I'm proud to present my photos from last month's visits to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. Let's see how the 25 year old park is faring.
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"Frozen" is being promoted heavily in the park. |
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I always think Once Upon a Time is going to be a watch store. It isn't. |
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Could we have a little overacting, please?
![]() | Can you guess who has the gasoline concessions on Disney World property?
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| Mouse About Town |
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Hot pretzels resemble a certain mouse.
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"If you believe in magic, you belong." |
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Anaheim? Where's that? |
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The Hollywood Tower Hotel before that unfortunate incident with the elevator
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The Tower of Terror |
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Frozen Fun and the Tower of Terror |
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Hollywood Tower Hotel desk bells. No desk should be without one. |
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For Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, the upside-down car advertises a thrilling feature of this roller coaster ride, allowing riders to self-select. You either say "Cool" or "No way!" |
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Falsified trolley track remnants. Details, details. |
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Black and white plush Mickeys |
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Plush Olafs |
The backlot tour:
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Acme eye balls from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
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Mickey Mouse in topiary |
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Plane with the Earful Tower |
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Mel Brooks's American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award |
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The sorcerer's hat |
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My favorite hangout in the park |
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Reflections |
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M. Hatter, Milliner to the Queen, giclee on canvas by Mike Peraza, limited edition no. 13/95, $375 |
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"Dreams Come True" hand-painted cel, framed, $215 |
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Main Street Trolley, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $150 |
Do you like 2D photos of these sculptures?
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Mickey & Minnie Pie Eye medium figurine by Richard Sznerch, $150 |
Or do you prefer the illusion of 3D? Google calls this new product Auto Awesome. It's great for folks like mewho can't seem to take their finger off the shutter.
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Mickey & Minnie Pie Eye figurine by Richard Sznerch |
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We can call this an homage to Norman Rockwell's triple self-portrait because it sounds better than calling it a rip-off. |
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Main Street Electrical Parade, Olszewski miniature, $145 |
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Main Street Electrical Parade, America float |
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Oswald has already appeared on the blog, but I see no reason not to show him again. |
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Mickey Mouse as Indiana Jones, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $125. Do we really need this? |
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Steamboat Willie |
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Mickey & Minnie Wedding, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $150.00. This guy is good. |
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Mickey Mouse with Flag, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $125 |
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Walt Disney World Castle, medium figurine by Larry Nikolai, $225 |
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Sorcerer Mickey, $225 |
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Minnie's Steampunk Horse, medium figurine by Mike Sullivan, $95 |
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Daisy's Steampunk Plane, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $95 |
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Goofy's Steampunk Train, medium figurine by Costa Alavezos, $95 |
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Classic Mickey, lightboard drawing |
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Jiminy Cricket, lightboard drawing |
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Donald Duck, lightboard drawing |
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Commanding the Cosmos, giclee on canvas |
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Disney Traditions by Jim Shore |
Here is the fiery conclusion to "Lights, Motors, Action!" The red car is the hero car.
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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"Lights, Motors, Action!" |
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Phineas and Ferb |
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Muppet-Vision 3D. Does it look 3D to you? |
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Pizza Planet |
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Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur |
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S. S. Down the Hatch |
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