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Step-planDisney: Our opinion on the coming Oklahoma theme park

Uncle Walt's Insider step-planDisney (Step)Moms answer your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear step-planDisney (Step)Moms: What do you think of the new theme park coming to Oklahoma?” – Chris T., Disney OK Marty: Dear Crisp, thank you for writing. It's good that you have a job where your official duties are so miniscule that they give you ...
August 5, 2023 by Marty in step-planDisney
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Step-planDisney: Into the Disney animation multiverse?

Uncle Walt's Insider step-planDisney (Step)Moms answer your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear step-planDisney (Step)Moms: I have a question can Walt Disney animation studio make a multiverse aka mirrorverse universe and cars (lightning McQueen and Mater and Cruz Ramirez) join with the Disney animation studio crossover movie in the future or maybe 2024 or 2026?" ...
May 9, 2023 by Marty in step-planDisney
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This is as far as we got without paying. Image © 2021 Disney.

Our review: Should you see Raya and the Last Dragon?

Marty reviews the latest new feature film streaming on Disney+. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q., SVALBARD -- Raya and the Last Dragon debuted on Disney+ last Friday, and parents, kids, and those weird Disney fans that aren't in either of those two categories are wondering: should I watch it? Fortunately for our readers, having Disney+ on our 18" office TV is one of the few perks our Uncle Walt gives us here. We think it's just because he copied a neighbor's login info when helping ...
March 12, 2021 by Marty in Spotlight
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A publicity still from MoanaCars. Photo ©2018 Disney/Pixar.

Pixar announces Cars / Moana crossover film

The two popular (and merchandise-friendly) franchises will finally meet onscreen! EMERYVILLE, CA -- Describing it as "a comic clash of cultures," Pixar Animation Studios announced today that production has begun on a movie that combines characters from Cars and Moana.  "Everything we do at Pixar is driven by story," said Pixar and Disney Animation President Ed Catmull. "And I can guarantee you we have a story here. Sure, right now, the story is something along the lines of, 'what happens when our most lucrative franchises ...
November 28, 2018 by Marty in Other
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Big Hero 6 Little Golden Book, Walmart Floor Display 12/2014 by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube

Prequel fever: Production announced for “Big Heroes” 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Banking on a repeat of the success of the Star Wars prequels, Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced five new films taking place in the Big Hero 6 universe. Each of the films will be set in time before the events of Big Hero 6, and will correspondingly be titled Big Hero 1, Big Hero 2, Big Hero 3, Big Hero 4, and Big Hero 5. The first of these prequels, Big Hero 1, is scheduled to be released in December ...
October 17, 2017 by Marty in Other
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