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YouTube - Walt Disney's CLUB 33 at Disneyland

• Taste Visualization for Pixar’s Ratatouille
  One of the artists that worked on Ratatouille created a how-to page on how he created the taste visuallizations for Ratatouille. He includes sound clips and the final video.
  (tags: ratatouille movies visualization animation disney)
• Disney Institute Home Page
  An interesting site with some good video. Basically this is an executive training school by Disney.
  (tags: Disney training executives)

They’d say, ‘I want to go on the Jungle Cruise, the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Pirates of the Caribbean…but I don’t want to go on any of the rides!’ I figured out that rides meant the whip or the Ferris wheel at amusement parks. The public recognized these were different. They all had stories.
- Marty Sklar : Long Time Walt Disney Imagineer

LaughingPlace.com blog True-Life Adventureland has six tips for the Walt Disney World fans traveling to Disneyland for the first time.

LaughingPlace.com: Disneyland for Disney World Lovers (True-Life Adventureland)

I think the tips are spot on. And I totally think that the ferris wheel (Sun Wheel) in California Adventure is the scariest Disney attraction.

The official Disneyland podcast has released a new video episode with cast memebers sharing the top ten travel tips while at Disneyland. Watch it on their website or download via iTunes. Most seasoned travelers to the parks will find these obvious but it’s still fun to watch.

• Abraham Lincoln intro to the Mouse Clubhouse
  This is Pete Renoudet performing as Abraham Lincoln doing an audio MP3 intro for the MouseClubhouse.com
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• Pirates of the Caribbean Poster featuring George W. Bush
  All political motivations aside, this poster featuring George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rise is pretty funny. Notice the Mad Poster logo at the top. This must be from a copy of Mad Magazine.
  (tags: bush humor cheney picture image funny potc disney piratesofthecaribbean)

Albert wrote in to share his video of Disney clips set to the soundtrack of the Remember…Dreams Come True fireworks show. It is very well done and includes movie clips and in park pictures and clips. The video runs 8 minutes so it’s not the length of the entire fireworks show, but it is very well done.

Albert has quite a collection of Disney fan videos on his YouTube page.

For an impressively in-depth guide of Remember…Dreams Come True, check out MousePlanet’s coverage by Alex Stroup. Not only does Alex do a detailed show description with spoilers, but he also tells you where to sit for best viewing and includes photos and maps. Awesome job Alex!

I received this email today asking me to get my friends and family to shop at DisneyShopping.com. If they take advantage, they will receive free shipping on orders of $50 or more and I’ll receive $10 to spend at DisneyShopping.com. Clicking on Get Started takes me to a web page that asks me to choose my email program. Apparently, they will allow you to upload your contact list directly from your email and send a personalized message to each person on your list. Very clever.

DLRP Today has a bunch of images from Frontierland in Disneyland Paris. Disneyland Paris is celebrating it's 15th year anniversary and with the party comes a new coat of paint. Apparently it was badly needed.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Walt Disney

As part of their 15th anniversary celebrations, the resort has been working overtime to get two brand new rides, Crush’s Coaster and the Cars Race Rally, completed. Now all they needed was some willing volunteers to come and see what all their hard work had achieved.

Family Travel: Thrills and spills in Disneyland Resort Paris

1. Long Lines - This is completely dependent on when you go and how “new” the ride is. The most popular time of year is during the summer. Kids are out of school and families enjoy taking summer vacations. Lines can easily creep up to an hour long. Plan your vacation to avoid these busy times and you’ll be able to walk on to most rides in 15 minutes or less. Also, a popular refurbished ride like Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage may have a two or three hour line, but that’s because it just opened after years of being closed. Last year, Pirates of the Caribbean reopened with characters from the new movies and it saw lines of two to three hours. Now, lines are shorter than 10 minutes.
2. It’s Too Expensive - General admission at Six Flags in L.A. is $59.00 per day - for one park. Knotts Berry Farm is a little cheaper at $48.95 per ticket for one park. A single day ticket for one park at Disneyland is $53.00. If you want to go to Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure, you’ll pay $73.00 or $36 per park. No matter which theme park you go to, you’re gonna pay for hotel, parking, food, and your tickets. Disneyland isn’t anymore expensive than the competitors.
3. They Only Serve Junk Food - While Disneyland has always served fried and fatty food, they are changing their ways. Most menus now offer fruit cups, yogurt and juice. They have also vowed to eliminate all Trans fatty foods from their menus. For those that don’t know, Trans Fatty food lowers your good cholesterol and raises the bad.
4. It’s Only for Kids - While Disneyland won’t give you the thrillers like a Six Flags will, Disney’s California Adventure does have some pretty exhilarating rides. If you’re a parent, rides will be far less important than hanging out having funs will the little ones. The faces they make are priceless. Lastly, the Disney Magic will still impress the most cynical of adults. You may not envision yourself having fun or being fascinated, but trust me, you will.

Tags: Disney, Vacation, Theme Parks

It’s ashame but true. Tomorrowland is far from futuristic anymore. Everything futuristic has either come true (microwave ovens) or is so unlikely (hover cars), that there is little imagination lent to the idea. The best the imagineers have done is the Carousel of Progress which features not to imaginitive near term technologies that feel more like an advertisement for a consumer product than a fantastic vision of tomorrow.

Matt at Paleo-Future has an excellent blog post along these lines. Paleo-Future: Disney Calls Future a Thing of the Past (1997)

Adam points out a mistake made by Disney Imagineers. They put the 2 in the wrong place - doh. Psychohistory Scientific Illiteracy at Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park

YouTube - Fantasy in the Sky 4th of July 2007