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Wally Boag now a part of NFFC convention line-up
The NFFC has announced that famed Disney performer Wally Boag will be a part of their summer convention coming in a couple of weeks. His seminar will be on July 16th. Click here for more info on our Discussion Boards.
Posted: Tue 7/8/2008 3:47p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC Summer Convention speakers and presentations announced
NFFC announcements its expected speakers and presentations for their upcoming summer convention held July 15 - July 20 near Disneyland including Jeff Kurtti, Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily, Walt Disney Archives, ACME Archive, Disney-Online and many more
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Posted: Fri 6/27/2008 12:26p • permalink • Discuss It
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Movie Night with Bob Gurr 1313 Club Event on June 14th
On June 14th in Anaheim CA, The 1313 Club will be having its first Movie Night with Disney Legend Bob Gurr. This club's movie night will show a small portion of "Meet Bob Gurr Extraordinaire" DVD that will be released on July 20th at the NFFC Convention. There will also be Question and Answer times plus popcorn, sodas and more. So come join us for our first Annual movie night:
June 14th - 4:30 pm
Holiday Inn Anaheim -
1240 South Walnut, Anaheim, CA 92802 (off of Ball road)
Cost: $1 for members $5 for non Members
More info: 951-685-3217
Please email us to save your spot! at: themagicmakers@charter.net. For more information on 1313 Club, visit the Official Site.
Posted: Thu 5/15/2008 8:37a • permalink • Discuss It
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Mary Ann (Carter) Lunde is a native of Grand Island, New York, where she resided until leaving for college in Europe. To finance the completion of her undergraduate studies, Ms. Lunde returned to the U.S. to work for Walt Disney World in Florida. What was intended to be a one year hiatus from college became three, culminating in a year as Walt Disney World Ambassador. Ms. Lunde is the Senior Hospital Services Educator for the organ recovery agency at the University of Miami School of Medicine, where she previously served as Director of Education. Ms. Lunde served as Executive Director of University of Miami’s Transplant Foundation for more than a decade and has been appointed and elected to numerous state and national donation and transplant related organizations.
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Posted: Wed 4/2/2008 1:45p • permalink • Discuss It
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LA NFFC Chapter tour of the Paramount Ranch on March 16th
The LA Chapter of the NFFC will be visiting the historic Paramount Ranch, meeting at 1pm on Sunday, March 16th, 2008. You might be wondering why a Disney fan group is visiting a place named for Paramount Studios. Well, in addition to it's storied Hollywood history, the movie ranch has been used in the filming of some Disney productions, including The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again, and an episode of Lizzie McGuire. There are other Disney connections, and a Disney connection with a classic 1940's Paramount movie. But, you'll have to come on the tour to find out about those!
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Posted: Fri 3/14/2008 2:15p • permalink • Discuss It
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February 23rd NFFC World Chapter Meeting to feature author Pat Williams
The next World Chapter meeting for Disney Enthusiasts is Saturday, February 23 2008! Our Very Special "Be Our Guest" Speaker will be Pat Williams, Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic & Author of "How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life"
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Posted: Wed 1/23/2008 1:09p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC Limited Edition Pin to be released this weekend
A limited edition pin will be released and other limited edition pins will be made available for sale to NFFC members and the public by the Disney Employee Centers at the Strictly Disneyana Show and Sale in Garden Grove this Sunday, January 20th.
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Posted: Thu 1/17/2008 11:22a • permalink • Discuss It
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LPLatest: Imagineer, Author Bruce Gordon Passes Away
Longtime Imagineer and author Bruce Gordon has passed away. Gordon is best known to Disney fans for his books including The Nickel Tour and Walt's Time and for his performances at NFFC Conventions with fellow Imagineer and co-author David Mumford (who passed away in 2003).
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Posted: Tue 11/6/2007 6:53p • permalink • Discuss It
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LP: Disney Legend Ralph Kent Has Died
Disney Legend, Artist and Imagineer, Ralph Kent passed away this morning. Kent retired from Disney in 2004 after 41 years as a merchandise artist, marketer and Director of Walt Disney Imagineering East overseeing Florida staff support for EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland. In 1990, he joined the Disney Design Group as a Corporate Trainer mentoring new artists. In 2004, Kent was named a Disney Legend and the NFFC honored him at their Florida Convention in September 2006.
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Posted: Mon 9/10/2007 6:31p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC Florida Event Schedule Released
The NFFC has released the schedule for their September 27 - Ocobter 1 event and show and sale. Click here to view the schedule on the official NFFC website.
Posted: Fri 9/7/2007 12:21p • permalink • Discuss It
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Next World Chapter NFFC Meeting in Orlando is September 30th with guest Ron Schneider
The next VERY SPECIAL World Chapter meeting for Disney Enthusiasts IS Sunday, September 30, 2007!
Our Very Special Be Our Guest Speaker will be none other than RON SCHNEIDER!
Ron was one of the Original actors who played the Dreamfinder character for the meet and greets in front of the Journey to Imagination attraction when it first opened!
Come join our fellow club members as Ron take us down memory lane on the eve of Epcot Center's 25th Anniversary and share his unique experiences and thoughts on playing Dreamfinder and always being upstaged by a small purple dragon named Figment!.
LOCATION: ROYAL PLAZA HOTEL - Harrington Ballroom
(on Hotel Boulevard in the Downtown Disney area)
DIRECTIONS: Take I-4 to the Lake Buena Vista Exit. Follow the signs to the Walt Disney World Entrance and Hotel Resorts Blvd.
Special Chapter Room Rates: Contact David Schiller; Director of Sales at: 407-996-1872 or his email address at: ds@qualityinnandsuitesorlando.com
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Meeting starts PROMPTLY at 6:45 PM
Special Admission: $5.00 for current NFFC Members, $6 Prospective Members.
REMINDER: Each membership is entitled to put up to five items in our live auctions, not each member of a family membership. This is so everyone get's a fair chance to place items in the auctions. Thank you for your cooperation.
For more information, call our Club Phone Line: 407-ASK ARLO (407-275-2756)
Or Contact us at: worldchapter@magicalmountain.net
Also visit the Magical Mountain.net for the official World Chapter Web Site and Forum at: http://www.magicalmountain.net/worldchapter/worldchapter.asp
MouseSurplus, www.mousesurplus.com, a reliable source of Disney collectibles and furnishings is a proud sponsor of World Chapter
-- Posted August 30, 2007
Posted: Thu 8/30/2007 11:27a • permalink • Discuss It
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LPLatest: Disney Legends, Authors & 1000s of Collectibles at NFFC Show & Sale, Jul 15
This is just a quick reminder that the NFFC will again be hosting the World's Largest STRICTLY Disneyana Show & Sale - on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the spacious Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel in Garden Grove, California (about 1 ˝-miles South of the Disneyland Resort on the Southwest corner of Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue). This is the kind of wall-to-wall-no-holds-barred Disneyana shopping that the NFFC is famous for!
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Posted: Fri 7/13/2007 3:25p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC Show and Sale This Weekend. LaughingPlace.com readers save on entry.
This is just a quick reminder that the NFFC will again be hosting the World's Largest STRICTLY Disneyana Show & Sale - on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the spacious Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel in Garden Grove, California (about 1-miles South of the Disneyland Resort on the Southwest corner of Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue). This is the kind of wall-to-wall-no-holds-barred Disneyana shopping that the NFFC is famous for!
The entry price for the Show & Sale is $5 for NFFC members (with valid NFFC membership card) $6 for the general public $5 for Disney Company Cast Members (with valid ID card) and $5 for LaughingPlace.com readers (who print this information and brings it along to the show!!) There is also a $25 early-bird entry for those wishing to enter the show at 10:00am.
We'll have almost every inch of ballroom space packed with 150+ tables dealers from across the country and around the world - covered by every imaginable Disney-themed collectable - classic and contemporary. From toys to Litho art and PVC action figures to Walt Disney Art Classics pieces - paper and buttons and mini-bean-bag plush and clothing and plates and books and decals and videos and DVDs and music and promotional items and PINS! Something for every Disney collector!
For all you merchandise junkies we have these wonderful dealers/outlets joining us
- Disneys Soda Fountain will be bringing a selection of goodies from their store on famed Hollywood Boulevard (right next to the legendary El Capitan Theatre) to sell and the pins are going to go fast!
- Mickeys of Glendale will again be joining us, so this is your chance to come on by and pick up your Limited Edition and WDI Exclusive merchandise from pins to bags to clothing to key chains to magnets and beyond all available only at WDI or the NFFCs Strictly Disneyana Show & Sale.
- Acme Archives a premiere outlet for Animation Art will be joining us for their first Show & Sale come on by to see if there is something your walls cant live without.
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment will be showing off their latest releases and previewing coming attractions worth a look and you can always make a request for that very special movie you'd love to add to your collection.
- Disney's Movie Rewards a new program that will allow you to earn some very cool goodies simply by purchasing the things you love will be at the Show & Sale to explain how this new opportunity will add some goodies to your collection while it adds movies to your library.
- The Disney Studio Cast Member Store will be with us offering a huge array of Exclusive, Cast Member Only and Limited Edition CastLE merchandise and goodies so shopping at their booth is the next best thing to having the Mouse sign your paycheck.
- The wonderful folks from the Ryman Arts Foundation will be with us to share their amazing program and explain how fostering a new generation of artists is the most fitting way to pay tribute to the genius that was Herb Ryman, stop by and chat.
- We'll also have dealers and tables offering unique opportunities to meet and get an autograph from some truly gifted Disney artists, authors and creative contributors to Walts legacy
- Neal Gabler will be signing his wonderful and award winning biography Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination. Seven years in the creation, its the definitive Walt.
- Charles Ridgeway will be signing his newest Spinning Disneys World: Memories of a Magic Kingdom Press Agent. And who better than Charlie to tell the tales?
- Greg Ehrbar will be signing his new Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records. You think you know Disney music? Stop by and hum a few bars and try to stump Greg.
- David Koenig will be signing his latest, a WDW version of his very popular Mouse Tales volumes. Got a story to share, David's always listening.
- Russell Schroeder will be with us signing his latest.
- Several Disney luminaries will also be signing, Virginia Davis, star of the Alice Comedies, Eddie Carroll, the voice of Jiminy Cricket and Disney artist, sculptor and puppeteer Terri Hardin.
So, come and play for the afternoon at the NFFCs Strictly Disneyana Show & Sale. Its an amazing opportunity to add to your collection, to your memories and to your library. Our Convention schedule is now set http://www.nffc.org/events/event_newsdetail.asp?id=67 has all the seminar and event information. So, if you've got the time, we've got the fun!
The entry price for the Show & Sale is $5 for NFFC members (with valid NFFC membership card) $6 for the general public $5 for Disney Company Cast Members (with valid ID card) and $5 for LaughingPlace.com readers (who print this information and brings it along to the show!!) There is also a $25 early-bird entry for those wishing to enter the show at 10:00am.
Show & Sale hours are:
- 9:00am - to Conventioneers
- 10:30am - to NFFC members
- Noon - to the general public
- The show closes promptly at 5:00pm, so come early.
As always our convention features a LE pin for your collection this years pin features our NFFC Magical Dreams Tour 2007 logo and is limited to 400 pieces.
Please feel free to pass this information around and well see ya there!
Posted: Fri 7/13/2007 12:31p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC Show and Sale - July 15th. Special Offer for LP Readers
This is just a quick reminder that the NFFC will again be hosting the World's Largest STRICTLY Disneyana Show & Sale - on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the spacious Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel in Garden Grove, California (about 1½-miles South of the Disneyland Resort on the Southwest corner of Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue). This is the kind of wall-to-wall-no-holds-barred Disneyana shopping that the NFFC is famous for!
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Posted: Mon 7/9/2007 2:24p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC World Chapter Hosts Disneyana Garage Sale This Weekend
Come to the Quality Inn & Suites northeast of Walt Disney World on Saturday & Sunday; March 17 & 18, 2007 from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Saturday, March 17, 2007 and from 11:00 AM - 4:00PM on Sunday, March 18, 2007.
Entrance fee is only $1.00 per person. Snacks will be available at the show.
LOCATION: QUALITY INN AND SUITES
(15 miles east of I-4)
DIRECTIONS: Florida Turnpike Exit 254, N on Hwy. 17/92/441 (Orange Blossom Trail), 1/3 mile on left; or I-4 E Exit 72 (Beachline Exp. /528 E). Take Exit 4, make right on ramp, then left onto Orange Blossom Trail (Hwy. 17/92/441), 1/2 mile on left.
For more information, call our Club Phone Line: 407-ASK ARLO (407-275-2756)
Posted: Thu 3/15/2007 3:44p • permalink
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On Saturday, February 10, 2007, the World Chapter of the NFFC invites Disney fans to a presentation by Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway. Writer, reporter, editor, photographer and nationally known press agent recognized by the Walt Disney Co. as a true Disney Legend, made his first visit to Disneyland three months before its opening in 1955 when a six-year-old neighbor boy snuck under the construction fence for a feature story in a major Los Angeles newspaper recounting a sneak-peak into what was then known as Walt's Folly. Eight years later he signed on as a Disney publicist and spent the next 40 years cooking up ways to get free publicity for the Mouse House.
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Posted: Fri 2/9/2007 2:04p • permalink • Discuss It
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NFFC: Neal Gabler, Disney Biographer, To Speak at July Convention
Join the NFFC as it welcomes Neal Gabler, the entertainment commentator and award-winning author of Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination, to its 2007 National Convention line-up.
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Posted: Tue 2/6/2007 6:06p • permalink • Discuss It
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LPLatest: WDW Disney Fans Invited to Presentation by Disney Legend, Charlie Ridgway
On Saturday, February 10, 2007, the World Chapter of the NFFC invites Disney fans to a presentation by Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway.
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Posted: Tue 2/6/2007 6:06p • permalink • Discuss It
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On Saturday, February 10, 2007, the World Chapter of the NFFC invites Disney fans to a presentation by Disney Legend Charlie Ridgway. Writer, reporter, editor, photographer and nationally known press agent recognized by the Walt Disney Co. as a true Disney Legend, made his first visit to Disneyland three months before its opening in 1955 when a six-year-old neighbor boy snuck under the construction fence for a feature story in a major Los Angeles newspaper recounting a sneak-peak into what was then known as Walt's Folly. Eight years later he signed on as a Disney publicist and spent the next 40 years cooking up ways to get free publicity for the Mouse House. For Donald Duck 50th birthday he trained 50 Peking ducks to follow the irascible cartoon star in a daily parade through he Magic Kingdom. He helped open seven Disney parks in Orlando, Anaheim, Paris and Hong Kong, rubbed shoulders with presidents, princes and show-business stars and helped usher in a new era of live electronic coverage of huge press gatherings for the grand openings of parks, attractions, hotels and recreation venues. He was on a first-name basis with famous editors and journalists from around the world. In his engaging and light-hearted memoir, Charlie shares the special magic that makes Disney World universally beloved.
LOCATION: QUALITY INN AND SUITES
(15 miles east of I-4)
DIRECTIONS: Florida Turnpike Exit 254, N on Hwy. 17/92/441 (Orange Blossom Trail), 1/3 mile on left; or I-4 E Exit 72 (Beachline Exp./528 E). Take Exit 4, make right on ramp, then left onto Orange Blossom Trail (Hwy. 17/92/441), 1/2 mile on left.
Doors open at 6:00 PM (Saturday, February 10th), Meeting starts PROMPTLY at 6:45 PM
Admission: FREE for current NFFC Members, $5 Prospective Members.
For more information, call the Club Phone Line: 407-ASK ARLO (407-275-2756)
Or Contact us at: worldchapter@magicalmountain.net
Posted: Tue 2/6/2007 5:18p • permalink • Discuss It
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Author Neal Gabler to appear at 2007 NFFC National Convention
The NFFC has announced Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination will be featured at their 2007 National Convention held in July.
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Posted: Mon 2/5/2007 6:26a • permalink • Discuss It
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