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From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: State of the World
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:23:15 GMT
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

The following was posted by Ed Sterrett (1:3633/2) on Fidonet's Disney
echo on 10 Oct 92 at  00:25:00.
 
  To: All
Subj: State of the World
 
  Here are a few highlights from the Annual "State of Our World"
address to Orlando area community leaders, given by Dick Nunis and
Judson Green..
 
* Announced decision of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to
make the Disney-MGM Studios the East Coast home of its Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame Plaza, opening in 1993, will feature a golden Emmy
surrounded by life-sized statues of TV legends.
  In a ceremony held at the Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center on
October 3rd, the six newest members of the Hall of Fame were inducted-
Bill Cosby, Andy Griffith, Ted Koppel, Sheldon Leonard, Dinah Shore
and Ted Turner.  This was the first time this ceremony had been
conducted outside Los Angeles.
 
* Aladdin's Royal Caravan, a daily parade based on the movie, will
premier at the Disney-MGM Studios this December.
 
* Next on the horizon for the Magic Kingdom, according to Dick Nunis,
"is our promised transformation of Tomorrowland into a whole new
world, sometime in the mid-decade.  At the center of it will be 'Alien
Encounter', a show using new audio and projection technology that will
put an alien behind every seat... and fear in every heart."
 
* Wilderness Lodge and All-Star Resort slated for openings in 1994.
 
* "We're moving ahead with plans for the 'Disney Institute', a
completely new type of vacation resort.", according to Judson Green.
The first phase will debut in late 1994, and will give our guests a
chance to build their vacation around a catalog of cultural, sports
and entertainment programs.
 
* Groundbreaking for Celebration, pending final regulatory agreements,
is anticipated for Spring of '93.  The project will include
residences, offices, a health center (which will focus on wellness
and education), schools, shopping and services for residents. It will
also include two new golf courses, with the first-ever American
collaboration of two golf-course design legends: Robert Trent Jones Jr
and Sr.
  The first residential villages should be open in 1995, and,
eventually, Celebration will be home to 20,000 residents, living in
both single and multi-family homes, which will be offered for sale or
rent.
 
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From: russell@pmarlowe.uucp (Russell Shanks)
Subject: Re: Halloween / Haunted Mansion Help
Summary: list of WDW Haunted Mansion tombstones 
Keywords: WDW tombstones epitaphs Haunted Mansion
Reply-To: russell@pmarlowe.cts.com (Russell Shanks)
Organization: rsg
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:43:38 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.123608.26213@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> vibrad@os2dce06.austin.ibm.com writes:
>Big Favor to ask...
>
>Im going to decorate my house for Halloween and try to put tombstones
>in my front yard for a graveyard type scene (made of wood, of course).
>Anyway, I would like to know the quotes on the the tombstones at the
>Haunted Mansion in WDW so that I can put them on my tombstones and try 
>to tie the life and fun of Disney with the Blood, death, and evil of 
>Halloween (and I personally think it would be neat).
>
>Thanks
>
>Brad

	The following is a list of WDW Haunted Mansion tombstone epitaphs.
   I believe it to be complete and accurate.  Now the question is:
   what are the names/sayings on the mausoleum (by the exit).

   Also, who has a complete list of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion's tombs
   and mausoleum phrases?  Remeber Haunted is currently closed :(

	Russell

                 WDW HAUNTED MANSION TOMBSTONE EPITAPHS
                

    * Rest in peace, brother Huet.
      We all know you didn't do it.

    * R.I.P, good friend Gordon.
      Now you've crossed the river Jordan.

    * Master Gracey laid to rest.
      No mourning, please, at his request.
      Farewell.

    * At peaceful rest, he's brother Claude.
      Planted here beneath this sod.

    * Here lies good ol' Fred.
      A great big rock fell on his head.

    * Here rests Lawful R. Bender.
      He rode to glory on a fender.

    * Dear departed brother Dave.
      He chased a bear into a cave.

    * Here lies a man named Martin.
      The lights went out on this old Spartan



-- 
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From: timc@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Tim Castro)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Pirates of the Caribbean
Date: 15 Oct 1992 17:08:05 GMT
Organization: /etc/organizaton
NNTP-Posting-Host: diva.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Oct14.142831.28445@col.hp.com> dons@col.hp.com (Don Schott) writes:

>	I was interested in seeing how many people prefer the 
>Pirates of the Caribbean at DL vs at WDW.  Many of the scenes 
>seem to be the very similar, but there also seem to be differences.  
>I think I remember 2 drops in the channel at DL while only 1 at
>WDW.  The ride also seemed longer at DL, and you ride the boat back 
>up to the surface (so to speak), while you get off before the
>boats go back up at WDW.  
>


Yeah, I love that climb back up to the top.

I remember reading somewhere that the Disney Imagineers 
were originally disappointed that they had drag the boats 
and riders back up at the end of the ride; they thought it
detracted from the experience.  But, there was just not enough 
room for the attraction, so they had to build it underground.

Yes, there are two waterfalls at Disneyland.  The first one is
awesome.  I remember being terrified of it when I was younger.

A friend of mine has a great story about intentionally "misloading"
the boat and throwing it off balance.  Causes close to a tidal
wave on the first waterfall, but that's another story.


--Tim


-- 
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From: js@cs.tulane.edu (Jan Silbermann)
Subject: Need info WDW for 2.5 year old
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:18:40 GMT
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Apologies if the following are FAQs.

If a FAQ list for visiting WDW exists,
would someone please e-mail it to me?

We are planning a trip to WDW in Dec.  My daughter will be 2 1/2
and is approx. 3' tall.  We plan to see:

	Cinderella's Castle             Pirates of the Caribbean
	Country Bear Jamboree           Haunted Mansion
	Mickey's Starland               Dumbo ride
	Peter Pan ride                  It's A Small World
	Mr. Toad's Wild Ride            Mission to Mars

I have the Birnbaum _Official Guidebook_,
but still need answers to the following questions.

1)  Too many, not enough for one day?

2)  Any height restrictions on above?

3)  Any of them too scary?

4)  Can we bring a six month old baby on any of the above?

5)  Can we bring a movie/VHS camera on any of above?

6)  Where are strollers kept while we are on the ride?
    Are they safe?

7)  Any place for kids to take a nap?

8)  Any kosher food inside WDW?
    If not, can we bring food into the park?

9)  Any cheap ($30-50) motels ANYWHERE close by?

10) Any other tips.

THanks. js@cs.tulane.edu
From: chips@sail.labs.tek.com (Chip Schnarel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: The Music of Disney
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:50:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: maverick.chips-151092114951
Followup-To: rec.arts.disney
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

I haven't seen this posted, so excuse me if you've seen it before.

The newly released collectors set, The Music of Disney, contains 3 CDs and
a description book.  Much of the music is also contained in other volumes,
but enough is not, to make this an interesting collection, IMO.  It is also
not clear if the actual recordings of each song is the same as the that of
the previous volumes.  (I haven't listened to them enough yet to do a
comparison.)

The songs included on the collector set are as follows;

The Music of Disney
        --
A Legacy in Song

One
	Turkey in the Straw
	Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
	Heigh-Ho
	Whistle While You Work
	Someday My Prince Will Come
	When You Wish Upon a Star
	Give a Little Whistle
	Dance of the Reed Flutes
	Baby Mine
	Love is a Song
	Little April Shower
	Saludos Amigos
	You Belong to My Heart
	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
	Ev'rybody Has a Laughing Place
	The Lord is Good to Me
	Lavender Blue
	A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
	Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
	I'm Late
	The Unbirthday Song
	The Second Star to the Right
	You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
	Bella Notte
	Once Upon a Dream
	Cruella De Vil
	Higitus Figitus

Two
	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
	A Spoon Full of Sugar
	Chim Chim Cher-ee
	Winnie the Pooh
	The Bare Necessities
	I Wan'na Be Like You
	The Aristocats
	Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat
	The Age of Not Believing
	Nobody's Problems
	Oo-De-Lally
	Someone's Waiting for You
	Candle on the Water
	Best of Friends
	Perfect Isn't Easy
	Part of Your World
	Under the Sea
	Kiss the Girl
	Be Out Guest
	Beauty and the Beast

Three
	A Whale of a Tale
	Old Yeller
	Pretty Irish Girl
	The Parent Trap
	Castle in Spain
	Enjoy It
	On the Front Porch
	The Monkey's Uncle
	That Darn Cat
	Fortuosity
	Mickey Mouse Club March
	I'm Not Fool
	You, the Human Animal
	Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater
	Wonderful World of Color (Main Title)
	The Spectrum Song
	The Ballad of Davy Crockett
	The Swamp Fox
	The Wonderful World of Disney (Main Title)
	Zorro
	Strummin' Song
	Mister Piano Man
	DuckTales Theme
	Tale Spin Theme
	Meet Me Down on Main Street
	The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room
	It's a Small World (After All)
	Yo, Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)
	There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
	Golden Dream
	Main Street Electrical Parade



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From: Edward_Lee_Whiteside@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Source for B&tB Standup Displays
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 23:08:43 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

After seeing the nice standup displays in the stores for Beauty and the Beast
I was wondering if there were any sources to purchase the displays.  All the
stores that I've asked about it claim they are already spoken for.  Any \
dealers that carry these things as collectors items.  
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From: mousktr@milton.u.washington.edu (Denise Lockner)
Subject: Disneyland College Program
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:18:59 GMT




Since my first posting about the Program, I have been INUNDATED with
responses from students around the country.  I am sorry if my responses
have been brief, but I have 45 messages to reply to today! I hope I can
help, but please keep in mind that I know virtually nothing about
DisneyWorld's College Program or Walt Disney World.  So keep e-mailing me
for information!!  Hopefully I'll see some of you in summer 1993!!

-Denise
*******
"If you can't say something nice..don't say nothin' at all." -THUMPER

DISNEY UNIVERSITY CLASS OF '92
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From: mousktr@milton.u.washington.edu (Denise Lockner)
Subject: Re: Fantasia
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:19:07 GMT

In article <Bvv8sy.DMA@inews.Intel.COM> dmccarro@sedona.intel.com writes:
>
>I keep seeing comericals on TV that show the dragon
>breathing fire and setting the River of the Americas
>on fire. But when I was at Disneyland last month, I
>didn't see the dragon. Does the dragon really appear?
>Maybe it was just not working the night I was there.

May I be permitted to share the #1 Disneyland Cast Member pet peeve from
summer 1992???  It was when guests would refer to "Fantasmic!" as
"Fantasia" (see above "subject" heading). People would approach my fruit
cart and ask, "Where is that new Fantasia ride?" (we'd also hear  
"Fantasmatic", "Fantastic", "Fantasmagoria", I even heard it referred to
as "Orgasmic" - no wait that was the Cast Member nickname for it, THAT'S
right.....).  We'd patiently explain that it was a night show, not a ride,
and NOT "Fantasia". The best response to that question was overheard from
a popcorn vendor working near my fruit cart: "Where's 'Fantasia'? I believe
it's in a video store near you, ma'am."
       
Now, to reply to this post.  If you were at Disneyland on a weekday after
Sept.13th. you didn't see a dragon because "Fantasmic!" wasn't being shown.
But if you actually did see the show and the dragon did not appear, there
was probably a technical reason.  The dragon is raised up manually- yes,
everything in that show is manual, they're "working on" computerizing it-
and it probably got stuck.  Worse things have happened.  For example, only
2 things can stop the "Fantasmic" show: if the huge Pinnochio and dancing
dolls get stuck and cannot be lowered back down (therefore the remainder
of the show is unable to gain access to the ground on the Island) and if
the Columbia (as Hook's pirate ship) breaks down and cannot continue
around the river.  My boyfriend drives that boat and one night it just
pooped out front and center in the river during the show.  People got shooed
away and my boyfriend, along with the performers, had to be removed by via
a speedboat.  Guests were disgruntled, to say the least.  Seems they all
visited my fruit cart that night to vent to me, too.....

gosh this was a long post. but hey, I'm an "expert", now, right??

-Denise
********
"If you can't say something nice...don't say nothin' at all." -THUMPER

DISNEY UNIVERSITY CLASS OF '92
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From: greg@acme.claremont.edu (Tigger)
Subject: Re: New Attractions
Organization: Pomona College
Distribution: all
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:09:22 PDT

In article <73126@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> greg@pomona.claremont.edu (Tigger) writes:
> 
>>NO!!!!  Damn him!  Won't Disneyland *ever* get to keep anything unique
>>to itself?!?
> 
> Not unless it makes good business sense to do so, Tigger.

Oh, I understand the business reasons.  As a shareholder, I suppose I
really should be happy about it.

> Disneyland doesn't need unique widgets to make it special, anyway.

In my heart, that's true.  But for some reason I have this wish that
the company would acknowledge it in some tangible fashion.  Has the
company ever even talked about moving Illuminations to one of the
other locations besides WDW?  Has there been any talk about installing
a dragon under any of the castles other than EuroDisney?  Not that
I've ever heard.  But there is plenty of talk about building Matterhorns
and Fantasmics elsewhere.  And of course just about everything else
has already been duplicated.  I don't begrudge the fun to Disney fans
in other parts of the world, I don't want the company to make stupid
business decisions, and I don't really care about widgets.  But I
sometimes feel that the company treats their original park like a
second class citizen.  And because I love the place, that really
pisses me off.

--
|  Greg Orman                         greg@pomona.claremont.edu  |
|     A man's best friends:  a Harley, a Beretta and a Gund.     |
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From: ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Sean Alan Squier)
Subject: Re: Tiki Birds Back & New Passageway
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:53:54 GMT

In article <BvnvwF.Cx0@encore.com> jpenovic@encore.com writes:
>In article <Rich_Koster.0tj6@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>,
>Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster) writes:
>> In a message dated Sat  3 Oct 92 15:56, Krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (ed Krol)
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> >The Tiki birds are singing again now at the Magic Kingdom and there is a
>> >*new* walkthru from Tiki/Adventureland to Bear Band/Frontierland.  
>>  
>>  KK> Hasn't this passageway been there for years?  Seems I took it 
>>  KK> at least last time I was there 18 months ago.  And perhaps on
>>  KK> earlier trips.
>> 
>> I heard this from Ed Sterrett, a Cast Member who works at WDW.  I didn't
>> see it, as work was still being done in the Tiki area last weekend when I
>> was there.  I remember the pass-through from Adventureland to Discoveryland
>> where the restrooms are (that takes you into Discoveryland where the
>> partial fort is -- next to the Diamond Horseshoe) but not a passageway at
>> the Tiki birds area.
>> 
>
>  I may be wrong, but I think it was there in February of this year.
>
>

It was.  It was not there in the summer '91 however, because I would
always hop the fence and step over bushes to get through
Adventureland.  I first noticed it on Spring Break in March, and the
ropes were very new, along with the wood and stone, etc..



Sean Squier
(Future CEO - The Walt Disney Company)
ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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From: chenry@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (catherine.b.henry)
Subject: DISNEY VISIT
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:36:21 GMT

Hello, everybody!  I just posted the following request to rec.travel and
lots of people suggested that I post it here instead (didn't even know 
you folks existed, but am very glad that you do!).  I would heartily 
appreciate any time you can take in responding to my query -- brochures
and books tell only half the story; folks who have been there give you the 
rest of the scoop.

/Cath
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greetings, All!

My family (35 year-old husband, 8 year-old daughter, and 5 year-old son) 
are planning on visiting Walt Disney World (FLA) next year, but don't know when.
As usual, I have a load of questions for which I only get consistent answers
from this newsgroup, so... (taking a big breath!):

(1) when is the best time of year to visit, crowd-wise and weather-wise?
I must take into consideration when our kids will be in school.
The brochures say "value season" starts the middle of August -- December.
Is WDW crowded the end of August (the week or two surrounding Labor Day)?

(2) is it better to stay inside or outside of the park? If inside, does 
anybody have any preferences for which hotel? Does being on the monorail
system make up for the added cost per night of the hotels on the rail line?
If inside, how far in advance should I make a reservation to get what I want?

(3) if YOU only had 7 days to do the works, is there anyplace you would
concentrate on? anyplace you would totally leave out? (e.g., are the studios
worth the visit?)

(4) what's the best way to manage breakfast, lunch, and dinner with my 
family? Stick to the hotels for breakfast and dinner due to crowds? (I am
just guessing, I have absolutely no idea -- which is why I am asking the
group!)

(5) is there any way to arrange a transfer from the airport to the WDW area
-- do they come as part of packages to WDW? I have not seen any yet.

(6) is there a cheaper way to get the Disney packages than the list prices
shown in the brochures (these don't seem to provide any savings at all --
they just provide convenience of paying for everything you need in advance)

===========================================================================

Thanks in advance!  If you would send the reply to homxc!chenry, I would
be most grateful, as I do not read this newsgroup often.  

Holler if you would like to see a summary of the replies I get -- I will be
happy to package them up and send them to you.

/Cath Henry
From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Disney Midwest Scoping
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:29:20 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

Heard on ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey's lunch time show (lead
story) today:  Michael Eisner and Roy Disney are scoping out sites
in the Midwest for a Disney attraction, not another theme park, but
"something Disney".  Creating a lot of excitement there.  One site
under consideration is Branson, Missouri.

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From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Disney Store List
Date: 9 Oct 92 03:38:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: agwbbs.Rich_Koster.0u99
Distribution: world
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

To whoever is keeping the list of the Disney stores:
 
There is now a Disney store in New Orleans at Riverwalk (next to
the French Quarter along the Mississippi River), and another one
in Baton Rouge (but I don't know its specific address).

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From: bruce@fisher.hs.washington.edu (Bruce Edwards)
Subject: Re: B&B "Work-in-Progress" on tape? Beta?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Locke Computer Center, CAC, University of Washington
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:36:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.235122.11330@news.columbia.edu>, fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali) writes...
>In article <1992Oct14.122108.1@alien.gici.com> laut@alien.gici.com (Bill Laut) writes:
>>	Can anyone tell me the following, regarding "Beauty and the Beast":
>>
>>	#1 - Will it be available in Beta?  (ha, ha!)
>>	#2 - Will the "Work-in-Progress" be issued on tape, or just LD?
>>
> 
>#1 - .... :-)
>#2 - Sight and Sound is accepting pre orders for the LD (they quoted
>the release date as Oct. 21) and my local Suncoast Motion Picture Co.
>is also taking orders for the B&tB gift set (movie, making of, work in
>progress, all on VHS). Oct. 28 release date. 
> 
> 
>   ---> farul ghazali.
>        columbia university in the city of new york.
#1 -  Well if they handle it in the same way that Fantasia
      was, then you might be able to special order the Beta
      tape (movie only).  A friend tried to order the Deluxe
      set for Fantasia but was told that only the movie was
      available.
#2    In addition our local Disney store is taking orders for
      the gift set.  Around the store they have a couple of
      displays talking about the two versions, and indicating
      the contents of the gift set.  It's strange your local
      Disney Store didn't get this.

Bruce Edwards
University of Washington

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From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Fantasia
Date: 9 Oct 92 03:16:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Oct9.031638.29124
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha

jonathan@hmcvax.claremont.edu writes:
> In article <Bv3rtM.JAF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cs101ta5@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (Zeba Kimmel) writes:
> > Hey, wow! I just discovered this Disney newsgroup today. So as long as I'm  
> > in the midst of Disney fanatics, can anyone tell me: is Disney working on  
> > a second Fantasia?
> > 
> > --Zebadiah (aka Zeba) Kimmel, kimmel@cs.uiuc.edu
> > 
> > "Hurrah! Ten points for Gaston!"

	From various news sources, I have heard that the release date is 1996.
Considering the popularity of Disney animation in general, and Disney musical
pieces like Fantasia in particular, I am surprised that Disney does not
re-release Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, and/or Song of the South.  At 
the very least, Disney could take the best of their musical pieces (Flight of 
the Bumble Bee, Peter and the Wolf, Plunk Whistle Toot Boom) and release a new
version in the theatres.  

	Welcome to the net!  Is there anyone else out there who thinks that 
Donald Duck is a better character than Mickey Mouse?

	Torsten at Omaha