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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We had pins for Doctors Day, so why not one for Nurses Day?

This was released today.

Zz.

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A slew of Mother's Day pins are being released today at Disneyland (when is Mother's day this year anyway?). This is the one I like the best.

Zz.

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We are still anxiously awaiting for the first reports from Integral on his Disneyland trip that is going on as we speak...

I'm so jealous! :( <26 days and counting>

Zz.
 
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Happy May Day 2006!

Zz.

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Dale is discussing strategy or the menu with a cast member at the Liberty Tree Tavern in the Magic Kingdom. He's probably also plotting on how to steal my birthday cake later that evening.

Zz.

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To be released tomorrow at WDW is this pin. It may not be much to look at, but it is a replica of the coin used in the first Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl movie.

Zz.

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Well day 1 is done, we pretty well did Disneyland and finally closed Grizzly Rapids in Ca Park.

Here is the entrance to DL
https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6entrance.JPG

I was looking for the 50th ears did not find as many as I had hoped.

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6cupears.JPG
https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6castleears.JPG
https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6toadears.JPG
https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6jungleears.JPG
https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6toonears.JPG


Then there are the golden rides.

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6golddumbo.JPG

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6toadsgold.JPG

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6goldcup.JPG

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6goldboat.JPG

One of my favorite things in Disneyland is the beautiful flower beds.

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6flowers.JPG

Can't forget the photomosaics.

https://home.comcast.net/~integral50/disneyland/6Photomosaic1.JPG


I filled my 256MB SD card before I got all the pics I wanted, I made a trip to the car and the laptop to off load but by then the day was essentially over. This is just a sample I will post more as the week goes on. Tomorrow looks to be Universal City Studios... can I say that is this thread?
 
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Integral said:
Tomorrow looks to be Universal City Studios... can I say that is this thread?

Horrors! That's a dirty word in here!

:)

Terrfic pictures, Integral. I'm just drooling over here waiting for 24 more days to pass. I'm glad the golden rides are going to be around a couple more months. It's the main reason why I'm finally going to Disneyland after all these years.

So yes, more pictures please... and ... er ... 256 MB card? Whoa nellie! You need to upgrade! :)

Zz.
 
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More heavy expectations on the shoulders of John Lasserter when the Pixar-Disney merger is completed.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1186017_1|8963||0_0_,00.html

It is just an enormous pressure and expectations to be proclaimed as the man who could save Disney's Animation.

Zz.
 
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A few readers of this ContraCosta site recall their visit to the Happiest Place on Earth - Disneyland.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/cctimes/living/14465841.htm?source=rss

A few of them actually gave me a lump in my throat, especially the one from a vietnam veteran. It is why a place like this can mean so much to some people. I know that I certainly felt something when I bought into the DVC and they immediately said "Welcome Home!". These things may be simply a "gimmick", but the intended effect is still the same. It is something that other theme parks do not care about.

Zz.
 
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Disney theme park welcomes the 2 Billionth guest!

http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1158

Damn! I'm so jealous. The kid gets a lifetime pass to ALL the Disney theme parks around the world!

.. and integral missed it by a couple of days! :)

Zz.
 
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With all the news of the 2 deaths already on Mission Space at Epcot, Disney has decided to offer an alternative and TAMER version of Mission Space. In this version, you won't get any effect from the centrifuge at all. So all you get are the capsule tilting back and forth.

http://www.local6.com/news/9148771/detail.html

All I can say is, what's the point of riding this attraction when the whole experience IS the g-forces acting on you. Riding this without the g-force experience is like making love through an interpreter - not as pleasurable.

I rode this attraction once, and was a couple of minutes away from expelling the contents of my stomach that morning (and this is right after they opened and had no barf bags available yet). I can never ride it again because obviously, I do get motion sickness on it. But I would never want to see it changed, and would never want to ride it without the g-forces because it will just dilute the whole experience.

In any case, I suppose it is a good idea that they are still keeping the original ride and offering a "lite" version.

Zz.
 
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One of my favorite movies is going to be released in 3D! Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas is a classic, and it will get the same 3D treatment as Chicken Little.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060502/film_nm/nightmare_dc_1

What will make this even better is if they'll play this at Imax theaters the way Polar Express did last Christmas. That would be spectacular!

Zz.
 
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They released this Jumbo Pin yesterday at WDW. It's a gorgeous piece depicting Cinderella's Castle and the Happiest Celebration on Earth. But really, this isn't a "pin". It measures 6" x 4.25", comes in a box, and has a wood pedestal! It's a table display, for heaven sake!

Zz.

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Tomorrow is the 1st Anniversary of the opening of Soarin' at Epcot. This is, in my opinion, THE best attraction at Epcot, and it is a copy of the version that opened in Disney's California Adventure theme park. I can't wait to try the original in 3 weeks!

To commemorate this occasion, a pin will be released (of course) tomorrow at WDW.

Zz.

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In the latest issue of the DVC newsletter, Disney history expert Jim Korkis wrote a terrific article on Oswald the Rabbit:

There have been so many exciting things happening in The Walt Disney Company lately, from the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios to the return of a lucky rabbit. Personally, I'm pretty excited about that last one.

In case the name Oswald the Lucky Rabbit doesn't ring a bell, here's the story. (Stay with me here, as we'll get to the rabbit shortly.)

Despite what Walt Disney so famously said, it did not all begin with a mouse. Walt Disney's animation career actually began in Kansas City, where he produced a series of "Laugh-O-Gram" cartoons that modernized classic folk tales with a jazz-age sensibility. Unfortunately, Walt's company went bankrupt when his distributor for these six cartoons went out of business, while still owing Walt thousands of dollars.

In an attempt to save his first animation studio, Walt created a short animated film that combined a live-action girl with animated characters. "Alice's Wonderland" convinced film distributor Margaret Winkler to finance a series of successful black-and-white silent shorts based on the same premise. The Disney Brothers Studios launched in 1923 to produce this series of "Alice Comedies," and it is the true beginning of the Disney-animation heritage. The studio produced more than 50 cartoons, casting four different girls as Alice.

In 1927, Charles Mintz, who had married Margaret Winkler, signed a contract with Universal Studios to produce a new cartoon series that was to star a rabbit character. The head of Universal's publicity department had people around the office write a name on a slip of paper and put those slips into his hat. One of the secretaries pulled out the name "Oswald."

Oswald was a "Lucky Rabbit" because he had four lucky rabbit's feet, not to mention the good fortune of having Walt and artist Ub Iwerks guiding his first 26 silent black-and-white cartoons, produced from 1927-1928. Walt supplied the story ideas and direction, and Ub led a small team of animators.

Reportedly, Universal didn't care for the first Disney-produced Oswald cartoon ("Poor Papa") and refused to release it to the public. One studio insider was quoted as saying, "The cartoon is merely a succession of unrelated gags, being not even a thread of story throughout its length." They also felt the character looked too old and "rough."

Walt went back to the drawing board, promising to make Oswald "a younger character, peppy, alert, saucy and venturesome." The next effort, "Trolley Troubles," was a fast-paced story of Oswald as a conductor on a rickety trolley car and the challenges he faced getting his passengers to their destination. It debuted on Sept. 5, 1927, and audiences loved it.

Film Daily magazine declared, "Oswald is a riot!"

Universal gave Oswald a great deal of publicity, including a merchandising campaign that featured Oswald on a five-cent marshmallow-and-chocolate candy, and a stencil set for drawing the character in six different poses and costumes. Though Walt didn't get any money for the use of Oswald's image, it was great publicity for his character.

Walt was required to produce a new Oswald cartoon every two weeks! The character portrayed a medieval troubadour rescuing a damsel in distress in "Oh, What A Knight!," a Canadian Mountie tracking down an evil doer in "Ozzie of the Mounted" and an amateur airplane pilot in "Ocean Hop."

If these adventures sound like something from an early Mickey Mouse cartoon, then it should come as no surprise that Oswald (who looks a bit like the yet-to-be-created mouse) had a girlfriend named Fanny, who acted very much like the still undiscovered star Minnie Mouse. Oswald's nemesis was the villain Peg Leg Pete, who also had appeared in the "Alice Comedies," making him Disney's oldest surviving animated character.

With all this success, Walt and his wife took a train trip to New York to ask Mintz for $250 more for each episode for the next series of Oswald cartoons. Walt was shocked when Mintz actually offered $450 less for each short. To make matters worse, Mintz had hired away all of Walt's animators (except for Ub Iwerks) as well as a young apprentice animator named Les Clark, who later would become one of Walt's "Nine Old Men."

In addition, Mintz informed Walt that, according to their contract, Oswald was the property of Universal, not the Disney Brothers. A disgusted Walt told his wife, "Never again will I work for somebody else."

However, Walt remained optimistic, and wrote to his brother Roy from New York, saying, "We will be able to laugh last; that's the best laugh of all."

On the train ride back to California, Walt began to think that his new cartoon series should feature a mouse, and Mickey was born.

Meanwhile, Universal hired Walter Lantz (who would later create Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker) to continue producing more then 100 additional Oswald cartoons, but they never achieved the same success as Walt's releases. The lucky rabbit remained hidden in the Universal archives for generations, until The Walt Disney Company reacquired the rights to the character earlier this year through a transaction with television network NBC, now Universal's parent company. NBC-Universal walked away with former ABC Sports broadcaster Al Michaels, and Disney emerged with a variety of new sports-programming rights, along with that long-missed, but never forgotten little rabbit.

Welcome home, Oswald.

Zz.
 
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Hong Kong Disneyland is giving 40,000 cab drivers free admission to the theme park.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=37960

Who knows if it'll work in promoting the park, but at least they're trying something.

Zz.
 
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Zz.

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Besides Soarin', Lights Motor Action at Disney/MGM Studios is also celebrating its one-year anniversary today. This attraction came from Disneyland Paris.

I wasn't highly impressed by it.

Zz.

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The labor shortage continues at Disneyland. They're now trying to lure college students to do their summer internships working at Disneyland and earning college credits, in addition to an increase in pay.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14507506.htm

Zz.
 
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Heh, at work today I got this packet in my mail box from Siemens. On the cover it says "siemens and Disney, A magical Partnership" It then says "case study, Ingersoll rand introduces a new universal compressor controller". I thought that was Ironic.
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
Heh, at work today I got this packet in my mail box from Siemens. On the cover it says "siemens and Disney, A magical Partnership"

Siemens poured in a boat load of cash to now be the official sponsor of Spaceship Earth at Epcot. The attraction is rumored to be getting a much-needed facelift in the near future.

Zz.
 
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It is just a matter of formality, but Pixar shareholders have approved of the Disney takeover.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060505/ap_on_hi_te/disney_pixar

Zz.
 
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There are some terrific aerial photographs of Walt Disney World here at this link. How they managed to get this, I don't know, since WDW is still a no-fly zone, and they very seldom let you photograph the backstage area.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/aerialphotos.htm

Zz.
 
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There is an "Epcot" center at work, ok well it's really a cover so that spy satellites can't photograph what's inside, but still, it looks like the Epcot center. :biggrin:
 
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This is a very cute pin. It's one of those pins that you can buy as a gift when you get back. I hope they haven't sold out in 3 weeks.

Zz.

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A guest was found drowned at a Disney resort swimming pool.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-cfbriefs06_306may06,0,7534578.story?coll=orl-business-promos&track=mostemailedlink

This is not the kind of publicity they want, especially after that Mission Space death.

Zz.
 
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Wow! This is an amazing Jumbo Pin.

This is a featured artist collection pin to be released on the 13th at Disneyland. It is called the Jumbo Mickey Book, and features 6 Mickey pin-on-pin on the inside.

Zz.

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To be released tomorrow is a series of hinged, princesses pins that feature "stain-glass" design related to each of the princesses.

I don't collect Disney's princesses pins, but this looks to be a set of well-designed pins.

Zz.

Ariel
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904722.jpg

Aurora
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904720.jpg

Belle
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904721.jpg

Cinderella
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Disney is ending its tie-in with McDonalds Happy Meal.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/la-et-mcdonalds8may08,0,3286421.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

Too bad McDonalds still supplies most of the fries in WDW and Disneyland, and even have restaurants within the resorts.

Zz.
 
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