4th Of July Fireworks

 
4th Of July Fireworks

  Disney’s Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky. Video recorded in 2012 and is 10 minutes long.

4th of July Fireworks

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This month, I shall be comparing the versions of the Pirates of the Caribbean found in the Disneyland parks closest to my heart (California and Paris).

The California version of Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC) can be found in New Orleans Square (NOS), was the first attraction of its kind worldwide when it opened in 1967 and was the last attraction Walt was thought to have personally worked on. The Paris version can be found in Adventureland, and was an opening day attraction in 1992.

The storyline for both versions is pretty similar: a bunch of pirates attack a small village, set it on fire, and die with their skeletons found posed near boats and treasure. The order this is experienced in varies considerably, with the French version being the more chronological of the two.

Both versions have versions of the iconic moments (such as the auction, the pooped/gluttonous pirate, the talking skull and crossbones, the mayor being dunked in a well, a red liquid being drink by a skeleton and the pirates chasing women) but in a totally different order. Likewise, both feature two drops and a hoist. In California, the drops come in short succession toward the start of the attraction, with the hoist at the very end. In Paris, the hoist is quite near the start with the drops spread out: the first occurs soon after the prisoners-bribing-a-dog-for-keys scene and the second occurs straight after the burning village. This latter drop (during which time the rider has their photo taken) ends with an interesting effect, where the rockwork ahead looks to be shaped like a skull. In neither POTC would the rider get particularly wet. In terms of drops, including location and pacing, I thus much prefer the Paris version.

In Paris, the hoist is thought to represent the rider traveling back in time to the start of the story. In researching this article, I read that the first drop in the California POTC is supposed to have much the same effect. In both instances, pirates are not seen prior to this point (and the exterior, queue-line and opening scenes are “modern day”) so I have no reason to doubt this. The cogs along the side of the Paris hoist are beautifully creaky and (when they work) give the impression that they are part of the mechanism which lifts your boat, so –in terms of hoists- I again prefer Europe; the atmosphere in this section is intense and satisfyingly suspense-building.

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Hugh is a former Cast Member, who now lives in London where he works as a director. He is in the process of writing a "Mouse Tales" style book about Disneyland Resort Paris, for Bonaventure Press.

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DISNEYLAND's 57th BIRTHDAY

Disneyland's has been open for 57 years! July 17th 1955 was  opening day. As we do every year we help celebrate Disneyland's Birthday by allowing free access to ALL of our content for 24 hours. 

Between July 17th midnight PST and July 18th midnight PST come to the site and login as:

Login: disneyland55

Password: bday57

You will get GOLD member access for FREE. 

DEEP SEARCH

Have you ever done a search and not get the results you thought you would? Or maybe you would like to have exclusive hand selected results to a search phrase? Well since we are not as powerful as Google YET :) We are now offering a new feature: Deep Search. This is a manual search through all of our Disneyland databases and hand selected links returned to you in your email. Here is how it works: Enter your search phrase in the search box at the top of any DLDHistory page. In the next screen you will have the chance to request a Deep Search simply click the link*. We will have one of our people manually go through each record in our databases and select links for you and send them within 48 hours (we hope to reduce the time in the future) to your email address!

Requirements:

• You must have a Premium, Silver, Bronze, or Gold DLDHistory account.
• You must be logged in
• You must have a valid e-mail name in your DLDHistory Account

*Deep Search Feature is available to our Premium, Silver, Bronze, Diamond and Gold Members.* 

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The table of contents of the DVD's are:

One very unique feature that will be available on our DVD is a quick way to access additional information on DLDHistory.com about an attraction. The final DVD will be a high definition video. 

Before July 18: DVD Previews Can Be Seen HERE
After August 1: DVD Previews Can Be Seen HERE

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*After July 18 DVD Previews are available to our ALL of our Members.*

Imagineering

I have had many questions about Disney's Imagineering Team. This month we present a video of the history and future of Disney's Imagineering. This video is 10 minutes long. 

 Enjoy!


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Imagineering