary positions. To apply for this program you must be flexible and accept to work on different food and beverage positions. 

When is the good timing to apply ? Applications - first recruitment Dates of selections Departure for Orlando From November 2018 to the end of March 2019 April 2019 From September to December 2019



During your program in Orlando, Florida, you will live in a fully equipped residence : internet, swimming pool, fitness room... The rent will automatically be deducted from you salary. From the residence you will have an easy access to different shopping centers, mall and bank. Transportation by bus is also provided by the employer to reach the Space Restaurant you will be working in.

More details in the full announcement page HERE!

Marvel Remembers the Legacy of Stan Lee With This Tribute Video

Marvel Remembers the Legacy of Stan Lee With This Tribute Video and statement: 'Marvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer our undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within our halls. Please join us in remembering Stan "The Man" Lee."




Picture and video: copyright Marvel

Knott's Berry Farm Announces Calico River Rapids, to open Summer 2019 !

Knott's Berry Farm did a major announcement today with Calico River Rapids, to open at Knott’s Berry Farm in summer 2019:

"A new expedition in an uncharted territory awaits eager explorers with the upcoming debut of Calico River Rapids, opening at Knott’s Berry Farm in summer 2019. Knott’s white water raft ride, currently known as BigFoot Rapids, will undergo a major renovation with the addition of new features to the attraction including new animatronics, themed show scenes, a new story overlay and plenty of dynamic water effects."



Guests raft will enter caves and meet a giant Big Foot Audio-Animatronic - most probably built by Garner Holt Productions - let's hope it will work better than Expedition Everest Yeti!



New themed decor await guests all along Calico River Rapids!

"Calico River Rapids will take voyagers on a search for new land through the outskirts of Calico. Rafters will encounter a variety of wild surprises along the way, such as roaring rapids, and indigenous wildlife. The circular raft ride, which seats six passengers, will traverse through unexpected twists and turns, rushing waters and rapid currents as it navigates the unexplored river path."


Non-riding guests will be able to explode water when a raft will arrive with guests!

As Garner Hold said today on his Facebook page HERE "Our friends at Knott's Berry Farm are adding thrilling new life to a classic attraction. It's wonderful to see the Calico Ghost Town story expanding into some new territory with animatronics and detailed scenery in the new Calico River Rapids"

Can't wait for the opening next Summer at Knott's Berry Farm, which by the way was the first U.S theme park as it opened before Disneyland!

See pictures of the ride currently drained and being prepped to install new figures on Mice Age HERE.

Pictures: copyright Knott's Berry Farm

BREAKING NEWS: Stan Lee, Genius Marvel Super-Heroes Creator Dies at 95

VERY sad news as it was just announced that beloved and genius Marvel super-heroes creator Stan Lee died today at 95 at a hospital in Los Angeles.

CNN Article HERE , New York Times article HERE and Washington Post article HERE.

What we owe to Stan Lee is over any estimation. Before being adapted for epic super-heroes movies, Marvel heroes were part of our childhood or teen age and Stan was in its own right called "the Homere of the 20th Century" - in reference to famous ancient Greek writer and poet Homere who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.

I had the luck to meet Stan for a few minutes during the grand Opening of Universal Island of Adventure, precious minutes that i will cherish forever. Disney and more sent its warmest condolences to Stan Lee children and family.

Here are some pictures of Stan through the years.

With his wife Joan who passed away in 2017.






Here is a great CNN interview of Stan on the Lary King show in 2000.





EDITING: Larry King has posted on Youtube the last interview he did with Stan Lee in 2015 filmed at Stan Lee last company POW Entertainment!




This month, Taschen Editions also released a gorgeous 444 pages book titled Stan Lee Story - written by his long time Marvel writer and collaborator Roy Thomas - on which i had intended to do an article in the next days, here are some pictures from it. The book is a pricey limited editions of 1000 copies but you still can order it if you wish on the Taschen.com website HERE ...for $1500.










The last picture below shows Stan in all his cameos for Marvel movies.



Watch ALL Stan Lee cameos since 1898 till 2018 in the video below.





You might also remember my post earlier this year when Stan was going though all kind of problems, both physically and socially ( with his associates who stole money from him, etc ) in which i was explaining that the transit of Saturn currently on his Sun degree in Capricorn was responsible that all these happened at the same time, and that he'll be lucky if he succeed to survive to 2018. No need to say that i would have preferred to be wrong but Saturn is "Murphy's Law" ( everything that can go wrong will go wrong ) and also, symbolically, the "Grim Reaper". With Saturn transits SOMETHING got to die. When Saturn comes back at 29 on the degree it was the day you're born it is the end of the teen age and time to really grow up. When he's back again at 58 - 59 it's the moment when people retired from their job - or pay the price for all their behaviour and mistakes in the previous 29 years ( Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey ). But when you have a Saturn transit at 95 it's almost impossible to survive to it. And the reason why is not only the dozens of problems it brings but also because Saturn transits are incredibly exhausting. And i can confirm that it's true as I am currently in the same kind of bad Saturn transit - actually exactly this month and even this week - and i don't tell you how bad and exhausting it is - and i'm not 95!
 All this to say that if you're a Capricorn native - Saturn it still in the sign for two more years - or have beloved ones born under the Capricorn sign, and especially if they are over, let's say, 78, make sure to stay close to them as the next years won't be fun for them, not to mention they could be eventually deadly.

Pictures: copyright Marvel, Taschen

Edited: TWO First Official Toy Story 4 Teasers - Introducing New Characters Forky, Ducky and Bunny !

First Official Toy Story 4 Teaser is released - the animated movie will be released in theaters on June 21, 2019!

First official synopsis: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.





The trailer also introduce a new character, Forky, a newcomer and reluctant toy voiced by Tony Hale. Forky is sure he doesn’t belong in Bonnie’s room, but he keeps getting pulled back into adventures every time he tries to escape. “The world of Toy Story is built upon the idea that everything in the world has a purpose. A toy’s purpose is to be there for its child. But what about toys that are made out of other objects? Forky is a toy that Bonnie made out of a disposable spork, so he’s facing a crisis. He wants to fulfill his purpose as a spork, but now has a new toy purpose thrust upon him.”




EDITING: Second teaser for Toy Story 4! Meet Ducky (voice of Keegan-Michael Key) and Bunny (voice of Jordan Peele) in this new teaser trailer!




 Pictures and video: copyright Disney