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As Star Wars Weekends continues this weekend at Disney's Hollywood Studios, we felt somewhat compelled to complete the e.lemental table for the new trilogy comprised of episodes I, II, and III. For this versions, however, we tried to take some of the feedback...
d-tech me stormtrooper experience
One of the cooler things I saw this weekend at the Star Wars Weekends, was the latest iteration of D-Tech Me. If you recall, last year Star Wars Weekends offered the chance to have your face to a carbonite-frozen action figure; well this year, they have added a new...
periodic elements of star wars ep. IV, V, and VI
With the release of our May the 4th Be With You illustration and in preparation for this year's Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios, we wanted to create something special to commemorate our love for Star Wars. In the same series as our Elements of...
may the 4th be with you
Disney’s Hollywood Studios creates Limited Time Magic for the annual, fan-proclaimed “Star Wars Day,” May 4 – a date that Star Wars fans worldwide turn into a celebratory pun, “May the Fourth Be With You!” This one-day-only celebration features special Star...
festival of fantasy parade coming 2014
A new daytime parade, the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade, will march into Magic Kingdom in spring 2014. The Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade will bring the magical stories of New Fantasyland to Main Street, U.S.A., through fantastic and innovative new parade...
the monstrous summer of 2013
Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort will kick off a Monstrous Summer by keeping three theme parks open for 24 hours nonstop on Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start of the family travel season. httpvh://youtu.be/E0TVyBRTes4 The Magic Kingdom Park in...
disney and the 17th annual webbys
Three Disney websites were nominated for the 17th Annual Webby Awards! The Disney Games portal is up in the “best games website” category while the Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie homepages were both nominated in the “best movie & film site” category. In addition...
happy birthday disney’s animal kingdom
On April 22, 2013 Disney's Animal Kingdom will celebrate it's 15th birthday. I was a cast member way back when this park opened and was the designer of the first-ever event site Disney had ever produced. Our team at Disney's Multimedia Group worked for months...
henry hugglemonster
Get an Exclusive Look at Disney Junior’s New Series “Henry Hugglemonster” on Disney.com! Head over to Disney.com to preview a full 22-minute episode of “Henry Hugglemonster”, Disney Junior’s all new series, before it premieres on the 24-hour Disney Junior channel on...
disney infinity update
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39k-4tag3QA&list=PLNAsIANslbRxVtBX-JDhDlA0BJEOxEZYQ&feature=player_embedded Today, Disney Insider premiered a behind-the-scenes video of our all-new gaming initiative, Disney Infinity. In “Creating Disney Infinity,” the first...
new cars toons!
There are three brand new Disney Pixar "Cars Toons" Shorty Shorts now live on Disney.com and Cars.Disney.com. Dubbed “Shorty Shorts” because they’re no longer than a minute and a half long, each video offers a quick and fun peek into the world of "Cars." Directed by...
pirate pictures
Had some fun in the Magic Kingdom the other day and was able to grab a couple of nice shots inside Pirates of the Caribbean on a very slow-moving boat. [subscribe]
2013 epcot flowers
The 2013 Epcot International Flower & Garden Show began last week, March 6, and will run through May 19. We did not have a chance to get to the park until this past Saturday to see the show. There are lots of familiar topiaries around the park that have been...
e.ditions
We are proud to announce the launch of our latest project, etkct e.ditions. e.ditions is the publishing brand for our latest venture. Just as PixiePins is responsible for the development of our iOS and mobile apps, e.ditions will be the brand that brings physical...
disneytime
Between long work hours, busy after school schedules and countless distractions, today’s American family is feeling more disconnected than ever – creating a deficit in “quality time” amongst U.S. parents and their children. The solution? According to the Disney Time...
be our guest panorama
[pano file="http://etckt.com/wp-content/uploads/panoramas/2013-01-27_mk_fal_bog/mk_fal_bog.html" width="580" height="400" title="Be Our Guest Restaurant" alt="Stereographic projection of the foyer to Be Our Guest Restaurant"...
george kalogridis
Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Tom Staggs today announced key leadership changes across one of the world’s leading providers of family travel and leisure experiences to better position the organization for growth. Effective Feb. 1, Meg Crofton will fully...
skrowerif
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPykKMhXP2U&feature=youtu.be Some Friday for everyone from etckt.com. We saw some cool videos the other day on the interwebs of fireworks being played in reverse. It looked pretty cool, so we took one of our recent videos from...

















