A ‘Hollywood’ Classic: Residential Street

Do you remember Residential Street? The nice, quaint neighborhood in the heart of Disney’s Hollywood Studios? Of course, this neighborhood was actually a line of facades. Used in various TV shows and commercials as well as movies, some of the homes on Residential Street looked familiar to guests when they drove by on the Studio Backlot Tour.

Homes made appearances in such films as “Splash Too” and “Ernest Saves Christmas,” but the most recognizable ones from Residential Street belonged the family from “Empty Nest” and the ladies from the “Golden Girls.”

Below is an aerial view of Residential Street in October 1988 prior to the opening of the park.

A ‘Hollywood’ Classic: Residential Street by Nate Rasmussen: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

Imagineers Bring New Audio-Animatronics to Life at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

How do you recreate Disney characters for a new attraction? According to Walt Disney Imagineering, it all starts with a hand-drawn sketch …

In this new video, our Imagineers take you behind the scenes to see how they’re bringing to life some of the most advanced Audio-Animatronics ever created. According to them, the process involved working with Walt Disney Animation Studios and going back to the original film to study each Dwarf’s individual motions and even facial expressions in order to get them just right. The end goal: To make them look as if they just jumped off of the screen.

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• First Look: Feast Your Eyes On Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Characters
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• All in the Details: The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Cottage Close Up at Magic Kingdom Park

Imagineers Bring New Audio-Animatronics to Life at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train by Jennifer Fickley-Baker: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog

Disneyland Resort Promotes Earth Month in the Community

This month, Disneyland Resort and its cast members have been out and about in the community celebrating Earth Month. At MUZEO’s TrashARTist Challenge and Expo that the Disneyland Resort sponsored in Anaheim, cast members demonstrated waste reduction techniques and helped choose a winner of the art contest that encouraged people to turn trash into art.

Disney VoluntEARS also helped restore a natural habitat at the Heritage Museum of Orange County by planting 50 native trees and plants. At the annual Children’s Water Education Festival that the Disneyland Resort sponsored at University of California, Irvine, more than 200 Disney VoluntEARS helped 7,000 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in Orange County learn about ways to help conserve the local water supply.

Boys & Clubs from Orange County were hosted for a private screening of Disneynature’s “Bears” at the Downtown Disney District, and third-graders at Orange Grove Elementary in Anaheim were read environmental stories by the Disneyland Resort Diversity Resource Group, HOLA.

Disneyland Resort Promotes Earth Month in the Community by Kevin Rafferty, Jr.: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog