Disney TidBits

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Shag's Disney Art - Mid Century Modern meets Disney Equals FABULOUS!

Mid Century Modern meets Disney - the artist "Shag" perfects it and I am smitten. I am going to see if I can find any of Shag's art at the Art of Disney store in the Disney Downtown Marketplace (soon to be "Disney Springs"). I'll let you know how the search goes, but in the meantime, drool over the fabulousness below with me.

Teresa Olive

Club Penguin's Star Wars Rebels Party 2015 - Wielding Lightsabers, We Are!

Check out my recap of the Club Penguin Star Wars Rebels Party hosted by Club Penguin posted on LaughingPlace.com. Scroll down for an easy view of the text. :)

http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2015/01/26/club-penguin-wielding-lightsabers-we-are/

The map of Club Penguin Island during the Star Wars Rebel Takeover

Wielding Lightsabers, We Are.

From January 22^nd through February 4^th Club Penguin Island has been transformed into Lothal, the home planet of the Star Wars Rebels TV show which airs Monday nights at 9pm ET/PT on Disney XD. Penguins must strike back against the Imperial Forces to save Club Penguin Island from fruit stealing, overbearing tyrants!

Even the Club Penguin Times has been seized, now renamed the “Imperial Times”. The Imperial Times is now an Empire propaganda rag. The rules are laid out for our Club Penguin friends who have been instructed that tampering with Imperial posters is strictly forbidden, a serious offense. The treasures of Club Penguin Island are in danger, even the treasures that our puffles discover and dig up will be taken away.

Players have been tasked with quests to save the island (one of which is to destroy the Imperial posters which are scattered about by throwing snowballs at them) earning Star Wars Rebels swag along the way in the form of cool galactic clothing, gear and even a lightsaber.

Players must ultimately take on the nefarious Inquisitor but never fear- my son, DCookie888, defeated an entire army of storm troopers with snowballs – it won’t be long now. Sure, they were relentless and kept appearing in droves – but whatever, we have snowballs and aren’t afraid to use them!

The themed locations for this party are as fabulous as the 2014 Halloween party, in my opinion. The coffee shop is now “Javaa Hutt” and the Dock and Cove are really cool, check out the pictures below of the overall view of the map, the plaza, dock, town, etc. Enjoy this is Club Penguin party that is going on until February 4^th, it is out of this world!

Teresa Olive

Disney's Magic Kingdom Map from 1979!

These pics are of my husband's map (that he carried around in his little 7 year old hands) from 1979! I love the lists below of the rides that are no longer - check it out. Look for the differences in Tomorrowland and Frontierland in particular. :) Enjoy!

Friday, November 28, 2014

Ahoy, Matey! It Be a Pirate Party on Disney’s Club Penguin!

November, 2014’s Club Penguin monthly themed party is an awesome Pirate Party!

This month’s party mascot is once again [Pirate] Rockhopper! While Pirate Rockhopper was out exploring, a group of crabs living on Swashbuckler Trading Post boarded Rockhopper's ship, the Migrator (bloody stow-aways!). These mutinous buggers eventually took over, sailing Pirate Rockhopper’s beloved Migrator straight into the shores of Club Penguin where they crashed. Club Penguin Times posted an article, pictured below, quoting a devastated Pirate Rockhopper as saying, “She be the greatest ship that ever be sailing the seven and a half seas”.

Penguins are pitching in to help Rockhopper, battling those pirate crabs (rock/paper/scissors style) and collecting their own loot. Also, penguins can duel each another to collect "pirate party coins" that can be redeemed for different pirate swords. My son, DCookie888 loves the green glowing sword and the purple balloon sword, but there are more. He says that if you select the lowest lefthand icon during the duel, labeled “LOW” you will almost always win your duel on the second blow. This is the fourth pirate themed party Club Penguin has hosted. Club Penguin’s Pirate Party is running from November 20 through December 3^rd.

Rockhopper needs our help to stop the pirate crabs who are hoarding the precious treasures that they stole from him. Penguins are battling crabs all over the island, winning their own loot along the way. There are battles in the Dock area, Snow Forts, Plaza and even in Town Center. It is chaos! But don’t worry, DCookie888 is ON it. We are having a great time battling those pesky crabs.