A Day at the Park: Magic Kingdom

Before moving into this post, I'll address the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Hello, Gorilla! Okay, now that we're done with that, I'll explain the name change. You may have noticed that the title of this blog has gone from "It's Another Disney Blog" to "Cheap 3D Tricks". While the generic-ness of the old title may have been fitting, I didn't think it was the best thing for the blog in the long-term and decided to find something a little better suited.

I'm sure many of you are familiar with Muppetvision 3D and will understand the reference immediately. If not, in Muppetvision 3D, when Kermit is introducing guests to the Muppet Labs he assures the guests of the quality of Muppetvision 3D and informs the guests that they will not be stooping to any cheap 3D tricks. Right on cue, Fozzie appears, blowing a party favor at the audience, showering them with a flower that squirts water and opening a can of spring-loaded snakes towards the audience. All the types of stereotypical 3D effects that Kermit was hoping to avoid. Cheap, tacky, gimmicky tricks. And that's why I feel it's a fitting title for this blog!

Now that we've cleared that up, let's move on to some photos and updates from a recent adventure-filled trip to the Magic Kingdom.

New Fantasyland under construction, here's Beast's Castle. Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done!

The Country Bear Jamboree continues to be entertaining, although a little less than before.

Nothing says "Made Fresh" like a Disneyland Rice Krispie Treat at Walt Disney World!

Riverboat doing its riverboat thing from Thunder Mountain

Possums are swinging

Orange Bird hanging out over the Sunshine Tree Terrace sign

Another New Fantasyland construction wall shot

The Storybook Circus portion is open, though. Maybe we can let off a little steam here. See because the train is...oh nevermind.

Duffies hangin out at Big Top Souvenirs 

The rest of Fantasyland opened, and I won't lie

It looks great!

A look at the Castle before we move over to Tomorrowland to kick off the evening

Hey Rover

I think this is called Crawford City?

Riding the Rocket Rods

Goodbye Tomorrowland. Goodbye abandoned stroller

Back in Old Fantasyland, testing for some updates to Mission: Space is being done at the Carousel.

The Haunted Mansion is looking especially spooky tonight, perhaps because it's close to Halloween.

The lighting can be a bit harsh at night, but check out these statues they add to the hub for Halloween

Okay the park's been closed for like an hour now, Mickey and Walt are keeping an eye on Main Street. Time to go.

 I hope you enjoyed part two of this series. If you did, look forward to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom updates in the near future! If not, look forward to the next two anyway because maybe you'll like them better!

A Day at the Park: EPCOT

Man oh man, was that a long day at EPCOT. Totally worth it though, what a ton of fun! Got quite a few photos here, ready to share!

It's always nice to see the park dressed up for the Flower & Garden Festival

All the best monorails were out today, like Silver

Orange

Lime

Yellow

Silver

and Black

There were also some birds

and embarrassed birds

and desegregated birds. This is the kind of progress we need in America.

This duck had some swagger going on

Found a somewhat malnourished-looking rabbit

and a turtle who appeared healthy

and a quarter

and a menacing pack of wild Duffies

Crash test dummy is cooling off on this hot day with an ice cold Coca-Cola soft drink

Seeing Test Track running is always nice

and Cool Wash up and running with spinning brushes and road signs

and then Test Track closed for refurbishment

Now we move on to the World Showcase where preparation for Food & Wine has begun!

A lone man in the world of a model railroad wonders what he will do with his life and where his eyes went.

Meanwhile, trains in the world of a model railroad have no real concerns or cares. They just keep a rollin' all night long

Maelstrom is still Maelstrom instead of Super Maelstrom. Fix this WDI.

The Voices of Liberty are pretty good at what they do (singing).

as is the lead vocalist from Air Supply

A little rain couldn't dampen anyone's spirits today.

...although it cause Spaceship Earth to leak. (Note: Potential for Depends sponsorship here? Put Spaceship Earth in a giant diaper? No? Okay.)

A rainbow appeared following that little shower and everything was fine again.

And the sunset looked great!

This Innoventions sign, however, did not.

But they fixed it!

Illuminations happened

Which was nice.

WE GO ON

to find the moon hanging out.

and that concludes the Epcot 30th Anniversary celebration!

I hope you enjoyed this photographic tour of a day at EPCOT, the first in what will be at least a four-part series!