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Disney’s The Lion King on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray now + Giveaway!

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Disney’s “The Lion King”on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray now + Giveaway!

By Erin

 

*I received a copy of The Lion King for purposes of this post. All thoughts and opinions remain my own*

Disney’s The Lion King is now on Digital 4K Ultra HD, Movies Anywhere, 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray! To celebrate this, I am giving away a copy, so be sure to enter for a chance to win below! If you don’t win this one, then make sure to get yours to add to your collection! This would also make a perfect holiday gift for your kiddos or for pretty much anyone on your list for Christmas! It’s such a beautiful movie, it is one of my favorites! I am so excited to have my own copy to be able to watch over and over again. 

Disney’s The Lion King, directed by Jon Favreau, journeys to the African savanna, where a future king overcomes betrayal and tragedy to assume his rightful place on Pride Rock. Through pioneering filmmaking techniques, The Lion King brings treasured characters to life in a whole new way and it is breathtaking! The summer blockbuster, which reigned supreme with audiences worldwide — earning over $1 billion at the global box office and an A CinemaScore — journeys home with all-new bonus features, music videos and an exclusive extra for Digital consumers.

©2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

 
Bonus features include*:
PRE-SELL BONUS:

  • Perfecting the Pride – Join the filmmakers on their research trip to Africa as they immerse themselves in the real world of “The Lion King.” From the animals in the pride, to the smallest of insects and the grasslands in the savanna, experience the attention to detail that brought the film to life.

DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE:

  • Pride Lands Pedia —Dung beetle shares the importance of his “roll” in the African Savanna in a fun, bug’s eye view of the land its inhabitants.

BLU-RAY & DIGITAL BONUS:

  • The Journey to “The Lion King” –
    • The Music – Go inside the studio with the cast and crew as they work to honor and elevate The Lion King’s beloved music.
    • The Magic – Discover how the filmmakers blended the traditional filmmaking techniques with virtual reality technology to create amazing movie magic.
    • The Timeless Tale – Filmmakers and cast reflect on the story that has moved generations and share how this Lion King carries a proud legacy forward.
  • More to Be Scene – Recording studio and layer-by-layer progressions of some of most iconic moments in “The Lion King.”
    • “Circle of Life” – Peel back the layers of effects and go behind the scenes of this iconic musical moment from the film
    • “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” – See all the effects, talent and fun that went into creating this vibrant version of “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” for the movie
    • “Hakuna Matata” – Join Donald Glover (Simba), Seth Rogen (Pumbaa) and Billy Eichner (Timon) in the studio for the making of this memorable scene.
  • Music Videos
    • “Never Too Late” (lyric video) by Elton John
    • “Spirit” performed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
  • Filmmaker Introduction
  • Audio Commentary – By Director Jon Favreau.
  • Song Selection
    • “Circle of Life”
    • “I Just Can’t Wait to be King”
    • “Be Prepared”
    • “Hakuna Matata”
    • “The Lion Sleeps Tonight
    • “Spirit”
    • “Never Too Late”

Protect the Pride –Director Jon Favreau, the Lion Recovery Fund and conservationists highlight efforts to protect the majestic lions and their home.

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!

Now the fun part! Be sure to enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a copy of your own, or to give to a special Lion King fan in your life if you already have your copy! 😉 Must be a US resident and 18 years of age or older to enter. Ends 11/5 at 12AM PST.  See sweepstakes rule for more info.

Good-Luck!!! 🙂

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Disney Social Media Celebration “On-the-Road” at Disneyland Resort!

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Disney Social Media Celebration “On-the-Road” at Disneyland Resort!

By Erin

*I was invited to attend the Disney Social Media Celebration On-The-Road at the Disneyland Hotel. All thoughts and opinions remain my own.*

The Disney Social Media Conference. It’s what every Disney obsessed blogger and influencer dreams of getting an invite to, so I was thrilled to get an invite to the “On the Road” Celebration in September. I’ve been infatuated with the mouse since a very young age as you can see here.  Me and Mickey go way back. lol 😉

Now just wishing to get invited to go to the main conference, I am just putting it out in the universe since I tend to be the black sheep and end up being the only one of my friends group lately (like this ENTIRE last year, it’s not like a few here and there, I can handle that, it’s been very consistent this ENTIRE year) that DOESN’T get invited. Can you say OUCH?! The feeling of what’s wrong with me, and why am I not good enough since I am the only one of the group not invited? Am I invisible or that unlikable or something? Those are the thoughts that have been running through my head a lot lately.  I’ve just been keep-on-keeping-on, which isn’t that easy when you feel that way. Anyone else relate? Anyways… I know this is totally unrelated, but just needed to put it out there, since I usually don’t and this is my space to do that I guess? I usually just keep to myself.

On a happier note, of course I was beyond THRILLED to get to be a part of this special day. It was a magical day full of Pixie Dust, learning, and networking.

Throughout the conference we heard from some amazing and inspirational speakers about a lot of magical things. Some were tips for us to use with our own social media and other things were about what’s happening at the Disney Parks and Disney company. It started off with the wonderful Courtnee Collier who gave us a warm welcome as we enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Then it was time to start listening to the Disney experts. First up was Bob Hitchcock to talk to use about creating video content.

Creating video content with Bob Hitchcock

Bob spoke to us about the importance of video, not only Youtube but also on Facebook and Instagram.
Take a look at those stats above! A whopping  88% of people spend more time on a website with video and viewers retain 95% of the message if they can watch it compared with only 10% of reading the content. So long story short, MAKE MORE VIDEOS!
Sound isn’t even that important if you are making videos for Facebook. 85% of Facebook guests watch video without sound, so captions are important.
You need a plan when creating your video. Have a pre-production sheet that answers some of these questions:

It is important that during the production process you are prepared to know your audience and what they like, use common language, be authentic, and make sure your video is good and clear. After you are done producing your video make sure to edit it, customize it for the different platforms, add music, and post!

Then we listened to Mallory Wang about what’s happening with all things Disney network. Lots of updates on Disney Plus. Did you make sure to subscribe yet? Are you even a true Disney Fan if you haven’t even signed up yet? Kidding, kidding… but there are SO many cool things coming to Disney Plus! You won’t want to miss it!

Soon it was time to put our phones, laptops and electronics away. A special presentation about Maleficient Mistress of Evil was about to be shown with never seen footage. It’s out in theaters everywhere now, so make sure to go see it this weekend! 😉  We learned so much from Louie Provast, Senior VP of Production at Walt Disney Studios. The movie kind of starts with a proposal, ends with a wedding, but has lots of twists in the middle. It’s not your typical Disney fairy tale movie tied with a pretty bow.

One of the biggest questions about Maleficient is, if she is an evil fairy, where are her wings? In this film learn about Maleficient, why she looks different than the other fairies and they will introduce new fairies to explain it all to us. Maleficient is going to learn about her ancestors.

John Breckow, Director of corporate Citizenship was amazing to hear speak about all the good Disney is doing with Make a Wish and all the wishes Disney helps come true each year as well as the VoluntEAR program that is doing some amazing work in the community.

Some fun facts:

*26,000,00 people have been involved in granting Disney wishes since 1980.
* The #ShareYourEars program at Disney helps people get their wishes.
*YOU can join the VoluntEAR program! More than 600,100 hours of volunteer service was provided in 2018 and nearly 4 million hours has been logged since 1992! WOW!

We also learned about content created with the Disney Parks Blog, and then we got to meet Ashley Eckstein, founder of Her Universe, and she inspired us with her journey about working hard to achieve your dreams and of course we learned about all things coming to the parks. I really enjoyed listening to her speak.

*DREAM*

Ashely gave us some great advice on how she lives her own life which is DREAM, WISH, BELIEVE, DO, TRANSFORM, and TRUST. I took photos of each one so you could better see what she means by each one. I guess I am just taking her advice by putting it out into the Universe that I would LOVE to go to the next Disney Social Media Conference and I am willing to put in time and effort to hopefully see that come to fruition, since that is my biggest fear. Spending so much time, all the hours and nothing becomes of it since most of the “time” I have to work on these things are during the hours of the night I should be sleeping or getting ready for bed as it is 10pm on a Friday night as I write this now… HA! Having a “day job” really limits your time to work on the fun stuff like this, but I will keep dreaming.

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Celebrating the Toy Story 4 Bluray & DVD Release with Forky!

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Celebrating the Toy Story 4 Blu-ray & DVD Release with Forky!

By Nancy & Erin

This summer, Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” took audiences on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip with Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the whole gang, earning a 98 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and more than $1 billion at the global box office. Packed with old friends and new faces, the fourth film in the beloved Toy Story series, which leads Woody to an unexpected fork in the road, is on Digital and Movies Anywhere now, and will be on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™,  and DVD Oct. 8th!

We were lucky enough to be able to attend the interviews of Director Josh Cooley and Producer Mark Nielsen at Mattel.  According to the director and producer, the concept of  Forky came into being by whatever kids play with can come alive, nothing is trash!  The main thought in this story is to be yourself because it only takes one person to see it and make a difference in another child’s life! 

We also got to attend the interviews of Krsiten Schaal (the voice of “Trixie”) and Ally Maki (the voice of “Giggle McDimples”)  They were both full of energy, imagination, and said they were surprised that they got the part.

Claudio De Oliveiria (Pixar Animator) and Ana Ramirez ( Pixar Visual development Artist) were the last but not least to be interviewed.  Claudio said since it is not easy to find sporks, he went to a pizza place to buy pizza to get the sporks they had there.  He went threw quite a few before the team landed on the one.  He said he left a few on their desks so they could play with them and make them move.  He says he had lost his but found it later in another members hands at a meeting.  He knew it was his because it has his name on the bottom of the feet (or ice cream sticks)!  Ana says a lot of sketching is done before the final product is approved. 

Next we got to take a tour of Mattel.  We got to see the Concept art, 3D sculpting, and 3D printing departments.  Everything is computerized and needs a lot of talent to operate.  It was amazing!

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