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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Pixar's Route 66: The Wigwam Village Motels

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Sally's Cozy Cone Motel was the place to stay in Radiator Springs.  The set piece from the Pixar animated feature Cars owes it inspir...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Pixar's Route 66: The U-Drop-Inn

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Nearly eight decades ago, the U-Drop Inn opened as an oasis of sorts on the then busy Route 66 highway in the Texas panhandle.  Located in...
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

On the Open Road!

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"Every day another new adventure, every mile another new zip code!" Today, we hit the open road! It's Californy er Bus...
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Freeze Frame! - "It's Californ-I-A or Bust!"

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Relating directly to our post today showcasing A Goofy Movie , we present this Freeze Frame! featuring two other characters who managed c...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Revisiting Roadside Disney: Trailer Tales

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Editor's Note : This week, in anticipation of our upcoming  Californy er Bust  cross-country road trip (departing Saturday, June 13), we...
Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Revisiting Roadside Disney: Cartoon Crazy and Studios Programmatic

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"At the beginning of the automobile age, in that most car crazy of places, Southern California,  roadways were dotted with eye-catching...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Revisiting Roadside Disney: Looking for a Good Night's Sleep

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Editor's Note : This week, in anticipation of our upcoming Californy er Bust cross-country road trip (departing Saturday, June 13), we ...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Pixar's Route 66

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We are just one week away from the start of our epic, cross-country road trip.  For a good portion of our journey, we will be traveling al...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Californy er Bust!

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The immortal words of Goofy will resonate with us very soon.  2719 Hyperion writer and son will embark on an epic cross country road trip...
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Snapshot '73: Early River Life

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The Walt Disney World Frontierland of 1973 does in many ways resemble a wild and largely uninhabited wilderness.  This particular snapsh...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Snapshot '73: Topiary Lane

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Wow, it's certainly been a while. Life took some twists and turns over the past few years and 2719 Hyperion, out of necessity, had ...
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Sunday, September 09, 2012

Windows to the Past: The Mickey Mouse Weather House

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Forget about the Weather Channel and all those high-tech weather apps on your smart phones and tablets.  In 1948, people predicted the we...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Lady and the Tramp Arrives on Blu-Ray

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Lady and the Tramp is truly a top tier Disney classic.  Characters and story combine with very best of Disney animated technique; it i...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Exhibition Hall: Walt Disney's Christmas Carol

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Every Christmas season, I still get emails about Walt Disney's Christmas Carol . In those very early days of 2719 Hyperion, back ...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Rocketeer: High Flying in High Defintion

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First the good news: The Rocketeer has been released in a remastered high defintion Blu-Ray.  It appears that Disney took note of the numer...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Cars 2: Racing Beyond the Cynicism

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One could almost imagine the metaphorical arm-twisting that occurred between Disney CEO Robert Iger and Pixar chief John Lasseter, that ulti...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Winnie the Pooh - Traditonal, Fresh and Wonderful

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Winnie the Pooh , Disney's most recent return to hand-drawn feature animation, proves both traditional and fresh, charming in its simpli...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Freeze Frame! - Gary Time in Hawaiian Vacation

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The newest Pixar cartoon Hawaiian Vacation, featuring the Toy Story gang, arrives next week as part of the Cars 2 DVD.  Quick pause-button...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Snapshot Missouri! - Walt Disney Elementary School

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How cool would it be to go to school here! The entrance foyer of the Walt Disney Elementary School in Marceline, Missouri has changed litt...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Curse Resistant Pirates Sail into Home Ports

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It is still somewhat beyond belief that a series of pirate movies based on a theme park attraction could become a 21st century multi-billion...
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