5 Disney Things You Might Have Missed This Week

Jock Lindsey’s Hanger Bar Opens at Disney Springs

If you’re a fan of the Indiana Jones franchise (the last film was 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), chances are the name “Jock Lindsey” will ring a bell. That’s because Jock Lindsey was Indiana Jones’ pilot in the memorable opening sequence of the very first film in the series, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. As played by professional pilot Fred Sorenson (in the movie he’s American but Lawrence Kasdan’s script states that he’s British), Jock introduced audiences to Indy’s fear of snakes (courtesy of Jock’s pet boa constrictor Reggie) and made for a memorable cameo. This cameo was so memorable, in fact, that Disney has decided to open an entire bar devoted to the rascally pilot in the form of Jock Lindsey’s Hanger Bar, now open at Downtown Disney as part of its ambitious Disney Springs project. The Disney Parks Blog has photos of the incredibly rich new establishment, which seems to be heavily themed and detailed, calling to mind similar Disney eateries like Trader Sam’s. We’ll be headed down to Walt Disney World soon and will report back about our experiences with the restaurant, and if you’ve already been, please let us know what you thought in the comments below!

Disney Comes to Amazon Underground

If you’ve got an Android enabled smartphone and want to play select Disney mobile games to your hearts content, then download Amazon Underground right away. First thing you should know: they’re all free. Second thing you should know: the unlimited bundle means that there are all sorts of boosts, endless lives, power-ups, and freedom to play the games unlocked. And what’s more, there are 15 games that include recent favorites (like Inside Out Thought Bubbles and Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions), as well as re-mastered versions of older games like Where’s My Water and Castle of Illusion.

Spot the Hidden Mickey is Back!

Last year, a sweepstakes was created wherein Disney fans were encouraged to find the hidden Mickeys in their everyday life. (For those of you who don’t know, hidden Mickeys are when three circles combine, either on purpose or serendipitously, to create the shape of Mickey Mouse. This has become a common inside joke that Imagineers place in many attractions, restaurants and shopping experiences. And once you start looking for hidden Mickeys, it’s hard to stop.) The results of the sweepstakes were so amazing, so stupendous, so hidden, that the sweepstakes is back. All you need to do is down the Disney Applause app on iOs or Android and start taking photos of the hidden Mickeys in your life. Can’t wait to see what everyone finds!

See a New Star Wars Planet in 360 Degrees

Thanks to the new 360-degree video technology that Facebook recently adopted, you can now visit one of the alien landscapes featured in December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in a wholly immersive new way. In the video you race along on Rey’s speeder, as featured in several of the trailers for the film, and can look around, at the fallen Star Destroyer out in the distance, the pirate-y inhabitants of the planet, and other speeders. (The experience, which lasts a little less than a minute, was created by special effects house Industrial Light & Magic’s X-Lab.)  If you’re really paying attention, you’ll notice a cameo from our favorite adorable spherical droid, BB-8. This is all happening not in a galaxy far, far, away, but on the Star Wars Facebook page. It’s pretty incredible!

Disney Infinity App Available Now

It’s no secret that we love Disney Infinity 3.0. It’s easily the best, most creatively intuitive, most gorgeously rendered game in the series and we can’t get enough. (We owe you all a long post about how incredible the upcoming Toy Box Speedway add-on is.) Just this week the Disney Infinity: Toy Box 3.0 app was released (on Apple, Google, and Amazon) and allows you to take your addictive Toy Box activities on the go with you. (While you wouldn’t believe it, mobile players upload and download more Disney Infinity Toy Boxes than on any other platform.) This miniaturized version of the Toy Box experience includes a number of the additions to the experience, including the El Capitan community center, Toy Box Hub, and farming simulation. Those Disney Infinity diehards can unlock additional content through new Daily Challenges. Disney Infinity is super fun no matter where you go, so it’s a pretty huge thrill to take the Toy Box with you, no matter where you are.