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Post by joplin4 on Jul 16, 2010 21:36:45 GMT -5
Tomorrow is officially "Disneyland Day". As the day approaches, how will you celebrate this exciting day?
Currently, I'm uploading all the park music I can get onto my MP3 player for work tomorrow. Tomorrow evening, I intend to watch "The Disneyland Story".
How will you celebrate?
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Post by Mrs. Nesbit on Jul 22, 2010 9:34:49 GMT -5
I feel that the only way I am celebrating right now is with all of you by participating in this months avatar theme. I live to far away from the parks to enjoy them and I haven't been before.  |
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Post by joplin4 on Jul 22, 2010 16:48:29 GMT -5
Well, you don't have to be near the parks to celebrate. I put on my park music, which sadly did not get uploaded. But, I did recite Walt's speech.
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Post by Mrs. Nesbit on Aug 7, 2010 8:43:35 GMT -5
Well, you don't have to be near the parks to celebrate. I put on my park music, which sadly did not get uploaded. But, I did recite Walt's speech. Oh? What is Walt's Speech?  |
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Post by joplin4 on Aug 7, 2010 20:46:29 GMT -5
You asked for it.
"To all who come to this happy place, welcome! Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Aug 9, 2010 20:19:50 GMT -5
More on my celebration later, but I went to the Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco and heard a presentation on the history of Disneyland from former Disneyland marketer Jack Lundquist, former Disneyland President Matt Ouimet, and Imagineer Tony Baxter. The panel was moderated by Disney Legend Marty Sklar.
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Post by Pride on Aug 10, 2010 13:29:50 GMT -5
I didn't have a chance to do anything this day, and my pass was blocked out, but I do subscribe to some people on Youtube that recorded the events at the park and was able to watch those and listen to the celebratory speeches, music, and parade  |
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Post by joplin4 on Aug 11, 2010 17:38:09 GMT -5
More on my celebration later, but I went to the Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco and heard a presentation on the history of Disneyland from former Disneyland marketer Jack Lundquist, former Disneyland President Matt Ouimet, and Imagineer Tony Baxter. The panel was moderated by Disney Legend Marty Sklar. That's awesome! You really had an experience. |
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Aug 11, 2010 19:54:16 GMT -5
Honestly, I was considering going to Disneyland on the 17th this year, but when I saw what the Walt Disney Family Museum had planned, it was a really easy decision. I'm convinced that the museum alone makes northern California the best place to live for Disney enthusiasts (based solely on proximity to Disney) because it's within driving distance of Disneyland, a cross country flight from WDW, and the offerings of the museum are unlike anything available in any of the Disney parks.
The Museum itself makes the very nice One Man's Dream exhibit at DHS look weak. And One Man's Dream is a very nice exhibit.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Sept 10, 2010 0:44:00 GMT -5
A few thoughts about the panel discussion I attended at the Walt Disney Family Museum. With the exception of Matt Ouimet, all the panelists spent decades being closely associated with Disneyland. And Matt Ouimet was the President of Disneyland leading up to and during the 50th anniversary celebration who really cleaned the park up and made it sparkle.
I thought the discussion was interesting in terms of just how unique Disneyland is. Jack Lundquist came up with many of the park's most beloved promotions over the years and even coined the "Happiest Homecoming on Earth" phrase for the 50th anniversary celebration. In many cases, each man talked about how Disneyland did something that had never been done before.
Matt Ouimet came in at a time when Disneyland had seen years of bad management. Maintenance was very below standard and some people began to think that things could never change. At one point, Ouimet began to collect "excuses." He would ask for something and people underneath would say it couldn't be done. Finally after a few weeks of doing this, somebody told him what he asked was impossible and Ouimet put a quote from Walt Disney on a board. "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
Tony Baxter talked about working at Disneyland as a teenager and how he used to learn as much as he could from the Imagineers working on such projects as Pirates of the Carribean. Eventually, Baxter would make his own remarkable impression on the park, designing such beloved classics as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, Splash Mountain, and even the restoration of the Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough.
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Post by sam1parker on Oct 27, 2010 3:25:12 GMT -5
thanks for shearing
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