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Last one, probably
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 10:45 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—This will likely be the last entry in our coverage of the 50th Anniversary
kick-off and I’ll end it with a selection of various photos that may be
of interest and haven’t been shown before. Thank you to all of our readers
and for the many kind words sent in by email. Keep coming back to MousePlanet
next week as each day we’ll be highlighting in great deal the various
things that you’ll want to see on your next visit.
The Disneyland wait board around 11 a.m. on May 5 shows no ride longer than 45 minutes. At that same moment in time,
the wait sign at Buzz Lightyear said 90 minutes.. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
We have received many requests by email for a picture of the new floral Mickey in front
of Main Street station. Photo by Alex Stroup.
Mark Twain Riverboat is all decked out, if you’ll excuse the pun. Photo
by Alex Stroup.
Disney’s California Adventure park has four Pixar-themed photo murals in Sunshine Plaza, otherwise these
new umbrellas in Fisherman’s Wharf are nearly the only sign of the 50th
Anniversary. Photo by Alex Stroup.
In Downtown Disney they tore out all signs of the closed Mainspring store.
Photo by Alex Stroup.
This line for pins at Store Command in Tomorrowland (to purchase a 50th Anniversary limited edition pin) was at times estimated
to be five hours long and wrapped all the way around to the Matterhorn.
Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
It’s official. It is no longer the construction wall around the closed
SuperStar Limo but the construction wall for the new Monsters, Inc: Mike
and Sulley to the rescue. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
People have been asking for more photos from inside the 50 Magical Years
exhibit. As mentioned before, the lighting is terrible and it has been
packed making it difficutl to get far enough away, but here are a few.
The capitol building has been replaced by the scale model of Disneyland.
Shown here is Fantasyland in 1955. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
A reproduction of the famous Herb Ryman Disneyland map that was used in
presentations to East Coast bankers and drawn in a single weekend. Photo
by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
A scale model of Sleeping Beauty Castle used in the final planning of
its design. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
Golden recap
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 10:45 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—Here I’ll present a bit of a photographic
recap of the Golden Vehicles (Autopia is missing).
At King Arthur’s Carrousel, Julie Andrews poses with the newly gold Jingles.
Photo by Frank Anzalone.
One of the Casey Jr. Circus Train engines is completely gold. Photo by
Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
Congo Queen was the Jungle Cruise boat honored with the new color. Photo
by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
Mickey and Caroline Sunshine at the unveiling of the golden Dumbo. Photo
by Frank Anzalone.
Haven’t been in to see the actual Peter Pan vehicle in use. Photo by Frank
Anzalone.
At Storybook Land Canal Boats, this golden vehicle was the only one that
had cushions on Wednesday, but they were no longer there on Thursday.
Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
The golden teacup in action. Photo by Frank Anzalone.
Food options
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 10:40 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—In addition to the $30 dessert plate
described on Wednesday, there are several other food promotions going.
50th Anniversary Coca-Cola on sale only at the parks. Coca-cola is one
of the three original park sponsors still at Disneyland. Photo by Adrienne
Vincent-Phoenix.
You can also get a glow-in-the-dark Tinker Bell straw. Photo by Adrienne
Vincent-Phoenix.
A special edition Happiest Homecoming drink is also on sale, can’t decide
if I’ll try it. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
A large Stitch popcorn tub also available. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.
More Kick-off Photos
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 10:30 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—More photos (finally) from yesterday’s
kick-off ceremony.
Christina Aguillera singing “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Photo by Frank
Anzalone.
Stitch was the first one “home” on his motorcycle. This costume
seems different than the normal walkaround and looks much better. How’d
you like to drive a motorcycle while wearing one of those? Photo by Frank
Anzalone.
Genie was next on his real camel. Photo by Frank Anzalone.
Mickey and Goofy showed up in Herbie while Cinderella came running down
the palace stairs. Photo by Frank Anzalone.
In a well-done moment Julie Andrews welcomes home this little boy, assuring
him that it can’t happen without him.Together they welcomed everybody
in attendance home. Photo by Frank Anzalone.
At that point just about every character imaginable came out for the celebration.
Photo by Frank Anzalone.
For the final time, revelry ensued. Photo by Frank Anzalone.
More watery bullets dodged
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 6:40 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—At 8 a.m. yesterday morning the lines
to get into Disneyland had extended all the way to DCA’s gates and crowd
control was trying to deflect out into Downtown Disney.
At 8 a.m. this morning, security was not even letting people into the
Esplanade between Disneyland and DCA. Early this morning some pressured
water source broke and began geysering water 10 feet into the air, flooding
a significant portion of the Esplanade.
Since I was going straight through and not into the parks I was escorted
across and got to see it immediately to the right of the DCA entry gates.
If California has a significant geyser somewhere, Disney could just name
this break and add it to the park map.
The security cast member who escorted me said it was a broken sprinkler
head. That could be correct though I am not sure why the bricked Esplanade
would need sprinklers. Regardless, something was broken and the Esplanade
was unavailable until they could get it turned off. The difficulty, I
imagine, is in turning off that source without turning off other more vital
water flows.
If this had happened 24-hours earlier, it would have been a crowd control
nightmare.
Washout avoided
Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 6:40 a.m. PDT
by Alex Stroup, editor-in-chief
Anaheim (MousePlanet)—Though there were a couple periods
of drizzle and rain yesterday, it turns out that Disneyland dodged a bullet
for its May 5th crowds. Just three hours after park closing last night
a significant storm front moved in and by 3 a.m. had dropped a significant
amount of rain and put on an impressive show of lightning and thunder.
Just a few hours earlier and Disney’s kick-off would have had this as
a show in the sky rather then the Remember… fireworks.
It has continued to rain off and on since then and current forecasts
say it will continue until at least mid-morning, after which the rain
should be through the area.
We’re not done yet! We’ll be updating this page throughout
the day on May 4 and 5. Keep reloading and we’ll do our best to keep
you up on all the current events and links of interest from around the
web. If you have anything of interest, contact contact Alex
here.
