The Disney Frontier Blog

Trust me, it’s a lot more interesting and entertaining then the title gives credit.

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The Animal Kingdom’s Expedition Everest has received an award from the Themed Entertainment Association (yes, that’s a real group) for “Outstanding Attraction.” But we all knew that already, right?

[via Magical Mountain]

LaughingPlace.com has video and pictures from the Christmas decorations and Christmas performances at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Again, I am impressed and amazed at the detail of the Christmas Tree decorations. Also, be sure to check out their Christmas at Disney-MGM Studios page.

Loop music is the audio that Disney plays in the background in each area of the parks. This MP3 is from the Animal Kingdom Dinoland U.S.A. Its over 15 minutes long and the file size if 14.2 MB.

[via Mousekingdom Blog]

UPDATE 11/27: John Frost from TheDisneyBlog.com has pointed out that this video was taken from the LaughingPlace.com’s excellent coverage of the Finding Nemo Musical. If you want to see a ton of coverage and video of the musical, go here!

I create a new page that links to each Disney Map from each Disney Park at each Disney Resort. I hope you find these as useful as I do. It will become the third regular link on the right along with the Disney Links page and the Recommend Stuff page.

I found it interesting that each Disney Destination site was different in design and in functionality. If you cruise some of these maps, you will find that very few resorts present them in the same fashion. In fact, the best maps I could find of the Disneyland Resort in California were actually PDFs. Besides for these three maps, all the rest link to pages on the particular resort’s site.

In 2003, Lucky the Dinosaur was on trial at Disney’s California Adventure. Mouseplanet has photos and video of it (scroll past the pictures for videos). Lucky is the only free movement audio animatronic that I know of. As you can see, he was capable of walking around the park and interacting with the crowds.

Lucky has since made his home at the Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. This video shows him there interacting with the cast members.

Technorati : Animal Kingdom, California Adventure, DCA, Dinosaur, Lucky

I think its only fair to start this review by saying I have not been to Disney World (Yet!). I say this because this lack of experience causes me to be more euphoric about this video then someone who, say, grew up in Orlando and has an annual pass.

The DVD checks in at one hour and 19 minutes. Its a behind the scene documentary of Walt Disney World Resort originally airing on The History Channel. The story starts by showcasing Walt Disney and the creation of Disneyland in California. It then progresses to the early planning stages of Disney World including secretly buying land for dollars an acre. Once the people of Orlando figured out it was Disney buying the land, prices shot up to hundreds per acre.

Many old school and new school imagineers are interviewed in this documentary including Marty Sklar and Joe Rhode. They tell neat stories about building the park and attractions. The DVD goes back stage and underground as well as show cases certain attractions and ends discussing Expedition Everest which at the time was not yet completed.

My whole family enjoyed the DVD and we have watched it twice. I highly recommend at least renting it once even if you are ultra familiar with Disney World. There are great vintage video clips and interesting stories that you won’t find anywhere else.

Disney | Disney World | Disney DVD | Epcot

Don’t watch this video unless you want to see video footage of the actual ride.

Disney | Disney World | Expedition Everest

The Mickey News site posted Monday some facts about the new Everest Ride. I think the level of detail they put into this attraction shows a dedication that is constantly in question over at the re-imagineering blog. I don’t disagree that Disney could affect some changes over at Disneyland to possibly restore some of the park to its more vintage state but its not always as bad as they make it seem.

Disney | Disneyland | Disneyword | Expedition Everest

Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney’s World is half zoo and half amusement park. I’ve read you can get rooms at the hotel where the balcony is a mere 30 feet from where the giraffes walk.

Here is a small video tour in WMV file format: Animal Kingdom