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Legendary French auction house Drouot announces France first ever auction with 344 Disney theme parks collectibles! Here below is the press release about the event, please read it, and you have my take on this right after AND a selection of pictures of items which are on sale in the auction...

D&M has posted an interesting and never seen before coaster concept developed for Jurassic Park Island ten years ago (but finally not approved). It would have been a wooden coaster with vehicles inspired by the look of the JP jeeps and the ride would have ended with a kind of small dark ride...

The new and awaited Universal Studios theme park will open February 11 at Singapore and they did a real good job with new lands or new attractions that didn't exist before. Classic rides had changes too like the Jurassic Park flume ride which is now a raft ride, etc... You can see great...

The Disney and more site put on line an incredible (and very secret ) project of Michael Jackson : a Peter Pan's Neverland theme park that was designed by Landmark entertainment - the guys who designed Terminator 3D, Jurassic Park ride and the Spiderman ride. Disney and more have the whole...

Tokyo Disney Sea's Turtle Talk (it's called over there like this , without "with Crush" ) is opening on October 1st but D&M has all the pictures of it. Once again the Japanese have the best version of a Disney attraction and the theming - Turtle Talk is located inside the Columbia ship - is...

All the HKDL Mystic Manor artwork who was displayed at the D23 Expo is in a Disney and more article - and in high-res pictures! Here it is: http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/09/d23-expo-special-report-hong-kong.html Many explanations on all the story line and the special effects, too. Enjoy!

The highly awaited Disneyland Paris 20th anniversary attraction will not be Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones adventure or the Little Mermaid as the next big E-Ticket of Disneyland Paris will be the Ratatouille attraction! Actually, this new awaited E-Ticket is now confirmed - not officially, of...

In its new article called "From Mission to Mars to Mission Space" Disney and more unveil great artwork of the Mission: Space that never was. As you may know, huge cuts were done in the original concept of Mission: Space, and it's really a pity as the first concept was fantastic. The beginning...

Hello, It took some time to counter check the infos but the article that will tell you all about the awaited Soarin' over the world movie for DCA and WDW (and hopefully the WDS in Paris some day) is now on line. Important note: In the article the name of the COUNTRIES are the one that WDI...

Today, June 14th, 2009 is Disneyland's Matterhorn 50th anniversary ! No kidding! The beloved DL attraction opened 50 years ago on June 14th 1959 and since then the ride is one of DL guests favorite... It's the perfect time to give a tribute with great historical pictures and video, and you can...

The S.S Disney project was one of WDI most secret project. No one ever heard about this incredible idea to transform a super tanker in a "floating theme park" that would have sail from port to port around the world. Guests would have found on board 18 attractions including an Orbitron, Casey...

Recent developments last friday seems to announce a brighter future for Hong Kong Disneyland, but after China and Shanghaî, what are Disney's other locations projects for the future? Would it be in India? Or somewhere else? Should Disney be cautious to avoid any cultural shock? More about...

Hello, a mega giant photo report on Monsters Inc ride and go seek has been posted with looooot of high res pictures of virtually everything from the queue decor to the ride and even the new Monsters Inc company store at the exit of the attraction. You can see all this here...

Tom Thordarson is a fantastic artist and was the the concept designer for Tokyo Disney Sea's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" the top rated thrill ride of Tokyo Disney Sea. Tom was also a key team player in the early design phases of many other attractions for Disney Sea, especially 20000...

Ten years ago, WDI imagineers envisioned a roller coaster for Dinoland USA in Animal Kingdom. This would have been MUCH better than the actual one, as audio animatronics dinosaurs, including the big " Carnosaurus" AA would have been part of the ride. For unknown reasons, they did a different...

The Animal Kingdom "Dinosaurs" ride - formerly known as "Countdown to Extinction" disappointed some at its opening, but few know how much better it could have been. Some renderings are particularly interesting as they are showing scenes that were NOT realised. Like this one below that shows a...

The first part of a huge article about Animal Kingdom original artwork is posted today with 40 renderings, ncluding some showing never realised concepts. The part two will be post next week, also with 40 renderings. Animal Kingdom renderings are pretty hard to find, so i think thes should...

In 1978, the imagineers were working on a major refurbishment of the Matterhorn. The Matterhorn was coming down to be reinforced with steel, as it was a wood framed structure since the beginning. The new Bobsleds were being added along with new track, and better brakes too for the splash down...

Hong Kong Disneyland will have anytime soon at last a Frontierland. Although it'll be a smaller one than in other Disney's Magic Kingdoms, it will have a new and unique coaster attraction called - for now - Grizzly Mine show, a mix ofthe DCA Grizzly mountain and Expedition Everest for the...

DLP's Walt Disney Studios will have a "Toy Story Land" in 2010 , with three small rides - a re-theming of regular cernival rides - and toy story elements all around them. Good news or bad news? The D&M article tell us all about this future WDS addition...