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Hi everyone! Epcot is looking great for the start of tomorrow’s Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival! A totally new topiary display has been put up to promote the upcoming film “Oceans” (below left and right), with the beautiful backdrop of Spaceship Earth.
 Whats Happening  Epcot, Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival 2010, Fantasia, Fawn, Gothic Mickey and Minnie, Innoventions, Make Every Day an Earth Day, Oceans, Pixie Hollow, rincess Tiana's Wedding Bayou, Rosetta, Spaceship Earth, Take a Nanooze Break, Tea Garden, Terance Hi everyone! We stopped by Epcot yesterday and were surprised to see so many Epcot Flower and Garden Festival topiaries out! Simba (below, left) is part of a Lion King display that also includes Rafiki and Nala (below, right). There isn’t much new this year, nearly everything has just been shuffled around.
Hi everyone! Today, Denise from site partner MouseSteps finally made it onto the new Downtown Disney balloon experience Characters In Flight! Enjoy a full report on her two flights with photos and exclusive video. Characters In Flight Balloon Experience – Onboard Photos – 4/15/09:Characters In Flight (operated by Aerophile) is a tethered helium-filled balloon that takes guests 400 feet above Downtown Disney. The ticket counter (below right) is where you can purchase your ticket immediately before entering the final queue for your flight.
Whats Happening Aerophile, Bay Lake Tower, Characters In Flight, Characters In Flight Balloon, Contemporary Resort, Disney Quest, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Paris, Downtown Disney, Epcot, Epcot’s Flower & Garden Festival, PanoraMagique, Spaceship Earth, Tower Of Terror, Walt Disney World Hi everyone! It all started last week when a good friend of mine asked me the following question: “Jeff, did you ever hear of elephants performing at Epcot Center? A friend of mine told me about it, but I don’t remember anything like that in over 30 years of visiting Walt Disney World and couldn’t imagine it was true”. I instantly knew they were thinking of “Epcot Center’s Daredevil Circus Spectacular“. Keep reading after the photos for a full description of this amazing part of Epcot Center history! (below) A rare photo of the Fountain Stage being readied for the upcoming show.
(Below) The entrance topiary featuring the parade of Pachyderms.
(Below left) A parade of Elephant-like “Martian Mastodons” approach the fountain stage. (below right) A live band plays along as the Elephants and acrobats perform “spine-tingling” acts.
(Below left) Communicore is transformed into a “Spacearena” as a double-trapeze act is performed. (Below right) The most amazing part of all this to me was the “Space Cycles” riding along wires connected from both Communicores to the center of Spaceship Earth!
(Below) It was the most incredible thing to see motorcycles driving high in the air on thin-looking wires. I remember thinking that they actually touched Spaceship Earth (although they probably did not).
(Below) My last photo showing both “Space Cycles” (with girls hanging below them) speeding high above Future World towards Spaceship Earth!
Walt Disney World’s 15th Anniversary Celebration: Back in the fall of 1996, Walt Disney World was beginning it’s 15th Anniversary Celebration and held a big kickoff press event. The press kit (below left) touted all the special events planned for the upcoming year including: The Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution featuring The Magic Kingdom’s “Star-Spangled Salute” and “All American Parade“, the 15th Anniversary Gift-Giver (where you could win a new Chevrolet on “Birthday Bonanza Weekends“) and more!
(photo above & text below ©1986 The Walt Disney Company) I found the most intriguing event the celebration promised to be “Epcot Center’s Daredevil Circus Spectacular“. To fully understand why it captured my imagination, please read the excerpt from the press release below. It sounded unbelievable to me that this was actually going to happen!
It is still incredible that this actually happened and I am glad to have found the photos and information to remember this amazing part of Epcot Center history! Epcot Center Historical DVDs – Available Now: In keeping with the vintage Epcot Center mood of today’s update, I present my Epcot Center 25th Anniversary Collection to relive these wonderful memories or experience them for the first time!
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Click HERE for more information or to browse all of my Epcot Center DVDs including the 25th Anniversary series! As always, if you want to request a future DVD idea, Photo Memory topic or comment on anything, just drop me a line at suggestions@JeffLangeDVD.com.
Disc One: Jeff Lange takes you on a trip back in time to celebrate Epcot’s 25th Anniversary. This first in a series, features the centerpiece of Epcot, Spaceship Earth. Spaceship Earth Narrated by Walter Cronkite (1993) This incredible video was recorded with an audio mixer and two microphones to capture the sounds in front of you and the Walter Cronkite narration from the speaker behind your head. Experience the Home Computer, Telephone Network & Space Station scenes plus the “Tomorrow’s Child” ending. Earth Station Films (1992) These were abstract animated overviews of the EPCOT Center attractions as viewed upon exiting the ride. Photo Slideshow (1989) A photo montage of vintage images from the original version of the attraction. Corporate Lounge (1995) Step into the AT&T corporate lounge for a brief tour. Enjoy the view out the large windows into the park towards World Showcase. Spaceship Earth Narrated by Jeremy Irons (1996) Experience the updated narration and new scenes before paying a visit to the AT&T Global Neighborhood. Spaceship Earth Narrated by Jeremy Irons (2006) Explore the progression of human communications from cavemen to the dawn of the Internet in this Siemens sponsored version of the attraction. Disc two: Spaceship Earth Narrated by Walter Cronkite (1991) Complete ride-through. This is the earliest ride footage available. Spaceship Earth Narrated by Walter Cronkite (1992) Complete ride-through featuring alternate views of the ‘Tomorrows Child’ ending scenes. Spaceship Earth Narrated by Jeremy Irons (1995) A final ride on the Future World classic sponsored by AT&T. Photo Slideshow (1989-2006) Over 100 images spanning almost two decades of memories. Celebrate Epcot’s 25th Anniversary year after year or experience the magic for the first time by purchasing “Jeff Lange Remembers: Epcot’s Spaceship Earth” 25th Anniversary Collectors Edition 2-DVD Set! Total Running Time: 122 Min This item qualifies for free shipping on your entire order. I strive to provide my customers with superior customer service. All orders shipped within 24 business hours guaranteed! |
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