Netcot #143 – Captain EO
News and resources mentioned in this week’s podcast episode include:
- Disney and Hong Kong are expected to release details of a recently approved expansion plan.
- Disney is expected to release plans for more cruise line activity in the UK/Europe.
- The mother who faked her abduction and took her daughter to WDW waived her right to a preliminary hearing.
- WDW ADR (dining reservations) can now be made on-line.
- Disney.com now has a new site allowing you to create music videos.
- Interesting editorial article about the connection between Disney and Wrestling fans.
- A 10-year-old girl with cancer got her last wish to see “UP!” when a Disney-Pixar employee brought a copy to her house on DVD.
Also in this episode: the three “goofs” (screw ups) that were in the “Captain EO” attraction movie:
- The smoke stacks behind the queen have smoke coming out both the top and the side (normally smoke stacks just vent out the top)
- When the Captain is confronting the Evil Queen, he takes a few steps up the stairway for emphasis, accidentally revealing the puppeteer controlling the Fuzzball character sitting on his shoulder
- As Captain EO rises up through the floor in his initial entrance a roll of Gaffer tape is seen by his feet, accidentally left by a crew member.