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Mid day themey catch up
Feb. 8th, 2011 05:19 pmLate lazy breakfast and then a half day at the happiest place on earth because tonight is pirate dinner. (Looks sort of like Medieval Times with a boat.)
I've already forgotten the name of the park, but I've been calling it Hollywood Kingdom. Just inside the gates, in the 'reception area', I frowned and mused on a gas station for a place with no cars. Just then, there was a honk as a little two-man car pulled around the corner, followed by another little car with the Mayor of HK inside it. Lots of people playing 'Golden Age' (twenties to forties) Hollywood characters--nobody specific I don't think, just The Director and The Starlet and The Mayor etc etc. It was fun, and although I was sad that it didn't continue part of me felt that it would have been taxing. Then there was a travelling Disney Channel dancing parade, and we moved off the main thoroughfare onto the Streets of America. I marvelled at how the streets were worn and patched, as if they were actual streets and how cool that was. New York was a little confused about *when* it was (1920s, 1950s or 2010) but San Francisco looked just like the set from The Streets of San Francisco.
The ABC Zone was almost disorientingly filled with blatant product promotion (Yes, I know, it's Disney--they're experts on that. And that is, in fact, my point. They're usually very good at it and this was just kind of slapped on.)
There was some very nice auto choreography in a car-driving stunt show, complete with three identical twin cars for the hero character, motorbikes, and a jet ski. I love the 'making of' stuff where they take apart their stunts, and so this was fun too. We had a 'backstage tour' where we rode a tram through people's offices and I thought "That must be so weird to work with."
There was a quick 'here is the process of how we create cartoon characters' bit with some very nicely done interaction between a live actor and video content. We grabbed a snack so I didn't pass out, and then... it was kind of weird. We were thinking of doing a little shopping, and there was a place called "Legends of Hollywood" and the facade was arranged with classic film posters--Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca, la la la--and I said Oo! Here! And we went in, and... rows of plush Disney characters, Disney t-shirts, and stuff you'd expect to find in a Disney souvenir stand. The Disney/Star Wars mashups were amusing at least, but it was still disappointing. Across the street was Villains In Vogue, and that sounded cool also. But again, full of t-shirts and Mickey Mouse dolls. It made me a little sad, and it's a shame that's how things ended because all in all the day was fun.
But now there is Pirate Dinner. Tschüß!
I've already forgotten the name of the park, but I've been calling it Hollywood Kingdom. Just inside the gates, in the 'reception area', I frowned and mused on a gas station for a place with no cars. Just then, there was a honk as a little two-man car pulled around the corner, followed by another little car with the Mayor of HK inside it. Lots of people playing 'Golden Age' (twenties to forties) Hollywood characters--nobody specific I don't think, just The Director and The Starlet and The Mayor etc etc. It was fun, and although I was sad that it didn't continue part of me felt that it would have been taxing. Then there was a travelling Disney Channel dancing parade, and we moved off the main thoroughfare onto the Streets of America. I marvelled at how the streets were worn and patched, as if they were actual streets and how cool that was. New York was a little confused about *when* it was (1920s, 1950s or 2010) but San Francisco looked just like the set from The Streets of San Francisco.
The ABC Zone was almost disorientingly filled with blatant product promotion (Yes, I know, it's Disney--they're experts on that. And that is, in fact, my point. They're usually very good at it and this was just kind of slapped on.)
There was some very nice auto choreography in a car-driving stunt show, complete with three identical twin cars for the hero character, motorbikes, and a jet ski. I love the 'making of' stuff where they take apart their stunts, and so this was fun too. We had a 'backstage tour' where we rode a tram through people's offices and I thought "That must be so weird to work with."
There was a quick 'here is the process of how we create cartoon characters' bit with some very nicely done interaction between a live actor and video content. We grabbed a snack so I didn't pass out, and then... it was kind of weird. We were thinking of doing a little shopping, and there was a place called "Legends of Hollywood" and the facade was arranged with classic film posters--Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca, la la la--and I said Oo! Here! And we went in, and... rows of plush Disney characters, Disney t-shirts, and stuff you'd expect to find in a Disney souvenir stand. The Disney/Star Wars mashups were amusing at least, but it was still disappointing. Across the street was Villains In Vogue, and that sounded cool also. But again, full of t-shirts and Mickey Mouse dolls. It made me a little sad, and it's a shame that's how things ended because all in all the day was fun.
But now there is Pirate Dinner. Tschüß!