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Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by jedimaster1227 » Tue May 17, 2011 9:51 am

This past weekend I had the opportunity to take part in the D23 Great Disney Scavenger Hunt and the Destination D Walt Disney World 40th. The event had a ton of memorable panels, a great deal of funny moments, and a few excellent surprises thrown into the mix. I'll post these photos in three batches, so let's start with the first!

: So in starting the event, we participated in D23's Great Disney Scavenger Hunt. One of our earliest Epcot tasks was to ride Gran Fiesta Tour and find several clues.; Viewed 5048 times

: We were asked what city was closest to the band at the exit mural.; Viewed 5048 times

: We were asked what the artisan's task was...; Viewed 5048 times

: And then there were tons of unscrambling questions that required us to count letters and words to find an unscrambled name or theme.

In this question's case, the word was discover.; Viewed 5048 times

: Another counting question found in Pecos Bill's.; Viewed 5048 times

: Its not as easy as it looks!; Viewed 5048 times

: Did you know that this is the Disney family crest on Cinderella's Castle?; Viewed 5048 times

: That evening, I attended (in addition to Jack, pup and digidoc) a private dinner with Disney Legend, Marty Sklar.; Viewed 5048 times

: I had met Marty back in 2007 for Celebration 25, but it was great to reconnect with him and hear more of his incredible stories... Especially the one about how he got RCA to sponsor Space Mountain.; Viewed 5048 times

: The following day, the convention aspect of the weekend, Destination D began.; Viewed 5048 times

: Located in the Fantasia Ballroom of the Contemporary Resort, we had to queue for about 20 minutes before we were allowed in.; Viewed 5048 times

: Despite queuing later than most, we got pretty fantastic seats in the front-left section of the ballroom.; Viewed 5048 times

: The logo is reminiscent of the one used for the Destination D Disneyland event...; Viewed 5048 times

: The presentations (as you'll see much of here) were all of top notch quality and showed many unseen or forgotten photos and video from the resort's history.; Viewed 5048 times

: Mainstreet framework.; Viewed 5048 times

: A little more done...; Viewed 5048 times

: Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.; Viewed 5048 times

: It's time to start!; Viewed 5048 times

: The D23 Armchair Archivist Josh Turchetta kicked off the show with an amusing episode focusing on D23's head, Steven Clark.; Viewed 5048 times

: He showed some embarrassing yet charming photos of Steven when he worked at Walt Disney World...; Viewed 5048 times

: The two have some great onstage chemistry that allowed for some very funny moments!; Viewed 5043 times

: Steven Clark told us about his experiences as a guest and eventually an employee at the Walt Disney World Resort, which was fascinating.; Viewed 5043 times

: His D23 renewal letter came in the mail...; Viewed 5043 times

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: And then they did a quick plug for the D23 Expo taking place this August, which I'll also be going to!; Viewed 5043 times

: And then a plug for the upcoming D23 Rocketeer event at the El Capitan. I love this movie!; Viewed 5043 times

: And then to kick off the event, things were handed off to the Walt Disney World Resort's first Ambassador.; Viewed 5043 times

: Hello!; Viewed 5043 times

: "We actually found your original application for the job."; Viewed 5043 times

: It gets better...; Viewed 5043 times

: A sign of the times, I guess.; Viewed 5043 times

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: They showed a few rare photos of Roy at the Magic Kingdom.; Viewed 5043 times

: And then it came time for what ended up being one of my favorite panels of weekend.; Viewed 5043 times

: Becky Cline was picked by Dave Smith to replace him following his retirement from the Disney Archives. Paul F. Anderson is an archivist whose focus has been on Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company for over forty years. Most recently, his work has been featured in the form of the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.; Viewed 5043 times

: Now its time for some Weird Disney.; Viewed 5043 times

: Words can't possibly describe...; Viewed 5043 times

: This needed a second look.; Viewed 5043 times

: ???; Viewed 5043 times

: ...; Viewed 5043 times

: ...?; Viewed 5043 times

: No comment.; Viewed 5043 times

: Presented without comment.; Viewed 5043 times

: We were told a story of how several little people were hired to dress up like Pinochio and sit atop the theater marquee.; Viewed 5043 times

: According to our hosts, the characters were given libations and by the end of the red carpet experience, they weren't wearing their costumes.; Viewed 5043 times

: This how this story in the paper was supposed to look...; Viewed 5043 times

: Here's how it came out.; Viewed 5043 times

: An ad for Fantasia lacked discretion.; Viewed 5043 times

: "Put a sweater on her!"; Viewed 5043 times

: And so it was done.; Viewed 5043 times

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World's 40th

by jedimaster1227 » Tue May 17, 2011 11:07 am

(Continued)

: Wow.; Viewed 5041 times

: See the Hunchback of Notre Dame?; Viewed 5041 times

: Notice the costumes' third eyes.; Viewed 5041 times

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: Did you know they played the Phantom of the Opera at the Mainstreet Cinema and had a walk around Phantom character?; Viewed 5041 times

: And the opening of Alice in Wonderland (at Disneyland) had this wonderful White Rabbit costume.; Viewed 5041 times

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: Walt fixes the rabbit's mask several times in the video...; Viewed 5041 times

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: An oversized clown in an undersized Herbie.; Viewed 5041 times

: And then there were these...; Viewed 5041 times

: Creepy!; Viewed 5041 times

: Did you know you used to be able to fish at Disneyland's Tom Swayer Island and keep all you caught?; Viewed 5041 times

: A souvenir for if you caught something.; Viewed 5041 times

: This used to exist.; Viewed 5041 times

: They used to do Pancake Races down Mainstreet.; Viewed 5041 times

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: #winning; Viewed 5041 times

: This was one character that wasn't used after the night the photo was taken.; Viewed 5041 times

: Then Tim O'Day came out to share a story about getting Baby New Year to fly off of the Matterhorn for New Years Eve at Disneyland. After telling us the story, he shared archived footage that actually proved the story true. Awesome.; Viewed 5041 times

: Did you know Goofy could waterski?; Viewed 5041 times

: Apparently so can Donald.; Viewed 5041 times

: The floating outhouse...; Viewed 5041 times

: For Elissa.; Viewed 5041 times

: This is the life...; Viewed 5041 times

: Plastic.; Viewed 5041 times

: A rare sight, I'm sure.; Viewed 5041 times

: They used to have the Three Caballeros as walk around characters in Adventureland.; Viewed 5041 times

: Who or what is the character on the far left?; Viewed 5041 times

: America on Parade.; Viewed 5041 times

: Oy boy...; Viewed 5041 times

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: You... Think ME beautiful?; Viewed 5041 times

: Dolly World.; Viewed 5041 times

: Not even sure...; Viewed 5041 times

: Turtle Power!; Viewed 5041 times

: Remember this?; Viewed 5041 times

: "They ruined it!"

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: This is definitely from before my time.; Viewed 5041 times

: This one too.; Viewed 5041 times

: ATTACK!!!; Viewed 5041 times

: Yay!; Viewed 5041 times

: Spectromen!; Viewed 5041 times

: Here we go...; Viewed 5041 times

: Steven Clark creating a magical moment.; Viewed 5041 times

: Chicken nuggets.; Viewed 5041 times

: Classy.; Viewed 5041 times

: Mork and Mindy.; Viewed 5041 times

: I'm king of the world!; Viewed 5041 times

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World's 40th

by jedimaster1227 » Tue May 17, 2011 11:51 am

(Continued)

: Turkey Trot, FTW.; Viewed 5037 times

: It isn't over yet.; Viewed 5037 times

: The Mickey Mouse Revue was up first.; Viewed 5037 times

: Followed by Kitchen Kabaret. I always preferred Food Rocks.; Viewed 5037 times

: The milk carton was retained for Food Rocks and sang the variation of The Police's Every Breath You Take.; Viewed 5037 times

: Oh, the Peach Boys. I was such a fan!; Viewed 5037 times

: "We love junk!"; Viewed 5037 times

: Hiya Barry!; Viewed 5037 times

: Way before me...; Viewed 5037 times

: That being said, it looked very good for its time.; Viewed 5037 times

: Communicore ceremony...; Viewed 5037 times

: Keep going, keep going.; Viewed 5037 times

: Trying to catch him ridin' durty.; Viewed 5037 times

: Low rider, rides a little lower...; Viewed 5037 times

: Anyone remember Galaxy Search at the Galaxy Palace Theatre?; Viewed 5037 times

: I'm so lost...; Viewed 5037 times

: Yum!; Viewed 5037 times

: What could this be from?; Viewed 5037 times

: Its Barbie!; Viewed 5037 times

: Believe it or not, this show was featured at the American Gardens Theater at Epcot's American Adventure Pavilion.; Viewed 5037 times

: Walt Disney World once had a pet shop...; Viewed 5037 times

: When it went out of business, this ferret was among the few remaining animals given away.; Viewed 5037 times

: Creepy...; Viewed 5037 times

: The big finale of Weird Disney involved a viewing of the extremely dated, hilariously gauche Grad Night promo video from way back when. To sum it up, there was bards signing in green-well tights, a clumsy witch and some very out-of-contextually tongue-in-cheek jokes.; Viewed 5037 times

: Time for Dave Smith's presentation!; Viewed 5037 times

: Despite his retirement, Dave Smith is still very involved with the archival process at Disney.; Viewed 5037 times

: This is the Magic Kingdom before the Magic Kingdom.; Viewed 5037 times

: I can't even imagine the Bee Line like this.; Viewed 5037 times

: A rare look at Walt during one of his pre-Disney World visits.; Viewed 5037 times

: Bay Lake before it was drained, refilled and developed.; Viewed 5037 times

: And here is Roy Disney visiting the property during it's development.; Viewed 5037 times

: Disney purchased the Celebrity Sports Center in order to familiarize its managers with the hotel industry before Walt Disney World was built. The property was later sold and eventually demolished, but it truly is a piece of the Disney story that few knew about.; Viewed 5037 times

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: Similarly, the Hilton Inn South was also leased by Disney to train employees for the opening of the Contemporary and Polynesian Resorts.; Viewed 5037 times

: This property is now the CoCo Key Hotel on International Drive. So this piece of history is still accessible.; Viewed 5037 times

: The Walt Disney World Preview Center still stands today towards the entrance of the Downtown Disney hotel area.; Viewed 5037 times

: Pictured behind the register is the original Walt Disney World Ambassador featured earlier in this report.; Viewed 5037 times

: Infrastructure work going on in preparation for the utilidors of the Magic Kingdom.; Viewed 5037 times

: Art Linkletter was opposed to creating straight levies for Walt Disney World, hence the curvature of this and others, meant to follow the contours of the Florida landscape.; Viewed 5037 times

: Beneath the sludge of Bay Lake, they found white sand which they used for the beachfronts created for the hotels in the area.; Viewed 5037 times

: Before Walt Disney World was finished with construction, tree farms were created in advance so the vegetation could be matured by the time it was ready to be planted.; Viewed 5037 times

: The same goes for the topiaries.; Viewed 5037 times

: Roy looks out at what will become the Magic Kingdom.; Viewed 5037 times

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: The Mainstreet Station under construction.; Viewed 5037 times

: Here are the three Walt Disney World railroad locomotives as they were being refurbished in preparation of the opening of the Magic Kingdom.; Viewed 5037 times

: The Magic Kingdom from the Seven Seas Lagoon.; Viewed 5037 times

: Mainstreet construction continues.; Viewed 5037 times

: Getting closer now...; Viewed 5037 times

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by Popcorn54 » Tue May 17, 2011 12:11 pm

Wow, This was a great read and very intersting, Did they mention anything about Discovery Island or River Country?

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by jedimaster1227 » Tue May 17, 2011 12:14 pm

^I have another 300 photos to upload, several of which are from Discovery Island and River Country!

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by BigDipper 80 » Tue May 17, 2011 12:16 pm

Damn, this presentation looks absolutely great! Early WDW stuff has always been fascinating to me, and some of those slides are wonderful!

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by BeemerBoy » Tue May 17, 2011 12:18 pm

Awesome, awesome, and awesome.

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by Brandy524 » Tue May 17, 2011 12:41 pm

Wow! Very interesting stuff. Can't wait to see the rest. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by Hikaru-chan » Tue May 17, 2011 3:34 pm

In the photo with the girl, the two mice and albatross. The thing on the left is from the movie the Rescuers, a dragonfly named Evinrude. I wish I still owned that movie.

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Re: Photo TR: D23's Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th

by Chroniq » Tue May 17, 2011 4:19 pm

Thanks for this cool post. You made my day.. Looking forward to the next update..

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