55 and 50 Party - Disneyland and Zlick!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I was tempted at times to seek photos from people for the party slideshow, as there were a few obvious holes and gaps in the coverage ... but the subtle background effect I was going for required that no one know in advance it was going to be a feature of the event.

It ended up being more of a magnet for people than the food table! (Though luckily the food was right there too.)

At one point I said something about how young we all looked, and a woman next to me said "yeah, my baby pictures are in there." I laughed then realized she wasn't exaggerating, as it was 's daughter!

[innerSpaceman]

Bwahaha, she's 28 now - and there are pictures of her dating back to age 5 or so. Mwahahahah.

Then, of course, there's a handful of me at age 10 - on my first visit to Disneyland. And some really embarrassing ones of me at age 16 on a summer-before-space-mountain high school trip from new york. Gak, what a dweeb I was!










(No cracks about "was.")

[innerSpaceman]

By the way, all this talk of new Haunted Mansion movie reminds me (because the music is going thru my head), there's a revision of the Disneyland 50 fantastic CD set for Disneyland '55. Discs 3 and 4 have some new stuff!

Appropos to the new movie talk, the epic "Fantasbelieveremembric" track now features the Haunted Mansion mash-up music that's currently going through my head. It's a great piece, and I'm sorry I didn't include it before. I think I was trying not to overshadow the actual attraction music earlier in the set, but that was just silly - the Remember score for the Haunted Mansion segment is awesome.

The release of the Disney at the World's Fair CD set inspired a couple of other changes. Since there was already some World's Fair music in the small world segment, I considered it fair game to include some of this non-Disneyland stuff for other attractions that were brought to Disneyland after the World's Fair.

So there's a great bit of a super-swanky Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow instrumental that I combined with some previously unused Progress City music for a new track in the Tomorrowland section.

Also I swapped out the Mr. Lincoln pre-show narration for the World's Fair pre-show song "Illinois" - an absolutely hysterical and rad piece of music that's totally awesome and 60's.

I found a bunch of Peoplemover music that was far better quality than the stuff on the original discs. So "Peoplemover Medley" has been completely re-mixed, and a couple of other rad Peoplemover songs are now in the Bonus section.


If anyone wants to upgrade their sets with new Discs 3 and 4, just let me know - and I'll gladly get those out to you.


New updates every five years!

[Gn2Dlnd]

The America Sings warning signs were read by many, and oft-explained. At one point, the revolving gazebo was redubbed the Gayzebo, cause that's where all the cute boys were hanging out. I loved that there were major set pieces for everyone to get, and "Easter eggs" to be found only after a bit of exploring.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Just seeing the pics and reading your wrap-up makes me still feel the glow.

I totally noticed the America Sings WARNING signs - they were the first thing I spotted on the patio. Genius, and sold the immobile red-white-and-blue pod immediately.

The Skyway was one of those things you didn't see immediately and after I discovered it, I noticed several other people having that discovery moment themselves. The party was filled with things like that, as Gn2 says.

Steve isn't overselling the importance of soundtrack. I'd say decor made things festive, but the music evoked the emotion of actually being on these rides. The first time I hit the Mansion bathroom for some real business, the door creek sound effect happened to match up with me closing the door! At a later visit to the Mansion bathroom I was disappointed to notice the sound was off, taking the entire experience down from a 10 to a 3, selling me on the cd-player-in-every-space concept. We spent ages lounging in the Pirates room and that loop was so expansive and full of memories that we didn't mind hearing it again and again (and reciting the spiel, and giggling, again, and again...).

I seriously felt that our time spent in the suite was a decent replacement for a day in the park, especially since the park was apparently jammed full, and certain rides are still sullied with annoying additions.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

At a later visit to the Mansion bathroom I was disappointed to notice the sound was off, taking the entire experience down from a 10 to a 3, selling me on the cd-player-in-every-space concept.

Dang... Must have hopped in there right before I restarted it! That was the hardest one to keep track of. 52 tracks! LOL

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

Dang... Must have hopped in there right before I restarted it! That was the hardest one to keep track of. 52 tracks! LOL

Heh, no worries. I would have restarted it myself but I was a bit out of it by that point

[innerSpaceman]

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting the photos the crew took of the decorations and the early hours of the party.

Please forgive the delay, the aftermath of Fifty Five Fifty has been severe. My flesh wound is hampering the recovery efforts, so everything's going to take more time than anticipated.

In any event, the crew photos are here at Photobucket (better for viewing), and here at Picasa (better for grabbing).




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Included in the photos are 2 with the mysterious Sage. WHO IS HE? Everyone is talking about him. He made quite a first impression on me, and at least a dozen other people who've been asking about him.

I forget who he came with. How can we get more of him???

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Included in the photos are 2 with the mysterious Sage. WHO IS HE? Everyone is talking about him. He made quite a first impression on me, and at least a dozen other people who've been asking about him.

I forget who he came with. How can we get more of him???

He's just some strange guy we picked up on the way to the party.





As Greg said, he is a friend of ours. And sorry to disappoint you Steve, but he is straight.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Mansion bathroom was by far my favorite element. Sure, lots of other things had components that surpassed the Mansion bathroom, but what sold the bathroom for me was the fact that the attraction itself is supposed to be a residence...thus it would HAVE a bathroom. And I was taking a piss IN THAT BATHROOM! Clearly there's something wrong with my brain, but if so I don't want to be right, because that weird little thought made me smile every time I used the facilities.