It's that time again. Time to take a look at the various
domain names that The Walt Disney Company has registered over the past few
months. Which might then provide us with a few clues as to what the Mouse has
planned for the not-so-distant future.
As you might expect, there are domain names that Disney grabs because it
doesn't want anyone else using them. Take — for example —
- mymagicminus.com
… which the Company registered back on March 1st so those
folks who aren't exactly fans of MyMagic+, My Disney Experience and MagicBands then
can't launch a cleverly-named website which could criticize WDW's NextGen
efforts.
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And then there are the sites like …
- aladdinmerchandise.com
… which was registered back in February 26th. Which
suggests that Disney Theatrical is increasingly confident in "Disney's
Aladdin: Broadway's New Musical Show." The new stage version of this
Academy Award-winning 1992 Walt Disney Pictures release began previewing at the
New Amsterdam back in late February. And based on the
reaction this show has received so far from audiences in Manhattan,
it looks like Disney Theatrical may have another sizeable hit on its hands.
Hence the need to hurriedly set up a website to handle Aladdin-the-musical
merch.
And speaking of Disney on Broadway, it looks like there's a
lot of new stage productions headed to NYC in the not-so-distant future. Given
that — back on February 20th — the Company transferred in this pile of domain
names …
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- princessbridebroadway.com
- princessbrideonbroadway.com
- princessbrideonstage.com
- theprincessbridebroadway.com
- theprincessbrideonbroadway.com
- theprincessbridethemusical.com
And then back on January 23rd, Disney transferred in …
- frozenbroadway.com
- frozenmusical.com
- frozenonbroadway.com
- frozenonstage.com
"Who is this Adele Dazeem and why do people keep talking about her?"
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Just think. Disney's Snow Queen will soon be making her home
on the Great White Way.
Well, you know what they say: There's snow business like show business.
Sorry about that. Moving on now …
It looks like Walt Disney Parks & Resorts may have
something special in the works for the golden anniversary of "The Happiest
Cruise That Ever Sailed 'Round the World." Given that the Company recently
grabbed these two domain names:
- smallworldfifty.com
- smallworld50.com
Then — for all you Star Wars fans out there — it's perhaps
worth knowing that, on December 17,
2013, the Company grabbed the domain name
- starwarsdestiny.com
And then — February
27, 2014 — Disney also registered
- starwarsmastertheforce.com
Now it's possible that the Company grabbed the
"starwasdestiny" domain just because Disney's lawyers were concerned
about "Star Wars: Threads of Destiny," that fan-made film which was
released online back on February 23rd of this year. But what do you folks make
of starwarsmastertheforce?
That's half the fun of digging through in the various domain names that The
Walt Disney Company has registered over the past 100 days. I mean, when I see
…
- fitzmustbestopped.com
(which the Mouse's lawyers registered back on February 25th), I'm pretty sure
that this domain name has something to do with ABC's "Scandal." But
when I come across something like …
- princessrescuesong.com
or
- enchantedfeastsong.com
or
Could the project mentioned below be a remake of "Three Orphan Kittens," the
Silly Symphony that Walt Disney Studios produced back in 1935? Copyright
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- threelittlekitties.com
or
- ducksandfriends.com
… it really makes you wonder what Mickey has up his
sleeve.
Or — before I forget — I wanted to thank those of you who have already sent me
heartfelt birthday wishes. Yes, I am actually turning 55 tomorrow. Which means
that I can now officially be classified as an old bastard.
This is a recent artist sketch of Jim Hill. Or it could be the lawyer
George Hautecourt from Disney's "The AristoCats." It's so hard to
tell Jim & George apart these days. Copyright Disney
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But that said, as the domain name that The Walt Disney
Company registered on February 6th so eloquently put it, even at my
increasingly advanced age, I am
- notyetoverthehill.com
So do any of you folks have addition insights about some of
the domain names featured in today's article? If so, feel free to pass them
along.
Your thoughts?