There is one Disney story from my childhood that still makes me laugh to this day. When I was a teenager, I used to go to a theatre competition every year. You would perform a selection from a “junior” show, shortened and edited versions of musicals intended for young performers. A couple of years into going, The Lion King Jr. was released so that children could finally participate in a shorter version of the hit Disney Broadway musical . The number of white children wearing kente cloth legging…

There has been a lot of drama in the Disney community this week, and it's all because of one theme park ride closing. Splash Mountain is not going away forever, but instead getting rethemed from featuring characters from Song of the South to Princess and the Frog . Splash Mountain was my favorite ride at Disneyland when I was a kid. It was the log flume at its peak form, with incredible animatronics and an epic 5-story drop. Even though I have a lot of nostalgia for it, I support the retheme. I…

Disney is addicted to acquiring properties. From Pixar to Star Wars to Avatar , they've got some pretty high-profile brands in their wheelhouse. Unfortunately, there is one Disney property that has been so underused it's almost criminal. I'm talking, of course, about our felt friends, the Muppets. Disney acquired the Muppets in 2004, and they haven't done squat with them since! Sure, we got the 2011 movie The Muppets and the less successful sequel Muppets Most Wanted , but you'd think they woul…

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When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Creepypastas. Many of the most famous creepypastas originated on the Something Awful forum, where people would share their craziest “true” horror stories. People tried their hardest to create the most believable and terrifying scary stories, usually starring their own original monster. The most recognizable Creepypasta protagonists include Slenderman and Jeff The Killer, but one of my favorite Creepypastas was called 'Abandoned By Disney .' In 'Abandoned By…

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, all the creatures were stirring, especially The Mouse TM . It's no secret that the holiday season is the craziest time of the year to go to Disney theme parks. School is out for the kids, and parents have PTO to burn before it expires at the end of the year. The best part of going to Disney for Christmas is escaping the winter vortexes of Northern and non-Floridian cities. The worst part? The lines: Everywhere you go, the people, the c…

It's finally happening. The new Avatar movie is out in theaters, and all of us Pandora: The World of Avatar Fans are laughing in the faces of the naysayers. Everybody thought Disney was crazy for making a theme park based on Avatar. Everyone said over and over again that “Avatar has not cultural relevance” and “nobody remembers anything about Avatar,” but they were wrong.

This week, ABC released promotional photos for their new version of Beauty and the Beast starring HER, and I could not be more excited. The special's cast looks so good that it might override how much I hate the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast . Before you townsfolk get out your pitchforks and form a mob over my bad take, let me explain. As a former theatre kid , I saw more high school productions of Beauty and the Beast, the musical, than anyone should legally be allowed to be subject…

Do any of you all remember the Peter Pandom ; the massive group of Tumblr fangirls who were obsessed with the actors who played Peter Pan at Disneyland? It was one of those phenomena that, upon reflection, feels like something I hallucinated when I had the swine flu. Do y'all remember the swine flu? Those were the days. Anyways, the fandom relied on teens who would go to Disneyland for the expressed purpose of telling Peter Pan all about their mental health issues. These fangirls would film the…

When I was a little kid, I was vehemently anti-princess . I don't remember my exact thought process from when I was three years old, but I know I did not like them. There is an iconic childhood photo of me from "Princess Day" at preschool, wearing a collegiate sweatshirt and looking downright angry. I was not having it. Although the princess and I community started off on the wrong foot, I started to like princess movies more as I got older. By the time I was ten, I was a proud Cinderella stan,…

Of all of the billion-dollar corporations, there is none with better brand recognition than Disney. How could there be? Do you think Apple could make timeless animated classics, less timeless live-action flicks, incredible theme parks, and Twitches ? I don't think so. Disney has convinced millions of people to wear their logo as merchandise. Google could literally never. Disney has got people consuming its products from their first days on this green earth to their dying moments, and no offense…

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