Disney World PF Gathering and Tips for Disney Mania!

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In summary: This couscous and tagine restaurant is quite popular and usually has a long wait. Try coming at night when it’s less crowded.9. Yacht Club at the Epcot resort – This club has a beautiful view of the fireworks show at Epcot. However, this is a “resort” so it’s quite pricey. You may be able to get in if you call the club in advance and ask if there are any openings.10. The Living Seas – Usually there are long lines for this aquarium, but it’s worth the wait. You get to see all kinds of neat fish and amphibians.
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  • #1,892
Yes!

We like shiny, glittery stuff, and this one fits the bill. It's another Mickey ears hat pin. This will be released on the 28th at WDW.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904601.jpg
 
  • #1,893
Disney's Mary Poppins banned in China?

In one of the most mind-boggling laws that China has enacted, they put a ban on "mixed media" show, something that combines animation with live-action. So since when is such a thing "offensive"?

This means that movies mixing animation with life actors will be a no-no. Such movies includes Mary Poppins and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Even the Teletubbies will not be safe. Poor Tinky Winky. First it was Jerry Falwell, now the country of China has a problem with it.

http://www.forbes.com/2006/02/23/china-cartoon-ban-cx_gl_0223autofacescan14.html

Zz.
 
  • #1,894
Oooh.. I love this pin. It's Mickey on the punniest attraction at WDW.

Luckily, it's an open edition pin.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904615.jpg
 
  • #1,895
More pins being released for St. Patrick's Day. These came out at Disneyland yesterday. There's a whole series of them.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10255924.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10256006.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10256426.jpg
 
  • #1,896
They released a pin of Stitch in a boxer shorts with shamrocks?

This is so wrong!

:)

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904581.jpg
 
  • #1,897
The Virtual Magic Kingdom online game has reached a million player!

http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1019

Zz.
 
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  • #1,898
Oy vey...

4 Disney workers involved in a Disney college program have been accused of raping another co-worker at a Disney housing location.

http://www.local6.com/news/7515586/detail.html
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_local_orlandocrime/2006/02/sheriff_investi.html

Zz.
 
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  • #1,899
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_local_orlandocrime/2006/02/sheriff_investi.html

Going to be raped but still able to phone a friend ??
early morning 4-5am walking home from a friend(?)'s house ??

The woman is now ready to work in different office with not just 4 or 5 co-workers but perhaps ten or twenty.
 
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  • #1,900
The Platinum 2-DVD edition of Lady and the Tramp is being released today! The fully-restored version of this classic is appearing on DVD for the very first time.

To mark this occasion, a special pin is also being released today at WDW (of course).

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904776.jpg
 
  • #1,901
Hong Kong Disneyland will introduce 3 new attractions this summer. Let's hope this will stop the trend of so many mis-steps that have followed this park since it opened last year.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-bizhongkong28022806feb28,0,4038157.story

Zz.
 
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  • #1,902
ZapperZ said:
The Platinum 2-DVD edition of Lady and the Tramp is being released today! The fully-restored version of this classic is appearing on DVD for the very first time.

To mark this occasion, a special pin is also being released today at WDW (of course).

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904776.jpg
Why are the initials in the heart "EB"? Are those the artist's initials, or is there some obscure detail about Lady and the Tramp I've missed? I want a pin with the spaghetti scene!
 
  • #1,903
Er... hum... good question. I haven't seen the movie in a while (like 20 years). Was there anything about this in the movie? Anyone else knows?

Whoa... sounds like something I should look into.

Zz.

PS. Have you watched the video I sent you, Moonbie?
 
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  • #1,904
ZapperZ said:
They released a pin of Stitch in a boxer shorts with shamrocks?

This is so wrong!

:)

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904581.jpg
It's called merchandizing! :rolleyes:

Stitch is one of my favorite Disney characters, and "Lilo and Stitch" is a favorite movie. A hula skirt is more appropriate.

Nice idea - 'O Hana' means family ...family means no-one gets left behind (or forgotten).
 
  • #1,905
Astronuc said:
It's called merchandizing! :rolleyes:

Stitch is one of my favorite Disney characters, and "Lilo and Stitch" is a favorite movie. A hula skirt is more appropriate.

Hey, I didn't know you are into Stitch! Humm.. I could use this to my advantage! :)

I love that movie, but somehow, I never got into the merchandize from it. Strange, I know...

Zz.
 
  • #1,906
Moonbear said:
Why are the initials in the heart "EB"? Are those the artist's initials, or is there some obscure detail about Lady and the Tramp I've missed? I want a pin with the spaghetti scene!

OK, so this is what I found out from nksteckler of WDWmagic

In the movie, while Lady and Tramp are strolling through the town at night, they come across a heart with two people's initials that were drawn into wet cement. The initials are someone else's, and are of no significance, but the two dogs then make pawprints inside the heart.

Since then, I've found out that the two initials in the heart were: J.M. and E.B. Upon further research, MousePlanet has this further info:

Let's look at Main Street in the Magic Kingdom for some more interesting things. Easily spotted, but also easily overlooked, is the heart with Lady and Tramp's footprints in it in front of Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Tony's as you remember, was the restaurant behind which Lady and Tramp had their famous spaghetti and meatball dinner.

While J.M. & E.B. are nowhere to be seen, it is still obvious based on the pawprints that Lady and the Tramp have visited this spot in front of Tony's Town Square Restaurant at the Magic Kingdom.

Zz.
 
  • #1,907
Another Walt Disney Original collection was released today. This one is on the multiplane camera. From the Disney Pin website:

This Limited Edition pin celebrates the Multiplane Camera. The invention of Disney staff members, the Multiplane Camera gave depth to an animated film by using layers of backgrounds painted on glass. This camera was first used in the 1937 animated short "The Old Mill." This pin features Mickey Mouse leaning on the shoulder of Walt Disney. This slide where Mickey is pictured moves to the side to reveal the bottom image of Walt Disney. This pin was designed by Disney Design Group Artist Glenn Winters.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904672.jpg
 
  • #1,908
ZapperZ said:
Hey, I didn't know you are into Stitch! Humm.. I could use this to my advantage! :)

I love that movie, but somehow, I never got into the merchandize from it. Strange, I know...

Zz.
I love Disney movies, especially the classics like Snowhite, Cinderalla, Aristocats, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Lady and Tramp, Marry Poppins(?), Bambi, The Ugly Dachshund, Pollyanna, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Parent Trap, etc!
 
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  • #1,909
ZapperZ said:
PS. Have you watched the video I sent you, Moonbie?
Not yet. I was going to curl up and watch this past weekend, but then it seems my program officer must have sensed I had some free time and sent me a grant proposal to review. :rolleyes:
 
  • #1,910
ZapperZ said:
Since then, I've found out that the two initials in the heart were: J.M. and E.B. Upon further research, MousePlanet has this further info:
I find it hard to believe they're of no consequence. They might not have anything to do with the story, but it just seems like the sort of thing the animators would have had fun with...slipping in their kid's initials or something like that. But, now I have to go back to Disney and find that heart in the pavement! It seems there's always a new detail somewhere.
 
  • #1,911
Bob Iger, Disney's CEO, revealed that the thought of buying Pixar came to him while he was watching the parade during the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland. When he noticed that most of the characters came from Pixar movie, he knew that Disney's animation was in trouble.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/nationworld/orl-bizdisney01030106mar01,0,5745510.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

It is good that he is realizing what every Disney fans already knows.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,913
Moonbear said:
Not yet. I was going to curl up and watch this past weekend, but then it seems my program officer must have sensed I had some free time and sent me a grant proposal to review. :rolleyes:

But Moonbie dear, the video that I made is only about 6 minutes long. You can view it while eating your dinner... on second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea. You might choke on your food with some of the things you see.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #1,914
I'm a sucker for pins that have all the Fab 5 in it. And they just released one with just that.

This is a spectacular jumbo pin, still along the theme of the Happiest Celebration on Earth.

Here's hoping that it is still around come late May.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904620.jpg
 
  • #1,915
I was only once in a Disney Park. That was in 1995 Disney Land in Los Angeles. I can't remember much. Let's see, there was a haunting house and a big pirate ship in the evening. Also, I was sitting on a bench resting and all of the sudden a parading orchestra came out of nowhere playing the Indiana Jones theme and then just disappered again.

Question: how many Beagle boys are there? (or has that been already settled in one of the last 1956 posts on this thread?)
 
  • #1,916
The Tower of Terror is scheduled to open at Tokyo's DisneySea this Sept. This version has a different premise than the one in Walt Disney World Resort.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1021

It is sure to become a big hit.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,917
ZapperZ said:
But Moonbie dear, the video that I made is only about 6 minutes long. You can view it while eating your dinner... on second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea. You might choke on your food with some of the things you see.

:)

Zz.
Oh! I didn't realize it would be so short. I know how much video was taken, so was expecting a feature-length movie! :biggrin: Alrighty, I'll go watch it now while I figure out what snack I'm craving.
 
  • #1,918
That was fantastic! I'm grinning from mouse ear-to-mouse ear after watching the DVD! :biggrin: I'm going to have to bring it into the lab tomorrow to show everyone.
 
  • #1,919
Hey, I'm glad you like it!

And yes, after being subjected to endless movies of people's vacations, I swore on my Mickey Ears hat that I would never subject any of my friends to those kinds of home movies. So I edit all my vacation videos into these short "music videos". It is a lot more enjoyable to view them this way. The only problem being that, as anal-retentive as I am, I have to find just the right music to go with it. Of course, I haven't even mentioned that doing video editing is a time black hole. You start at 8:00 am in the morning, and before you realize it, it's amost dinner time and you haven't showered and eaten all day...

You should send a copy to your sister. Maybe after watching this, they would want to go to WDW soon! :)

Zz.
 
  • #1,920
ZapperZ said:
Oy vey...

4 Disney workers involved in a Disney college program have been accused of raping another co-worker at a Disney housing location.

http://www.local6.com/news/7515586/detail.html
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_local_orlandocrime/2006/02/sheriff_investi.html

Zz.

A new development in this case has resulted in the end of the rape case investigation. They had someone videotaping the thing showing that the woman was a willing participant.

How long before this appears on the web? And will someone edit it into a music video? (I know, I'm sooo bad!)

http://www.wesh.com/news/7630418/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news

Zz.
 
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  • #1,921
Moonbie is going to kill me for showing her this, but what the hey...

They are going to release this pin in a couple of days at the Disneyland resort, but get this. This pin is FREE! Yes, you read it right. It is free... with purchase of $20 worth of pins. That's nothing! I blow away 3 times as much on each visit to a pin store!

In any case, I'm trying to get my contacts out in LA to see if they can buy me the pins that I wanted, and get a few of this cute pin. I'll send you one if I get more than one, Moonbie!

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10349906.jpg
 
  • #1,922
ZapperZ said:
A new development in this case has resulted in the end of the rape case investigation. They had someone videotaping the thing showing that the woman was a willing participant.

How long before this appears on the web? And will someone edit it into a music video? (I know, I'm sooo bad!)

http://www.wesh.com/news/7630418/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news

Zz.

More reports on this:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_local_orlandocrime/2006/03/sheriffs_office.html

Kinda reminds me of the Wendy's finger-in-chilli incident.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,923
This is just an interesting article...

If you've been through the Disney gates, you'll remember that you have to stick two fingers into this "thing" that is supposed to recognize you and associate you with your ticket. Want to know what exactly is going on there? This is an interesting article on the biometric readers that is used at the Disney theme parks.

http://www.secureidnews.com/library/2006/03/02/biometrics-at-the-disney-gates/

Zz.
 
  • #1,924
They will be releasing this jumbo pin tomorrow. They are calling it the topiEARy pin.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10921811.jpg
 
  • #1,925
ZapperZ said:
This is just an interesting article...

If you've been through the Disney gates, you'll remember that you have to stick two fingers into this "thing" that is supposed to recognize you and associate you with your ticket. Want to know what exactly is going on there? This is an interesting article on the biometric readers that is used at the Disney theme parks.

http://www.secureidnews.com/library/2006/03/02/biometrics-at-the-disney-gates/

Zz.
Yeah, great technology. :rolleyes: It seemed to think I was a different person by the last two days of my trip...that's why I had to keep stopping at guest services to fix my pass so it would work.
 

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