It's probably going to be awhile before I ever make it over to Tokyo Disneyland. Which is really a shame, they have some really cool stuff going on right now. Luckily, we are in the age of the interwebs, & I can live vicariously through others. WDW News Today has been there all week, & they keep sharing some very interesting videos of what the park is doing to celebrate 35 years. This one is their projection show, & while it's not quite the spectacle of Happily Ever After , it has to get extra points for being done in what is almost 360-vision. The way this is set up all around you has to send you into a state of awe. I would probably find myself spinning in circles, not knowing which way to look. This is definitely a beautiful sight, even on video. I would love to be surrounded by this in person. Until then, keep putting up these awesome video WDWNT!
"Tokyo Disney Resort 35th 'Happiest Celebration'" Kicks Off April 15th
Tokyo Disney's 35th "Happiest Celebration" will take place April 15th through March 25th, marking the 35th anniversary of the Grand Opening of Tokyo Disneyland Park. While it doesn't quite excite me as much as FanDaze in Paris, it still looks like a pretty awesome time. It will kick off at Tokyo Disneyland Park with the premiere of "Dreaming Up!", a new daytime parade taking you to a world of fantasy & imagination. Main Street in World Bazaar will be transformed into Celebration Street for the duration of the celebration. My favorite part of this though, is the 40 new figures based on Disney films that will be added to "it's a small world". Tokyo DisneySea will debut characters in new costumes for a new show called "Happiest Celebration on the Sea". Not the most original with names I'm seeing. From July 10th, there will be a show at Cinderella Castle that seems like a mash-up of Fantasmic & Happily Ever After shows stateside called "Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland". They'll also have a show called "Let's Party Gras" at Theater Orleans, with DisneySea having "Hello, New York!" at the Dockside Stage. I'd definitely have to hit the Party Gras if I was there. They're also going to have special menus, 35th anniversary merchandise, & a limited period shop specializing in Chocolate Crunch, a classic Tokyo Disney Resort souvenir. All & all this sounds like a lot of fun, no FanDaze, but a lot of fun nonetheless. What do y'all think though? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
HAPPY 35th ANNIVERSARY EPCOT!!
I've been waiting to share this gloriously 80s video from Disney Parks to celebrate EPCOT's 35 Anniversary today. EPCOT means a lot to me. From what I hear from most EPCOT means a lot more to me than a lot of people. I got to go to this park when I was a kid, within the first 6 years of the parks life. Later in life I found that this EPCOT greatly differed from Walt's original name for it. This video however, perfectly showcases the EPCOT I fell in love with as a child. Even that young, I remember being amazed by the amazing inventions in Innovations. I was enthralled with the story of life told by Spaceship: Earth. This place holds almost all my earliest memories of life. Figment was all the sudden one of my favorite characters. The dinosaurs from the Energy Ride etched themselves into my brain forever, even if I didn't remember anything else about the ride. Even my parents, & now my wife & kids, are confused by just how much I love Living with the Land. I mean, it's a friggin' boat ride about growing plants, & I'm not the biggest fruit & veggie consumer. It would be a sin not to mention the World Showcase as well. Not only was I blown away at the fact, I could "visit" other countries, developed through amazing feats of engineering in my own, but the rides became instant classics. I can't even put into words how much I miss the original boat ride through Mexico. Even more so the Maelstrom. As much as I love the Frozen ride, the Maelstrom might just be my all time favorite ride. So, that is all the reasons EPCOT means so much to me. To me it's a reminder of the positive, amazing future we should all be striving to achieve for the whole human race. I'm scared that may be beginning to change for my favorite theme park, but only time will tell. Hopefully, as this park goes into it's next chapter throughout the next few years it keeps it's integrity as a vision of humanity's steps into a always better future. Anyway, I went on for long enough, what makes EPCOT special to you? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
Disney Is Releasing Some Awesome Retro Gear For Epcot's 35th Anniversary!
October 1st what better way to celebrate Epcot's 35 Anniversary at Walt Disney World Resort than to take it back with some retro-themed merchandise. This stuff is so cool I'm having trouble narrowing down what I actually want to get. I do know at least some of that Figment & Spaceship Earth stuff will be going home with me on my fall visit to the parks though. This really captures the spirit of the original Epcot Center vibe. The nostalgia of the whole thing really gets me, as I'm one of those people who think Epcot is on it's way to, while still being a fun place, abandoning it's original mission to take us into a prosperous future. As a child that theme really stuck with me, & it's a shame we tend to not have a futurist point of view as whole in American society now. It's been replaced with an almost cynical approach to an inevitable post-apocalyptic future or Idiocracy (Great movie, check it out!), whichever comes first. So this is positively a great line of merch in my eyes as it inspires back to a time that actually in itself was inspirational. Can't wait to pick some of this up. Am I alone? Let me know in the comments, like, & share.
