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Snow at Disneyland 2000 - photos and video clips of the
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Latest DisneyFans.com News:
Saturday, May 3, 2008 12:34AM
12:34 AM - Iowa's Adventureland, open for 2008. New GPS photos. (posted by
Allen
)
Members of the DisneyFans mailing list knew about this last weekend, but for the rest of you, photos from Iowa's Aventureland opening weekend have been added to the gallery:
The photos are all GPS tagged, so you will get a link to Google Maps showing the approximate location where the photo was taken. I'm still fine tuning this.
Also, I've posted a few more Adventureland videos to YouTube, including "Adventureland A to Z" which shows every ride in the park...in alphabetical order. Here it is:
Happy amusement parking, everyone!
Monday, April 28, 2008 6:53PM
6:53 PM - Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, FL (posted by
Allen
)
Gaylord Palms Resort and Spa is a 1,406 luxury 4.5 star resort and is located only 1 mile from Walt Disney Worlds Maingate entrance. Indulge your senses in the wonders of the Sunshine State under three soaring glass atriums, each one an authentic re-creation of Florida’s most captivating regions – St. Augustine, Key West and The Everglades. Renew your spirit at our world- renowned Canyon Ranch Spa. Celebrate fine regional cuisine at four distinctive signature restaurants. Join us when we feed the alligators and turtles at our specially designed habitat, Gator Springs. Enjoy our family water park, Clearwater Cove, and swim into the night at our magnificent outdoor Marine Pool.
5:19 PM - Wanted: source for Haunted Mansion "staring bust" effect. (posted by
Allen
)
I am trying to track down inverted busts like the ones in the Haunted Mansions that appear to stare at you. (At Disneyland, I mean the ones at the end of the portrait hallway you walk by; at The Magic Kingdom, I mean the ones on the library walls your Doom Buggy passes by.)
There are some sold by Regal Costumes -- male and female:
And I'm trying to find other sources. Any home-haunt types out there know where I can track them down?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:55PM
5:55 PM - Welcome, Fantasies Come True (posted by
Allen
)
"We opened the world's first Disney-only store back in 1980 and have been online now for since 2000. We only sell Disney so our stock covers just about everything - WDCC, pins, Olszewski miniatures, Nightmare Before Christmas keychains, magnets, PVC figures, Schmid, Salt & Pepper shakers, Evan K. Shaw, Pooh & Friends as well as hard-to-find vintage items."
3:58 PM - Banner ads moved; photo gallery status... (posted by
Allen
)
And the days of continual uploading continue, as I try to get the rest of the galleries updated. In the meantime, I decided to relocate those annoying banner ads I have had at the top of every page. I hate them. The first one I placed there was at the request of a marketing company that was working with Disney on the Disney Video club thing. In months I've had it up there, I've only seen two .50 checks (not even worth depositing) so it's clear that folks who come to my site are not interested in their products. (Meanwhile, in the same time frame, I made hundreds from another type of ad placed on this site. So that one I keep.)
The other banner is for a vacation offer where I own my timeshare. Eventually I'll have time to talk more about it and how cool the tour was, but here are photos:
If you can carve out at least 90 minutes for an early morning breakfast and presentation and tour (one on one, not you just in a room of tons of people), it's a great way to spend a few nights at a luxury resort. If you already stay at high end hotels when you visit Orlando each year, it even ends up saving money. Who knew.
Latest Disneyland InfoBit: Check out MousePlanet.com for
a weekly Disneyland update (and WDW too). Years back, the site
had a rather negative take on things, bashing the park quite
often, but those days are long gone so I have decided to make
it my recommended site. (LaughingPlace.com used to be here, but
they lost focus, it seems, when they relocated to Florida.)
Latest Disney World InfoBit: WDW Magic continues to have
decent WDW coverage and updates, but you still can't beat the
weekly reports at MousePlanet.com. So, if you want to stay
in the loop and can read only one site, make that be MousePlanet.com
every Monday.
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