Posted on 11/25/2005 9:46:46 PM PST by Nasty McPhilthy
In the 80s, Long Beach turned down a Disney Park which would have been mostly on the water.
54. Kevin Costner's ex-wife Cindy was one person who played the part of Cinderella at Disneyland.
55. The giant Christmas Tree is decorated with items that are in scale with the size of the tree, which adds to the size illusion.
Saw this was posted from the DRC... paper of my former home town.
Props to dynamic Denton, Texas.
56. When disneyland was built, the electronics that ran the TIKI ROOM were so numerous, that it made Walt Disney the second highest purchaser of same, second only to the U S Government. It was a marvel.
I have been to Disneyland 38 times, and was there 6 times in 9 weeks, with visiting friends and relatives. I liked alot of the older rides better than the newer ones, like the big plastic house and the Carousel of Progress, where the seats moved around in a circle around the stages. The stores in Frontiesland were neat, and I still have an outfit I made with wool plaid I bought at the Pendleton store.
Walt Disney kept a 600-square-foot studio apartment above the firehouse on Main Street. It’s maintained as a shrine to the park’s founder and kept just as he left it, with Victorian antiques, red velvet carpeting and a device for making grilled cheese sandwiches. Outsiders are rarely allowed inside. A light shines from the window at all times as a symbol of Disney’s eternal presence.
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Not weird to me. He did outsranding work and todays creative work is just not as detailed, IMO. More animated, but not as detailed. I remember Japanese guests being wowed by the Abe Lincoln display, when he "stood up".
Well I beat all of you other pervs to "flash mountain" before we crashed the site-pretty funny.
He was wrong, though. My 3-year-old nephew did that, right outside the Dumbo ride, before we noticed what was going on. Disney HazMat team was on it like...well, you know. With all us freaking out and the white-glove team racing in, I expect the kid may be traumatized for life.
Until IASM came along, the music from the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House was the most obnoxious in the park. You had to hear that stupid polka about 30 times while waiting in line for the Jungle Cruise. I believe the tree house is gone now. Good riddance.
No, "Sacul Egroeg" would be George Lucas backwards.
"Egroeg Sacul" would be Lucas George backwards.
The best part, of course, is drinking a nice red in the French Quarter and listening to jazz. (the only place you can LEGALLY drink alcohol...
But there are, sadly, BETTER clubs that are LESS EXPENSIVE.
I spoil myself that way, and just do the premium pass that allows unlimited entry to the parks 365 days a year, with parking included. Though, two years ago the price was $200.00 a pass. Last year it went up to $325.00 a pass.
I hate to think what it will be this year, and I end up buying four at a time (the other three for my adopted family)
Another little interesting tid-bit of information. Walt Disney was a devote communist.
bump for posterity
I'm sure you have a citation to back up that statement . .
Thanks for the posting. Really enjoyed it.
You may want to try a Google search on, say, Disney & communist and then offer your apologies.
You're entitled to your opinion, and I am entitled to mine.
"This Ride is now closed due to no controlling legal authority"
Odd way of showing it.
... and strongly resembles the Italian Folk tune, "The Jolly Coppersmith" ,aka "Funiculi Funicula".
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