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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Hello Jake and the Neverland Pirates, farewell Little Einsteins.
Today I made a brief stop over at Disney Junior Live on Stage. Jake from the Disney Junior show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates has taken up residence out front. He has replaced the Little Einsteins who are no longer doing meet and greets. He has also taken over the spot formerly held by Handy Manny due to his large popularity and this spots ability to add an extended cue line. Handy Manny has moved next door to the old Einstein spot. Jake is also now appearing at Play n Dine and the EMH Disney Junior Dance Party. No official word yet if Cubby and Izzy will be joining him or not. But rumblings are that they may be there in the foreseeable future. But for now you can see Cubby, Izzy, Scully, Hook and Smee, inside at the show which is not to be missed if you have little ones. Not to mention it features "life sized" Mickey Mouse and the most advanced and life like puppetry on the Disney Property. Check it out.
Monday, November 7, 2011
New Parking lot signs are now at the Magic Kingdom.
Apparently about a month ago, the Magic Kingdom parking lot went in for a big change. The lots you may have grown up and may have been familiar with are gone. They have divided the two sections of the parking lot into Villains and Heroes. Facing away from the TTC. The villains are on the left, heroes on the right. And the two Tram overhangs now are designated for which section they go to. I like the change because it simplifies the process. But I will miss the VIP sections. The night I found out about it I ran over and walked the parking lot and took photos of the new section signs. I will post the pictures of the signs I took arranged as they appear on the map headed out from the TTC with the road being the center space.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Life has been busy. But I have a new iPhone4 (which i love) that will allow me to update more frequently. On another note, I did see Monorail Peach on the line that night headed to Epcot. It was to dark for a photo. Maybe soon.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Life has been busy. But I have a new iPhone4 (which i love) that will allow me to update more frequently. On another note, I did see Monorail Peach on the line that night headed to Epcot. It was to dark for a photo. Maybe soon.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
The Mickey Pretzel.
Here is my review of these pretzels. First off they are just plain fun to look at and surprisingly, in my opinion, taste better than the older style. I've never really been a fan of soft pretzels. I have never really liked that they had this really tough outer coat. I've always liked the more pizza crust style pretzel you can get at most good pizzerias. The Mickey pretzel is just that. It's nice and soft and actually easy to eat and not overly tough. It also has a great taste, its buttery and reminds me of really good pizza dough. My overall rating is an A. So if you get a chance to try one of these guys, do so. I don't think you will be disappointed.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Vinylmation Traders Forum - Index
Vinylmation Traders Forum - Index: "Disney has released an official date for Park Starz #1 (the series behind all of the Project Z hype) as Friday, October 21, 2011. This series will be released at the D-Street locations in California and Florida on that day (it will also be sold via the online store but not until November). They have released images from a few of the figures from the series - the robot butler from Horizons, the Ice Gator from Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park, Big Al from Country Bears Jamboree, Giant Squid from 20K Leagues under the Sea, Figment from Journey into Imagination, and Yeti from Expedition Everest. So far all of the figures draw their inspiration from WDW attactrions. Thomas Scott, Casey Jones and Lin Shih are the artists behind this set of 12 blind box tins. The retail price for one tin is $18.95. For a further explanation, click here http://destinationvinylmation.com/2011/09/park-starz-vinylmation-explained/"
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Friday, September 16, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Mickey's Soundsational Parade
This is a simple parade but it's still great. It blows the Magic Kingdom's lack luster and boring reused parade out of the the water. This parade has a theme and a story and it focuses on the characters and not the dancers. Magic Kingdom should take a note from this parade.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Full World of Color Video HD - Panoramic View - BEST Seat in the H...
This is by far my favorite Disney Park Show ever. It honestly gets to me every time i see it. And it changes a little every time I do. Videos don't do it justice.
World of Color 4th of July Fireworks Special Show in Full Panoramic View HD
This really shows how versatile this show is. We really need a version here in florida.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Official: Duck Tron
A very awesome video of the light cycle scene in Tron, but done with rolls of colored Duck Tape. Sweet!
It’s all in the lighting, baby! « Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant
It’s all in the lighting, baby! « Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant:
A behind the scene look at Annie Leibovitz's Year of a Million Dreams campaign.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Mark VII playset
I cracked open my Disneyland exclusive red Mark VII Monorail play set I got at D23 this weekend. I took a video of the process and compared it to the older play set models. What I like about this new model is that it's Disneyland specific and not just a Walt Disney World Monorail packaged as being both Disneyland and Magic Kingdom monorails. Which I always found sill because the narration talks about Walt Disney World Resort and the printing on the foot of the train says Walt Disney World monorail. video will be up soon.
Pixar's 25th cupcakes @D23 Expo
Here is a quick little post, while I got the time. Durring the D23 expos Walt Disney Studios presentation Pixar did a nice lengthy presentation to kick it off. At the end of their segment Buzz and Woody came out with a pixar ball looking cake. John Lassiter said, "I can't think of a better way to celebrate Pixar's 25th than with cupcakes1" and confetti flew into the audience. At that moment scores of cast members came flocking into the audience with boxes upon boxes of Pixar Ball Cupcakes. Naturally I was hungry and there is no sense in keeping a cupcake because it will go bad. However, since we were not allowed to bring in cellphones or cameras of any kind into the arena (they did extensive checks and we had to check our equipment) I did not get a photo. Luckily one of my party members had an extra one with us, so I snapped this photo on the way home in the Las Vegas airport. If your wondering, Yes, it was very tasty
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
D23
I apologize for the lack up updates to the block in regards to D23. Most of what happend there is pretty much all over the internet. I am working with a lack of a smart phone and many other mobile technologies and honestly I'm out here to have fun, so I stay out as late as possible taking in what I can. This results in me being bone tired when I get back to my room. I will however be leaving to go home today. When I return home I'll have time go give you my take on the events and post some pictures and videos. I have a lot of great videos, just not the time to post them yet. So please bear with me on this.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Special Thanks to D23 Expo Attendees « Disney Parks Blog
Tom Staggs responds to the great negative responses to the parks and resorts presentation at the D23 Expo.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
D23 day 1, Trader Sams
Today was a full day of events. Actually I only go the opportunity to do two events due to the mass amounts of people showing up for the first day. These two events were the Disney Legends Awards, and the Parks and Resorts. I expected the Parks and resorts to be very interesting, and the Disney Legends to be boring. It was actually the reverse. I got lucky to get into each one. We were the last people admitted to the Legend award, and waiting 1 1/2 before show in the line for the Parks and Resorts only to be told we were on standbye only. The Disney Legends ceremony celebrated Anika Noni Rose, Jodi Benson, Paige Ohare the Sining voice for Mulan and Jasmine, and the voice of Jasmine, who's names escape me at the moment. They were all very grateful, then we received a treat of hearing all the singers do numbers from their movies, and then all four came out and sang "some day my prince will come" together as a quartet. It was very awesome. Regis also got an award, but honestly he came across as being very arrogant and said a rather inappropriate story about how his family couldn't get into the park while getting his award, basically complaining to the company that was just giving him a very high award. The founder of the Disney Store, The man who played Zorro both of which who have passed received awards. Jim Henson also recieved an award and we were treated to a little classic sketch comedy puppetry from Brian Henson, Followed by a performance by Kermit and Rolf (two of Jim's characters) singing Rainbow Connection. That was awesome. Tom Bergeron did a great job hosting the event.
The Disney Parks and Resorts was hosted by Tom Staggs who honestly didn't have the ability to keep the room interested and seemed very awkward on the stage. We did get treated to an appearance of a live talking Mickey voiced live by Bret Iwan. They really didn't say much about what we already know, Then Aulani was discussed and a Hawaiian band along with several little girls danced and singed on stage for us. In addition wee also get a virtual ride of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. A test animation for the new Lumiere animatronic and a brief discussion about WDW's Arial attraction. Then the focus went to California. We got a photo tour of progress on cars land, as well as what California Adventure will eventually look like. We also got a very interesting look at what currently is in the close to blue sky project of Shanghai Disneyland. Including how massive the castle will be there and it will be the first to have a ride in it. It will be three stories tall and focus on all the princesses and not just one. They had also mentioned how Club 33 was so hard to get into and that changes were coming soon but thats all they could say about it, and teased that in the future you might be able to experience classic attractions. They are doing a slight expansion to fantasyland that will focus on the princesses and have personal experiences with them. WDW has tried that many times... it never lasts. All in all though I found the Parks and Resorts kind of boring, and felt my time would have been better spent taking in some of the booths and exhibits in the hall.
I did score the one thing i wanted and thats the die cast Tron Monorail. It's awesome. They also had the red Disneyland monorail playset. I may have to go back and get that later.
All in all I can tell you one thing. Expect to wait in lines. We waiting in like for 30 minutes just to get food for lunch. It's a whole lot of waiting. Tomorrow is the Studio exhibit and rumor has it it's going to be a whopper. We are hoping to get into it. It's going to be tough.
I was able to experience Trader Sams tonight. It's a new Enchanted Tiki Bar located by the pool at the Disneyland Hotel. It's Jungle Cruise and Tiki Room Themed. When you order special drinks, it triggers effects in the room, like the volcano outside erupting when you order a Montazuma. The drinks were good and although it was a bit pricey I scored to very cool souvanier glasses. We also ran into Bob Gurr, the man who designed the monorails. He was a very nice man.
The Disney Parks and Resorts was hosted by Tom Staggs who honestly didn't have the ability to keep the room interested and seemed very awkward on the stage. We did get treated to an appearance of a live talking Mickey voiced live by Bret Iwan. They really didn't say much about what we already know, Then Aulani was discussed and a Hawaiian band along with several little girls danced and singed on stage for us. In addition wee also get a virtual ride of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. A test animation for the new Lumiere animatronic and a brief discussion about WDW's Arial attraction. Then the focus went to California. We got a photo tour of progress on cars land, as well as what California Adventure will eventually look like. We also got a very interesting look at what currently is in the close to blue sky project of Shanghai Disneyland. Including how massive the castle will be there and it will be the first to have a ride in it. It will be three stories tall and focus on all the princesses and not just one. They had also mentioned how Club 33 was so hard to get into and that changes were coming soon but thats all they could say about it, and teased that in the future you might be able to experience classic attractions. They are doing a slight expansion to fantasyland that will focus on the princesses and have personal experiences with them. WDW has tried that many times... it never lasts. All in all though I found the Parks and Resorts kind of boring, and felt my time would have been better spent taking in some of the booths and exhibits in the hall.
I did score the one thing i wanted and thats the die cast Tron Monorail. It's awesome. They also had the red Disneyland monorail playset. I may have to go back and get that later.
All in all I can tell you one thing. Expect to wait in lines. We waiting in like for 30 minutes just to get food for lunch. It's a whole lot of waiting. Tomorrow is the Studio exhibit and rumor has it it's going to be a whopper. We are hoping to get into it. It's going to be tough.
I was able to experience Trader Sams tonight. It's a new Enchanted Tiki Bar located by the pool at the Disneyland Hotel. It's Jungle Cruise and Tiki Room Themed. When you order special drinks, it triggers effects in the room, like the volcano outside erupting when you order a Montazuma. The drinks were good and although it was a bit pricey I scored to very cool souvanier glasses. We also ran into Bob Gurr, the man who designed the monorails. He was a very nice man.
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