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Land
of
Mickey
EARlectronic
News
Week
of
May
4, 2009
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Hi
All-
Have
you had an opportunity to visit our updated web site:
www.landofmickey.com
Remember,
Melody is looking for your ideas, photos, interesting Disney
web sites you visit and other ‘Disneyana’. Just click on
‘webmaster’ on the site for her email!
Edited by:
Mark Hildenbrand
email to: mark@landofmickey.com
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04MAY09
DISNEY
QUOTE:
"Thank
you and welcome to the Golden Horseshoe Saloon. We played
"It's a Small World" because well frankly, we just
wanted to get it over with. We're Billy Hill and the
Hillbillies. We must thank the
California
Prison Work
Release Program. It's great to be entertaining again. It's
just great to be out. Now we'd like to play our Mountain Music
Medley. Come on, boys!"
~
Billy Elvis of Billy Hill and the Hillbillies ~ *********************************************
NEXT UP:
Disney
movie ‘UP’ –
May 31, 2009
. Time TBA
Botanical
Garden – June, 2009, Info to follow
Picnic
– August, 2009. Info to follow
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Your
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04MAY09
/ AllEars.net
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Beginning
July 13, 2009----
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----the
Magical Fireworks Voyage experience, formerly open
only to guests booking Grand Gatherings, will become the
Pirates & Pals Fireworks Voyage and will be
available to all guests regardless of the size of their
party. You can book this fireworks experience now by
contacting 407-WDW-PLAY (939-7529).
http://allears.net/btp/spcruise.htm
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04MAY09
/ Disney.go
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On select evenings, Grand Floridian and ----
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----Polynesian
resort guests can now roast marshmallows around a Mickey-shaped campfire,
sing favorite camp tunes on the shore of Seven Seas
Lagoon and see the "stars" --both on the
silver screen and in the sky --as they watch a
family-friendly Disney film on the moonlit beach.
S'mores kits and marshmallows are available for purchase
during the campfire and movie. For more information
about recreational activities at the Grand Floridian
Resort & Spa, visit Disneyworld.com or call
407-824-4321.
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04MAY09
/ OrlandoSentinel.com
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Take the Disney
Hollywood
Studios quiz----
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---- Disney's
Hollywood
Studios will mark its milestone 20th birthday. WDW’s third theme park emphasized the studio tour and
production facilities, but has added notable thrill
rides and shows over the past two decades. Here's a pop
quiz — 20 questions, if you will — about the
attraction formerly known as Disney-MGM Studios.
HERE….
Thanks Dave!
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04MAY09
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04MAY09
/ Disney.go
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Every theme park designer should know what's been
done in the past. Benchmarks and precedents are
extremely important. With that in mind, you should learn
the ten guidelines to theme park design developed by
Walt Disney Imagineering President Marty Sklar.
Mickey's
10 Commandments
1. Know your audience - Don't bore people, talk down
to them or lose them by assuming that they know what you
know.
2. Wear your guest's shoes - Insist that designers,
staff and your board members experience your facility as
visitors as often as possible.
3. Organize the flow of people and ideas - Use good
story telling techniques, tell good stories not
lectures, lay out your exhibit with a clear logic.
4. Create a weenie - Lead visitors from one area to
another by creating visual magnets and giving visitors
rewards for making the journey
5. Communicate with visual literacy - Make good use
of all the non-verbal ways of communication - color,
shape, form, texture.
6. Avoid overload - Resist the temptation to tell too
much, to have too many objects, don't force people to
swallow more than they can digest, try to stimulate and
provide guidance to those who want more.
7. Tell one story at a time - If you have a lot of
information divide it into distinct, logical, organized
stories, people can absorb and retain information more
clearly if the path to the next concept is clear and
logical.
8. Avoid contradiction - Clear institutional identity
helps give you the competitive edge. Public needs to
know who you are and what differentiates you from other
institutions they may have seen.
9. For every ounce of treatment , provide a ton of
fun - How do you woo people from all other temptations?
Give people plenty of opportunity to enjoy themselves by
emphasizing ways that let people participate in the
experience and by making your environment rich and
appealing to all senses.
10. Keep it up - Never underestimate the importance
of cleanliness and routine maintenance, people expect to
get a good show every time, people will comment more on
broken and dirty stuff.
Martin Sklar, Walt Disney Imagineering, Education vs.
Entertainment: Competing for audiences, AAM Annual
meeting, 1987
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04MAY09
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Disneyland
has announced a few new offerings----
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to
entice us to
California
for our summer nights.
(Like we need enticing!)
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First
is "Magical" - a new fireworks' spectacular
where the fireworks are "actors" Music will be
Disney tunes scored by Wishes composer Greg Smith. A few
of the Disney "stories" featured will be:
Pinocchio, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Dumbo flying over
the castle (can't wait to see that!).
·
The
Disney Electric Parade will be back in DCA with a few
new features: namely, Tinkerbell will be leading the
parade not the Blue Fairy. The parade will also be
updated to feature LED lights instead of the old
incandescent bulbs.
·
Fantasmic
will also be getting an update with some technical
changes. Water projections will be in HD and Flotsam and
Jetsam and Captain Hook's Nemesis Tick Tock the
Crocodile will troll the Rivers of America. The biggest
change will be the addition of a 40 foot fire breathing
dragon
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Pixie
Hollow, will also get the magic treatment at night time
where it will feature twinkle lights and fountains timed
to music
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It’s hard to express how
talented Marc Davis ----
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---- one of Walt’s Nine Old Men, was. You’ve no doubt seen his animation (Aurora, Maleficient,
and Tinkerbell to name a few) and his concept art
(Pirates, Country Bears, and
Haunted
Mansion
are just the beginning), but you don’t really understand
until you’ve seen his non-Disney
drawings and paintings
Here
is your chance to be amazed. Forest
Lawn Museum in
Glendale
is presenting The
Art of Marc Davis. For a little more background, Alice Davis talks about the
exhibit in the Glendale
Press.
The
art show runs from May 8th through July 26th,
10:00am–5:00pm
everyday except Mondays when the museum is closed. For
more information, check the Forest
Lawn website.
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04MAY09
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Mickey now owns----
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---- 27%
of Hulu.com - the online video viewing site (News
Corp and NBC own the majority of the other shares).
Hulu is the number 3 video viewing site in the
US
.
There is no word yet as to what content will be provided
on this site but I am hopeful that this is the online
streaming model that Disney will go with - it has
relatively few commercials and content is
"free" and legal.
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27APR09
Your
Land
of
Mickey Recipe
:
More
for breakfast….
Frittata
with Sausage and Gruyere
Disneyland
Hotel -
Paris
INGREDIENTS:
1
teaspoon olive oil
6
ounces sweet sausage casing removed
1
1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
8
large eggs, beaten
Coarse
salt and freshly ground pepper
4
cups watercress leaves
3
ounces Gruyere cheese
1/2
cup ricotta cheese
PREPARATION:
1.
Heat
oven to 425 degrees F. Heat olive oil in a 10-inch nonstick
skillet with an ovenproof handle over medium-high heat.
2.
Add
sausage and cook, breaking up the meat, until well browned,
about 2 to 3 minutes.
3.
Using
a slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a bowl; set aside.
Discard fat, and wipe out skillet.
4.
Return
skillet to medium heat; melt butter in it. Add eggs, sprinkle
with salt, and cook until eggs begin to set on the bottom,
about 10 seconds.
5.
Using
a rubber spatula, pull edges into the center, tilting skillet
so eggs fill the gaps.
6.
Sprinkle
1 cup watercress, sausage, Pecorino, Romano or Gruyere, and
ricotta over eggs. Continue pulling the edges toward center.
7.
Cook
until nearly set, about 4 minutes
8.
Transfer
skillet to oven; bake until top is set and edges are golden
brown, about 6 to 8 minutes.
9.
Sprinkle
with pepper to taste, and serve immediately or at room
temperature with remaining watercress
Yield: 4 servings.
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Your
Land
of
Mickey
Meeting
Dates:
Following
are our future meeting dates through October, 2008. Starting
time will be
7:30PM
unless
noted otherwise.
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Disney
Dates:
(Updated
May 1, 2009
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2009
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Disneyland
, Walt
Disney World,
Disney Movie
Premiere & Other
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March 18 – May 31
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Epcot
International Flower & Garden Festival
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April 24 – June 7
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Disney’s
California Food and Wine Festival
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May 22-24, 29-31
June 5-7, 12-14
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Star
Wars Weekends
at WDW’s Hollywood Studios
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May 29
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UP
– opens nationally
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June 26 - 28
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Disney's
Pin Celebration 2009,
The Museum of
Pin-tiquities.
EPCOT. Registration will open for this event in February
2009 on DisneyPins.com
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July 14 - 18
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NFFC
25th Anniversary Disneyana Convention, Show and
Sale
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July 19
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NFFC
All Disneyana Show and Sale
–
Anaheim
,
CA
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August 8
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SHAG
"Spirited" Haunted Mansion
40th Anniversary Cocktail Reception
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September 9
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Haunted
Mansion 40th Anniversary
Merchandise
Event
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September 10-13
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Disney's
D23 Expo
at the Anaheim
Convention Center
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Sep 11 & 12_
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Night
of Joy
- WDW
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Sep 13 –
17
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Disney
Vacation Club's Member Cruise 2009. Reservations begin
on
November 2, 2008
by calling Member
Services at 800-800-9800. Visit the
DisneyVacationClub.com member website for more details.
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Sep__ – Nov__
Dates TBA
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International
Food and Wine Festival – EPCOT
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October
Dates TBA
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East
Coast NFFC Disneyana Convention, Show and
Sale
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Nov __ - __-
Dates TBA
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Festival
of the Masters – Downtown Disney - WDW
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Various TBA
Nov __ – Dec __
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Mickey's
Very Merry Christmas Party
Call
(407) W-DISNEY (934-7639) to order
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December
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The
Princess and the Frog – opens nationally
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2010
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Disneyland
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Disney World,
Disney Movie
Premiere & Other
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2009:
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Paris,
Hong
Kong & Tokyo
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Apr 22
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Spring
Carnival at DisneySea
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July 8
– Aug 31
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Summer
Program at Disneyland & DisneySea
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July 14
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Bastille
Day
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Sep 10
– Nov 3
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Disney’s
Halloween at Disneyland & DisneySea
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Sep 15 –
Oct 31
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Haunted
Halloween
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Nov 10
– Dec 25
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Christmas
Fantasy –
Tokyo
Disneyland
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Nov 10
– Dec 25
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Harborside
Christmas –
Tokyo
DisneySea
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Nov 15 –
Dec31
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Sparkling
Christmas
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2010
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Paris,
Hong
Kong & Tokyo
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Jan.
– Feb.
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Chinese New
Year Celebration
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Mar
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St.
David Welsh
Festival
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Mar17
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St.
Patrick’s Day Celebration
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July 14
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Bastille
Day
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TEASER – 27APR09
Weekly
Trivia:
Q:
The amount of power used at the WDW resort in one day could
run an average-sized home for how long??
Answer:
67 years!!
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