Miscellaneous Disney Stuff

[Kevy Baby]

Seemed like we could use a thread for miscellanous Disney stuff that don't need their own thread, but don't really fit anywhere else.

Saw this Splash Mountain prank photo here (http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/9680225437/okay-fine-this-is-the-most-awesome-splash):

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqtwp2PaGE1qcbo9lo1_500.jpg

[RStar]

Wow, that's awesome! How'd they do that???

[Alex]

If it isn't photoshopped the screen it just a printed image.

[Kevy Baby]

If it isn't photoshopped the screen it just a printed image.Most definitely. I don't think it is photochopped, but I agree with the printed image of the screen. Still fun though; I appreciate the humour behind the idea.

[CoasterMatt]

I guess this would be a good place for this...
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6456/wrksi.jpg

[RStar]

Wait, where's pinochios' nose???

;)

[Kevy Baby]

I guess this would be a good place for this...
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6456/wrksi.jpgWhere can I get those?

[lashbear]

Wouldn't you have a pantone color-matching issue?



.....going on what I've heard, that is - no-one's ever forwarded me photographic proof. Never. :(

[CoasterMatt]

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/582/enhancedbuzz37251317750.jpg

[RStar]

Is that the log from WDW? I don't recognise it...

[CoasterMatt]

Possibly NSFW - http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4665/94059woodyorig.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

Possibly NSFW - http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4665/94059woodyorig.jpgPossibly?!?

[Moonliner]

Possibly?!?

If any Lot'ers work at Vivid for example....

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Possibly NSFW - http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4665/94059woodyorig.jpgHey Howdy Hey! Where did that come from?

[flippyshark]

Well, I guess this is the place to mention it. Today is the release date for Kinect Disneyland Adventures. And I helped. (I got to write lots of character dialog and script some of the cinematic cut scenes.) I've played for a couple of hours, and I can report that it's about as physically exhausting as a real visit. (100% motion-based play. It's an impressively detailed re-creation of the park. You'll have to provide your own churros and Dole Whip, though.)

I'm happy to see some very nice reviews. Here's one that rated it 9/10, presumably for the family market, not the hardcore gamers.

godisageek review (http://www.godisageek.com/2011/11/kinect-disneyland-adventures-review/)

Anyway, I hope folks get a chance to try it. If you're in the Orlando area, let me know, and I can arrange a personal demo, complete with non-stop jabber from yours truly.

[Kevy Baby]

Cool!

[Betty]

That's pretty neat!

[RStar]

Of course I have a wii......

:(

But I'm also not a gamer. I got it for the work outs I never do....

[mousepod]

Color me impressed! Good job, my man.

[Ghoulish Delight]

That's awesome Flippy! Gonna have to find a way to play that.

[Not Afraid]

I have no idea what a kinect is but I'm glad its getting good reviews. Congrats!

[flippyshark]

It's basically MicroSoft's answer to the Wii. (All body movement, no controller.) If 3000 miles didn't separate us, I'd bring it over right away.

[Snowflake]

Disneyland orignal plans up for auction (http://ecommwire.com/?id=101662&keys=disney-prospectus-disneyland)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I just learned what a Courvoisier cel is.

[€uroMeinke]

Does it involve cognac?

[katiesue]

I just learned what a Courvoisier cel is.

Since I had to look it up now I do too!

[Kevy Baby]

Does it involve cognac?Sadly, no

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'd have to drink quite a bit of cognac to spend that kind of money on an animation cel.

[Moonliner]

I'd have to drink quite a bit of cognac to spend that kind of money on an animation cel.

Yow! I'm with you on that.

However for some of the cells on this page (http://www.celfcentered.com/walt-disney-animation-production-cels.html) you might only have to consume a six pack.

[CoasterMatt]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3932/ms2o.jpg

[CoasterMatt]

Happy Thanksgiving!
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/697/disneythanksgiving.jpg

[lashbear]

Sadness !! That was one of my Donald Duck comic collection that was stolen from our garage. :(

[Gn2Dlnd]

Reverse turducken!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Wouldn't that be bestiality?

[RStar]

Gyro Gearloose???? Is that a Disney character or an adult toy?

[lashbear]

I used to pronounce his surname "Gair-louse" Kids say the darndest things...

[Alex]

It's pronounced yee-roe.

[CoasterMatt]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9593/6455015863212b23a798b.jpg
People keep telling me this camera is no good for low lighting situations...

[alphabassettgrrl]

Who? People who don't know how to use one? That's a great shot, in a very low-light situation.

[CoasterMatt]

I'm playing with HDR a lil bit- whatya think?
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9468/64550029819210fc3201b.jpg

[Moonliner]

Cool!

Any luck with the Firehouse/Apartment?

[CoasterMatt]

Moonliner: I was having a bit of a 'bad gear' day yesterday- not too many usable shots- I haven't really looked at my firehouse attempts yet. I think I need to rent/borrow/steal a wider lens for the shot I really want to get.

[Moonliner]

Moonliner: I was having a bit of a 'bad gear' day yesterday- not too many usable shots- I haven't really looked at my firehouse attempts yet. I think I need to rent/borrow/steal a wider lens for the shot I really want to get.

Your "bad gear" days are better than my good days.

Headliner says your shot of Pluto is "Awesome" and made me pinky swear I would tell you that.

[Kevy Baby]

Umm...
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll1n50Y25E1qzfitdo1_500.jpg

[RStar]

There is something very wrong about Mickey wanted to get his milk inside of Minnie. :eek:

This should be posted in the bad tasteless jokes thread.....

[Alex]

Wouldn't be more wrong if it he wanted to get it in someone else? And the lines definitely couldn't have been reversed since it then becomes literally (milk meaning milk) biologically possible

Plus, saying "his milk" in reference to semen makes me feel like I'm reading bad porn on ASSTR. Any continuation of the line of thought is going to end up using "love tunnel," and awkward first person exposition, I just know it.

[Stan4dSteph]

Dumbo has been placed on the stern of the Fantasy (http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/12/dumbo-adorns-the-stern-of-the-disney-fantasy/). Very cute.

http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dfs725200LARGE.jpg

[lindyhop]

I heard a couple of cast member stories yesterday with the theme "why do parents take their kids to the Park when they're sick?"

They sometimes have problems with the character costumes getting infested with lice to the point that you can see the fur moving.:eek:

While working the Winnie the Pooh ride the cast member noticed one child was obviously suffering from chicken pox. They knew they would have to take the vehicle out of circulation so they asked the parents if they wanted to ride again. No. But the family got back in line and ended up in another vehicle. Again they were asked did they want to ride again. No. And they got back in line and infested yet another vehicle. So three vehicles down all because of this kid who shouldn't have been there in the first place.

[Moonliner]

I heard a couple of cast member stories yesterday with the theme "why do parents take their kids to the Park when they're sick?"

They sometimes have problems with the character costumes getting infested with lice to the point that you can see the fur moving.:eek:

While working the Winnie the Pooh ride the cast member noticed one child was obviously suffering from chicken pox. They knew they would have to take the vehicle out of circulation so they asked the parents if they wanted to ride again. No. But the family got back in line and ended up in another vehicle. Again they were asked did they want to ride again. No. And they got back in line and infested yet another vehicle. So three vehicles down all because of this kid who shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Wait, you can jump the line if you show up with a kid that has chicken pox? Interesting.

[lindyhop]

Wait, you can jump the line if you show up with a kid that has chicken pox? Interesting.

Well, sure if you want to ride Winnie the Pooh multiple times.

[alphabassettgrrl]

The family probably thought they were doing well to wait their turn in line instead of taking advantage of an offer they didn't understand. Why were they getting something special? So they refuse the offer to ride again and wait their turn like they're supposed to.

And they probably take the kids even while sick if they've spent a lot of money planning a vacation, all of which is nonrefundable, and the kid gets sick at the last minute. No good options at that point. Though it's not fair to the people where they're traveling.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, sure if you want to ride Winnie the Pooh multiple times.I think THAT was their punishment for bringing the kid.

[bewitched]

Maybe the kid didn't really have the pox...when Olivia was little, she had atypical inverted psoriosis. When she would occasionally have a bad breakout, it looked like she had chicken pox or the measles. Luckily, as she's gotten older, she's grown out of all but the mildest outbreaks. I wonder why they didn't ask the people if the kid was contagious. Is there some rule against that? I'd think they'd want to avoid some kind of outbreak centered in a Disney park.

[katiesue]

I thought by the time you actually had the visible pox they weren't contagious anymore anyway?

That said I'm sorry but I've had to cancel trips and lost money on plane tickets and reservations because my child was sick. It sucks but it happens. It's not right to expose others to your kids illness just because you had a deposit.

[bewitched]

I thought by the time you actually had the visible pox they weren't contagious anymore anyway?

That said I'm sorry but I've had to cancel trips and lost money on plane tickets and reservations because my child was sick. It sucks but it happens. It's not right to expose others to your kids illness just because you had a deposit.

Agreed. Having said that, considering the number of people that send their kids to school deathly ill, I'm not surprised they don't cancel trips either. :rolleyes:

[Melonballer]

As a kid who went to Disneyland with the chicken pox I can understand still going. I got them when we arrived, but never got ill. I felt great, but just had the spots (and only a few of those). Now we only went about once every 6 years or so for a few days. Could you imagine telling a 10 year old kid, who feels great and is within visual range of the park, "I'm sorry but you have to stay in the room. Don't worry in 6 or 7 years you can come back."? It would be one thing if you had not left yet, or if you were a local or regular visitor, ir even if you were deathly ill, but to get right outside the gates and told you could not go in?

I just like to think that we had a giant pox party and everyone was invited. lol

[Kevy Baby]

Does anyone know what the mirror ball is for in the big room of Ariel's Undersea Adventure? I have never seen it spinning or any lights on it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

?!?!? This isn't even on Happiest Potties...
http://www.secretrestroom.com/

[Kevy Baby]

?!?!? This isn't even on Happiest Potties...
http://www.secretrestroom.com/Oh great; this gets discovered just a couple of days after it is closed!

Fun, tongue-in-cheek site!

[lashbear]

I knew about that AGES ago... Mammasilva showed it to me. :cool: ;)

...Great size for access if you're a huge bear in a Kilt.

[Not Afraid]

I've peed there.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Tim Burton Terrariums (http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2012/5/15/curio-tim-burton-terrariums.html)

[Moonliner]

Sometimes it's funny to read posts in reverse order......

[Kevy Baby]

Apparently, there is a Rockabilly Day at Disneyland (a la Gay Day or Bats Day) called Rock Around the Park (http://www.rockaroundthepark.com/)

[innerSpaceman]

Sigh, I just heard that the Florida version of Snow White's Scary Adventures is closing forever, to make way for a Princess Meet & Greet. So sad. Their Snow White was unique. It never made it to the 1983-update era, but was a little more advanced than the 1955 version, being created as it was circa 1970.

The big difference was that this was a SCARY ride, very Witch-centric. She'd pop out at the cars every five feet or so, always with some hysterical line. The ride was a camp classic at Disney World and I'm so sad it's going away.

Bah on getting rid of a dark ride for a Meet & Greet area, too. LAME.

There will be a new Snow White-themed attraction, a kiddy coaster based on the 7 Dwarfs Mine. Still, my cheese is sad. :(

[flippyshark]

Our WDW Snow White did get a slight modification in the mid-nineties or so, and the number of witch appearances was reduced by several. The final scene was also redone to add a full "love's first kiss" diorama, giving the ride the happy ending it had never had.

I hate that we are losing a dark ride and gaining a character meet and greet.

[Scrooge McSam]

I hate that we are losing a dark ride and gaining a character meet and greet.

Grrrr Sooooo with you on that sentiment

Good thing is I'll be in the 'world' this weekend and the early part of next week to experience this ride before it's gone for good. I can't wait to see all the new Fantasyland construction for myself. Pics just don't cut it.

PS: PM me if you wanna do a meetup in the next few and I'll send you my cell number. I'll be at Kidani Village.

[flippyshark]

I would love to meet up, but I'm about to take off for NYC. (I know, poor me)
I'm going to be back on the 28th, at which time, I'll go take my final trips through Snow White's Scary Adventures. Do let me know how your trip goes, though!

[Moonliner]

I would love to meet up, but I'm about to take off for NYC. (I know, poor me)
I'm going to be back on the 28th, at which time, I'll go take my final trips through Snow White's Scary Adventures. Do let me know how your trip goes, though!

If you are coming through DC give me a buzz.

[Scrooge McSam]

The universe is conspiring against us, flippy ;)

[Stan4dSteph]

I find it interesting that a lot of people don't know that the Snow White ride at WDW is being removed. I guess it's flying under the radar somewhat due to the distraction of the new Fantasyland stuff.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

amusing pareidolia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia) in the Lion King posterhttps://p.twimg.com/ArwSTNLCMAAFMdJ.jpg

[CoasterMatt]

Newest test video of my homebrew lightshow progress- here (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IahjRm67YPk)

[Moonliner]

Newest test video of my homebrew lightshow progress- here (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IahjRm67YPk)

Awesome show and I'm always a sucker for that song. :snap:

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Does Disneyanna sell this commemorative plate? ;)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02jjpEked1qlegsio1_1280.jpg

[lashbear]

That's great !

[Alex]

I'm ok with them being gay. I just hope they broke up with the princesses first. Otherwise it's still wrong.

[flippyshark]

Isn't Prince Phillip a little old for Eric? (a 35 year difference, though Phillip is really holding up.)

[Kevy Baby]

I'm ok with them being gay. I just hope they broke up with the princesses first. Otherwise it's still wrong.Dont you believe in polyamory?

[lashbear]

Dont you believe in polyamory?

I don't think Alex has tried doing it with a parrot...

[Alex]

I might believe in polyamory but the Princesses don't. Next time you're in the park, ask one.

[Moonliner]

It looks like Disney is expanding to a new hot property (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2012/06/messenger_mickeymouse.jpg). Drink sales should be through the roof.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2012/06/messenger_mickeymouse.jpg

(hint: It's Mercury!)

[Kevy Baby]

I think we may have found the all-time best hidden Mickey.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Better than the armpit??

[Kevy Baby]

With thanks to MousePod for the heads-up, a link to photos of a flying dragon that is allegedly being tested by Disney (read the story).

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2012/06/disney-imagineering-tests-flying-dragon-speculation-swirls-surrounding-avatar-addition-to-walt-disney-world/

[flippyshark]

Hourly capacity on that is gonna be terrible!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Gambled and lost with T this evening.

Last time we rode PotC (with Wendybeth and company), he loved it, but was momentarily unhappy about getting splashed on the drop.

Today were in the queue and he was happy to go. But I was worried that if we got in the boat he'd be reminded of the last time and getting splashed and freak out before the drop.

So I thought I'd head that off by saying, "Remember last time, you got a little wet? But you were fine and had the ride, so you're going to be okay this time right?"

Ooops.


".........Noooooooo. No wet. No yo-ho wet. Go out!"


:(

The good news is once I got him outside and calmed, I talked to him later about the pirates and he seemed happy once again to talk about pirates, and sing the song, and say yoho. So hopefully next time it won't be a problem.

Sigh.

[innerSpaceman]

I can hardly wait till he's tall enough to ride Splash Mountain!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

A few of you had the opportunity to meet my niece while she was visiting. I thought you might like to read the comments she emailed to Disney after her trip. (She, like a good Disney fan, went to the Town Hall to voice her suggestions, but she had so many they directed her to share them at the website.)


Hello, and salutations!
I am writing to express some comments, and a few suggestions. I am eleven years old, and in the sixth grade. I went to Disneyland with my aunt, on my visit here, to California.

I very much enjoy both of the parks, Disneyland, and Disney’s Californian adventure, with all the rides!

However, I have a few small suggestions, tweaks and so forth…

In The Disneyland Park, (The Magic Kingdom) the rides are very well done, but I find the need for small tweaks. In it’s a small world, I love how you have the Disney characters! I have a few additional Ideas…
Merida from brave, should have her own place is Scotland,
Snow white should be in Germany,
I like the rainforest. Would it be possible to make it bigger?
And make America smaller? It is way too big. We know about it already. There should only be the two original dolls as seen in that “White Room”.

Also I have a few ideas for Pirates of the Carrabin.
It is way too smoky,
It gets in your Eyes,
You can’t even see the pirate’s despise,
That is how I would go about remembering that.
Can you add more light so we can see the items better? In some places I find it too dark.

I also LOVE the new Carsland! It is so authentic! So perfect!
The malt at Flo’s is really tasty, except for the roadside gravel. It has this really bitter after taste.

Once again I would like to say I love the Disney land park!
Thank you for you time.


These are all her own ideas and notes. I didn't help at all, or convince her of anything. Which, to me, is amusing, because I have a few of the same complaints.

[lashbear]

OK, now someone has to explain to me why an 11 year old is eating Roadside Gravel.

[CoasterMatt]

http://i.imgur.com/zDZRQ.jpg

[Gn2Dlnd]

Grumpa.

[Moonliner]

Anyone we know?

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=893&sid=2929382

[Alex]

She looks vaguely familiar.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I went on the Matterhorn last night. Sadly, it will be my last. What was once a fun, occasionally romantic thrill ride is now a high-speed torture device. Since I can no longer straddle my legs around the person/seat in front of me, I have to pretzel-fold them into the tiny space allotted in my third of the vehicle. This also means my shins are pressed up against the steel bars that support the seat back in front of me. I also means that every bump and turn causes my shin to slam into that steel bar. I have a lovely hematoma as a souvenir of my final Matterhorn Bobsled ride.

My cheese is sad.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Ouch.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I went on the Matterhorn last night. Sadly, it will be my last. What was once a fun, occasionally romantic thrill ride is now a high-speed torture device. Since I can no longer straddle my legs around the person/seat in front of me, I have to pretzel-fold them into the tiny space allotted in my third of the vehicle. This also means my shins are pressed up against the steel bars that support the seat back in front of me. I also means that every bump and turn causes my shin to slam into that steel bar. I have a lovely hematoma as a souvenir of my final Matterhorn Bobsled ride.

My cheese is sad.Please make sure to forward this to Disney. My cheese will always be sad for you and anyone else who can't ride it anymore.

[CoasterMatt]

http://i.imgur.com/iNbUO.jpg

[Stan4dSteph]

I went on the Matterhorn last night. Sadly, it will be my last. What was once a fun, occasionally romantic thrill ride is now a high-speed torture device. Since I can no longer straddle my legs around the person/seat in front of me, I have to pretzel-fold them into the tiny space allotted in my third of the vehicle. This also means my shins are pressed up against the steel bars that support the seat back in front of me. I also means that every bump and turn causes my shin to slam into that steel bar. I have a lovely hematoma as a souvenir of my final Matterhorn Bobsled ride.

My cheese is sad.Were you in the front? The second and third seats let you slide your feet on either side of the seat in front of you.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I was in the back. I tried, but there was absolutely no way my feet/legs could straddle the seat in front of me.
FYI, I wear size 15 EEEE shoes.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, you know what they say.

Big shoes...
Big feet

[RStar]

I was in the back. I tried, but there was absolutely no way my feet/legs could straddle the seat in front of me.
FYI, I wear size 15 EEEE shoes.

I've met you once, so I know you are pretty tall, but do you think an average 6 foot guy like myself would have the same issues?

And, I know you are wondering. I'm average there as well.

I wear a size 12 W shoe.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

do you think an average 6 foot guy like myself would have the same issues?I don't know. I was with my friend who is probably around 5'10" and he was able to ride it without injury.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

From what I understand it's mostly linebackers and above that are affected. Still sucks majorly though.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm 5' 9" ish and was uncomfortable. I have long legs, tho. I felt like I was going to fly out of the bobsled. Also, getting out of the bobsled now is way harder than getting in.

[flippyshark]

Sounds a lot like the current Space Mountain vehicles here in Orlando. Me getting into or out of one of those makes for real pratfall material. Ugh. I dread my next trip to the much-loved Matterhorn.

[innerSpaceman]

Correction: Less-loved Matterhorn. :(

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I was surprised to fit somewhat comfortably in the new Matterhorn seats. Know what's less-than-graceful for me? Half of the back seat of Splash. I can get in, but I could use a shoehorn getting out.

[Stan4dSteph]

Sounds a lot like the current Space Mountain vehicles here in Orlando. Me getting into or out of one of those makes for real pratfall material. Ugh. I dread my next trip to the much-loved Matterhorn.Yes, very similar, although the Matterhorn has seat belts instead of lap bars. Getting out of those things always involves me making strange noises.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Disney Park Air Fresheners (http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/07/freshening-the-air-with-disney-parks/)
posted on an official Disney blog, so I have to assume they're for real
http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fre234809SMALL.jpghttp://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fre912340SMALL.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

I was going to make a joke about whether they have one for the occasional sewage odor that drifts around NOS, but the turkey leg one is pretty much as bad.

[innerSpaceman]

Lest we forget Rotten Egg Smell at Splash Mountain FOR YEARS, and of course our recently dearly departed Burnt Coffee Smell from the entry of DCA version 1.


Ah smellories! :D

[Kevy Baby]

There is also the sewage smell outside the Gallery on Main Street (a little ways inside the East entrance tunnel).

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I'm still waiting for the Pirates scented candle. (And the former hand-stamp ink one.)

[Kevy Baby]

I'm actually surprised that there isn't a churro scent.

[Stan4dSteph]

Surprised there hasn't been any discussion here about the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives exhibit at the Reagan Library (http://www.reaganfoundation.org/details_f.aspx?p=LM2024ETEX&h1=0&h2=0&lm=libraryandmuseum&args_a=cms&args_b=35&argsb=N&tx=2748&sw=2748). Anyone planning to go? They've got the office back.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I imagine that's something SCEagles would be especially interested in.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm planning to see the Reagan library exhibit. Apparently it's mobbed at the moment, but we would have better luck on a weekday or waiting a bit.

[innerSpaceman]

A bunch of us had a semi-unofficial swanking at the Reagan Library a few months back. AirForce One was teh awesome ... but the rest was strictly once-only interesting.

I personally can't see going back for the Disney stuff ... but I have to wonder what the heck Walt Disney had to do with Ronald Reagan???
:confused:

[Kevy Baby]

They were secret gay lovers

[Alex]

Nothing. The library has a large exhibit space and Disney had need for a large exhibit space and they both said "hey, this could make us some money."

[Alex]

Oh, searching around a bit, both Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney testified befoer the House Un-American Activities Committee on October 20, 1947. They were the friendly witnesses on Communist infiltration of Hollywood. The next day they (HUAC, not Disney and Reagan) started sending people to jail for refusing to testify.

But I suspect that does not get a prominent placement in the exhibit.

[innerSpaceman]

Neither of Walt's infamous nervous breakdowns made it into the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, so I'm guessing you're right about the red-baiting stuff.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I personally can't see going back for the Disney stuff ... but I have to wonder what the heck Walt Disney had to do with Ronald Reagan???
:confused:

Reagan did MC the opening of DL

http://www.laughingplace.com/files/Reagan/Reagan6.jpg

but I doubt that's the reason.

[Snowflake]

emovieposter.com is having an animation auction, some cool Disney stuff if anyone is looking! Link to the items here (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/13.html)

I'm sure Mousepod and BossRadio would be interested in something

[mousepod]

emovieposter.com is having an animation auction, some cool Disney stuff if anyone is looking! Link to the items here (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/13.html)

I'm sure Mousepod and BossRadio would be interested in something

Hot damn. Good stuff.

[Gn2Dlnd]

^ Movie poster related, but not Disney related, and Jesse adjacent - Last night, in Silver Lake, across Parkman from the Cafe Tropical, on the side of the drug store, I saw a series of ParaNorman posters, gummy stuck, loosely by the corners, over the permanently wheat-pasted posters, apparently with the intention of being unstuck and taken home. After agonizing over whether I should take one, or all, of them home, I remembered that I'm moving and have never displayed any of the many posters I already own.

Parkman and Sunset.

I haz commas.

[Morrigoon]

Wow, some great stuff there! Couple Robin Hood cells I'm really tempted by!

[cirquelover]

That is a dangerous link, too much good stuff!

[mousepod]

OK. This auction is ridiculous.

http://www.profilesinhistory.com/animation-auction-july-2012/registration-and-bidding

It includes Herb Ryman Disneyland plans... original Snow White cels (with original backgrounds)... Mary Blair originals... Eyvind Earle Sleeping Beauty paintings. I'm gonna throw up...

[DreadPirateRoberts]

wow

[Snowflake]

OK. This auction is ridiculous.

http://www.profilesinhistory.com/animation-auction-july-2012/registration-and-bidding

It includes Herb Ryman Disneyland plans... original Snow White cels (with original backgrounds)... Mary Blair originals... Eyvind Earle Sleeping Beauty paintings. I'm gonna throw up...

And the Fantasia stuff, I am now throwing up.

[lashbear]

Speaking of Throwing up.... I never knew Doritos were invented in Disneyland (http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-04-05/food/taco-usa-how-mexican-food-conquered-america-doritos-disneyland/) !!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Speaking of Throwing up.... I never knew Doritos were invented in Disneyland (http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-04-05/food/taco-usa-how-mexican-food-conquered-america-doritos-disneyland/) !!Ok, I am in shock. I didn't know this at all. The really shocking part is that the story doesn't talk about the FLAVOR of Doritos at all. Um, anyone can bake a tortilla chip. Doritos' signature flavor is the big story here. How did that happen??

[innerSpaceman]

Somewhat ironically, the best thing at Casa de Fritos was the OMGDelicous chocolate cake. It was never the same once they switched to Casa Mexicana.

And for all it's vaunted better authenticity, I think Zocolo is a royal pain and haven't eaten there very much since it debuted years ago. I used to eat at Casa de Fritos all the time. :(

[flippyshark]

Ok, I am in shock. I didn't know this at all. The really shocking part is that the story doesn't talk about the FLAVOR of Doritos at all. Um, anyone can bake a tortilla chip. Doritos' signature flavor is the big story here. How did that happen??

Here in Florida, it's impossible to buy a bag of original "Toasted Corn" Doritos. The Nacho Cheese powder-covered option is considered standard, and people look at me funny when I say I want unadorned Doritos. "Just get Tostitos," they tell me. Not the same flavor, I answer. Not the tortilla chip I grew up on in CA and New Mexico. Oh well, there are a hundred other Mexican food related items I can't get here in Orlando.

[Morrigoon]

Zocalo has what I suspect might be the worst guacamole ever

[lashbear]

Morri: I heard they scrape the salad-bar scraps into a cuisinart and *voila*





This is, a joke, of course. Disney would never do such a thing.

[Alex]

Zocalo has what I suspect might be the worst guacamole ever

The secret to its awfulness is they make it with avocado.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Well, if you hate them, it leaves more avocado deliciousness for the rest of us.

[lashbear]

ABG: Make This. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsP3E73bAJw) You will love me for the rest of your life.

[Alex]

Well, it certainly leaves more avocado for the rest of you. We'll have to disagree on the rest of it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Chocolate mousse tart- sounds fabulous. :) And I already love you, Bear.

[CoasterMatt]

Murphy photo from Tuesday night...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7616569802_64b30ae116_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/7616569802/)

[mousepod]

That is a phenomenal photo, Matt.

[Snowflake]

Murphy photo from Tuesday night...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7616569802_64b30ae116_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/7616569802/)

Want!!!!

[lashbear]

I'd never fit in your living room. Besides, is it housetrained?

[CoasterMatt]

I did add that photo to my photosbymatt.tumblr.com account if anybody would like to buy prints or cards of it.

I had no idea I'd get an image like that, I was semi-blindly shooting.

[CoasterMatt]

Here's another Murphy shot from the same night...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7620026490_578aea788a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/7620026490/)

[lashbear]

Thats not Murphy. Murphy's Blue !!!

That must be... er, Murphette.

[Morrigoon]

That blue one would make a sweet poster

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Here in Florida, it's impossible to buy a bag of original "Toasted Corn" Doritos. The Nacho Cheese powder-covered option is considered standard, and people look at me funny when I say I want unadorned Doritos. I've never heard of such a thing, and I grew up here. The Nacho Cheese IS standard, has been since I was a kid at least.

[Snowflake]

I've never heard of such a thing, and I grew up here. The Nacho Cheese IS standard, has been since I was a kid at least.

Same here but a quick look at the product finder at Frito-Lay tells me the toasted corn variety are available at some shops in SF.

[Kevy Baby]

Toasted corn is the original.

[innerSpaceman]

Maybe it's because I'm older, but I remember the toasted corn original.

[katiesue]

I remember when the Nacho Cheese flavor was new.

[lashbear]

CP, you're just too young, admit it !! :p

[RStar]

Toasted corn is the original.

And boring. It's just corn chips. Great for dip, though.

I bought a bag of the retro "Oringinal Flavor" Doritos Taco Chips, and found them bland. It's amazing how we have gotten so use to stronger and stronger flavors over the years.

[JWBear]

I miss Bell Brand corn chips. They were the best.

[Kevy Baby]

Is there a difference between "corn chips" and "tortilla chips?"

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Yes. Not all tortillas are made from corn. Not all chips are made from tortillas.

[Kevy Baby]

Apparently Tostitos makes a flour tortilla chip (http://www.shespeaks.com/Tostitos-Flour-Tortilla-Chips-Review)

[flippyshark]

Is there a difference between "corn chips" and "tortilla chips?"

If by 'corn chips' you mean Frito's and its imitators those are made with a thick corn meal, and don't start out as tortillas. (But, yes, it's just another variation of basically the same ingredients. Like most Ameri-Mex food)

So, my contention about the old Toasted Corn Doritos is that they had a flavor distinct from say, Tostitos, which are also fried corn tortillas. They are similar, but not identical, and its those old school plain Doritos I crave when I eat guacamole.

I too remember when Nacho Cheese Doritos was a new twist on the standard chip.

[flippyshark]

I bought a bag of the retro "Oringinal Flavor" Doritos Taco Chips, and found them bland. It's amazing how we have gotten so use to stronger and stronger flavors over the years.

I did the same just recently, and they just tasted super-salty to me. It was one of those nostalgia trips I won't need to take again.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

CP, you're just too young, admit it !! :pI like coming here. Yes, I'm far too young.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Went to the park tonight. Saw a group of 4 gentlemen (2 "younger", probably my age and 2 "older") dressed in nice suits. At least a couple had bow ties. I got behind them in the entry gate line, heard one of the younger ones relaying Disney "trivia"*. I then saw the same one pull out a Club33 card as his pass. Inside, I saw another group of people also dressed very formally. And later a third group. Me thinks something was up at Club33 tonight.






* I put "trivia" in quotes for a reason. The first thing I heard him say was the old story of Walt walking the park and whenever he'd see a few pieces of trash on the ground in the same location he'd tell facilities to add a trash can. Legit trivia. Then he said, "Here's a fun fact. When they were building Pirates of the Caribbean they had all the skeletons made from fake bones. But they didn't like the way they looked. So they went to UCLA or USC and got real bones to make all the skeletons out of. Later they got better at making fake bones, but there are 2 skeletons that are still real." o.0

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I believe it was the 45th anniversary of the club today, and there was a party. A friend on FB attended.

[Morrigoon]

I believe I heard the skull on the headboard of the bed was real. Never knew if that was true, though your story makes it plausible.

[Ghoulish Delight]

hough your story makes it plausible.

Really? You find it plausible that Disney could just go to UCLA and pick up 15 or so human skeletons for an amusement park ride?

[Alex]

I have no idea of the accuracy of it (Imagineers are just as susceptible to folklore as the rest of us), but Imagineer Jason Surrell seems to be the source of the story in his book Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies.


Skeletons in the Closet - and the Basement

Because the original Imagineering team felt that the faux skeletons of were just too unconvincing, the Grotto sequence originally featured real human remains obtained from the UCLA Medical Center. The skeletons were later returned to their countries of origin and given a proper burial when a new generation of Imagineers replaced them with equally convincing facsimiles.

I don't necessarily find the idea of real bone skeletons that hard to believe. They aren't actually that difficult to get your hands on and I imagine it was probably much easier in the '60s than now (India used to be the main supplier of them but they banned export of human bones in the '80s, China did the same about a decade ago).

The part I find harder to accept is that when done with them they'd actually be returned to countries of origin for burial.

[RStar]

Do/did they keep track of whose bones they are? Like a code stamped on the bottom of a foot related to a registry or something? Is there even a need for real ones anymore (with mass produced facimilies possible)?

I agree, Alex. If they have no reference number or identifier, a skeleton would show up at some address with a note:

"This person came from this part of the world. Please be sure it gets a proper burial. Thank you."

How could they, and who would pay for it?

With a statement like that, I would wonder about the rest of what Jason Surrell said.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, then, I stand corrected.

[RStar]

Oh, and the principal difference between the corn chip and the tortilla chip is that the corn in a tortilla chip has undergone a process known as nixtamalization, which involves processing the raw corn with quicklime; and that the corn chip, which is not made from a tortilla, but from corn meal, has been processed into a particular shape, typically a small scoop. This is why there is a differnet flavor to a corn chip like Fritos, when compared to a tortilla chip or "strips" (which are tortillas cut in strips rather than wedges).

[innerSpaceman]

Really? You find it plausible that Disney could just go to UCLA and pick up 15 or so human skeletons for an amusement park ride?
Well, just considering I personally went to UCLA and picked up one human skeleton for a Rocky Horror prop, I believe Disney might have the clout to get 15. :cool:

[CoasterMatt]

http://i.imgur.com/dub7M.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

Disney is doing a quick retrofit of the Jungle Cruise boats to close the gap between the boats and the loading dock. story (http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48342099/ns/local_news-orange_county_ca/#.UBHKLbTY-Uc)

[Kevy Baby]

Sometimes I hate our litigious society.

[Alex]

Wait. A Jungle Cruise boat hit an island?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Only sometimes hate our litigiousness? You're ahead of me.

[Ghoulish Delight]

yeah, the island part has me scratching me head.

[€uroMeinke]

No man is an island

[Gn2Dlnd]

I used to love that old Sid and Marty Kroft show, "Onanism Island."

Remember the song with the steel drum band? "Come, come to de island, discover yourself and come to de island, yank yourself away from your life, and come splash and plaaay - on Onanism Island!"

[SzczerbiakManiac]

This was posted to a cast recordings mailing list I subscribe to. I thought it might interest some-a-y'all.The 1970 Disney animated film "the Aristocrats" is getting its blu-ray debut on August 21st. There are two new bonuses (in addition to the ones on the previous DVD releases) and one should be of interest to folks here.

It's a 9-minute piece called "The Lost Open" which has Richard Sherman introducing a two-part song that was to be the original opening for the film. It is called "How Much You Mean To Me/Court Me Slowly" and is sung by the butler Edgar and a deleted character (the maid). They found the original story boards and a demo recording by the Sherman brothers and melded the two together.

The previous DVD had a deleted song "She Never Felt Alone" and that seven-minute piece is here too.

The only other new feature is a "Oui Oui Marie" Music video remix.

[Kevy Baby]

The updated "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour now includes a visit to Walt's Apartment (http://bit.ly/O7Adj5).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sigh, another blow to elitism.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cool! I've never done the tour, but to visit the apartment would be fantastic.

[innerSpaceman]

Sigh, I think this kinda sucks - but I've also never been in the apartment and I guess I should see it before I die if given the chance.


In other Disney news, according to an Al blurb on "that site," the Aulani resort on Hawaii is doing horribly and is being run by monkeys. They're offering 70% room discounts to cast members thru Christmas in the hopes the place won't seem like a ghost town to the few paying guests.

Anyone besides me think a Disney hotel with no Disney park is a dumb idea, and - if in Hawaii - placing it on one of the less-visited islands an even dumber one?

[alphabassettgrrl]

One of my coworkers is going to the Aulani in a month or two. It sounds like a fun hotel, but I don't know anything about what else one would do there.

[Alex]

Oahu is hardly a "less visited" island. It accounts for almost half of all visit days by tourist (out of something like 5.5 million tourist days about 2.5 million were spent on Oahu).

And a Disney hotel with no Disney park seems to have done okay at Hilton Head and Vero Beach.

So if if it isn't performing I'd tend to think it must be something else (and a prime candidate for me would be not that it is on Oahu, but that it is in a lame part of Oahu, kind of removed from any of the stuff you're likely to want to do on the island).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Funny, I thought I heard that Aulani was getting an expansion.

[innerSpaceman]

It certainly isnt, Alex. My bad, I guess, but I thought the Aulani was on the Big Island. Well, um, if it's on Oahu, it has to be doing something REALLY wrong if it's failing so miserably.

The pictures made it look like it was a beautiful property. Of course, the Disney prices make it unattractive ... but I would think Hawaii would be one of the few other places on Earth where Disney prices seem sorta normal.

[lindyhop]

The latest complaint from those who dance on Saturday nights near ESPN (Carnation Plaza in exile) is that restaurants are no longer validating parking without a receipt. Give us a live band and a dance floor (<whine>not big enough, no chairs<\whine>) but we certainly don't want to spend any money on food or parking. Sure, why not?

[katiesue]

But, and I know logic doesn't play into this, wouldn't they have had to pay for parking when it was in the park as well?

[Moonliner]

Wait, why were restaurants validating parking without a receipt in the first place?

[lindyhop]

Wait, why were restaurants validating parking without a receipt in the first place?

God knows. Apparently it depends on the employee.

Many of the people who are going to DTD dancing have never been APs so they're taking advantage of the free.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

A mom I know told the story of shlepping her family to WDW. The apex of which was, "We get there, and let me tell you, it's EXACTLY like Disneyland. EXACTLY THE SAME. The layout, the rides, everything. I mean, there was no reason to go there, at all! What a waste of time and money!!"

Muggles. :rolleyes:

[Alex]

What's weird is they only went to Epcot.

[BarTopDancer]

Magic Kingdom is exactly like Disneyland until you start looking for rides that aren't in that park, or where they "belong". Haunted Mansion: I'm looking at you!

It's the same, but completely different!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

"...and I hear Disneyland in Paris is the same too!"

At which point I could not hold my tongue any longer, as I've actually been there.

[cirquelover]

I don't blame you, don't think I could have held my tongue either. Obviously they skipped the other 3 WDW parks because I guarantee Animal Kingdom is nothing like Disneyland. I guess they have Bugs Life but that is the only similarity.

[innerSpaceman]

If anyone tells me Disneyland is exactly like the Magic Kingdom at WDW or any other copy, I would not believe them if they told what color their own eyes were.

[Morrigoon]

Wow, anything in Hawaii that needs help at Christmas is doing very poor indeed. That's a big season for Hawaii.

[Kevy Baby]

Didn't need it's own thread:

Disney Princess Lingerie for Adults (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/01/03/disney-princess-lingerie-pic/)

Mildly NSFW (it shows the undies, but no one is in them)

[innerSpaceman]

This didn't need it's own thread either, but ...

Wickedly Beautiful Disney Perfume Bottles (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/01/09/wickedly-beautiful-disney-villain-perfume-bottles-pics/).

[Ghoulish Delight]

rad

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Oh those are frelling cool!

[innerSpaceman]

OK, I'm not sure whether this has been around for a while, but - and it's wrong on so many levels, but ... If Belle Lived in Da Hood (http://damn.com/p/beauty-and-the-beat-by-todrick-hall/).

[Kevy Baby]

Wickedly Beautiful Disney Perfume Bottles (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/01/09/wickedly-beautiful-disney-villain-perfume-bottles-pics/).

This just saved me a LOT of money:

Unfortunately, these are not real products

[Snowflake]

This didn't need it's own thread either, but ...

Wickedly Beautiful Disney Perfume Bottles (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2014/01/09/wickedly-beautiful-disney-villain-perfume-bottles-pics/).

Really fabulous concepts and bitch to create!

[Gn2Dlnd]

Did you know the Walt Disney Family Museum recently started its own podcast (http://www.waltdisney.org/podcast)? Episode 2 is very much worth a listen. Tom Hanks talks about playing Walt Disney, and his own childhood experiences of Disneyland, and Walt Disney on TV.

[Snowflake]

I'm mad at them right now, they fired the nicest man on the planet, J. B. Kauffman.

[Kevy Baby]

Out of curiosity, I went to a Tumblr page called "dirtydisneyconfessions" (I'm not even going to link to it as a lot of it is really gross - definitely NSFW). But I did see this image of Prince Naveen and thought iSm might appreciate it

[Gn2Dlnd]

Tastes like frog.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Disney confirms Frozen stage musical in development (http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/01/13/disney-frozen-musical-broadway/)
With Aladdin set for a Broadway premiere this February and The Hunchback of Notre Dame long in the works, Disney is looking further ahead to another candidate to bring from the screen to the stage: Frozen.

Disney Theatrical Productions has confirmed to EW that Frozen is in early development for the stage. Disney CEO and chairman Bob Iger dropped the hint to Fortune that discussions have begun to develop the wintry 2013 musical—which is breaking box office records and inspiring all kinds of ebullient fan reactions—into a full-fledged theater production, though he did not specify whether the show would be built for Broadway or as one of the many theatrical attractions at Disney's parks (where things like Aladdin: A Musical Spectaular [sic] and Finding Nemo – The Musical have wound up).

"We're not demanding speed," Iger told Fortune in regards to a time frame for the show. "We're demanding excellence."

Among Frozen's promising stage merits are a winning score by Book of Mormon and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez, as well as a voice cast that includes bona fide Broadway singers Idina Menzel (Wicked), Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening), Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon) and Santino Fontana (Cinderella).

[innerSpaceman]

I might appreciate Prince Naveen if I've ever heard of him before. What's he from? Need context. And a date.;)

[katiesue]

Princess and the Frog

[innerSpaceman]

Oh. Ok. Hated that movie.


(pretty nice peek at Prince Naveen's peen though.)

[Moonliner]

And now for a slight change of pace:

If The Lion King Were Scientifically Accurate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oiUwTJLnms)

Slightly NSFW

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The Prince Naveen image was done by David Kawena. He does a lot of Disney stuff, but this is his Disney Heroes gallery on Deviant Art (http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/gallery/89102). (NSFW)

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, I had a crush on Aladdin when that movie came out. I felt a little weird for having a crush on a cartoon (well, very little actually). So, yeah, I'm enjoying the stuff at that link. Thanks, SM.

[Strangler Lewis]

And now for a slight change of pace:

If The Lion King Were Scientifically Accurate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oiUwTJLnms)

Slightly NSFW

Funny.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The Circle of The Force (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=562916087137303)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/q71/1618567_562916087137303_2118609445_n.jpg

[Gn2Dlnd]

Genderbent Disney http://imgur.com/a/1MgVc?gallery


http://i.imgur.com/dmpHrRL.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

If Disney Movies Had Politically Correct Titles (http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6955791/if-disney-movies-had-politically-correct-titles)
Here are a just two examples, click the link for more.http://2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/76/58/638bc6beb1be72384fc0ecf6759d4cc1.jpg http://0.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/17/99/a0300e15718f029c3db8deffd6ba6032.jpg

[Gn2Dlnd]

PIXAR has been getting a bit sequel-happy lately. http://imgur.com/gallery/2p1iQbO

[alphabassettgrrl]

Genderbent- my favorite kind of "prince"! :)

[Kevy Baby]

Posting for Mr. Maniac and many others (no nudity, but still probably NSFW)

Disney Strips: Princes And Heroes Take It All Off! (http://www.bitrebels.com/design/disney-strips-princes-and-heroes-take-it-all-off/)

[Kevy Baby]

And for a counterpoint (no nudity, but still probably NSFW)

Disney Princesses Redesigned As Lingerie Models (http://www.bitrebels.com/design/disney-princesses-lingerie-models/)

Belle reminds me a lot of Stana Katic (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ssU55hkhX8Q/Tuf_p8WImVI/AAAAAAAACA4/RBGIDb_1-JY/s1600/Stana%252BKatic%252B2010%252BAmerican%252BMusic%25 2BAwards%252BArrivals%252BodnNuAnFwgDl.jpg)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Whoa!!! Tiana and Rapunzel.... awesome.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I've been a big fan of David Kawena for years. I follow him on Deviant Art (http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/). He's both very talented and has a keen ability to produce the hotness. :evil:

[SzczerbiakManiac]

this (http://www.officialgaygeeks.com/2014/06/tramp.html) made me giggle
http://www.officialgaygeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10382841_685454864860979_2304708966458832809_n.jpg

[Snowflake]

$25 for the book and $5, if interested.

It's signed by both JB Kaufman and Russell Merritt.

1825

[Snowflake]

Walt in Wonderland is gone! Mousepod got it!:snap:

[Ghoulish Delight]

If I were a betting man....

[Ghoulish Delight]

If Marry Poppins were to be cast today, Mrs. Banks would certainly be played by Jennifer Tilly.

[Moonliner]

If Marry Poppins were to be cast today, Mrs. Banks would certainly be played by Jennifer Tilly.

She is getting up there in age (and looks)