Category: Disney
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 365 – The Final Adventure
A second story balcony near our house gave me and Michelle our final adventure for the year. We watched the Magic Kingdom’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show from around 15 minutes away from the park, staying away from the crazy crowds and instead enjoying them completely by ourselves. From that vantage point, we not only saw that show, but at least 10 other small local displays from people shooting off fireworks in their yards. It was a great way to end the year and to conclude these 365 Adventures in 2011.
Happy New Year!
And a video of the finale too:
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365 Adventures in 2011: Day 364 – Tron Meon
Disney really missed a merchandise opportunity with this one. For Christmas, “Santa” got me a Meon picture maker, which is similar to a Light Brite but instead of illuminated pegs, this has glowing colored wires that can be bent and shaped over a picture. And while Disney has licensed their Cars and Princess franchises for Meon kits, they didn’t come out with a Tron one, which seems like an obvious choice for this new toy, and certainly the first thing I thought of when discovering it.
So despite the fact that my kit came with Star Wars backgrounds, I was determined to make it a Tron Meon. I found online a perfect light cycle promotional image for Tron: Legacy, printed it to the correct size, cut it out, and spent a couple hours outlining the red/orange and blue areas with Meon wire. The result is a purely awesome light-up Tron display that I will surely change out for more Tron pictures in the future. But for a while, I’ll enjoy this one.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 362 – The Pumpkin King
Christmas may be over, but while enjoying our Christmas tree I spotted one particularly well-lit ornament hanging out on the side. It’s none other than the Pumpkin King himself, Jack Skellington, offering a few season’s screamings. This ornament is part of a 6-piece set from the Disney Store, new this year. And they look great when illuminated by the tree lights.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 351 – Ear in Review
After spending the afternoon at a local flea market searching for collectibles and other goodies (which we found a few of), I sat in my office chair for nearly 5 hours straight. Okay, I do that every day when working, but this time I was also recording a podcast continuously for that same amount of time. It was our annual “Ear” in Review show, in which I discuss the year’s Disney news with Paul Barrie from A Window to the Magic. The show went very well and those listening live seemed to enjoy it. It’ll be released on January 1. And I was happy that it didn’t last quite as long as last year’s show, breaking the trend of it becoming longer year after year. Maybe next year we can trim it down to 3 hours. (Yeah, right.)
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 350 – Dancing Lights
We finally made it out this year to see the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I still miss the old Residential Street and think that the display was much better there, but the addition of the new multi-colored light canopy really enhances this year’s setup. The dancing lights are fun, but often too bouncy and seemingly random. I’d like to see all those lights get programmed to be less blinky and wild and more carefully matched to the songs. But it’s still fun.
