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Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, Walt Disney Company chief exec Bob Chapek said he’s “not sure there’s going back” to pre-pandemic theatrical windows.

Reiterating the company’s commitment to theatrical releases, Chapek reminded viewers that Disney in 2019 released 11 films that earned at least $1 billion, which “will continue to be a big deal” to the company. But he acknowledged the uncertainty that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brings, given how few screens are currently open and moviegoers’ willingness to return to theaters. Those possible changes to consumer behavior are “more profound” to him.

“I think the consumer is probably more impatient than they’ve ever been before,” said Chapek. “Particularly since now they’ve had the luxury of an entire year of getting titles at home pretty much when they want them. So I’m not sure there’s going back, but we certainly don’t want to do anything like cut the legs off a theatrical exhibition run.”

The company will ultimately let consumer behavior guide its decisions on the theatrical windowing front, he said.

“I don’t think they’ll have much of a tolerance for a title, say, being out of theatrical for months, yet it hasn’t had a chance to actually be thrown into the marketplace in another distribution channel, just sort of sitting there getting dust,” he added.

“Raya and the Last Dragon,” which opens in select theaters on March 5, will also hit Disney Plus on the same date in a “premier access” window for an additional $30 fee for subscribers.

That special-window release was previously deployed for “Mulan,” but Chapek would not say how big of a role the strategy would play in a post-pandemic moviegoing environment.

“It certainly makes a lot of sense right now, in a COVID world, to have an option,” he said. “Obviously, theaters aren’t going to be 100% back. But it’s nice to know that we’ve got the ability for people who do want to enjoy it in their home — because they don’t quite feel confident in going to a movie theater — that they’ve got that choice. What this looks like in the future? Well, we’re going to gain a lot of experience and a lot of data points.”

Chapek also discussed Marvel’s slew of upcoming television series, Disney Plus’ astronomical growth and the anticipated re-opening of Disneyland and other Disney theme parks, and touted Disney’s big win at the Golden Globes the night before with Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” winning best picture.

While Marvel has a number of new projects in the pipeline, following the hit “WandaVision” with “Falcon and the Winter Solider” and then “Loki” in the summer, Chapek doesn’t expect viewers to tire of superheroes anytime soon.

“In terms of fatigue, I guess that’s borne out in the numbers,” he said, noting the popularity of “WandaVision.” “I would say the situation is the same for Marvel as it is Lucas[film]. You know, if you look at it, we’ve averaged over a billion dollars a film since the acquisition of both Lucas[film] and Marvel, which I think is an absolutely incredible statistic.”

He refrained from going into detail about either upcoming Marvel series, except that “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” is “an epic, almost cinematic type experience… it’s big and bold,” while “Loki” is “equally creative and inventive.”

As for Disney Plus’ 95 million paying subscribers, which exceeded both the company’s and Wall Street’s expectations, Chapek was “surprised” at the service’s global appeal and level of global engagement.

“What we didn’t realize was the non-family appeal that a service like Disney Plus would have. In fact, over 50% of our global marketplace [subscribers] don’t have kids, and that is the big difference,” he said, adding shortly after, “When 50% of the [subscribers to] Disney Plus don’t have kids, you really have the opportunity now to think much more broadly about the nature of your content.”

As for the anticipated return of Disneyland, Chapek is “thrilled” with attendee response to the health and safety protocols that have been implemented at Disney theme parks and resorts that have already re-opened. That appears to have bolstered his bullishness on increasing park attendance once the virus’ impact subsides, though he noted that theme park recovery largely depends on the speed of the vaccine rollout and consumers’ willingness to travel and go back on vacation.

But he is very happy with the “extremely strong consumer sentiment,” he said, and believes “demand is going to rebound quite handsomely.”

The company has used the current shutdown of Disneyland to shutter its much-used annual pass program for the Anaheim, Calif.-based theme park and resort, a move that has upset some passholders. Disneyland is developing “new membership offerings” that is has not yet unveiled.

“In a non-COVID environment, it would have been a pretty tough [decision] to make, because they just keep renewing and renewing, but when you start lapping a year without anybody going for an annual pass program, that gives you the chance,” Chapek said. “We’re going to use that, though, in order to have an even better guest experience at Disneyland and manage the crowd so that no matter what day you go to Disneyland, you can have an extraordinary experience.”

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blackkudos · 5 years ago

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Todrick Hall

Todrick Hall (born April 4, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, director, choreographer and YouTuber. He first gained national attention on the 9th season of the reality singing competition American Idol, where he made it to the semi-finals. Following this, he amassed a following on YouTube with multiple viral videos including original songs, parodies, and skits. A documentary series about his video-making process titled Todrick aired on MTV in 2015.

Starting with season 8, Hall became a resident choreographer on RuPaul's Drag Race, and occasional judge. From 2016 to 2017, Hall starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway. Later in 2017, he began appearances as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and the West End.

As a singer-songwriter he has released three studio albums, including the visual albums Straight Outta Oz (2016) and Forbidden (2018).

Early life

Todrick Hall was born in Plainview, Texas, on April 4, 1985. His family consists of his mother, father, one brother, and a stepfather. He knew he was different, he liked playing with dolls, and worried if they would still accept him if he turned out to be one of those gay people they made fun of on television. Hall began studying ballet at nine-years-old, and later worked with Fantasia in The Color Purple. He came out as gay to his family when he was fifteen; it took them a few years to accept. He also appeared in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and performed with Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

Career

2009–2010: American Idol

On August 24, 2009, Hall auditioned to the ninth season of American Idol in Dallas, Texas. He sang a self-composed song mentioning the judges – Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, and guest judge Joe Jonas – to plead his case for inclusion in the program. All four judges approved of his participation; he went into Hollywood week and eventually the semi-finals. In the Top 24, he sang Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" and in the Top 20, he performed Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It". He was eliminated in the Top 16 on 11 March 2010 after his rendition of Queen's "Somebody to Love;" he was one of four contestants eliminated in that round, and thus ranked between 13th and 16th overall.

2011–2013: Career growth and YouTube fame

Hall joined YouTube on May 27, 2006, and posted his first video to the site, a performance of "It's Hard to Say Goodbye", in 2008. In following years, his audience has grown considerably: as of June, 2019, Hall currently has 3.1 million subscribers on YouTube, and as of March 2018, his videos have been viewed 531.9 million times. Hall's videos include several of his own original songs and music videos, choreographed flash mobs for Ariana Grande and Beyoncé performed in an actual Target store, (the latter of which Beyoncé personally recognized Hall for), musical collaborations with Pentatonix, and personal updates.

In May 2011, he released a video audition for the third season of Glee titled "I Wanna Be on Glee", for possible inclusion in the show. Though the video was popular, Hall was not cast in the program.In November 2013, Virgin America produced a pop-music safety video directed by Jon M. Chu with music by Jean-Yves Decornet. Hall wrote the song and lyrics and starred in the video.

In December 2013, Hall released a Christmas album entitled Dear Santa, with covers of "This Christmas" and "Sleigh Bells", produced by wiidope as well as original songs "So Cold" and "SplitsOnXmasTrees".

2014–2015: Pop Star High and Todrick docuseries

From April 1 to May 13, 2014, Hall released an eight episode web series on his YouTube channel called Pop Star High. The series takes place in a world where all of the most famous Pop Stars of our day all went to high school together. The series portrays and parodies pop stars like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Tyga, and draws on the tropes of high school comedy movies. The soundtrack for the series was released on April 1, 2014.

On October 22, 2014, MTV announced Todrick, a docuseries following Hall, would premiere in 2015. On 20 December 2014, Hall produced and appeared in a commercial for the series and featured other celebrities' holiday wishes. Eight episodes of the docuseries were ordered and aired throughout 2015. The soundtrack for the show was released on October 13, 2015.

In October 2015, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally where he performed live his single "Wind It Up".

2016–2017: Straight Outta Oz, Broadway, and RuPaul's Drag Race

Hall appeared as a guest judge on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race; the episode, which featured a Wizard of Oz-inspired challenge, first aired on April 11, 2016. Hall reappeared as a full-time judge for RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 2 later in 2016 and again for the ninth season aired throughout 2017.

Along with Drag Race, Hall frequently appeared on Logo TV's game show Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul alongside other celebrities. A second Season of Gay for Play is expected.

On June 23, 2016, Todrick self-released his second album, Straight Outta Oz. Straight Outta Oz is a visual concept album that uses the imagery of The Wizard of Oz to explore Todrick's own life and rise to fame. The project's first video was posted to YouTube on June 23, 2016 as well. Shortly thereafter, Hall announced the Straight Outta Oz Tour to promote the album. The tour originally ran between July 7, and August 12, 2016 in the United States and Canada.

The Straight Outta Oz Tour was interrupted by Hall's casting in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. Hall starred as Lola, a drag queen cabaret performer. Hall's performance was well received by critics. He performed as Lola from November 1, 2016, to March 1, 2017.

The Straight Outta Oz Tour was revived in 2017 and ran between March 30, and June 5, in various North American, European, and Australian locations. It was accompanied by an expanded deluxe edition that included songs that were featured on the tour but not on the original version of the album. Additionally, the album included an extended version and new video for "Wrong Bitch" featuring Bob the Drag Queen, and a rerecorded version of Todrick's previous single "Low" featuring RuPaul.

In August 2017, he had a cameo as a back-up dancer in the music video for Taylor Swift's song, "Look What You Made Me Do".

From November 30, 2017, to January 14, 2018, played Billy Flynn in a limited engagement role in Chicago. During his tenure, the show had its best-grossing week in its 21-year Broadway history.

In December he released the documentary film Behind the Curtain about the production behind Straight Outta Oz. It was screened in select theatres and later released on home video. Later that month he had a guest appearance in the Bob's Burgers Season 8 episode "The Bleakening" as drag queen Miss Triple-Xmas (or Cleavage to Beaver) performing the song "Twinkly Lights". He also released a medley of covers of songs from the Pitch Perfect film series that was featured on the Pitch Perfect 3 Special Edition soundtrack.

2018–present: Forbidden, Haus Party & The Greatest Dancer

In March 2018 he announced his new visual album follow-up to Straight Outta Oz called Forbidden. It was released on March 27, 2018. To promote the album, Hall embarked on Forbidden: The Tour across the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

On May 15, 2019, Hall revealed that he will be releasing a trilogy of extended plays to be released across the next six months. The first EP, Haus Party, Pt. 1, was released on May 23, 2019. The first single "Glitter" was released with the album pre-order on May 16, 2019. It also featured Hall's first big hit "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels." The EPs will be supported by the Haus Party World Tour. While it was originally announced that Part Two would be released in July followed by Party Three in September 2019, the release of Haus Party, Pt. 2 was delayed to September 19, 2019.. It was supported by the singles "Wig", "Fag", and "Dripeesha" (featuring Tiffany Haddish). Part Three was originally announced to be released on October 30, 2019, then November 27. It was put up for pre-order on January 10, 2020 with two singles available, "Blue" and "Pink Dreams", and an announced release date of February 14, 2020. However, this was later pushed back to May 1, 2020.

On June 17, 2019, Hall appeared in the music video for singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's song "You Need to Calm Down"; he co-executive produced the video with Swift. On June 19, 2019, Hall announced that he will be returning to Broadway to play Ogie Anhorn in the musical Waitress opposite friend Colleen Ballinger, who will be making her Broadway debut as Dawn Williams from August 20 until September 15.

In August 2019 he joined the panel of Dance Captains for the second series of The Greatest Dancer alongside the other Dance Captains Cheryl, Oti Mabuse and Matthew Morrison. The series aired on BBC One in January 2020.

Artistry

Hall is a baritenor with a soulful, expressive voice, including falsetto; in addition to a singer, Hall is also a rapper. The genre of his works include R&B, pop, hip hop, neo-soul, funk, and musical theatre. Many of his lyrics include elements of social commentary, such as gun violence in and against black communities in "Water Guns" (featuring Jordin Sparks), acceptance of interracial relationships in "Color" (featuring Jay Armstrong Johnson) and queer culture; Hall writes and produces much of his own music with Jeeve Ducornet and wiidope. Hall also posts musical tributes to his favorite musical artists such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift. These tributes feature elaborately-produced mashups of the artists' songs sung by Hall.

Hall's music videos often feature extravagant production value not typically associated with artists outside major labels. Hall's videos often include bespoke costumes and urban fashion, elaborate sets, and extensive choreography, much of which is designed or created by Hall himself. He frequently directs his own videos as well. As part of his style, many of Hall's music videos include drag as a central component, either featuring Hall in drag himself or famous drag queens including RuPaul, Bob the Drag Queen, Willam Belli, and Alaska Thunderfuck, among others.

Personal life

He came out as gay at the age of fifteen.

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dipablog · 3 years ago

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The Best Entertainment Company in the World

1. The Walt Disney Co. 2. Netflix Inc. 3. Comcast Corp 4. Charter Communications Inc. 5. Nintendo Co. Ltd. 6. Vivendi SA 7. DISH Network Corp. 8. Fox Corp. 9. Bolloré SA 10.ViacomCBS Inc.

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The Walt Disney Company, generally just Disney is an American transnational entertainment and media empire headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California

Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired commercial divisions in order to vend more mature content than is generally associated with its flagship family- acquainted brands.

The company is known for its film plant division, The Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, and Searchlight Pictures

Disney’s other main business units include divisions in TV, broadcasting, streaming media, theme demesne resorts, consumer products, publishing, and transnational operations

Through these colorful parts, Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; string TV networks similar as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; publishing, retailing, music, and theater divisions; direct-to-consumer streaming services similar as Disney, Star, ESPN, Hulu, and Hotstar; and Disney Parks, Gests and Products, a group of 14 theme premises, resort hospices, and voyage lines around the world.

Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, serves as the company’s charm.

Walt Disney is the biggest entertainment company in the world on our list.

Netflix,Inc. is an American subscription streaming service and product company. Launched on August 29, 1997, it offers a library of flicks and TV series through distribution deals as well as its own products, known as Netflix Originals.

As of December 31, 2021, Netflix had over221.8 million subscribers worldwide, including75.2 million in the United States and Canada,74.0 million in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and39.9 million in Latin America, and32.7 million in Asia-Pacific.

It's available worldwide away from Mainland China (due to original restrictions), Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US warrants). Netflix has played a prominent part in independent film distribution and is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA)

Netflix is the alternate-largest entertainment company in the world by request capitalization

Coming third place on our list of the top 10 biggest entertainment companies in the world is Comcast Corporation.

Comcast Corporation ( formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Effects) is an American transnational telecommunications empire headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It's the alternate-largest broadcasting and string TV company in the world by profit (behind AT&T), the largest pay- Television company, the largest string Television company, and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation’s third-largest home telephone service provider.

It provides services toU.S. domestic and marketable guests in 40 countries and the District of Columbia.

As the parent company of the transnational media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a patron of point flicks for theatrical exhibitions, andover-the-air and string TV programming.

Comcast owns and operates the Xfinity domestic string dispatches attachment, Comcast Business, a marketable services provider; Xfinity Mobile, an MVNO of Verizon;over-the-air public broadcast network channels (NBC, Telemundo, TeleXitos, and Cozi TV); multiple string-only channels ( including MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Syfy, NBCSN, Oxygen, Bravo, Qubo andE!); the film plant Universal Pictures; the VOD streaming service Peacock; vitality workrooms (DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, Universal Animation Studios) and Universal Parks & Resorts.

It also has significant effects in digital distribution, similar to thePlatform, which it acquired in 2006; and announcement-tech company FreeWheel, which it acquired in 2014.

Since October 2018, it's also the parent company of mass mediapan-European company Sky Group, making it the biggest media company with further than 53 million subscribers in theU.S. and Europe.

Comcast is among the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world.

Charter Dispatches,Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services ingrained as Spectrum. With over 26 million guests in 41 countries, it's the alternate-largest string driver in the United States by subscribers, just behind Comcast, and third-largest pay Television driver behind Comcast and AT&T. Charter is the fifth-largest telephone provider grounded on a number of domestic lines.

Charter is one of the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world

NintendoCo.,Ltd. is a Japanese transnational videotape game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops videotape games and videotape game consoles. Nintendo is one of the top 10 biggest companies in the world at the moment

Nintendo was innovated in 1889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and firstly produced handwrought hanafuda playing cards.

After venturing into colorful lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first press, the Color Television- Game, in 1977.

It gained transnational recognition with the release of Donkey Kong in 1981 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super MarioBros. in 1985.

Since then, Nintendo has produced some of the most successful consoles in the videotape game industry, similar as the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Switch.

It has created multitudinous major votes, including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, and Star Fox, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Super Smash Bros. Nintendo’s charm, Mario, is internationally honored.

Nintendo is among the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world.

Vivendi SE is a French media empire headquartered in Paris. Extensively known as the proprietor of Gameloft, Groupe Canal, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has conditioning in TV, film, videotape game, book publishing, print press, communication, tickets and videotape hosting services.

Vivendi is one of the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world on our list.

DISH Network Corporation ( DISH, an acronym for Digital Sky Highway) is an American TV provider and the proprietor of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, generally known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling Television.

Also, Dish also offers a mobile wireless service, Dish Wireless. On July 1, 2020, Dish acquired repair service Boost Mobile and intends to add postpaid service as well in the future. Grounded out of Englewood, Colorado, the company has roughly workers.

Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is an American mass media company operated and owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.

Incorporated in Delaware, it was formed in 2019 as a result of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company; the assets that were not acquired by Disney were spun off from 21st Century Fox as the new Fox Corp., and its stock began trading on January 1, 2019. The company is owned by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39.6% ownership share.

FOX CORP is among the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world at the moment.

Bolloré SA is a diversified French holding company operating across a wide variety of diligence, including media and advertising.

The company has made it to the list of the top 10 biggest Entertainment Companies in the world.

Paramount Global is an American diversified transnational mass media and entertainment empire.

The company was formed as ViacomCBS through the junction of the alternate manifestation of CBS Corporation and the alternate manifestation of Viacom on December 4, 2019 (which were resolve from the original manifestation of Viacom in 2006) and is headquartered at the One Astor Plaza complex in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.

The company operates over 170 networks and reaches roughly 700 million subscribers in roughly 180 countries.

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“Must Do Disney” and fan favorite Stacey have been removed and replaced on Walt Disney World Resort TV. Watch the new Video.

“Must Do Disney” and fan favorite Stacey have been removed and replaced on Walt Disney World Resort TV.

With a completely new show replacing “Must Do Disney,” it appears that the fan-favorite show and its host Stacey Aswad are no longer on the air. The original station channel 73 are now broadcasting a totally new program. Check out this video for a first peek at the new program:

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[Binge This] Freeform Announces 31 NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN, HOCUS POCUS 25th Anniversary Spectacular!

Freeform is making major changes to its televised Halloween schedule, this year. Rather than featuring its traditional 13 Nights of Halloween, the channel will be dedicating the entire month of October to Halloween programming. That’s 31 days of non-stop, Halloween goodness!

The announcement was made on May 15th at Freeform’s upfront presentation and later, via Freeform’s official 31 Nights of Halloween Twitter account. There is no confirmed schedule, but if previous years are any indication of what to expect, tradition dictates The Addams Family, Sleepy Hollow, and Paranorman will be a few of the titles airing during the first ever, 31 Nights of Halloween.

You can also expect some new additions to Freeform’s fall lineup. According to Elite Daily:

31 Nights of Halloween will also debut the new series Decorating Disney: Halloween, which ��will reveal all the tricks and treats behind the transformation of the Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts into the scariest, yet still magical, places on Earth.’

Hocus Pocus Turns 25

Also announced via Twitter is the upcoming Hocus Pocus Extravaganza! The classic Halloween film turns 25, this year, and Freeform seems to have something special up its sleeve to celebrate this seminal film’s milestone anniversary.

Released in 1993, the Disney film, Hocus Pocus, tells the story of the Sanderson sisters; three witches from Salem, Massachusetts, who are hung during the witch trials and can only be resurrected when a virgin lights the magical, black flame candle. He does and some silly and wonderful stuff goes down.

Hocus Pocus stars Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker as the three witches. The film was written by horror icon Mick Garris and in spite of a less than stellar initial critical and public reception, has gone on to become a beloved Halloween favorite.

In a number of interviews, Midler has cited Hocus Pocus as being one of her favorite films to make. In a 2013 interview with Katie Couric, Hocus Pocus had just turned 20 years old and Midler had this to say about the film:

I love it! I love it! We had a great time making it! It was me, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker — we just laughed the whole time.

We’re looking forward to the new, extended Halloween celebration via Freeform and think that if anyone can do Hocus Pocus justice, it’s Freeform TV!

Check out the latest episode of Nightmare on Film Street Podcast to hear more about Hocus Pocus! Keep the conversation going on Twitter, Instagram, and in the Horror Fiends of Nightmare on Film StreetFacebook group!

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year at Disney|ABC Television With the Annual ’25 Days of Christmas’ Programming Event Airing Across All Channels Viewers Will Experience Holiday Magic With Disney Parks Across Networks After last year’s successful company-wide “25 Days of Christmas” programming event, Disney|ABC Television will again be the TV destination for all must-see holiday programming by bringing holiday cheer across all of their channels. Beginning Dec. 1, ABC, Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior will be airing holiday-themed programming and entertainment for the whole family throughout the month, leading up to Christmas Day. During “25 Days of Christmas,” Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD will feature holiday-themed episodes and movies, including special new episodes of Disney Channel’s newest series “Coop & Cami Ask the World,” along with fan-favorites “DuckTales,” “Bizaardvark,” “Muppet Babies,” “Fancy Nancy” and “Doc McStuffins.” Disney Channel will air “Disney Parks Presents a 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party,” hosted by Ruby Rose Turner and Dakota Lotus of “Coop & Cami Ask the World.” The holiday special, filmed at various locations around Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California, will feature performances by Asher Angel (Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack”) and Meg Donnelly (Disney Channel Original Movie “ZOMBIES,” ABC’s “American Housewife”), among others, and appearances by Booboo Stewart (Disney’s “Descendants 3”), Kylee Russell (Disney Channel Original Movie “ZOMBIES”), Sadie Stanley (Disney Channel Original Movie “Kim Possible”) and Sean Giambrone (Disney Channel Original Movie “Kim Possible,” ABC’s “The Goldbergs”). Holiday-themed episodes of fan-favorite Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD series and movies, including special new episodes of “Vampirina” and “Puppy Dog Pals,” will be available from Friday, Nov. 23, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, on DisneyNOW.

DuckTales

Last Christmas TBA/12/18

Fancy Nancy

Nancy And The Last List TBA/12/18

101 Dalmatian Street

TBA Christmas Special *United Kingdom Only* TBA/12/18

Doc McStuffins

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i’m on this topic so i’m going to keep explaining it because walt disney world is just—your entering into a completely different world and i think that does a lot to the human psyche.

so, no matter where you are coming from, the second you cross over the disney threshold, you are in disney. there is no denying it. they have their own version of highway signs and and road signs and all the plants are groomed to perfection. if you stay at a resort, you don’t see your car again until you leave. the resort rooms have hidden mickeys, the tv channels have hidden mickeys. if you take a plane in and you book a disney resort? you go to the disney airport gate, without your luggage because they’ve already taken it for you, and you get on a disney bus, that plays a disney welcome video while you drive so you don’t pay attention to the area outside.

the amount of detail they use to switch a consumer’s mindset from their everyday life to disney time is so heavily thought through and like, i’m not going to argue it’s extremely effective and it’s a fantastic money maker, but i want to know how it affects a person’s mental state.

if you have your credit card connected to your magic band, you don’t even have to open up your wallet. like, people try their best not to fall prey to the entire set up, but it’s made to completely suspend someone from their life outside of disney. like the rules of the regular world don’t even apply once you step foot in walt disney world, it feels like an entirely different dimension and gosh, i want to know what’s behind the scenes in everybody’s head.

#i was watching a disney vlogger that's why im on this #disney

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Intro to PR #9 Basketball at the Happiest Place on Earth?

The NBA returns at Disneyworld!

Following the immediate suspension of the NBA 2019-2020 season on the 11th of March after Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert tested positive with Covid-19, the entire NBA world has been asking the same question, when will basketball return? The season has been rumoured to resume in late July at Disneyworld in Orlando, at their state-of-the-art ESPN Wide World of Sport complex.

Pictured Below: The ESPN Wide World of Sport Complex in Disneyworld

Who is proposing and running this event?

The season restarting at Disneyworld has been proposed by both the National Basketballers Association and the Walt Disney company, with both parties agreeing that it would be the best and one of the only places to logically host at least 16 NBA teams and a potential final’s series. With Disneyworld already hosting NBA sanctioned events like the Junior NBA world championships, this proposal would make their already strong relationship even stronger.

Pictured Below: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver with Disney CEO Bob Iger at the grand opening of the NBA Experience at Disneyworld

Major PR tools being used

The Walt Disney company has already generated a strong relationship with the NBA, Disneyworld home to the newly opened ‘NBA experience’ which brings crowds in to enjoy what it feels like to be a professional basketballer. Disney is also a proud sponsor of the NBA Franchise, the Orlando Magic, where they generate increased income through brand recognition at their internationally televised games. Disney has realised how beneficial hosting the NBA would be, they have the ability to host internationally recognised teams at their world class resorts, hold press conferences and increase further brand exposure because everything run by the NBA during their televised program will indeed have something related to Disney.

Pictured Below: Orlando Magic superstar Aaron Gordon with Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld

Where did I find this event?

I found this potential event broadcast all over major sporting channels on television, international TV stations such as ESPN and Fox Sports, which usually wouldn’t even mention Disney, are now creating further brand exposure for the powerhouse organisation, this will increase their support from the community, as they will now recognise Disney as a proud supporter of the NBA.

Pictured Below: Disney’s Founder Walt Disney stands out front of Cinderella Castle with Mickey Mouse

Critical evaluation of this event:

Overall, I believe this event or proposed restart of the season if you rather, would be incredibly beneficial to both parties involved. The 2020-2021 NBA season would be nearing its start date soon, so it would be in the NBA’s best interest to finish the 2019-2020 season as soon as possible, whilst having an appropriate place to host all teams and equally broadcast all games. Disney on the other hand would also benefit hugely from this deal, they will increase brand exposure provided by the NBA as every game would introduce that they’re broadcasting from Disneyworld, and relevant Disney signage would be placed around the broadcasted courts.

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hrvistas2019 · 5 years ago

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Over Actors

The Walt Disney Company, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.

The company is known for its film studio division, Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main divisions are Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic Network, and A&E Networks; publishing, merchandising, music, and theatre divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world.

The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling, reflecting the iconic brands, creative minds and innovative technologies that make ours the world’s premier entertainment company.

Case In Hand

The Walt Disney Company is hiring child actors from 8-13 years age group for their upcoming TV Series “Childhood”. The Childhood focuses on the feeling of nostalgia and the innocence of every human heart and mind.

Task In Hand

You are the CHRO and Casting Director of The Walt Disney Company and you are required to:

• Come up with a detailed Recruitment Plan and Strategies for the workforce of New Project TV Series “Childhood”. You need to recruit people with existing LinkedIn profiles and give a justification for the same. (Attach a screenshot of their LinkedIn Profile to your report)

• Come up with a detailed Job Analysis of the Job Positions for which you are recruiting.

• Cast Recruitment Plan for hiring Child Actors for TV series “Childhood” (Min. 8 child actors required).

• Design an Employee Branding Poster to attract more people towards the New Project.

Deliverables:

Prepare a report not exceeding 30 pages (excluding the cover and index page) and a PowerPoint presentation not exceeding 20 slides.

Submission Details:

Date: 10th July

Deadline: 2 P.M (Negative marking starts from the same time)

Email ID : [email protected]

Subject Format : CORP(No.)_TaskName Eg. CORP78_Overactors

Hard copy submission of the PPT at 4 P.M

For any queries regarding the task contact:

Shagun Sharma: 9582264091

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flapperfromthefuture · 7 years ago

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Now that Hurricane Irma has passed, and everyone I know who was worried about folks in the path of the storm can let out a sigh of relief, I thought it might be fun to reminisce about the time, almost exactly one year ago, that I got stuck in Disney World because of Hurricane Matthew. This past Sunday and Monday were only the fifth and sixth days in the forty-six year history of Walt Disney World that the parks have been closed, and my dad and I were there on the fourth day, in October 2016.

We try to get down to Disney every fall for the Food and Wine Festival (we don’t like the wine, but we sure love the food). We go for only two full days, and we have our schedule down to a science—no wasted steps, no detours, we spend maybe an hour in the hotel room every day and then only use it to sleep. We hit the parks early and we don’t leave until Jiminy Cricket comes over the loudspeaker to kick everyone out.

My dad is in his 70’s and has survived open heart surgery, and he is immensely proud of the fact that he can dash around the Magic Kingdom at 2 in the morning when teenagers are hitting the wall.

So when we landed at the Orlando Airport on a Tuesday and saw this cloud heading right towards our plane, we were undaunted.

“No ominous clouds can stop us!” said Dad.

We landed just in time, because we weren’t even off the plane yet when the rain began. I noticed right away that the airport was not nearly as crowded as usual, and the bus to the hotel was maybe a quarter full.

The sky was dark grey and it was pounding rain as the bus pulled away. Being a Disney diehard, I immediately checked my favorite message boards, only to see that the top threads were not about the new rides or the Food and Wine Festival at all.

“Hey Dad?” I said. “Did you know there’s a hurricane watch for Orlando?”

“Get out,” said Dad. “I checked the weather every day! The forecast just said there’d be some thunderstorms!”

“There’s a Category 4 hurricane coming right for us,” I said. “People have been canceling their Disney trips all week. That’s why there’s no one on this bus. On the boards, they’re saying they might even close the parks.”

“Oh, they’d never do that,” scoffed Dad. “Walt was prepared for this. Hurricanes never make it as far as Orlando. The entire state could be underwater and the parks would still open on time.”

I always take a picture of the official Disney entrance sign, but I couldn’t see it through the pouring rain. This was not your usual Florida cloudburst.

“I hope I packed the ponchos,” I said.

“It’s not stopping us from getting on Soarin,'” muttered Dad.

We got to our hotel, and were relieved to see that the 91-year-old man who greets people in the lobby was a) still alive and b) still working. He tipped his hat to us, and we stopped to say hello. He didn’t seem worried about the weather, so neither were we.

The rain let up just as we entered the parks. It was the perfect set-up to a trip. The parks weren’t crowded at all, we made great time getting around, and we got Dole Whips.

“Hurricane or bust!” said Dad, eating half of mine.

We started flagging just a bit before Epcot closed for the night, so we went to Morocco and split a chocolate baklava. I had my doubts that the singular Disney baklava could be improved upon with chocolate, but the chocolate baklava was kind of like having a firework go off by your head, in a delicious way.

Dad said, “That baklava made me feel like I could walk to Disneyland.”

We only had eleven minutes until the park closed, but now that our feet were attached to rockets, we walked on waves of euphoria to Nemo.

We were totally alone on the ride—there were empty clamshells as far as the eye could see. Some cutesy hurricane-related signage in the aquarium area caught our eye. But surely this hurricane wouldn’t be a big deal, right? The dolphins were swimming around and the manatees were sleeping! They weren’t worried about this storm, and they live in the ocean!

Listening to the chatter of the crowd as we made our way through the exit, it was clear that people were already switching flights and telling family members from other parts of Florida not to make the drive to Disney. The message boards were ramping up—people were now fully freaking out about the Halloween parties on Thursday and Friday, while enterprising folks were grabbing all the dining reservations that had been popping up like crazy as people canceled their trips.

“Are you worried about this storm?” I said to Dad. He replied with a broad smile.

“It’s adventure time! Everybody’s going to be worried about us—this is cool!!”

Back at the room, we had a voicemail from the front desk informing us that normal operating hours were still in effect—for now—and that they were monitoring the hurricane situation and would keep us updated.

I turned on the local news to find a lot of wide-eyed weathercasters talking about this storm.

Dad stood in front of the TV and said, “Where was this thing yesterday?! This wasn’t on my weather report!! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!”

The next morning, I woke up to a frantic but cheerful voicemail from A about staying safe and having fun, but mostly staying safe.

On the TV, the governor of Florida said, “We have to prepare for a direct hit.”

There was a very nervous-looking bride in a wedding dress in the hotel lobby.

At this point, the entire county was still under a hurricane watch. The message board posts from people in the parks and who knew cast members were overwhelmingly in favor of the parks being closed on Thursday. Guests in the Fort Wilderness cabins and camping sites were already being asked to evacuate to other resorts.

I went for a stroll around the lobby, and took note of the liquor cabinet in the sundry shop—definitely the first place the mob would head once we were trapped in the hotel.

The sky was cloudy with no blue in sight. Stella reassured me via text that the best place to be in a hurricane was Disney, “although actually you just need to get to the secret tunnels. That’s the best spot.”

Dad and I figured that if everything would be shut down the next day, we had to hit the parks like there was literally no tomorrow.

The Monorail to Epcot was mostly empty. I sat next to a guy checking out flights to Guam on his iPad.

There was no wait for Mission: Space.

“Does Mars get hurricanes?” I asked.

“Not having an atmosphere keeps things simple,” said Dad. “It’s like San Diego. Clear today, clear tomorrow. It would be hard to be a weatherman on Mars.”

I always put my phone in airplane mode on rides to save the battery, and the moment I switched it off, I got an emergency National Weather Service alert.

I showed it to Dad, and he said, “Oh, I don’t have that app.”

“Yes, you do,” I said. His phone said the exact same thing.

“Whose idea was it to come during a hurricane?!” said Dad.

It was still a beautiful sunny day, and the park was nearly empty, but despite the impending hurricane and Epcot being severely underpopulated, the wait for the Frozen ride was still 70 minutes. Go figure.

“The storm will clear everyone out…or it’ll blow everyone out,” said Dad.

On the bus back from MGM, I caught up on the message boards—the new rumor was that the parks would close at 2 pm on Thursday, but there was no official word yet.

Guests at Fort Wilderness were now being ordered, not asked, to evacuate to other resorts and move all RVs to the Magic Kingdom parking lot—because, you know, an RV in a hurricane is like a missile. No big deal!!

The official Disney World site now had an alert on the front page: “Walt Disney World Resort is currently operating under normal conditions as we continue to monitor Hurricane Matthew. Recent forecasts indicate that there could be rain and wind in the Central Florida area as early as Thursday evening. Please continue to monitor news outlets for the latest weather information.”

Disney never breaks the bubble for real news! This was getting serious.

The Weather Channel site had many, many red exclamation marks and breaking news alerts for the Orlando area. The hurricane warning came with “Current threat to life and property: high.”

The hotel had dark clouds looming above it, but the piano player was running through all the Disney hits in the lobby, kids were running around, the day was still young.

“I’m pretty pumped up,” said Dad. “I want to get texts like ‘Are you all right?’”

One Disney cruise had been canceled and the other was being postponed by a day, since the ship itself would be stuck at sea until the storm passed. All passengers affected were going to have to be put up at the resorts, on top of everyone being evacuated from Fort Wilderness and all of the guests who wouldn’t be able to fly out during the storm.

We also found out that guests at Fort Wilderness were being told that they needed to move now while they were guaranteed a room—or “they could end up on a cot in one of the Disney ballrooms.”

“Disney Cruise Line isn’t getting our room,” said Dad. “They can sleep in the engine room.”

We headed back to the bus stop around 5, with the skies still clear above us, but there was some thunder in the distance.

The skies were still clear, but exactly two minutes later, a bus that looked like it had driven through a typhoon pulled up, and everyone getting off was drenched whether they were in ponchos or not.

Dad whispered, “Did you bring the ponchos?”

“Oh no . . .” I said.

“That’s okay,” said Dad. “Ponchos are for suckers.”

We were the only people entering Animal Kingdom, but people were leaving in droves—most of them wearing ponchos, all totally drenched.

“What happened here?” I said.

We got everything done that we wanted to do and ate all the things we wanted to eat and before we knew it the park was closing in twelve minutes. We’d already bought Mom some of those fancy soaps that everyone loves, but we needed souvenirs for the rest of the folks back home, so we loaded up on cookies decorated to look like tigers and zebras.

My dad thanked the cashier in Korean. She beamed and asked how he knew the language.

“I was stationed in Korea the ’60s,” he said.

The cashier smiled warmly and said “I was born around then, but I was adopted from an orphanage in Korea and grew up here.”

“Oh wow, what orphanage were you in?” said Dad. “I delivered supplies to all the big ones.”

I hid behind a pillar.

We strolled out of the park at closing time and I caught up on the news on the bus to Magic Kingdom. At this point, the water parks were closing Thursday and Friday, but there was no official word on the parks—although at this point, with the storm on its way, everyone was just waiting for the official word on what the closing time would be.

(Side note: this is pretty much exactly how it went down before Hurricane Irma. The water parks were closed, the campgrounds were evacuated, the cruises were canceled, but the official word on closing the parks came down later).

Dad declared, “I want to be evacuated from a park. We’ve never been walked off a ride. I want to send Mom a text that says, ‘Getting evacuated from Magic Kingdom.’”

At Magic Kingdom, we did not leave anything on the table—we each got Galactic Hero (the maximum score) on Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (which took six individual rides to accomplish) and then rode the Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train at 1 in the morning.

I said, “The hurricane is 14 hours from landfall, but we’re going out Galactic Heroes.”

Dad said, “We’ll stop the hurricane!! We’ll save everybody!!”

“We’ll save everybody and we’ll get better treatment when we’re in shelter in place!!”

We were so hyped up that at the end of the Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train when you see the robot of the Wicked Witch, Dad yelled, “The witch looked right at me! Leave Snow White alone!”

We strolled out through the castle, and the park was as deserted as we’ve ever seen it—virtually no one on Main Street or in the hub. We took our time ambling to the exit—stopping to look at the windows in the Emporium—since we still didn’t know for sure if we’d be able to go to any parks the next day.

We returned to our hotel room at 1:55 in the morning, still hyper. We made a tentative plan to try Animal Kingdom in the morning, then take the bus straight to Epcot to close out strong at Yakitori, and maybe even Soarin’ or Frozen. But if that didn’t work out, we were happy with what we’d accomplished.

Dad said, “No pun intended, but this is a windfall.”

On Thursday morning, the skies were cloudy but a little foreboding, and the message boards were calling it: the official park closure would now be 5 or 6 pm, with everything closed all day on Friday. Our flight home was Friday morning, so we’d lucked out.

The latest hurricane warning said that peak winds would reach 55-70 mph with gusts of 85 mph, and possibly up to 110 mph. “Current threat to life and property: extreme. Aggressively prepare for the potential of devastating to catastrophic wind impacts.”

President Obama had declared a state of emergency in Florida, and the governor of Florida had announced, “This storm will kill you,” which was being repeated by every media outlet.

On the brighter side, the app said that the wait times for Toy Story Mania and Soarin’ were only 15 minutes.

There were two weddings scheduled for our hotel that day—now those people were probably stressed out. We headed to the bus stop, ready to seize the day!!

Fortunately, we had to sit and wait for the bus, and while browsing the rapid news updates, I saw a tweet that the airport was ceasing all operations through Saturday.

“Uh, Dad? The airport’s closing.”

“What?”

We quickly rebounded to the front desk and the cast member there was awesome. We got on a list to stay an extra night in our same hotel, switched our flight to Saturday instead of Friday, and we were back on our way.

A sent me strict instructions to fill the bathtub with water. My most diehard of Disney friends, who is a real adult with a house and a child and everything, texted me, “Be safe, take pics, and take advantage of being first in every line! That’s what I would do!”

Meanwhile, my parents made their priorities abundantly clear in this text exchange.

I got a panicked voicemail from one of my friends who has honestly never called me before, asking if we were okay. She even said on the message, “I know you don’t like getting voicemails, but I was just worried because the news looks terrifying.”

Our plan was to close out in Epcot, at Yakitori, our favorite spot to eat in all of Disney World, but we were running low on time. Fortunately, I know the Disney transportation system like normal people know actual useful information like, I don’t know, medical terms. I figured out which bus to take that would get us within speed-walking distance of the Japan pavilion the fastest.

“We’re playing this like a violin,” said Dad, as the clouds began rolling in. By the time we got off the bus, it was pouring so hard we couldn’t see in front of us. I texted Stella while we waited in the bus shelter.

“The parks are closing in 3 hours and we can’t move,” I said.

“Oh snap! Quick, get to Japan!” said Stella.

We made a break for it and motored to the park entrance, where a cast member just waved us in, while another was wrapping the covered-up Magic Band scanners in plastic and tape.

The entertainment machine was still rolling at full speed—the drummers were still playing at the big pagoda in Japan. With the giant dark clouds rolling in, it felt very epic. One crew was wrapping up all the glass lampposts in plastic and another crew was taking down the little Food and Wine banners from each one.

We sat down to a well-earned lunch at Yakitori. Nothing, not wind or rain or a Category 4 hurricane, will keep us from Yakitori. As we left, Dad said “Arigato!!” to all the ladies working at Yakitori like he was going off to war. They chirped “Arigato!” and bowed.

With two hours to go, we got a last Dole Whip for the road. The sky was getting really dark and dramatic and the park was pretty much empty. The pin stations and snack kiosks were already shut down. Soarin’ still had a historic 15 minute wait time. We got on in 7 minutes.

With only 45 minutes to go, we went into the big gift shop, which was a madhouse—many people buying board games, decks of cards, and puzzles in anticipation of being stuck in their rooms all day. I got a Figment pillow for my cat (that’s another story).

There was a service dog in the shop wearing a poncho, and when the service dogs are wearing ponchos, it’s time to go.

On the way out, Dad said, “Now is where it gets interesting.”

I checked the hourly weather forecast—nine hours were marked with red exclamation marks of doom.

When we got back to the room, all the porch furniture was inside. Our voicemail had a message asking that we not leave our hotel rooms on Friday, and that we had until 8 pm to purchase boxed meals from the hotel restaurant—which would be the only food we’d have on Friday.

Stella said, “OMG—you better hoard some snacks tonight man. All the Diet Cokes you can fit.”

The rain wasn’t letting up and the sky was getting really ominous.

Dad looked out the window and said, “Holy crap. The workers are running. That’s not good.”

Mom texted us that one of our good family friends had just called her to ask if we were okay. Dad was thrilled: “Our second concerned caller!”

Stella texted me, “Wait, it’s supposed to be worse tomorrow? You better hoard some snacks tonight man.”

The line for the hotel gift shop was all the way to the end of the store—lots of people buying water, energy bars, and maybe even some liquid courage.

“We’re going to be pretty bored tomorrow,” I said.

Dad said, “It’ll be like a day at sea! Hopefully not literally.”

We headed to the hotel restaurant to get our box lunches (really bag lunches). All of the outdoor furniture was being brought inside, and there were sandbags neatly piled up by every door. Disney does not play around.

The line was huge—people were buying the bag lunches, big boxes of pizzas and shopping bags full of burgers and fries to get them through the next day.

We got two bag lunches for the low, low price of $12.99 each, thinking that one bag each would be enough for the whole day. Most people were buying a bag for breakfast, lunch and dinner for each person in their party.

The cashier was an older lady from Vietnam, who probably found it hilarious that all these white people were freaking out and hoarding food for one day in a nice hotel.

Back at the room, we examined our haul—we each got a bag of Lays potato chips, a frozen Uncrustable, a Twix bar, a small container of yogurt, the tiniest chicken sandwich ever seen outside of a dollhouse, and a banana.

Dad said, very seriously, “At this point, no one knows that we bought those Animal Kingdom cookies as their gifts. If we ate them, no one would have to know.”

We came up with a tentative plan to split the bag lunches and the cookies over the course of the day. We were optimistic that at least some kind of breakfast service would be up in the morning—otherwise so much food would go to waste. But after that? The cookies wouldn’t stand a chance.

Dad said, “Those soaps we got for Mom almost look like food . . .”

We got another voicemail inviting us to “a night of crafts and activities” in the lobby and informing us that Disney movies would be playing all day Friday on the hotel TVs.

Dad started playing YouTube videos of the Penn State marching band at full blast. We were ready for battle.

In the evening, I took a stroll around the hotel. At this point, we were planning to have to stay in our rooms all day Friday, and not allowed to roam around the hotel until the worst of the storm had passed, however long that took. The gift shop was packed to the actual gills with people buying toys and games and coloring books like they were about to outlawed. I observed a bride in a full wedding gown on the second floor taking a swig of something (can’t blame her!) and a little girl going to the restaurant in a Darth Vader costume, complete with light saber. That kid was ready for action.

If shit really went down, I made a mental note to follow her.

Goofy and Pluto came to visit us in the lobby. They were dancing with the kids and posing for pictures, and between the kids yelling and the parents complaining about the bag lunches, the noise in the hotel was reaching “medium cacophony” level, and there was nowhere to go to get away. We were now a captive audience to whatever Disney—and Matthew—had in store for us.

“If they bring out Mickey, then we’ll know things are bad,” I said.

Dad agreed, “If Mickey comes out, we’re all gonna die.”

We settled in our room to watch TV, but all of the networks were running non-stop weather coverage, which on a scale from 1 to 10 was at “Everyone is going to die.” Reporters were claiming that the storm would be historically catastrophic to Florida, with devastation on the same level as Hurricane Katrina.

Dad said, “Historically catastrophic? WTF?”

It’s a very weird thing to hear your 75-year-old father say “WTF?” It’s equally weird to turn on CNN and see that the top story is the place where you’re currently sitting on a bed in pajamas eating a Rice Krispie treat in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head.

It’s also very weird to hear Anderson Cooper say, “This could be the storm of the century,” while pointing to a map of where you are, while a death toll scrolls across the bottom of the screen, followed by “Disney parks close for the 4th time in 45 years.”

Both my sister and A were convinced that at any moment they would turn on CNN and see our hotel in a pile of rubble. I reassured them that we would be fine, that Disney is the best place to be in a hurricane, but I have to admit I was getting a little nervous.

“A wants us to fill the bathtub with water,” I told Dad.

“And do what with it?” he said.

“I guess drink it?”

Dad scoffed, “We have three Diet Cokes.”

On the local news, an average Floridian with a ponytail and no shirt explained to a reporter how he was tying his boat to some palm trees.

He said, “I been here long enough, I ain’t worried about it.”

Then the reporter said “You’re not going to talk Dave out of staying, Dave’s going to do what Dave’s going to do.”

“I think Dave’s going to die,” said Dad.

The final storm prediction for Orlando: tropical storm winds starting at 11 pm, hurricane winds from 5 am to 11 am, and then tropical storm winds until 10 pm.

“Wake me up if you hear the wind,” said Dad, as I fell asleep. “I don’t want to miss it.”

On Friday morning, we woke up to the news that the storm had weakened and changed course, and was now a Category 3, but not expected to affect Orlando with more than tropical storm level winds.

Kids were already running and screaming in the hallway, so I knew it was safe to leave our room.

“I’m still in emergency position!! If the wind really picks up I’ll just pull the covers over my head,” said Dad.

We got a voicemail saying that one of the hotel restaurants had a limited breakfast buffet, and we were free to roam around the hotel as long as it was safe. Much preferable to being stuck in the room all day. The cast members were leading games and crafts in the lobby, I got a hug from Pluto, even the gift shop was open.

Stella, of course, had her priorities straight.

It was windy and rainy outside, but by the afternoon it was safe to go out. My dad called it “hold onto your hat wind” and pretended to blow away while holding onto a railing, Mary Poppins-style, so I could take a video to send to everyone back home.

It was strange to see Cinderella’s Castle and Spaceship Earth from the room and automatically think, “Some lucky person is just getting on Buzz Lightyear or Soarin’ . . . wait, there’s no one in the parks.”

I spent the day walking around, playing Disney games on my phone (I’m loyal, what can I say?) and watching 101 Dalmatians (love it) Tron: Legacy (such a good soundtrack, such a blahtastic plot), and all of Beauty and the Beast (best Disney movie ever). Usually on our trips, we don’t even turn on the TV once, and it’s been a long time since we hung out in a room long enough to watch an entire movie (or two).

Eating cold pizza on a bed during “Be Our Guest” is not a bad way to spend a afternoon.

That evening, Dad talked to a cast member who said he’d been working for 30 hours straight! They really came through for us and judging from what people have reported from Irma, the cast members once again went above and beyond to keep everyone comfortable and safe. They even led a dance party in the lobby to close out the night.

We hit all the gift shops, packed up, and called it a night—saluting to “Double galactic hero and a hurricane!”

The next day, the skies and roads were really clear, and there was no sign that there’d just been a hurricane except for some big puddles and the occasional downed tree branch. As we left the hotel, we saw that the 91-year-old greeter was back to work. He hadn’t missed a beat, and he tipped his hat to me as we got on the bus.

Mickey Mouse and Hurricane Matthew (and me) Now that Hurricane Irma has passed, and everyone I know who was worried about folks in the path of the storm can let out a sigh of relief, I thought it might be fun to reminisce about the time, almost exactly one year ago, that I got stuck in Disney World because of Hurricane Matthew.

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