Monthly Archives: September 2014
Simple Cat-Eye/Winged-Tip Eyeliner Tutorial for Dapper Day at Disney (or Everyday Life!)
Sep 30
Angie here! Here’s another “beauty-tip” based video for all you vintage & Disney loving girls! I plan on doing a lot more with hair, make-up, and fashion inspired by Disney things, so stay tuned and subscribe to Modern Mouse Radio on YouTube!
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Disneyland May 2014 Trip Report
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Monday Memes: ONCE is back on ABC!
Modern Mouse News: Frozen Takeover and Josh’s Big Mouth
Sep 29
Stories Discussed This Week
Josh’s Article on Frozen Over Taking Maelstrom
Frozen Taking Over Maelstrom
Elsa Freezing the Castle
Fairytale Weddings Adding Elsa Dress
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Huge Success
Disney Infinity 2.0 Launches
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Tokyo Disneyland (Part 1)
Sep 27
Monday Memes: Freddie Mercury is the Real King
Practical DisneyBounding: The Basics, Snow White, Dumbo, Ariel
Sep 21
Here’s another video series I hope you will all love! I’ve always liked the concept of DisneyBounding, but found it hard to match all the outfits I see online without going out and buying special pieces to fit them, so I am starting a series on how to make “DisneyBounding” outfits with things you probably already have in your closet by showing you examples of what I have in mine! Enjoy!
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Disneyland May 2014 Trip Report
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Modern Mouse Radio #65: Armchair Imagineers w/ Wes Troop
Sep 20
The show returns with it’s signature series featuring Wes Troop from the HitchHiking Hosts Show. The guys being up an area they have always wanted to work on, Downtown Disney Spring’s DisneyQuest. The high tech arcade and fun center is beyond “state of the art” and needs a little love. See how the three upgrade this 5 story building.
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Disney Wedding Planning Journal #5: Sept, 18, 2014 (Wedding To-Do List & Timeline)
Sep 18
Josh and I have really been trying to get things moving on the wedding front, since next month is the 6 months until our wedding mark! That means we will be able to officially book our date and get things finalized! We spoke with Amanda from http://www.LivingWithTheMagic.com this past week (she’s also our official travel agent, if you’re interested!) about some questions we had about having a Disney FairyTale Wedding, since she specializes in those and since we are going to be using her as our travel agent for booking our Honeymoon in WDW anyway! Here is the tentative schedule of things we need To-Do that we really hunkered down and wrote up this past Sunday, I wanted to share it with all of you in case someone else out there is in the process of planning their DFTW as well and needs help putting together their own list!:
September – 7 months
- Call Wedding Planner to pencil in our date – April 24th, 2015
- Create invitation list for CO and MA receptions
- Come up with reception themes
- Talk to my brother about officiating our wedding/asking his fiancé to be our videographer
- Talk to our friends Holly and Ryan about using their house as our wedding reception venue and in return doing some yard work for them
- Ask Keith if we can commission him to make us “Just Married” pins
- Call/price dress steaming
- Call/price hair & make-up (find out when to schedule)
- Call/price photographer that can give us a digital archive of photos
- Find out when to get my dress altered (adding a bustle)
- Figure out and price favors for CO reception
- Look at cake toppers
- Look into making my own bouquet for bridal photoshoot
- Look into gifts for wedding party
- Talk to Angie’s mom and come out with a timeline and list of To-Dos and assigning rolls for planning the reception in MA
- Look into Pinterest ideas for decor at CO and MA receptions
October – 6 months
- Book at least 2 nights of vacation (required for Memories Collection Weddings) with Amanda
- on Oct 24th – book wedding date with wedding planner and put down deposit
- on Oct 24th – book bridal portrait shoot for EPCOT
- Finalize dates for receptions
- Come up with a vacation itinerary with our parents
- Josh going shopping with his Grandma for shoes
- Book MA reception venue
- Figure out what to do for food at MA reception
- Look into if we need to rent chairs and tables for MA venue
- Take head count for MA reception
- Book flights
- Talk to Josh’s Mom about CO reception – Making cupcakes, guest list, mailing addresses, wedding shower, food, etc.
November – 5 months
- Buy Envelopes
- Finalize and mail out invitations
- Update FB wedding page and Wedding Website
- Finalize gift registries
- Buy & engrave wedding rings
- Figure out & purchase centerpieces for receptions
December – 4 months
- Find out about renting chairs/tables for CO reception
- Finalize CO reception menu & drinks
- Put together guest book for people to sign at receptions
- Figure out/possibly buy CO favors
- Figure out CO reception activities
January – 3 months
- Book haircut/shave for Josh (for wedding day & another shave for photo shoot day)
- Finalize/confirm hair & makeup & dress steaming
- January 24th – Make dining reservations
- Call Cake Hotline @ WDW to get wedding cake delivered to restaurant
- Ask people to do toasts at receptions
- Start writing vows
- Make reception seating charts
February – 2 months
- Honeymoon registry ends
- Book WDW tours
- Start Finalizing vacation plans
- Josh buy tux and accessories
- Put together gift/welcome bags for wedding party
- Book spa/mani/pedi for the girls
- Buy the rest of the themed decor for receptions + plates, utensils, cups, etc.
- Start working on CO reception venue set up
March – 1 month
- Finalize reception plans
- Confirm dining reservations with Disney
- Make sure MA favors are ready to go
- Make iPod playlist for receptions
April (prior to wedding)
- Mail out marriage license application to Broward County in Florida
- Separate cash tips into designated envelopes
- Ship dress to get it steamed and delivered to Port Orleans Riverside Resort in WDW
- Make a packing list (include marriage license and wedding rings!)
Disney Film History: The Littlest Outlaw
Sep 17
Alright, let’s get real for a moment, I’m in deep with live action films! Walt Disney started as an animation studio and throughout much of the first decade of theatrical films we got mostly animation, but as Disney shifted his interest, animated films became less and less common. Walt Disney saw that live action films were easier, cheaper, and faster to make. In 1955, we got 4 theatrical releases, the last of which being a film most people have never heard of and most will probably soon forget after seeing, The Littlest Outlaw.
Larry Lansburgh was key to bringing this story to life. After a career in doing short film, mostly some nature documentaries, Lansburgh pitched the story and Bill Walsh, most famous for writing and producing live action films for Disney, took the story and ran with it. A screenplay written about a boy who takes on an abused horse and befriends him, Lansburgh stayed on as producer as he was familiar with animals in film.
The film was shot San Miguel, Mexico with a Spanish speaking cast. Due to the fact that a majority of everyone was bi-lingual, the film was shot twice. Once in English and once in Spanish. This is also Disney’s first film lacking star power. Using unknown actors was a risk and it unfortunately didn’t pay off. Critics praised the film for it’s young lead actor playing Pablito, Andres Velasquez, but not much else was left to praise. The film had a modest draw at the box office, taking in $1.6 million but it was the lowest box office draw from the 4 films that year. Mediocre storytelling, an unknown cast, and a late December release could all contribute to the outcome of the film, but overall, it’s just somewhat plain. Take Walt Disney’s focus into consideration as well. Much of his time by this point was taken up by his team at WED and the Disneyland project. With the park opening in 1955, it’s no surprise that the quality storytelling wasn’t all there.
Like I mentioned at the beginning of this article, it’s a film you can easily forget. The Mexican theme is unique, especially for the time, but looking back at films like The Three Caballeros or Saludos Amigos, Disney had captivated both markets with better material. From my personal opinion, Walt had put aside much of his film career for the Disneyland park and would put aside film making altogether for the rest of his life. Sure he looked over the film making division of the Disney Enterprise, but the charming character details and the storytelling perfection we had been used to with the Disney name was long gone. This film might have been that reassuring statement that Walt had moved on to other things. Unfortunately for the Disney Studio, the list of live action and animated films to come in the future was plenty but the man in charge wasn’t filtering the greatness from the garbage like he used to.
Josh Taylor
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VIDEO Disney Trip Tips: #1-5
Sep 16
Hey! Angie here. Just wanted to share my newest video with you guys! It’s the first in a series I’d like to introduce called “Disney Trip Tips!” Okay, yeah… it’s silly, but I swear it’s informative, too! So, here you go! And I would love to know what you think!
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Disneyland May 2014 Trip Report
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