What will happen at the Disney Homeschool Days’ Narnia Day?  Here’s a taste of what the Homeschoolers will enjoy, who are going to the event:

Disney Homeschool Days invites your homeschoolers to go behind-the-scenes and explore the inspiration behind the movies. Join us this winter, January 12th and/or 13th, to experience the wonder, adventure and fun as Disney Homeschool Days takes you through the Journey into Narnia at Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ atWalt Disney World® Resort with special guest speaker and performing artist Vicky Beeching.

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Christian artist Vicky Beeching is going to be performing some songs,  but mostly, she says, speaking on C.S. Lewis for ‘Narnia Day.’  Part of their Homeschool Days.

Next week I am speaking at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida. I’m singing a couple of songs too, but most of it will be me speaking about C S Lewis. They are holding a “Narnia Day” centered around the Prince Caspian exhibit they have there. Apparently there’s someone dressed up as Caspian, and some scenes from the movie rebuilt that you can walk around. So watch this space for a photo of me and Prince Caspian!

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Starz Entertainment shows you the secret behind the wardrobe door with the world television premiere of Walt Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” on Starz Saturday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) and the “Starz Presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes.”

The “Starz Presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes” begins on Saturday, Sept. 16 and coincides with the Starz On Demand and Vongo early premieres of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” The sweepstakes runs through Monday, Oct. 23 and features a grand prize trip for four to the Walt Disney World® Resort near Orlando, Fla.

“We are giving our subscribers a chance to enjoy the magic of Disney with the world television premiere of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe‘ and the coinciding sweepstakes,” said Patti VanDerGang, manager of consumer promotions for Starz Entertainment. “We look forward to bringing the land of Narnia to life for our viewers and to make the movie interactive with the ‘Starz Presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes.’”

There are three ways to enter the “Starz Presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes.”

* One option is to watch “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” on our flagship channel Starz or Starz On Demand during the promotion period to see the secret behind the wardrobe on screen, then go to http://www.starz.com, complete the entry form and click the submit button.

* The second way to enter is to mail a 3″ by 5″ card with your name, complete address, home telephone number and date of birth in a stamped envelope to “Starz Presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sweepstakes,” Dept. 4554, P.O. Box 5006, Stacy, Minn. 55078-5006.

* Finally, during the sweepstakes period, individuals who become new Vongo members will receive one automatic entry into the sweepstakes.

Eligible entrants will have a chance to win:

* One (1) grand-prize: trip for four to Walt Disney World® Resort near Orlando, Fla. Included in the trip is roundtrip air transportation to/from Orlando; four (4) nights hotel accommodations (one quad occupancy room at a Walt Disney World® Resort hotel); four (4) 5-day Magic Your Way passes with Park Hopper® option; a VIP back lot tour at the Disney-MGM Studios for the winner and three guests on day during their prize stay; complimentary use of transportation within the Walt Disney World® Resort; and $1,000.

* Or one (1) first prize: A “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” framed lithograph autographed by the director and a producer.

* Or fifty (50) second prizes: A “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” merchandise gift pack.

Characters from “The ‘Wood,” the Starz animated short series that pays homage to the unique characters that make up Hollywood (previously announced), will host the Starz Saturday Premiere of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” on Sept. 23, which also includes a special behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie featuring cast and crew interviews.

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Robert Iger, president and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Co., said the Orlando area will be the beneficiary, as Walt Disney World Resort continues to grow through its synergy with animated and live-action films.

Iger — along with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo and Walt Disney World Resort President Al Weiss — made comments at a Community Partners Gathering breakfast at Coronado Springs Hotel, near the Animal Kingdom theme park on the Walt Disney World property.

Iger hinted that the 2005 live-action film “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” could be the next successful film product to translate into a theme park product. The second “Narnia” film, based on a series of books by C.S. Lewis, is in pre-production.

“One of the things we do when we create a Disney film is we create a franchise,” Iger said.

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In the first installment of a two part photo essay, Jeff Lange shares some shots that he recently took of Disney-MGM’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” walk-through attraction.

by Jeff Lange – 02-07-06

Last week, the Walt Disney Company and Walden Media officially announced that they had begun pre-production on “Prince Caspian,” the highly anticipated follow-up to the hugely popular motion picture, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”

Which wasn’t really a surprise. Given that — to date — this Andrew Adamson movie has earned $636 million at the box office (I.E. $282 million during “Narnia” ’s domestic release, plus an additional $356 million from the motion picture’s overseas release).

And — given that “Narnia” looks to be the film franchise that Disney Studios has been desperately seeking for years now — there’s already been a lot of talk on the Web about what the Imagineers can now do to capitalize on this success. What WDI can do to bring C.S. Lewis’ characters to life in a theme park setting.

To date, Disney’s in-park “Narnia” -related efforts have been rather modest. Disneyland has a White Witch meet-n-greet, while Disney-MGM Studio theme park has its “Journey into Narnia: Creating the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” walk-through exhibit.

“So what’s this exhibit like?,” you ask. Well, WDW guests who line up outside of Soundstage 4 are first treated to a short making-of film. Which explains how state-of-the-art visual effects and scenes that were shot all around the globe were combined to create the magical world of Narnia.

[Read the rest at JimHillMedia.com]

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