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I was linked to this video yesterday and couldn’t stop laughing — I HAD TO SHARE! I’m not sure if you’ve ever seen this guy or heard of him and this sketch but he’s hilarious. MediocreFilms puts out his borderline Dad-joke level of humor videos and they come off as hilarious. And now, he’s taken Disneyland!
Watch these two videos — a main edit and an outtakes edit. Super funny and SUPER awkward… for some.
Nothing is better than going through your parents’ or grandparents’ home movies and seeing real film footage of your family. The places, the fashions, the friends long forgotten. I got this chance when my grandfather asked me to go through some old home movies and cut a nice reel together. When I came across this footage from Disneyland in the early 1970’s, I had to share!
No, that’s not an Instagram filter in the featured image for this post! That is a still-frame from a file I made from a DVD that I copied from a VHS that was made from an 8 or 16mm film reel my grandpa had. That’s a lot of generations, literally and digitally, to go through but the footage is still great looking!
I have narrowed this down to what I believe is the summer of ’73 because of the age of my uncle (who cannot remember the year exactly), the Main Street Electrical Parade, Prince John of Robin Hood in the parade, and the flag bunting garland on the light poles on Main Street. I was unable to find out when Bank of America stopped sponsoring It’s a Small World but I thought that might also help narrow it down.
I added some Firehouse Five Plus Two as well as a little of the original Main Street U.S.A. music loop that, as far as I can tell, is time-appropriate for these clips. Enjoy!
What do you think? Is the summer of ’73 pretty close?
LOVE Christmas! While work has left this holiday season feeling rather short, I was not to be deterred! It really hit me this past week, I watched all of my favorite holiday movies (some twice), and visited the parks with family and friends.
One great treat which I have yet to see in person was the following video shot by a cast member and friend of the blog — Candy Cane construction! Looks to be quite the treat to see these hand-crafted creations come to life. Hopefully some day I’ll be fortunate enough to catch it in person.
Making Candy Canes from Denise Cross on Vimeo.
Have you gotten to witness this magic in person? What did you think? Thanks Denise!
A few weeks ago, we went down to the parks and the first thing we did was ride the Disneyland Railroad. Our plan was to do a grand circle tour plus one stop to NOS. On the ride, I decided to see how well we could capture the Grand Canyon Diorama and Primeval World and what came out looked really great!
Let us know what other video content you would like to see on the site! We hope to have some great interviews coming in the next few months.
This was one of the coolest things I have seen at the park. A quick google search will show that the custodial team at TDA has been at this for a while, but with as much time as I have spent at the parks I have never seen this!
We had just finished out Fantasmic! 20th anniversary showing, had already ridden on Big Thunder Mountain and were headed to Pirates… when we saw a few people admiring something on the ground. We saw some water on the ground and as our eyes adjusted to the ground in front of Riverbell Terrace, we realized that it was artwork!
Here are some pictures we snapped of a few of the characters drawn on the ground and to boot, I caught some video of the cast member drawing a huge Mickey Mouse in front of Pirates! Enjoy!
Somehow, I stumbled upon these frighteningly real-looking videos from the security cameras at our favorite park on the planet, Disneyland. Now, I have heard of people seeing ghosts at the parks and seen really bad photos of ghosts at the park, but nothing quite like these.
I work in “the industry” and know a visual effect when I see it. This is either a very well executed visual effect by an avid Disneyland fanatic with a lot of time and resources on his hands, or a very bored security officer.
The problems I have with these videos is that there are either so many ghosts at the park that shooting any security camera at any time provides one with these results, or they’re a hoax — but how?! These are so incredibly haunting, I got goosebumps while watching them at work and continued to rewind them back and play them over and over again with a very genuine “how did they do that?!” look on my face.
That last one is my absolute favorite. Not just anyone has access to these apparent security cameras. How incredible is it that the possibility of these being real evokes these emotions out of me? I am a huge skeptic but I have an open mind. I just don’t have any grounds to disprove any of this.
I found another YouTube channel debunking these videos but I just don’t find their arguments to hold water. I, too, thought that it was a reflection at first on the lens but man, that last HM video is just INCREDIBLE! I don’t know much about security monitors but I have never seen a monitor “ghost” in that way. I liked watching his one video, though, because it has some other great videos.
The “ghost” videos that prompted this post were found at this YouTube page. They, unfortunately, are the only ones this user ever uploaded and the page has laid dormant for over 2 years — but not without gaining a substantial amount of hits! What do you think is going on in these videos? Is our magical park a haven for the disembodied?
When an attraction breaks down it can be a total bummer, especially if you’ve been waiting in line for a ride like Peter Pan or Roger Rabbit, but sometimes it can be the coolest thing ever, like when you find cash in your jeans after doing laundry. I have always dreamed of being on a ride like Splash Mountain when it breaks down, where the lights would magically turn on revealing the dusty miniature details of imagineering genius, and I would be escorted through Disney’s painted visualization of Joel Chandler Harris’s impossible read. A nerd can dream can’t he?
If anyone goes to the Magic Kingdom enough a ride breakdown is inevitable, so it is with great pleasure that I present to you a walk through of Snow White’s Scary Adventures. The best part about the ride breakdown experience was that one of the carts was blocking the exit. I welcomed this unwanted obstacle and while people climbed and squeeze through, I relished the opportunity to be an honorary dwarf for a day. It’s no Splash Mountain, but then again there’s always next time.
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We will have a much more lengthy review of this incredible and amazing ride soon, but for now, enjoy this little gem we captured last week!
As well as this ABSOLUTELY GENIUS piece of marketing done by the folks at TDA!
Hey everyone! We hope you’re all having an amazing Memorial Day this year. Maybe you’re out barbecuing or at the Disneyland Resort for the long weekend, but whatever it is, I highly recommend witnessing this event in person at the DLR or watching this video.
I had just gotten engaged in July of 2010 and my financé and I took a lovebird trip to Disneyland to celebrate. We watched this ceremony at sunset and took it it’s beauty and emotional grandeur. It certainly touches you no matter what your age! This is also my favorite security guard at the resort taking down the flag!
Enjoy!
I created this little video just before Star Tours closed up for the reimagining. I used to have a toy as a kid that looked like the StarSpeeder 3000 and would basically do this around the playground. When StarTrader was selling these little replicas, I had to have one.
Here it is!