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secondlina
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Yeah
In any case, here's the trip review; some drawings, lots of photos behind the cut!
The overall trip was fun. What I like about Disney is that they focus more on parades, musicals and interactive 3d animations rather then crazy rides. They do have a few crazy rides (like the Everest with the Yeti or the Tower of terror - a 6 floor elevator drop). But I never really cared much for crazy rides, so I was able to do a lot and enjoy myself at Disney world. I'm guessing the whole "more entertainement" aspect of Disney is to please the kids. It certainly pleased me as well.
As an administrator, I was also amazed by Disney's marketing aspect. Every "kingdom" of the part was stylized, had it's characters, and all the shops were full of interesting stuff. My only regret is how the "princess club" (and Pirates of the carribean for boys) took over the whole marketing thing. Even inside a disney part, it was impossible for me to find a Mulan toy. I found a doll, but you had to buy 4 onther princesses to have it. I ended up buying a porcelain statue of Mulan and Shang (very cute). In any case, it seemed "dumber" princesses (like Snow white) had the biggest marketing ever, wherehas princesses who kicked (like mulan) were pretty ignored. Fortunatly, Belle and Jasmine were also important. They are the best of the princess club I find. Though they themselves got a little "dumbed down" in the marketing. Sad really. But I guess it's good for children; little girls need simplified role models in a way. When they grow older, nuances will come into place.
I still bought a bunch of stuff. Especially my CHESHIRE CAT PLUSHY! HAHAHA! I HAVE ONE NOW!
Hard to resist right? Check out this stuff:
I read in a book about Oz how Walt Disney Loved Oz and actually kindoff inspired himself from Oz for the concept of DisneyLand and Epcot (in Disney world). I took a lot of pictures of the buildings in the "magic kingdom". I figured if Oz inspired Disney, Disney might as well inspire my art of Oz.
The weather was crazy HOT. I left canada at a wooping 5 degrees (we left really early, so very cold) and came to florida where the world hit a daily 40 degrees. So we tried to do a lot of indoor activities during the really hot hours of the afternoon. I saw two really cool exhibits; one about Villains and one about various concept art and Walt Disney himself. I loved the Villain exhibit. Villains seem more and more important because they just had an exhibit (the will close soon, unfortunatly for Diane who is suppose to go to Disney next month!), they also have a store (or HALF of one anyways, still needs work), they have their own show (Fantasmic - focuses mostly on villains taking over. Nice fireworks)... Rumor as it... Soon they will have their own kingdom! I read that a fifth kingdom is in the making and "villains" is one of the potential themes. How cool.
They had a few costumes and concept sketches and some props too, including Davy Jone's Orgue. And look; who's this pokémon? :)
There was a lot of concept art of Wall-E in the expo of Walt Disney. Can't wait for this movie.
The expos where in the Hollywood studios section (recently renamed - used to be MGM studios). along with a few really cool shows including Indiana Jones Stunts :
Beauty and the Beast : the musical
Some Wizard of Oz:
I also saw Finding Nemo the musical and Lion King the Musical. I could not take any photos in those, but I gotta say I liked both. The Nemo one had dressed up "humans" manipulating beautiful automatons and puppets of the fish characters. It sounds cheesy typed down, but visually it was extraordinary. Too bad the songs weren't good. Since the original movie has no songs, they invented them for this, and they really aren't catchy. But it's sooooooo beautiful, still worth seeing. Human Dory was hilarious, really hyperactive. I loved her. She had neon blue dreads.
The parades also rocked, it's where I saw most of the characters. I barely met any outside of the parades, which was a bit odd.
I still got to meet stitch though... who tried to steal my hat. And Also Hatter and Alice!
I know why people on the web fell in love with Hatter and Alice; the actors who play them are amazing. Hilarious, they are the most hyper people i've seen in the park and they have great teamwork. If you buy one of those autograph books when you go to disney, buy also a fuzzy pen because seeing them play with the fuzzy pen was downright hysterical. I didn't manage to catch it on film, but it looked a lot like this:
They calmed down when the guy (guard?) with them pointed his watch.
I saw them later in the parade, twirling around. It was great.
Alice x Hatter and Human dory = Isa's Disney Fandoms.
I also saw the studio of my dreams, too bad it was under glass!
As an administrator, I was also amazed by Disney's marketing aspect. Every "kingdom" of the part was stylized, had it's characters, and all the shops were full of interesting stuff. My only regret is how the "princess club" (and Pirates of the carribean for boys) took over the whole marketing thing. Even inside a disney part, it was impossible for me to find a Mulan toy. I found a doll, but you had to buy 4 onther princesses to have it. I ended up buying a porcelain statue of Mulan and Shang (very cute). In any case, it seemed "dumber" princesses (like Snow white) had the biggest marketing ever, wherehas princesses who kicked (like mulan) were pretty ignored. Fortunatly, Belle and Jasmine were also important. They are the best of the princess club I find. Though they themselves got a little "dumbed down" in the marketing. Sad really. But I guess it's good for children; little girls need simplified role models in a way. When they grow older, nuances will come into place.
I still bought a bunch of stuff. Especially my CHESHIRE CAT PLUSHY! HAHAHA! I HAVE ONE NOW!
Hard to resist right? Check out this stuff:
I read in a book about Oz how Walt Disney Loved Oz and actually kindoff inspired himself from Oz for the concept of DisneyLand and Epcot (in Disney world). I took a lot of pictures of the buildings in the "magic kingdom". I figured if Oz inspired Disney, Disney might as well inspire my art of Oz.
The weather was crazy HOT. I left canada at a wooping 5 degrees (we left really early, so very cold) and came to florida where the world hit a daily 40 degrees. So we tried to do a lot of indoor activities during the really hot hours of the afternoon. I saw two really cool exhibits; one about Villains and one about various concept art and Walt Disney himself. I loved the Villain exhibit. Villains seem more and more important because they just had an exhibit (the will close soon, unfortunatly for Diane who is suppose to go to Disney next month!), they also have a store (or HALF of one anyways, still needs work), they have their own show (Fantasmic - focuses mostly on villains taking over. Nice fireworks)... Rumor as it... Soon they will have their own kingdom! I read that a fifth kingdom is in the making and "villains" is one of the potential themes. How cool.
They had a few costumes and concept sketches and some props too, including Davy Jone's Orgue. And look; who's this pokémon? :)
There was a lot of concept art of Wall-E in the expo of Walt Disney. Can't wait for this movie.
The expos where in the Hollywood studios section (recently renamed - used to be MGM studios). along with a few really cool shows including Indiana Jones Stunts :
Beauty and the Beast : the musical
Some Wizard of Oz:
I also saw Finding Nemo the musical and Lion King the Musical. I could not take any photos in those, but I gotta say I liked both. The Nemo one had dressed up "humans" manipulating beautiful automatons and puppets of the fish characters. It sounds cheesy typed down, but visually it was extraordinary. Too bad the songs weren't good. Since the original movie has no songs, they invented them for this, and they really aren't catchy. But it's sooooooo beautiful, still worth seeing. Human Dory was hilarious, really hyperactive. I loved her. She had neon blue dreads.
The parades also rocked, it's where I saw most of the characters. I barely met any outside of the parades, which was a bit odd.
I still got to meet stitch though... who tried to steal my hat. And Also Hatter and Alice!
I know why people on the web fell in love with Hatter and Alice; the actors who play them are amazing. Hilarious, they are the most hyper people i've seen in the park and they have great teamwork. If you buy one of those autograph books when you go to disney, buy also a fuzzy pen because seeing them play with the fuzzy pen was downright hysterical. I didn't manage to catch it on film, but it looked a lot like this:
They calmed down when the guy (guard?) with them pointed his watch.
I saw them later in the parade, twirling around. It was great.
Alice x Hatter and Human dory = Isa's Disney Fandoms.
I also saw the studio of my dreams, too bad it was under glass!
And now it's home, sweet home, after a whole mess of airport delays. Happy, But not yet relaxing; I need to finish a contract, a few drawings and some framing for the 9th of june, which means this week is going to be full of rushing and stressing. And then I really need to start finding a job, or at least some volunteer work in the arts to keep pimping my resumé. I just really want a job T_T
The expos are kinda like a job I guess... But I like the idea of having something 8 to 5 or something...
Oh, tomorrow is my diploma-giving ceremony thing. I get to slap on a toga. Slap!
-Secondlina
