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From: Laura Gilbreath on 20 Jul 2010 14:11
In article <4c43df22$0$1654$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>,
Patty Winter <patty1(a)wintertime.com> wrote:
>
>In article <i20gub$thm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
>Barry Wallis <Barry_Wallis(a)acm.org> wrote:
>>Karen and I went to DL and DCA yesterday. Unfortunately, it was too hot
>>and crowded for us to really enjoy ourselves.
>
>Barry, what's the current Mickey floral design at the DL entrance?
>I got a glimpse of it on a local show the other day, but the angle
>wasn't good to see what it was representing. There were some colored
>ropes below Mickey going up and to the right to some other design
>I couldn't make out.

It's totally generic - I was very disappointed! Just the usual Mickey
face, though they still had the balloons on the side as I recall (that's
what the "colored ropes" go to). I didn't even bother taking a
photo of it.

Laura
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From: Laura Gilbreath on 20 Jul 2010 14:19
In article <i20gub$thm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Wallis <Barry_Wallis(a)acm.org> wrote:
>Karen and I went to DL and DCA yesterday. Unfortunately, it was too hot
>and crowded for us to really enjoy ourselves. We didn't get any farther
>in than The Mad Hatter shop on Main Street. We then went to DCA and
>found we could purchase all the commemorative items we wanted there
>(Disneyland birthday ears and some limited edition pins).

Barry, does that mean you didn't get to the Main Street Cinema? They
have changed the movie(s) in there - they have one screen showing scenes
from the Opening Day broadcast (with Walt, Art Linketter and Ronald
Reagan), and about 5 others that are showing scenes from the rehearsal
for the opening day broadcast, plus looks at some of the attractions,
with some footage of the Matterhorn, also. The one screen is black and
white, while the other five are in color. My favorite part was Walt
Disney riding his bike backstage. :-)

I was in there just before 9:00 on Saturday morning and George
Kalogridis (president of Disneyland) came in to check it out. Just
George by himself, no entourage or anything, and he spent about 10
minutes looking around. Apparently this was a surprise for guests
which they just decided to do about a week before - he said they
weren't sure they would finish in time, and that it had just been
installed Friday night! It'll be there at least through the summer, but
beyond that they won't say.

Laura
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From: Patty Winter on 20 Jul 2010 15:53

In article <i24otb$d1n$1(a)reader1.panix.com>,
Laura Gilbreath <lgil(a)REMOVETHISlgil.net> wrote:
>In article <4c43df22$0$1654$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>,
>Patty Winter <patty1(a)wintertime.com> wrote:
>>
>>Barry, what's the current Mickey floral design at the DL entrance?
>
>It's totally generic - I was very disappointed! Just the usual Mickey
>face, though they still had the balloons on the side as I recall (that's
>what the "colored ropes" go to). I didn't even bother taking a
>photo of it.

Okay, thanks for the report, Laura. I couldn't see enough to tell
that the ropes were balloon strings.

I saw a YouTube video of the 55th anniversary sing-along in Town
Square. Must have been wonderful fun in person! And putting early
DL movies in the Cinema was a great idea, too.


Patty

From: Barry Wallis on 20 Jul 2010 22:37
On 7/20/2010 11:19 AM, Laura Gilbreath wrote:
> In article<i20gub$thm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Barry Wallis<Barry_Wallis(a)acm.org> wrote:
>> Karen and I went to DL and DCA yesterday. Unfortunately, it was too hot
>> and crowded for us to really enjoy ourselves. We didn't get any farther
>> in than The Mad Hatter shop on Main Street. We then went to DCA and
>> found we could purchase all the commemorative items we wanted there
>> (Disneyland birthday ears and some limited edition pins).
>
> Barry, does that mean you didn't get to the Main Street Cinema? They
> have changed the movie(s) in there - they have one screen showing scenes
> from the Opening Day broadcast (with Walt, Art Linketter and Ronald
> Reagan), and about 5 others that are showing scenes from the rehearsal
> for the opening day broadcast, plus looks at some of the attractions,
> with some footage of the Matterhorn, also. The one screen is black and
> white, while the other five are in color. My favorite part was Walt
> Disney riding his bike backstage. :-)
>
> I was in there just before 9:00 on Saturday morning and George
> Kalogridis (president of Disneyland) came in to check it out. Just
> George by himself, no entourage or anything, and he spent about 10
> minutes looking around. Apparently this was a surprise for guests
> which they just decided to do about a week before - he said they
> weren't sure they would finish in time, and that it had just been
> installed Friday night! It'll be there at least through the summer, but
> beyond that they won't say.

True, we didn't get past the Mad Hatter store on Main Street. :-(
Hopefully we will get to the Main Street Cinema before the show leaves.
However, we generally avoid DL for the summer.

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From: Barry Wallis on 31 Jul 2010 00:35
On 7/20/2010 7:00 AM, Keane wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:47:00 -0700, Barry Wallis
> <Barry_Wallis(a)acm.org> wrote:
>
>> On 7/19/2010 12:28 PM, Keane wrote:
>>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:31:29 -0700, Barry Wallis
>>> <Barry_Wallis(a)acm.org> wrote:
>> Here is a panorama from 7 photos. The original is 11,979 by 2,675
>> pixels.<http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrywallis/4801181926/>.
>
> The display was flat, yes? The results look a little wonky, like
> the program had the wrong focal length and attempted to
> overcorrect barrel distortion. (Of course, it's extremely
> difficult to take a panoramic like that. Your camera almost has
> to be on a track, with the focal plane perfectly parallel to the
> wall...)

Actually, about half way through the display I had to stay in one place
and pan to get the end due to the cramped space. That's why the
perspective is so odd.

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- <http://www.flickr.com/groups/disney_graveyard/>
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