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I just recently finished Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers, and I must say it was very good! I thought it was very imaginative, and magical; it truly captured the escence of childhood. The only thing I would say, is that compared to the movie, in the book, Mary Poppins is much more harsh. I think I like Julie Andrews a little bit better, but the book was still very good!

Don’t lose hope! The World of Color Show is still in construction! Look! I have proof!!

Whoo! There is so much to do, I just have to do it all on one! Okay, here’ s what’s been happening:

• If you are 18 years older and up, and are D23 member, you have the chance to become Donald Duck’s Official Portrait Artist! For more information check out this link!
• Tomorrowland’s still getting re-furbished
• Spider webs have been added to Pirates
• Astro Blasters is getting a new, very futuristic paint job
  

  Wayne with wife, Russi Taylor

• The new crocodile for Fantasmic is in
• King Triton’s Under Sea Carousel in DCA is now back open, with a new paint scheme
• Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for the last  32 years, died last monday at age 62. So sad!!
• A President Obama audio-animatronic~ but just for Walt Disney World

I can not write a better post about the death of such a great actor than the website D23. Neither can MiceChat! So here it is, from D23:

WAYNE ALLWINE, VOICE OF MICKEY MOUSE FOR 32 YEARS, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 62
05.20.09 – Wayne Allwine, a veteran Disney voiceover talent and Emmy® Award-winning sound effects editor, who provided the voice of Mickey Mouse for the past 32 years, passed away on Monday (May 18) at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, from complications due to diabetes. He was 62 years old. Allwine’s wife of 20 years, Russi Taylor, who provides the voice of Minnie Mouse, was by his side at the time of his passing.

Allwine had been providing the voice of Disney’s world-renowned cartoon mouse since 1977, when he first lent his familiar falsetto to animated segments for The New Mickey Mouse Club. He went on to provide Mickey’s voice…

Walt Disney himself provided the original sounds and speaking voice for Mickey Mouse starting in 1928 with Mickey’s talking debut in Steamboat Willie. Veteran Disney sound effects wizard Jimmy Macdonald assumed speaking duties for the mouse starting in 1947 with “Mickey and the Beanstalk” (from Fun and Fancy Free), and continued with it until 1977 when his protégé, Allwine, took over the job.

For the full article, please follow this link: click!

Okay, I know I have been slacking lately, but I’m making up for it with this post! So here’s what new:

• Up comes out next friday
• New Disney site: DisneyStore.com   merchandising from the park!
• DCA got new restrooms
• Harbour Gallery in Frontierland got a new menu
• Tomorrowland is getting refurbished (again)
• Couple new books came out, Art of Walt Disney World  and Finding Nemo in the Disney Theme Parks
• Mickey’s Fun Wheel opens at DCA
• The late Don Edgren received a window on Main Street U.S.A. above the Silhouette Studio
• Rolly Crump was also honored with a window on the Fargo’s Palm Parlor

That’s it bascially! Hoped you enjoyed the update!

There is a new Disney Adventure called Gateway Collection: Gateway to London and Paris. It looks really cool! I guess you would be visiting Westminster Abbey, the Changing of the Guard,the Tower of London,
 Notre Dame and of coursethe Eiffel Tower. And also the Louvre and Versailles.  It looks like a lot of fun!  For more information check out this link.

I’ve seen this before, but I thought this version was interesting…

Ohh….this is going to be good!!!

Readers, I will be gone on a trip for the next week on the East Coast, so there will be no new posts. Sorry!