Disneyland Paris Disney Dreams! Christmas Show - Full Show HD Video !

Here is a new video of the full show of the Disneyland Paris Disney Dreams! Christmas show filmed this week by Max, Disney and more contributor. Choose to watch it full screen and in 1080p HD definition!




Video: copyright DLPWelcome

Visual Development Artwork For a Wicked Animated Movie

Here is some interesting "characters visual development" artwork created by Minkyu Lee who imagined a "Wicked" animated film with a Disney style. Lee is a Disney animator who worked on Princess and the Frog as well as Frozen. He also did the Oscar nominated short Adam and Dog and these drawings below were done while he was studying at Cal Arts and interning at Disney.

It's always interesting to see some visual development, specially when the movie is not done yet, but apparently Disney seems to don't be interested by a Wicked movie - or may be they don't have the rights on it... May be another studio will be interested some day!

Artwork: copyright Minkyu Lee

Jekyll and Hyde Club, The Awesome Themed Restaurant That Won't Come at Universal Orlando City Walk

Universal Studios Orlando did yesterday their awaited big announcement and unfortunately even if there was a strong rumor saying that a Jekyll and Hyde Club - similar to the popular one existing in New York - would open at Universal City Walk, i'm sorry to say that unfortunately this awesome themed restaurant is not included in the new eight City Walk venue.

It's really a pity as this would have been a very, very, smart move from Universal. And here is why: the Jekyll and Hyde club is a club of "eccentric explorers and mad scientists where guests eat, drink and socialize among the unusual and the bizarre" in a british victorian decor filled with Audio-Animatronics monsters and weird props. Yes, a club of "eccentric explorers"...  does this remind you something? That's right, the Jekyll and Hyde club would have delighted all of you who miss dearly the now unfortunately extinct Adventurers Club at WDW Downtown Disney, but a Club with a more weird theming.

But what exactly is this Jekyll and Hyde club, you ask? Well let's have a tour of this splendid "club" that New Yorkers can enjoy, with plenty of pictures and videos that will show you everything!

The Jekyll and Hyde club is indeed a place where you can drink and eat while you're sit in "chesterfield" sofas surrounded by artifacts from around the world and on your way to your table you'll note changing portraits and Audio-Animatronics skeletons...

You can count on the eyes of the portraits on these paintings to follow your steps...

You must not miss a visit to the library and its kind of "Mrs Leota" floating above the table...

Highly detailed theming and gargoyles await you at each corner...

Here is a first video who will show you a bit of everything, and then we'll have a look at each "show" in detail. You'll note that in New York you enter the club through a phone booth!




Now, let's start our tour of the shows and animated characters, and again, chances are that all these will be include in the Jekyll and Hyde club coming at Universal City Walk. The big show is the "Frankenstein" one called here "Dr Brain Experiment"...

...in which the "creature" hidden for now in the metal box above will come to life after blood from a guests would have been transfused to it!

Here is the video of the whole show, don't miss it, it's fun and the actor is great.




The Jekyll and Hyde club include as i told you some Audio-Animatronics like this skeleton ventriloquist and his puppet...

...or these Siamese twin...

...as well as The Elephant Man himself, and you'll see all of them in this next video!




And now meet the cast of "eccentric explorers and mad scientist" of the Jekyll and Hyde club in this next video!




A last video for the road showing the mad clown and the Audio-Animatronic devilish puppet in the chamber of horrors!



What a great theming, isn't it? And what a great place to eat, drink and "socialize" as they say. I think you better understand now why bringing the Jekyll and Hyde club at Universal Orlando City Walk would have been an incredibly good move from Universal, and it's a pity they missed it! But if you fly to New York, don't forget to pay a visit to the Jekyll and Hyde  club, HERE is the official website with all needed infos.

Pictures: Copyright Jekyll and Hyde club

Editor's Note: Although i've sent a notification by email, i'd like to confirm to those of you who pre-ordered the Disneyland Paris book in its regular edition that ALL orders have been shipped last Monday and Tuesday, Dec 9 and 10, and it should take between 10 and 15 days to arrive depending if you're living in Europe or in the U.S.
The new and updated ENGLISH regular edition is now available for immediate shipping, and for now you can always order it at the pre-order price of 55€ + 15€ shipping worldwide.

You can order the book by sending me an email at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com or send directly your Paypal payment of the 70 euros either by the Paypal button below or directly from your Paypal account at the same email address. The book will make a gorgeous Christmas present so order today your copy of "Disneyland Paris, From Sketch to Reality" to make sure you'll get it for Christmas!

A full description of the book can be find HERE.

Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality - Include shipping

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Saving Mr Banks Released Tomorrow in the U.S, Three New Great Featurettes to Keep You Waiting !

Saving Mr Banks, one of the most awaited movie of the year - by Disney fans - will be released tomorrow in the U.S! How good will be Tom Hanks playing Walt and Emma Thompson as P.L Travers? Will you have the feeling to go back in time at Disneyland glorious years?

You'll let us know what you think after you watched the movie and in the meantime here is three new featurettes titled Tom Hanks", "The Music", "The Story" to keep you waiting. The three look great, include many new shots not seen before, so don't miss them!










Picture and videos: copyright Disney

Jay Rasulo Announces That Shanghaî Disneyland May Expand Quickly After 2015 Opening

Jay Rasulo announced at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York yesterday that Disney may quickly expand Shanghai Disneyland Resort after its opening late 2015 "in order to meet rising demand in the world’s most populous country".

"Shanghai Disney Resort will be almost 1,000 acres (404.7 hectares) in size when it opens, putting it third behind Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland Paris among the company’s resorts" said Rasulo. Disney will have enough room available to expand both the new park and to create another one as land has been kept on the right of Shanghaî Disneyland "Magic Kingdom".

“We believe we’re developing a park that will absolutely blow people away. We’re opening the park for a pretty healthy number of attendees but more importantly both we and our partners and the Shanghai government are eager and willing to expand rapidly after that,” Rasulo said. Attendance could ultimately top Tokyo Disney Resort, which has 28 million annual visitors, Rasulo said. 

Disney owns 43 percent of the venture with the state-owned Shanghai Shendi Group Co., a consortium of three businesses, holding the rest and cost of the phase one of the project is $4.78 billion. "Shanghai Disneyland is part of a larger focus by Disney on China, where entertainment spending by consumers has lagged the growth of the middle class. The new park is within a three-hour drive of 330 million people, many of them young families" Rasulo said.

Don't get too excited, though, with Rasulo's  as what will more probably happen is that they will build new hotels and attractions and then a new theme park years later as they do usually, and this if everything goes well. We learned with the experience of Disneyland Paris to don't believe promises until works on any expansion starts for real.

Picture: copyright Disney 

Star Wars Characters With An Awesome Steam Punk Design

Here is some awesome pieces of Star Wars Steam Punk art created by artist Bjorn Hurri. Below, you'll find Princess Leia, Han Solo, C3 P0, Darth Vador, Yoda, Boba Fett and a Storm Trooper all with a Steam Punk style treatment!